Sentences with phrase «of baseball stars»

And speaking of classic games from the late 80s / early 90s, Hamster Corporation has stepped up to the plate with a re-release of Baseball Stars Professional.

BASEBALL STARS 2 (NEOGEO, 1 - 2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 900 Wii Points): Lace up your cleats and step onto the diamond with the pros of BASEBALL STARS 2.

When she's not studying the celestial stars, Elmegreen is a big fan of baseball stars — the New York Yankees.

Despite a distinguished career, Grace has been overlooked when profiles of baseball stars have been written.

SUED: By VERA CLEMENTE, widow of baseball star ROBERTO, two aviation firms and the U.S. Government, for $ 5 million.

MentionGregory Corso's Dream of a Baseball Star, and Hall replies with alarmingbluntness: «Not good.»

Not exact matches

With Major League Baseball's All - Star Game and Home Run Derby officially in the books for this year, we have reached what baseball enthusiasts call the «dog days of summerBaseball's All - Star Game and Home Run Derby officially in the books for this year, we have reached what baseball enthusiasts call the «dog days of summerbaseball enthusiasts call the «dog days of summer.»

He brought former football and baseball star Deion Sanders on the stage to show off a demo of the new football app, which Nadella said he hopes to have ready by the next football season.

This week, millions of people worldwide will have watched the 87th Major League Baseball (MLB) All - Star Game, showcasing 70 top players from the American and National Leagues.

The fact that Silver came from the world of baseball sabermetrics — where people like Moneyball star Billy Beane were ignoring conventional wisdom in favour of hard stats — only increased his credibility.

For example, there's Robert Morris University's scholarship for «League of Legends» players, which awards up to $ 19,000 in room and board for highly skilled gamers, similar to how rising stars are currently recruited for baseball or football.

The Red Sox left fielder is one of the greatest players in baseball history, a 19 - time All Star and the last player to finish a season with a.400 batting average or higher.

What started in 2008 with a fake athlete, soon morphed into efforts with real athletes like now - retired NFL star Ray Lewis, then extended into Major League Baseball with a Head & Shoulders collabo starring Anaheim Angels» C.J. Wilson and Josh Hamilton, and now brings us to current NFL stars Wes Welker of the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots» Jerod Mayo.

Just about any group you can think of has its all - stars that lead the rest of the pack (think baseball).

Douglas — a high - achieving school set among suburbs on the edge of the Everglades — was known for graduating baseball star Anthony Rizzo.

In the 1960s, when many of professional baseball's earliest heroes began passing away — starting with Ty Cobb in 1961 — Ritter embarked on a five - year, 75,000 - mile journey, criss - crossing the country in search of the stars of yesteryear.

Keynote speakers include; Ernie Stevens, Jr., Chairman for the National Indian Gaming Association; Ross Bernstein; inspirational speaker and best - selling author; Holly Hoffman, reality TV star and motivational speaker; Joe Schmit, Twin Cities broadcaster and author; Joe Malarkey, motivational speaker and member of the «Speakers Hall of Fame»; Kieran Folliard, Founder and COO of 2 Gingers Irish Whiskey; and Michael Veeck, coveted public speaker and owner of five baseball teams, including the Saint Paul Saints.

After starring on A's teams that won three consecutive world championships, after seeing the burlesque melodrama of his relationship with Finley played out in the papers, Reggie, perhaps the most compelling, certainly the most visible, personality in baseball, had arrived.

It's ignorant of baseball history, and of what separates the best AAAA players from the All - Stars, the incremental changes that can lead to exponential gains.

Well, a star to us, because we're the record store clerks of baseball fans, and we don't pay attention to album sales.

Canadian stars like Joey Votto didn't participate, and while Canadian baseball players are talented in their own right, it's harder for them to hide that kind of loss that teams like the U.S. or Dominican Republic could shrug off thanks to depth.

A soccer star may lead the list of the 30 highest - paid Latino athletes (in annual salary and endorsement income), but baseball players are clearly in the majority

His contract and production made him one of the most valuable players in baseball, and that's before you got to the star power and PR value.

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.

I spent the most time talking with Athlete of the Year winners, Granite Bay basketball and baseball standout Darren Nelson, and Sheldon - Sacramento softball star Taliyah Miles.

SOCCER — FRENCH, who take their Le Football as seriously as most Americans do baseball, were shocked by spectacular and guileful «disappearance» of 12 of nation's most famous Algerian footballeurs, including four international stars, on eve of match with Switzerland (which ended in 0 - 0 draw).

Some of the best players in Major League Baseball participated in the event, including MVP winners Miguel Cabrera, Buster Posey, and Andrew McCutchen, Cy Young Award winner Felix Hernandez, and younger stars like Jose Altuve, Nolan Arenado, Francisco Lindor, and Manny Machado.

New Mexico has a 6» 8» center, Willie Long, to lead a team that includes 5» 7» Petie Gibson, grandson of the famed black baseball star, Josh Gibson.

Henry Aaron is about to be displaced from his spot atop the alltime home run list, but 755 will endure as one of baseball's magical numbers, a lasting monument to an underappreciated star and to the courage and integrity with which the Hammer attained his crown

Heyward with that kind of power is most certainly a star and one of the more well - rounded players in baseball.

And if teams are wrong — if the import business brings more Ariel Prietos than Hideo Nomos — baseball, already suffering from a lost generation of good young pitchers, will continue to look more like the All - Star Game's home - run - hitting contest on a daily basis.

4 MARTY MARION, MANAGER: As a five - time All - Star shortstop for the Cardinals, Slats Marion was one of baseball's friendliest players.

What does the Marlin's record last year have to do with the way star players are treated by the new General Manager / Director of Baseball Operations or whatever Jeter's title is?

The all - star has never had superlative control, but he's been one of the wildest pitchers in baseball this year, leading the NL in walks.

After 10 years of repeat performances — usually starring Casey and the Yankees — baseball's big show moved west with a new cast of characters.

An All - Star return would make the Mets one of the best teams in baseball again, even if they don't hit much more than last year.

It would be the most star - crossed no - hitter in the history of baseball.

Only a month ago my wife and I had argued over whether Noah should play baseball on the travel team again this fall, only a month after his all - star tournament had ended; argued over how much competition was too much in the making of a kid.

And, naturally, the world of baseball — especially Baltimore's world of baseball — is talking about the terrible transformation in slugging star Boog Powell.

And the more and more I look at the Twins, the more I think about Santana and Santiago being quality pitchers with one of the best pitching prospects in baseball behind them, with Sano breaking out and Kepler continuing to progress, with Buxton still having the world's greatest building blocks for continued baseball success, with players like Dozier, who can be a star, and players Grossman and Escobar, who have each contributed something over the last couple seasons.

Everyone knows about the MLB All - Star Game and the Home Run Derby, but the real gem of that whole event comes on Sunday of All - Star week, while regular season baseball is still being played.

If you had designs on a think piece about the Death of the All - Star Game and What It Means For Baseball, well, have at it.

The All - Star Game is the only way to see the greats in a different context then, to share them with the rest of baseball.

Just don't let the decline in All - Star Game interest trick you into thinking it's revealing something about the health of baseball.

He covered sports, particularly baseball, and using a bulky Graflex camera and cumbersome five - by seven - inch gelatin dry glass plates, he took amazing action pictures of the stars of his day: Walter Johnson, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, Lefty Grove, Tris Speaker, Rogers Hornsby, Ty Cobb and, of course, Babe Ruth.

For the kids who are selected to move on to the national stage as part of the Northern California all - star team, the tournaments at the USA baseball complex will be held from Aug. 24 - 26 and Sept. 7 - 9.

That's right, the East Bay's all - star baseball club bearing our name will once again field a pair of teams to compete in the National Team Identification Series (NTIS).

When I see salary cap wonks talk about the kinds of players that would need to be included in a basketball trade to make it work, it makes me roll my eyes and thank the stars that I'm a baseball fan.

Last fall, as the rest of the league geared up for October baseball, MLB owners unanimously approved the sale of the Miami Marlins to a group led financially by billionaire investor Bruce Sherman, and publicly by former Yankees star Derek Jeter.

Additionally he has been a Task Force member at numerous USA Baseball events including the National NTIS and Tournament of Stars.