Sentences with phrase «major league seasons»

While some celebrities are smart with money over long careers — think Barbra Streisand or Eric Clapton — many more enjoy a No. 1 hit or a couple of stellar major league seasons before plummeting into obscurity and running out of cash.

Trammell, who in 15 major league seasons never played a defensive position other than shortstop, will work at third base, first base, leftfield and centerfield because his successor at short, Travis Fryman, took over when Trammell was injured last season — and Fryman is there to stay.

Marte, now 23, hit.259 /.287 /.323 in 119 games for the Mariners in 2016, and has hit.267 /.309 /.349 with 35 doubles and 19 stolen bases in parts of two major league seasons, totaling 176 games.

Gordon played his first nine major league seasons in Kansas City, hitting.269 /.348 /.435 with 262 doubles and 134 home runs in 1,136 games.

Even though he has nine major league seasons behind him and a few gray whiskers, the 32 - year - old Palmeiro's consistent excellence is routinely overlooked.

He made three All - Star teams and played in 13 major league seasons, though he never won an MVP.

The piquant side dishes notwithstanding, the meat and potatoes of a Roger Angell baseball book is still his expert summation of major league seasons, and, like Reggie Jackson, he peaks in October.

• David Bell, aveteran of a dozen major league seasons, received six packages of HCG at aPhiladelphia address last April, when he played for the Phillies.

In parts of eight major league seasons with the New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, Pirates, and Nationals, Melancon has a 2.60 ERA in 444 games, with 168 saves, 407 strikeouts and 101 walks in 404 innings.

Charlie Morton has pitched out of the bullpen exactly two times in 10 major league seasons, postseason games included.

Harrah hit only 13 homers in his first three major league seasons, but as he grew more confident, more aggressive and stronger, bulking up from 160 to 180 pounds, he began pulling the ball.

In 136 major league seasons, there's never been a more dizzyingly dramatic day than Sept. 28, 2011.

# 10 Mike Devereaux CASPER Batted.254 in 12 major league seasons; outfielder for 1995 world champion Braves; career - high 107 RBIs for Orioles in» 92.

Bobby Bonds's brother Barry, through Sunday, had 479 home runs during his 14 - plus major league seasons.

The major league season record is 36, set by John Owen (Chief) Wilson of the Pirates in 1912.

Sano was an integral part of the Twins» success in 2017, hitting.264 /.352 /.507 with 28 home runs in 114 games in his third major league season.

HERE, beginning with a few ideas on what one can expect in 1959, Sports Illustrated presents its fifth annual preview of the major league season, with pictures in both color and black and white, scouting reports, schedules, statistics and features

Before»89 he had hit no more than eight home runs in a major league season.

The outfielder hit.350 /.381 /.457 in his first major league season in 2001, winning the batting title, scoring 127 runs and leading the league with 242 hits.

Rhodes is making $ 3.9 million to pitch his 20th major league season, for his eighth franchise.

When the Raysreported to St. Petersburg for spring training this season, they were startingtheir 10th major league season and also had never had a winning record; in 2007they'd gone 66 — 96.

«Conventional wisdom among coaches and managers is that restricting innings for young starting pitchers, and slowly increasing the number of innings pitched over several years, gives pitchers» tissues sufficient time to adapt to the workload of a major league season,» said Thomas Karakolis, lead investigator on the study.

Not exact matches

Facebook has struck a deal with Major League Baseball to show 20 of the league's games live this season in an agreement that expands the social media network further into the world of live prograLeague Baseball to show 20 of the league's games live this season in an agreement that expands the social media network further into the world of live prograleague's games live this season in an agreement that expands the social media network further into the world of live programming.

This week is packed with major sporting events, starting with the first official games of Major League Baseball's 2016 season on Sunday and Momajor sporting events, starting with the first official games of Major League Baseball's 2016 season on Sunday and MoMajor League Baseball's 2016 season on Sunday and Monday.

It turns out the number of people who buy tickets to watch Major League Baseball games in a season parallels consumer confidence.

During the run - up to baseball's 2014 season, the big guys realized they couldn't ignore Meenan any longer, and he signed a licensing agreement with Major League Baseball.

Take Curt Schilling for example, who made in excess of $ 100 million over his 20 seasons with Major League Baseball.

There's not much Major League Baseball can do to compete with the weather, but if they continue to reschedule games at such a high rate, teams might have to begin to find some creative solutions as schedules tighten later in the season.

The 2016 Major League Baseball season began over the weekend.

Gehrig was an American baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1923 through 1939.

While Manziel, as a Heisman winner, had a legendary college career, his on - field achievements are as yet nothing compared with Jackson's, who had several eye - popping seasons in both the NFL and Major League Baseball.

The 1994 Major League Baseball strike that cancelled the World Series caused a massive drop in attendance the following season.

Tim Tebow played 19 games with the Mets» minor league team with mixed reviews on his season from officials throughout the major league.

With Major League Baseball season officially kicked off, I say we celebrate with ballpark food for the big game.

The Sox announced Thursday they will be the first Major League Baseball team to serve drinks without single - use plastic straws for nearly an entire season.

And you need to really, really, really forget about the idea of Major League Baseball shutting down for a couple weeks during the season.

Who would win the four major individual awards in the American League if the season ended today?

Obviously there is a vast difference in quality because we are seeing a major Premier League team coming up against a side that was only promoted to the National League last season.

This past season they led the major leagues in clubhouse punchups and they seem constantly to be wrangling either among themselves or with their Owner, the megalomaniacal Charles O. Finley, whose toy the team is.

The 31 - year - old has been one of the top attacking midfield players in Europe in his eight seasons at City, and would be a major loss if he were to move on, particularly to a Premier League rival.

While zooming through three levels of the minor leagues last season, Snider batted.275 -LRB-.349 OBP,.480 slugging) with 23 home runs and 91 RBIs.After a late - August call - up to the majors he hit.301 in 24 games and now saysthat playing in the big leagues was «easier than I thought.»

This season I don't think that there are any more hiding places or excuses left for Prof. Wenger for not buying the WC players needed to help Arsenal achieve victories in all major cups (well at least the league and another cup, and not the usual 4th place in the league victory)...

This weekend's clash takes on extra significance, with the winner receiving a major boost to their hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League.

The best way to keep him at the club: 1) make proper signings to show him that the squad is getting better & more competitive 2) it is getting better for one objective only, winning major trophies (Premier league, Champions league) 3) extend Özil & Sanchez contract to show how viable the project is Xhaka is a great signing but he alone can't fix our issues that have hampered our campaigns specially in the last 2 seasons.

It was announced yesterday that UEFA have agreed to change the seeding system for the Champions League group stage next season, with the new rules to favour the winners of the continent's major domestic leagues rather than those with a previously exemplary record of qualification.

Barca are well on course to win major honours this season as they have a nine - point lead in La Liga, have advanced to the Champions League knockout stage and are still in the Copa del Rey.

Unfortunately for us fans, no league has locked its players out as often as this one over the last two decades — 1,698 regular - season games lost, more than major league baseball, the NBA and the NFL combined.

I am convinced, however, that keeping our injury list short is a major key to Arsenal winning the marathon that is the Premier League next season and it is looking good for us at the minute.

Last season he had personal major league lows in home runs and RBIs, and at one point in September he got so fed up that he refused to enter a game as a pinch hitter.

In order to get the fan's excited about the upcoming start of the Major League Baseball season, the MLB Fan Cave has been releasing videos starring MLB Players performing spoofs of songs and in some cases movie scenes.