Sentences with phrase «minor league run»

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The bank that Kelly ran, SpiritBank, loaned Pruitt money, including to purchase a home and partial ownership of a minor - league baseball team, The New York Times reported.

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.»

In 1971, after another minor - league season in which he batted.261 and hit six home runs, Foli finally did make the Mets in spring training, and it was then that The Sporting News described him as «King of the Rednecks.»

Drafted in the first round back in 2009 (25th overall), Trout tore through the minor leagues posting a.342 batting average, 23 home runs and 108 stolen bases in 286 games.

They signed left - hander Francisco Liriano to a one - year deal at the start of spring training, but have otherwise remained content to let their bevy of minor league signings mix in with a roster that finished the 2017 season on a 6 - 24 run take its lumps in 2018.

For 10 yearseveryone had been waiting for the arrival of Jack Cust — the folks from thisarea of central Jersey, the major league scouts who have seen the preposteroushome run potential, the statheads who have followed him through the minors, extolling his discipline at the plate.

The lefthanded slugger wasbecoming a real - life Crash Davis, a minor league lifer who batted.285 with1, 058 hits and 191 home runs in 1,089 games entering 2007.

Hrmmmm, and it appears that Gary Sanchez is hitting twice as many home runs as he was in the minor leagues.

The 26 - year old right - hander who underwent Tommy John surgery in the spring of 2015, forcing him to miss the Mets run to last year's World Series, has been shut down again following a truncated minor league start earlier this month.

WWE's foray into niche programming runs deeper than this, too: they have NXT, which seems even more like minor league wrestling — and not in a pejorative sense — since the brand split helped strip the roster for parts, leaving behind many still learning the craft.

He showcased his power and speed during his rookie year, finishing the season with 13 home runs (he only hit 29 homers in seven Minor League seasons) and 17 stolen bases.

MiLB.com's stats for Ross's minor league outings have him throwing 43 pitches the first time out, on July 24th, and 67, in his second start on the 30th, giving up nine hits, one walk and three earned runs in 7 2/3 innings.

While obviously simply frustrated by another fruitless run - out (he has one league goal since December), Morata still felt the need to come out and explain / apologise for his most minor of hissy fits after the match...

After seemingly getting themselves back running well in the league, Arsenal picked up minor set backs as they haven't won in their last three games in the Premier League following their 0 - 0 draw against West Ham this mileague, Arsenal picked up minor set backs as they haven't won in their last three games in the Premier League following their 0 - 0 draw against West Ham this miLeague following their 0 - 0 draw against West Ham this midweek.

Tottenham's euphoric run finally came to an end on Saturday as Manchester United dented their bid to land fourth spot, but it was just a dent, a minor setback if you like, as Harry's Spurs still occupy that final Champions League berth, albeit by virtue of goal difference.

During his three terms as governor, the former minor league baseball player from Queens championed the working class, reproached Ronald Reagan and flirted — repeatedly — with a run for the White House.

In these cases a few winners earn fame and fortune while a much larger number of also - rans — some with skills and talent as good as or even better than the stars» — play in the minor leagues or their own garages.

Rocket League on the PS4 runs mostly the same as the PC version aside from the aliasing and minor tweaks to the visuals.

Then check out the antics of the Portland Mavericks, the freewheeling, rule - bending, thoroughly unconventional minor league team run by Kurt Russell's father Bing in the early 1970s.

Apart from minor latency issues and the aforementioned disappearing car bug, Rocket League runs great.

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