Sentences with phrase «of home run hitters»

The sophomore from Miami Norland high school has been outstanding as a featured back in 2013; he follows blocks better than a lot of home run hitters, but he still possesses home run capability.

Not exact matches

With one of their backers being a proven home - run hitter, we start analyzing the strength of other startup ideas currently gaining momentum in the UAE, and how sizzling the Idealz cofounders find the city's startup scene.

But note that Hank Aaron averaged 37 per year, and he was one of the greatest home run hitters in history.

I too have always thought of Great American as a bandbox, and it does allow a lot of home runs, but it disfavors hitters in other ways (e.g., left - handed hitters hit fewer triples and doubles than league average).

NFL scouts say before his injury that he was a home - run hitter, a break - the - line - of - scrimmage - and - go back who rarely got caught.

The left - handed slugger was a six - time All - Star who averaged 35 home runs from 2006 - 13 and was one of the most feared hitters in the game thanks to the power packed into his beautiful, violent swing.

Kansas City defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham says this of Thomas's history of inconsistency: «In the past, I think he was like the home run hitter who says, «I'm not bunting, I'm not hitting singles.»

A strong straightaway hitter, he clubbed a total of 49 home runs for the Cubs in 1961 and 1962 and batted better than.300 each season.

They hit 130 homers, and one of their leading home run hitters, Angel Pagan, was leaving in free agency.

Without a home run hitter worthy of the name, the White Sox are all set to make their annual run at the Yankees — and the elusive pennant.

Because it has become harder to throw the ball past hitters and because mistakes on the inside half of the plate often become home runs, not just singles and doubles, pitchers nibble maddeningly off the lower and outside boundaries of the strike zone.

Whatever the case, many of the winningest pitchers and top home run hitters in the major leagues since 1920 were born in close proximity to one another

The eight top home run hitters over the past five years — McGwire, Sosa, Albert Belle, Vinny Castilla, Juan Gonzalez, Ken Griffey Jr., Rafael Palmeiro and Mo Vaughn — have a combined career average of.107 against Martinez, with just one home run (by Gonzalez) in 84 times at bat.

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With a short left field porch in Philadelphia and Franco's high contact rate for a hitter with his power, we could see Franco near the top of the home run leaders list in 2016.

Doerr, one of baseball's most respected hitting coaches, projects Ainge as a.280 to.300 hitter with 15 to 20 home runs.

I think that Michel is more of a guy that we might take - more the slasher, home - run - hitter RB.

At the plate — this was before all of this home run stuff, all these lunkheads with all their money — he was a place hitter.

As of 2009, when Thome was 38 and a career.277 /.404 /.557 hitter with 564 home runs, there were people still wondering if he would make it.

A hitter who can hit 763 home runs would be a testament to talent and longevity — not only an extraordinary hitter, but someone who doesn't make us curse the capriciousness of baseball and all of the lurking injuries.

And yes Ohtani (hitter) was one of the most added players on Yahoo after he hit those home runs.

At 20 years of age brown - eyed Ron Swoboda has become a hero to rival Marvelous Marv Throneberry in the affections of New York Met fans, and he has also become a genuine major - league home run hitter

He was one of the top pinch hitters in baseball, hitting.356 /.396 /.644 in 48 plate appearances, tied for first in MLB with four pinch - hit home runs and second with 13 RBI.

«I used to think of Donnie as a line - drive hitter with home run power,» says Piniella.

They set an American League home run record of 193, but only one Yankee hitter was over.300 (Moose Skowron at.309), and not another was over.284.

In 2010, they were actually filled with home run hitters, from Juan Uribe to Aubrey Huff, and that was a substantial part of their balanced offensive attack.

If you've predicted something unfathomably rare (a no - hitter, pitcher hits two home runs, Justin Bour steals seven bases) and it comes true, that's going to be a lot of points.

The model computes the probability of a team with given hitters, bench, starting pitcher, lineup, and relievers scoring any number of runs and adjusts for home field advantage to compute the chance each team has to win a game.

The model computes the probability of a team with given hitters, bench, starting pitcher, lineup and relievers scoring any number of runs along with home field advantage to compute the chance each team has to win a game.

During this era many of the league's power - hitters used steroids, but Green says he used meditation to hit home runs.

Chris Davis is excelling as a home run hitter on the field, because of his commitment off the field.

These exercises are known as Home Run Hitter Exercises because of the way your body responds.

Filmed in part to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the legendary switch - hitter's death, this film tells the remarkable tale of the athlete who overcame constant, nagging injuries to blast 536 home runs out of the ballpark over the course of 18 unforgettable seasons and swing his way into the history books.

And it couldn't have happened to a more deserving film, the warmest, most universal of all the Pixar home - run hitters.

Our hero was not one of those Dominican cats everybody's always going on about - he wasn't no home - run hitter or a fly bachatero, not a playboy with a million hots on his jock.

Baseball is back for another year of home runs, intentional walks, and those rare - but - amazing no hitters; MLB 14: The Show for the PlayStation Vita is back as well, offering you a virtual field to test your skills on.

Any new IP they spin up is sure to be a success too, but today we're going to focus on some of the existing home - run hitters from Rockstar.