Sentences with phrase «of fly ball»

During my brief flirtation with organized high school sports, I adopted this more leisurely approach, often not sprinting off in the direction of a fly ball until I had taken the time to tap my glove, adjust my hat, and bake a Bundt cake to welcome its arrival.

Former Met and Dodger and now Yankee Darryl Strawberry took this languid fielding style further still, and even today can sometimes be seen loping off in the general direction of a fly ball hit during the 1986 World Series.

But it was also the type of fly ball that is missed once a day by somebody somewhere in the majors.

Reiser, the fiery Pistol Pete who tried unsuccessfully to run through outfield walls in pursuit of fly balls, led the league in hitting -LRB-.343), doubles (39) and triples (17).

The two offenses hit an almost identical rate of fly balls, with L.A. a few decimal points ahead.

THE BIG IFS Stan Musial's excursions into left center in chase of fly balls might take precious points off his batting average, and then where would the Cardinals be?

Positioning the fielders about 150 feet from the center of the infield, McBeath and his colleagues launched dozens of fly balls, each of which was tracked by a fielder's camera as he chased it down.

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According to Fly Away Bride, the main confectionery item at most weddings in France is something called Croquembouche, which is made up of small pastry balls stacked upon one another.

We flew to Hong Kong to meet with key vendors to see if there was an opportunity to improve pricing, and we tested the integrity of the current vendor's price with a second manufacturer and found we could get the balls for 3 cents less per ball.

In today's social world, you can fly from being the «belle of the ball» to being the «butt» of late night jokes in a flash.

There are rules, and plays fall into regular patterns (grounder to short, pop fly to left center, line drive up the middle), but no one knows who's going where when the pitcher lets go of the ball.

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In praise of the Great Flying Spaghetti Monster I have erected a monument to the fallen consisting of 12 meat balls on a plate of pure virgin noodles.

A blow that would clear the bleachers at Wrigley Field is transformed into a single by the icy irony of Fenway's left field wall, while a drowsy fly ball earns four bases.

As Paul Blair caught Lou Johnson's fly ball to complete Dave McNally's 1 - 0 shutout and the Orioles» four - game sweep, Memorial Stadium erupted, hoary south - of - the - Mason - Dixon - Line racial codes were abandoned as blacks and whites hugged and hollered, and I experienced a moment of unalloyed joy — a prolepsis of the Kingdom, if I may say.

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Put him # 2 with a focus on contact — he is a fly ball hitter and one of the fastest guys on the team, thus limiting GiDP and adding some potential pop to the # 2 spot.

LF — nice game by Parra (3 hits tonight) and some nice D — well done CF — not much out of Desmond tonight RF — Only offense of note tonight provided by CarGo — HR and sac fly — nice to see him play well UTIL — Valaika PH and hit the ball hard — just right at Difo at 2B.

An extra three fly balls out of every hundred could make a huge difference with a bouncier ball in Camden Yards.

If the ball clears the sidewalk, and the fielder, who is stationed in the street, fails to catch it on the fly, each of its subsequent bounces represents the advance of a base.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan got the ball rolling with his flying stunner against Sunderland on Boxing Day, but Olivier Giroud upped the ante with a New Year's Day flying back heel of his own.

When the ball flies over 30 yards, you have enough time to stand in its way instead of jumping helplessly to achieve nothing.

It is not a catch if a fielder touches a fly ball which then hits a member of the offensive team or an umpire and then is caught by another defensive player.

As we stated at the open, Michael Pisanelli would hurl the ball to the right block, flying just over the outstretched arms of the Defender and Oren Schwartz would catch it and lay it in (while in mid-air) as the buzzer sounded.

There is plenty of firepower on this Team, and when they move the ball they have shooters ready to let it fly.

He has nobody to play with, but every day he stands in the shadow of the barn, batting balls into the empty chrome skies, and every day his dog, his faithful soft - mouthed yellow mutt, tirelessly retrieves his every grounder, his every pop fly, his every line drive and then, yes, his every epic home run...

Palmer made off with the prize money by combining the boldness of a Brinks bandit with the fearless confidence of a man on a flying trapeze, seeming to order the ball through sheer will power to get into the hole.

Dunn hasn't hit a sacrifice fly ball since July 22, 2003 — a span of 1,005 plate appearances, the longest active streak.

Milwaukee Shortstop Robin Yount caught the ball on the first - base side of second and swept down with his glove hand at Henderson, who was in the dirt now, crash - landing on his chest with his arms extended and his batting helmet flying off toward leftfield.

Among other appeal plays are a batter hitting out of turn and a runner tagging his base after a fly ball is caught.

Gon na actually see multiple hats flying to the ball instead of one whiffing (dj) and the other aaaaalways chasing from behind (Zombo).

The moment the ball was lost, there were flying tackles, regrouping at the back, lots of running towards the person with the ball and no free spaces for opposition players to play.

Look when he came on, the players that had played 89 minutes were still running past him trying to help out the defense, the 3rd goal, I watched him jogging in the middle while the Anderlecht players were flying past him on the flanks, he was just ball and man watching instead of running towards the ball and putting a bit of pressure, the guys had all the time and not challenge to pick out a perfect cross.

And though he covers a lot of ground in the outfield, Curtis often gets poor jumps on fly balls.

Arsenal have flown back into the Top Three since disturbingly losing our opening game to West Ham, and in our facile win over Stoke yesterday we managed 69 % of the possession and our opponents hardly had the ball enough to create many chances.

When Aaron really tags one, the homer flies over the enclosure and drops in the general - admission areas, where a pyramid of struggling people immediately forms over the ball.

But thereafter, Hunter, pitching expertly to the corners and inducing a succession of impressive but harmless fly balls, shut out Cincy until the bitter end.

The highlight of the game came when two Korean Little Leaguers pulled off Yasiel Puig - like bat - flips on fly ball outs.

Backswing reaches its conclusion, recoil sends the bat flying, and there's a dusting of air sex as Park sends the ball on its way.

As Hyun - soo Kim gently settled under a fly ball for the final out of the seventh inning, a bad human being chucked a partially full can of beer at him.

When what is NEEDED is a Yaya Toure or Vieira type of Strong box to box mid that can defend WIN the ball brush off tackles like they are flies and drive forward.

This goes against traditional logic which indicates that bettors should avoid fly ball prone pitchers in the mile - high air, but that's part of the contrarian philosophy at Sports Insights.

What hurt him the most last year was the fact that his home run / fly ball ratio was over 16 %, much higher than the league average of about 10 %.

I have also observed teams like the Los Angeles Angels who turn out consistent winning seasons despite some of the highest fly ball rates in baseball.

Thousands of horns set up a frightful din, especially when Pitt had the ball, footballs flew through the air like missiles, fists thudded against bodies and the last thing anyone bothered to do was play defense.

A nine - iron sent the ball into the cup on the fly without hitting the pole, and without use of a putter on the green.

Imagine a SWAT guy saying to his mate «cover me» [watch my back] while he attempts to go on rampage only to find that team mate flying ahead of him, we blame Ozil, we blame Wilshere, some of us even blame the Ox for losing the ball that led to the third goal, well he was taking initiative like an attacker should and he lost the ball, are our defender paid to primarily attack?

The front row of the upper deck in right overhangs the field by about 10 feet, catching fly balls and turning them into home runs.

Two of California's runs had scored in the sixth when Boston centerfielder Dave Henderson, who had replaced Tony Armas (sprained ankle) in the fifth, tipped Bobby Grich's fly ball over the fence for a homer.

Sober, industrious and otherwise well - adjusted men have been known to fall into gargling, sputtering rages as, sitting helplessly before their TV sets, they feel themselves assaulted by Allen's tedious, drawn - out explanations («For the benefit of those not so familiar with the game, the infield fly rule states that, with first and second base or first, second and third occupied and less than two out, a ball which in the judgment of the umpire,» etc..