Sentences with phrase «of power hitters»

Each can put up runs in bunches thanks to a core of power hitters.

And find all kind of power hitters talking about why they don't do it, and a lot of it is «Bunting is actually hard.

Not exact matches

Gus Triandos being about all the Birds had in those days by way of a power - hitter, we learned to savor strong pitching (taught by crafty old Harry «The Cat» Brecheen), and we reveled in brilliant defense.

Blackmon — great hitter with now more RBI potential — perfect slot for him at # 3 Arenado — he is the no brainer # 4 hitter on this team CarGo — # 5 suits his hitting style perfectly Iannetta — good plate discipline and works the count — plus has power — nice # 6 option Parra — fits nice at # 7 or # 8 Desmond — puts a speed / pop bat towards the end of the line up — either # 7 or # 8

Snider may lookyoung, but he has the bat skills of a mature hitter, drawing comparisons withNationals slugger Adam Dunn — albeit with the ability to hit for average as wellas power.

Albert Belle (23 homers) is one of the league's top power hitters.

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.

I do think that our new defensive solidity is a step in the right direction though and the confidence of winning the BPL again, combined with the spending power that the new TV rights deal gives us, should help Wenger to close the gap on the current European big hitters.

We have 3,000 plate appearances that suggest Stanton is one of the best power hitters of all time, and about 600 that suggest he's not the same player.

One of the league's most consistent hitters with good power for a little man.

At 31 a standout hitter, with great power, and one of the league's best outfielders.

Jose Ortiz has power; he could hit 15 to 20 homers... Giambi is one of the two or three best lefthanded hitters in the game.

And while these two teams have their fair share of 20 - homer hitters, they don't have GRAAAAHHH POWER.

Really good defensive catcher, up and down as a hitter but a modicum of power and has had some decent seasons with contact, etc. takes a while for catchers to develop as hitters sometimes.

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.

Add onto age and loss of power for a non power hitter and you see what is going on with Gordon.

He's one of the game's very best power hitters, a freak.

«I think you want hitters in the middle of your lineup who are flat - out great hitters, not just power hitters,» says Dodgers manager Don Mattingly.

Thanks to a swing change and careful coaching, he's become one of the game's great young power hitters.

The Astros now have Gattis, Chris Carter and George Springer as power hitters in the middle of their lineup.

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

First, there aren't many players on the planet with the upside of Moncada, who is a switch hitter with power and speed and can play the middle infield.

During this era many of the league's power - hitters used...

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

If nothing else, Carter shows us that living on plants is not just for endurance athletes or yogis but can positively impact heavy hitters in terms of their size, speed, agility, power, and quickness.

You are given four alternatives to some of the Game Boy's biggest hitters, but they're now powered by the Game Gear's colour display.

Willie Mays Hayes (now played by Omar Epps (The Mod Squad), instead of Wesley Snipes) is trying to change himself into a power hitter, which will bring more fame and fortune to his budding career as an actor.

It's enjoyable facing off against a variety of teams in the league, each with their own strengths such as being power hitters or pitching experts.

You can also power up both a hitter's swing or the power of a pitch by following button prompts or by using the sticks.

Representing the PlayStation franchise inFAMOUS from Sucker Punch Studios, Cole MacGrath proves to be an unlikely hero with extraordinary powers, so it made perfect sense to us for him to be in the ring alongside some of PlayStation's heaviest hitters.

Here's an early concept of the powered armor suit, the heavy - hitters of the game.

Art - world power - hitter Todd Levin curated this sprawling ode to the city where he was born and raised, with such objects culled from Detroit institutions as historical portraits, industrial design, fashion, music, and works of contemporary art.

Across pieces by heavy hitters such as Ellen Gallagher, Glen Ligon, Kerry James Marshall, Lorna Simpson and Kara Walker, different aspects of the Civil Rights movement — boycotts, protests, revolutionary Black Power movements, antebellum history — were filtered through a collection of text - based works (Ligon and Adam Pendleton), portraiture (Marshall and Simpson) animation (Walker), sculpture and an archival collection of Black Panther newspapers (loaned by New York - based artist Rashid Johnson).

He understands information, he cares about access to it, and he has the power to pull together speakers that range from Robert Darnton and Jonathon Zittrain (heavy hitter scholars), to Carl Malamud (political activist), to the best of the United States law librarian - scholars like Dick Danner and a refreshing cast of the new generation of law librarians.