Sentences with phrase «of a wild card as»

Adam Driver, more of a wild card as the film's villain and heir apparent to Darth Vader, is also excellent, tempering his intimidation with the right sort of confliction to draw the audience in.

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Through a series of YouTube videos, viewers will see players like Minnesota Wild defenseman Ryan Suter and Edmonton Oilers forward Ryan Nugent - Hopkins use the credit card company's payment system as they go through a skills competition, which is a fun variation to the NHL All - Star Game's annual skills competition.

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I agree its abit low in Emerg» Markets though but i could keep a seperate EM tracker to run along side it as bit of a wild card!

Mr. Trump is seen by marketing, advertising, and media association representatives in Washington as something of a wild card.

Then there is the wild card as my case where a bunch of highly unlikely events came together that put me in a position where I could find God.

So don't look at the AL second wild card as a bunch of teams with rosters that are three - quarters empty.

The Yankees also won Wednesday, defeating the Twins — the team that holds the second wild card as of this writing — keeping pace with the Sox.

Team Nelson took care of business and advanced in the Tourney as a Wild Card..

Their road through the postseason has been nothing short of magical, as they faced the Atlanta Braves in the play - in Wild Card game and advanced following a controversial play.

While I wouldn't advocate trying to deliberately play to end up as the first wild card (after all, something could screw that up and then the Wild are either WC # 2 or out), it's probably preferable to end up in the Pacific Division's side of the bracwild card (after all, something could screw that up and then the Wild are either WC # 2 or out), it's probably preferable to end up in the Pacific Division's side of the bracWild are either WC # 2 or out), it's probably preferable to end up in the Pacific Division's side of the bracket.

Because he was not in favor of making the league too lively, Commissioner Charles refused to sanction the hiring of such obvious wild - card prospects as a trick - shot artist who could roll seven balls down the alley simultaneously or a California chimpanzee who bowled with both hands.

They're 17 - 21 and already 4.5 games back of the AL West leaders, the Mariners and Rangers, as well as the second wild card.

As it stands today, the Ravens (10 - 5) are projected to be the No. 4 seed in the AFC, and would face the surprising Indianapolis Colts (10 - 5)-- who clinched a playoff berth after defeating the Kansas City Chiefs 23 - 10 on Sunday — in one of the two AFC wild card games.

The Rangers are only four games back of the second wild card spot as things stand right now, with only a 5.9 % change of making the playoffs, but if they have any hopes of making it that far Beltre playing is obviously more ideal that him not playing.

And, as Grant Brisbee wrote following the AL iteration of the wild card game, that's a positive.

Making the Chase with three wins in the regular season, Keselowski was unable to use the bonus points as one of the two wild card recipients.

As for the Ryder Cup, Woods, at No. 72, is well outside the cut line for the nine automatic spots on Tom Watson's U.S. squad, but hoped to earn a position via one of the captain's wild - card picks.

The mood is a mix of anger and despair as the Raiders prepare for a wild - card weekend trip to Houston.

They have built a phalanx of All - Stars, and as everyone keeps pointing out, they're not satisfied with the second wild card spot.

Technically, the first wild card in the AL is also unclaimed, but that seems unlikely to change hands, as the Yankees are 2.5 games up on the Astros for it as of Thursday morning.

Update: Julia made it in as the last of the wild cards and plays her semifinal game Monday.

While they still might end up seeing 2015 as a stepping stone to greater things in the future, as of Thursday morning, they have won six games in a row and are now in possession of the AL's second Wild Card spot.

With a comeback against the Indians — which should also have them feeling more confident about facing the Yankees in a probable Wild Card game — Minnesota has the Angels on the edge of elimination as well.

This week's marketwatch will focus on an AL East matchup between a pair of unlikely wild - card contenders as the Rays (50 - 47, 22 - 22 road) travel north to Baltimore to face the Orioles (51 - 46, 23 - 23 home).

As for the AL wild card, the Twins loss meant the Angels had a chance to gain ground on them, but instead, they dropped their game to the Indians, clinching the guarantee of at least a wild card for Boston.

The Diamondbacks, owners of a six - game lead over Colorado for the first Wild Card spot, can clinch a playoff berth as early as Sunday, with either a win or losses by both the Brewers and Cardinals.

Nor do Lpool have the deep midfield to facilitate the attack like Arsenal has (Cazorla, Xhaka, Elneny) And we have Perez as a wild card on top of it all.

It's possible the Yankees are now paying the price of that bullpen game, as wild card teams sometimes do.

Gonzalez, a middle - of - the - order bat who hadn't homered since his debut game with the Dodgers last month, hit solo shots in the third and seventh innings as Los Angeles remained three games back of the last Wild Card spot.

Before last weekend's Wild Card games, I had already pretty much decided on Calais Campbell as my Hoss of the Year.

Nah, Matt Kuchar was having a little fun with us on Monday when he said during the Q&A portion of Love's announcement of Kuchar, J.B. Holmes, and Rickie Fowler as three of his four Wild Card choices that Tiger would be No. 4.

As an impartial observer, I'm more keen on the Orioles» approach of the little addition / hope for the best combo for a team that's chasing the second wild card along with six others.

Mariota finds himself in the exact same scenario as last week when he lit up the Chiefs in the second half, both as a passer and a runner, to become the DFS darling of Wild Card Week.

The Seniors, Team Gross, notched the first victory in the best of 3 and it looked as if the Wild Card qualifier Team Samawi would end their run here..

Heading into the last weekend of the NHL season, there is still an Eastern Conference wild card berth on the line as well as two Western Conference divisional titles.

I was really hopeful of a wild - card signing such as Almiron — especially with Gnabry's departure — but unfortunately that didn't happen.

It's here in the third paragraph that the stories of these two teams converge, as the Brewers are just one game behind the Rockies for that second NL wild card.

Jose Bautista -LRB--.117), and Russell Martin -LRB--.102) The Jays need to regroup quickly as they start a series against the Seattle Mariners on Monday, and they are one of the many teams coming up behind the Jays in the Wild Card standings.

Another international break to endure this weekend as national teams around the world compete for a place in the World Cup finals in Russia in the summer of 2018 even though the format of qualification is designed to ensure that the same teams (plus a few wild cards) qualify every time.

Another wild card (as always) is the role of striker Mario Balotelli, the mercurial Manchester City striker.

Three athletes have been named in some events and a third athlete may be eligible to compete as a wild card pending the conclusion of the IAAF World Indoor Tour.

His wild celebrations bought him a yellow card as well, which is kind of a shame.

Democrats in the Senate are currently split up as follows: There are 23 members of the mainline conference, eight members of the IDC, plus the wild card of Democrat Simcha Felder, A Democrat who since arriving in the chamber has caucused with the Republicans but has expressed a willingness to return to the Democratic fold if conditions change.

Gwen Graham, both of who could be considered rising stars in the party,» the team does note there are «some wealthy wild cards who could self - fund, such as 2010 Senate candidate Jeff Greene, businessman Chris King, and well - known attorney John Morgan.»

As Doug Muzzio, a professor of political science at Baruch College, told Vox, Felder was the ultimate «wild card.»

Wild card: McCain and Palin sat on opposite sides of the ice floe when it came to deciding whether the polar bear should be listed as an endangered species earlier this year.

As a wild card, I wanted to remind you of our grandmother's trick, a simple — or elaborate — broach.

Suffice it to say, he teams up with the princess (Lynn Collins) of one city which is struggling against the malignant advances of another, while a race of four - armed CGI warriors, the Tharks, act as a wild card between the two.

Franco is surprisingly good as the film's only wild card, Gator, a jackal - like mix of cunning and cowardice that makes for a good foil for the stalwart Broker to contend with.