Sentences with phrase «old pitcher»

But 11 - year - old pitcher Jake Schutter may beg to differ after a line drive left him deaf in one ear, as reported by the Chicago Sun - Times.

As the father of four boys who spends more time on youth baseball fields then any other adult in the United States, I was a bit dismayed to read about a 17 - year - old pitcher in Prince George's County, Md. who fractured his right arm while throwing a pitch in a baseball game — and then somehow obtained a $ 52,703 jury verdict against the tournament organizer for building a mound that was «too big and too deep.»

On December 9, 2011, another case went against Hillerich & Bradsby when a jury awarded $ 951,000 to the family of Dillon Yeaman, a 15 - year - old pitcher who suffered severe facial injuries when he was struck by a batted ball in a game.

But more than anything else it's a story of one young man's maturation and transformation, as 20 - year - old pitcher Miguel «Sugar» Santos (Algenis Pérez Soto) moves from the Dominican Republic to spring training in Arizona, minor - league stardom in Iowa and onward toward an ambiguous destiny.

Her husband, 20 - year - old Pitcher Lee Meyers, demanded and received his release from the Kansas City A's farm team.

Johnson is a 26 - year - old pitcher who has made two starts for the White Sox this season.

Angell traces two years in the career of a 27 - year - old pitcher, once a promising pro prospect, who's giving baseball one more chance to discover him after an eight - year layoff.

On St. Patrick's day in Vero Beach, Fla., a 20 - year - old pitcher from South Korea wearing a green Los Angeles Dodger cap (he had no idea what that was all about) rocked back from the pitching rubber, brought both hands high above his head and stopped, motionless as an oil painting.

DOUBLE TROUBLE The Expos have added a 16 - year - old pitcher named Antonio Alfonseca, who has six fingers on each hand, to their organization in the Dominican Republic.

Kenny Rogers was a 41 - year - old pitcher signed to a three - year contract by a last - place team — just imagine the cyber-tittering if the Phillies did something similar today.

Not for a 34 - year - old pitcher who isn't having his standard, dominant season.

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«The older pitcher acquires confidence in his ball club.

Well, Schacht is out there on the field, and Ruth, who's watching from the dugout, says to Mel Harder, one of our old pitchers, «I hate that sonofabitch.

Thirteen to fifteen year old pitchers in the Babe Ruth leagues all around this country do these things routinely.

The last pitcher listed was Jake Arrieta, and he was the oldest pitcher on the list.

THE BIG IFS: Ability of old Pitchers Paul Minner, Warren Hacker, Howie Pollet, Harry Perkowski to perform satisfactorily.

I turned 41 in December, and someone pointed out to me that I'd be the oldest pitcher in the majors this year.

«Before a game,» says Papa, «one of our big old pitchers, he'd say, «Just get me a coupla runs, that's all.»

I don't follow other teams close enough to know pitching staffs — I'm not crazy about our pitching trades giving up young arms for older pitchers coming off injury but our new names / faces / arms pitching for the Twins need some time, some fan support, and opportunity to establish their value in our season.

It will also be interesting to follow the performance of New York's great - but - old pitchers: Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez (Pedro is due back in August).

«I have a fondness for old pitchers and pottery, where I store my paint brushes.

Not exact matches

If a pitcher never becomes empty, if an old woman bears a child, if iron floats — these are miracles; if five thousand men are fed with five loaves and two fishes, if a sick man is healed by laying on of hands and a single word — these are miracles.

Only five pitchers have thrown more than two no - hitters, so with Verlander only being 28 years old, every start he makes from now on will have an added measure of interest.

It's unfathomable to make the pitching staff worse by taking an older, less effective pitcher back.

Shoot, the 23 - year - old Atlanta Brave pitcher tugs his cap so low on his head it's a wonder he can find his way to the mound.

A. Joe Nuxhall, Cincinnati pitcher, was 15 years, 10 months and 11 days old when he made his debut with the Redlegs on June 10, 1944.

So the batter dives into the pitch — he doesn't simply stride toward the pitcher as in the old days — and is just as likely to pull an outside pitch out of the park as he is to hit it out to the opposite field.

A. Based on the spring rosters, Ellis Kinder, St. Louis pitcher, is the oldest player.

He was just a 25 - year - old sprite, but he was also the best pitcher on the team all year.

This 31 - year - old veteran has been called a manager behind the plate — cool, smart and an excellent handler of pitchers.

24 EARLY WYNN, PITCHER: Even older than Lemon (36), but no one has noticed him slowing up either.

«I think you've got to be patient as both a batter and a pitcher,» says the 25 - year - old Brett, who was traded to Pittsburgh during the off - season for Second Baseman Dave Cash.

The 2009 Tigers finished in second place, and they were hoping to contend the following season, but they traded a 28 - year - old, homegrown All - Star and an established, 25 - year - old All - Star starting pitcher for a center field prospect and an enigmatic young pitcher.

«If you think I'm good, there's someone at my old J.C. who's much better,» the pitcher said.

Bartolo Colon is old and he doesn't have the same physique as other pitchers.

Now a 23 - year - old All - Star power pitcher, Smoltz dove into the new low - intensity throwing program.

Take, for instance, Paul Byrd: When the Mets traded Byrd to the Braves in 1997, he was a 26 - year - old power pitcher.

Greinke vs. Price for the top free agent pitcher available is a battle with no clear winner — Greinke is older, but expected to age a little better, and there is going to be little difference in their contracts from the sounds of the numbers being tossed about.

The 57 - year - old Mazzone also butted heads with some of his younger pitchers, like Erik Bedard, who grumbled about the throwing program and chafed at Mazzone's direct personal approach.

In a nearby closet are some briefcases full of old spiral notebooks, every pitch his pitchers ever pitched.

A San Antonio sportswriter noted «the wonderful spirit» of the Bowie baseball team — «the way the pitchers bear down, the sharp fielding and baserunning reminiscent of the old St. Louis Gashouse Gang.»

As you can see the Blue Jays 35 - year old lefty, Mark Buehrle, has been the most profitable starting pitcher to bet at home since 2005.

As always, Angell is mainly concerned with major league players, but there are some rewarding side trips, notably to the playing fields of Yale in the company of Smokey Joe Wood, the 91 - year - old former Yale coach who won 34 games as a Red Sox pitcher in 1912, and to the big league locker rooms (or the corridors just outside them) with several bright female reporters who were trying to breach that journalistic barrier in 1979.

Sometimes it suggests a mustachioed old - time pitcher in a cartoon, or a Norman Rockwell sandlotter — all pretzeled up preparing to snap off a hot one.

MILEPOSTS — TRADED: By the St. Louis Cardinals, after what was supposed to be a third pennant season wasn't, two 31 - year - olds, Pitcher RAY WASHBURN and Outfielder VADA PINSON, for two 26 - year - olds, Cincinnati Pitcher GEORGE CULVER and Cleveland Outfielder JOSE CARDENAL.

Syndergaard is becoming one of the best pitchers in the league and still has room to improve given that he's only 24 years old.

Seaver said emotional farewells to his three oldest friends on the team, Pitcher Jerry Koosman, Shortstop Bud Harrelson and Catcher Jerry Grote, and while the Mets were beating the Braves, he took a flight to New York, where Nancy met him at the airport.

The 26 - year - old Hernandez is right there with Justin Verlander in any discussion of the best pitcher in baseball, but he's had too few moments in which he could express that kind of joy on a baseball field.

To get the 32 - year - old Seaver from the Mets, the Reds gave up Pitcher Pat Zachry, 25, Utility Infielder Doug Flynn, 26, and minor league Outfielders Steve Henderson, 24, and Dan Norman, 22.