Sentences with phrase «off game of this baseball»

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This massive feature from ESPN The Magazine attempts to fill in some of that grey area, though, chronicling Alex Rodriguez's year off from baseball and his journey to return to the game that suspended him.

His story strains credulity: After graduating from high school, he turned down a scholarship to Texas A&M and swore off the game; underwent treatment for drug abuse and depression; embarked on a four - year odyssey around the country in search of spiritual understanding before he was led back to baseball; was drafted in the 23rd round in 2010; then made the Braves» Opening Day roster a year after starting the»12 season in high A ball.

Understandably, it was probably a bit boring as it was just bullpen guys, and you are probably right with the players being «off», but I just think it was great, low - scoring game in front of a crowd that deserved a good baseball game after what they've been through.

People often say that baseball is the most literary of sports — it's that game in which balls carom off walls, pitchers flirt with no - hitters and batters spit on outside sliders — and that may be true.

-- Yesterday the Rockies came back to beat the Reds in both games of their doubleheader Sunday, capping off a lengthy day of baseball.

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Instead, we'll have the two wild cards with the inferior records face off in Baseball Thunderdome, and the winner of that single game will go on to face the wild card team that had the bye in a three - game series.

It's one of the scariest scenes in baseball, Blue Jays starter J.A. Happ was hit squarely in the head by a line drive off the bat of Tampa Bay Rays» Desmond Jennings in the second inning of Tuesday's game a Tropicana Field.

Because of a lack of common off days among teams in the typical Major League Baseball schedule, additional cancellations would have been nearly impossible to make up, but the solution is still stunning: Wednesday's game will be played in front of an empty stadium.

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The Phillies are quickly wearing off the novelty of baseball with five losses in their last six games.

Sibling love and toddler cheering only goes so far before the novelty of yet another baseball game wears off.

During the sunny day games, I often top off the look with my University of Memphis baseball cap.

Supporting roles followed, as an accused rapist in Just Cause, a well - to - do love interest in Set It Off, and baseball legend Jackie Robinson in the HBO original movie Soul of the Game.

Those late - season rallies, now a hallmark for a network saddled with a really good excuse for poor fall starts — having its schedule upended by Major League Baseball playoffs — has for a couple of seasons hidden a pretty clear fact: Fox is way off its game.

As Major League Baseball kicks off All Star Week, where the greatest players of our American pastime come together for a game, as a Cincinnati Reds fan, I...

Let me start this off by saying that I am a big baseball fan and that I have been buying baseball games since the days of gaming on my PSX.

Pre-order customers will also enjoy 10 % off the full purchase price, and an exclusive in - game American baseball bat, one of the new melee weapons.

A bunch of kids, myself included, collected NES games like bulky plastic baseball cards, but I knew plenty of other children who were done with games once they'd dusted off the last boss.

Almost overnight, MLB: 09: The Show became the new hallmark of baseball games and sent the 2K series to off to warm the bench.

The Yakuza series, infamously slow to transition across the pond, is one of Sega's most reliable brands, consistently delivering quality games containing exactly what their intended audience desire: brutal carnage, dramatic storytelling, hilariously off - tone comedy and lots and lots of baseball practice.

Valve has announced that anyone who pre-orders the game through Steam or participating retailers will get early access to the Left 4 Dead 2 demo, an exclusive in - game item — the American baseball bat, one of the 10 new melee weapons included in the game — and 10 % off the price.

Sadly, though, the blaster is let down by some really awkward aiming, leading me to only use it when I absolutely had to for certain sections of the game, such as one mental section where you end up playing baseball by blasting off heads and defending the runner.

While you still have a while to enjoy playing Baseball online Sony has announced that the servers for the game will be getting shut off on June 18th for all versions of the game.

Sports - themed games have you launching your driver through football goalposts, into basketball baskets, and off of a giant baseball bat.

Don't get me wrong, any first - party Nintendo game is almost always amazing, but there are certainly some fans that have been turned off by the various iterations of Mario playing baseball, soccer and who knows, maybe cricket next.

EA was fresh off of MVP Baseball 2004 and was looking to improve on a game that I still hold as one of the best sports titles of all time.

Skills relevant to this position and found on applicants» resumes include assisting the head coach in all aspects of the organization to ensure success on and off the field, leading practices and drills, teaching and instructing players on both fundamental and advanced skills of baseball, making «in - game» decisions, and determining starting lineups.