Sentences with phrase «on the bat for»

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Sean Browne writes: You will see that the 60 % -70 % failure rate matches what most VC's are aiming for in their portfolio in way of a.300 + batting average on investments.

An important reason these contract workers were able to start getting benefits is because i2i saved SurveyMonkey 5 percent on its total benefits cost, freeing up surplus funds for the effort, and employees went to bat for their contract counterparts.

Most managers are willing to go to bat for requests that are likely to have a positive return on employee productivity and morale, so stick with those main motivators.

For much of its history, Major League Baseball has aligned the value of its players according to traditional stats, like batting average, home runs, stolen bases, earned run average and so on.

Serial entrepreneur Michael Paolucci learned three valuable lessons while hunting for funding for his new venture, temporary tech - help 2.0 company Solvate: Never neglect your contact database, don't be afraid to go up to bat again where you've previously struck out, and be ready to start on the farm team.

If the first thing you do when you come home is throw your keys on the coffee table, lay down on the couch and turn on the TV, you set yourself up for an unproductive evening right off the bat.

(The company plans to release the open - source code for BAT on GitHub to foster the creation of a new ecosystem for publishers and readers based on this token.)

The Fund does not calculate the NAV on days the NYSE and BATS are closed for trading.

On average, the competing exchanges have effective spreads 96 percent higher than IEX's for stocks in the S. & P. 500, with the premium ranging from 80 percent to 158 percent on the exchanges for which BATS provided datOn average, the competing exchanges have effective spreads 96 percent higher than IEX's for stocks in the S. & P. 500, with the premium ranging from 80 percent to 158 percent on the exchanges for which BATS provided daton the exchanges for which BATS provided data.

Clearly, given its impact on exports and imports, the BAT could also have potentially broad implications for trade.

The team reviews how a BAT would work, its likely effect on prices and exchange rates, its implications for the longer - term macroeconomic outlook, its impact on different domestic sectors and trade flows, and the potential ramifications for international trade relations.

The republican party still batting a.000 on running one of us for president.

They knew we could be counted on to drive safely: it wasn't an option for us to be getting into a car with God knows who driving like a bat out of hell.

How about those charges for whatever bat shit crazy thing you imagined happened to you on here??

@rachelheldevans Marshmallow baseball with spatulas for bats, running on your knees in carpeted youth room.

Most started playing professionally on one of the thousands of semi-pro clubs and company teams scattered across the country: steel mills and ice creameries offered $ 40 a month plus a job for good arms and hot bats, and every small town in the Midwest seemed to have its own amateur squad.

Finally, in 1913, McGraw sent Faust out to pitch an inning of limp «nothing - ball» against Cincinnati, and when three outs were later made before Faust's chance to bat, the Reds stayed on the field for a fourth out.

No one could, for instance, no matter how fine his eyesight or physical coordination, hit a major - league pitch with a cylindrical bat if there were not some prior attunement on his part to the subtle spiritual force that flows through all things, a sort of Zen cultivation of the mindless mind, in which the impossible is accomplished because it somehow simply accomplishes itself in us.

If all the comments on belief blog were a cartoon there would be a Scotsman (not a true one), there would be a straw man on fire, and there would be Hitler (for the Hitler card) and the three of them would be used as tennis balls being batted back and forth between the opposing sides.

No, they do so based on a book of fairy tales where a man lives in a fish's gut for three days, where angles of death come and play in egypt and where bats are birds.

Tonight, along with everyone else in Virginia, I'm batting down the hatches and preparing for the worst — Winter Wallop III is on its way and this time I'm prepared.

In the wine department, this means that when the Wythe Hotel, Reynard's mothership, hosts weddings, Campbell has to go to bat for natural wine — and if a bride can't find anything in her price range that she likes, Campbell's willing to pour a fancier natural wine, charge less, and take a hit on the difference.

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

That's no small thing for New York, given Walker is batting.283 /.347 /.476 and is second on the team in OPS + behind Yoenis Cespedes.

The camera crew panned on Andre Ethier in the dugout for quite a bit during Forsythe's at - bat, as he was putting in eye drops and standing, and then there was no one deck for the Dodgers.

The last time I hit in a batting cage, my 8 - year - old daughter felt sorry for me and gave me advice on where to stand

For now, though, we have star trying new things, a living legend, a former legend, a very fast little player, and a pitcher who spends five minutes looking for the bat's on / off switFor now, though, we have star trying new things, a living legend, a former legend, a very fast little player, and a pitcher who spends five minutes looking for the bat's on / off switfor the bat's on / off switch.

Morneau would come to the Indians on a one - year deal and provide depth and a left - handed bench bat for a team that needs both.

o.t does anybody on here honestly think we might try and make a move for klopp this summer are the board that aggressive enough to make the decision also wenger has not come out straight away to denied that klopp is coming to arsenal he just batted the question away in the press conference yesterday this makes me wonder if wenger is going to sit down with the board and have a chat to see what is the best way forward for the club (maybe moving upstairs to the boardroom so he doesn't have to break his contract) i am sure if certain members of the board saw this as a prime opportunity to move the club forward post wenger we will see what will happen this might be the only chance to get him as we might not be any decent manager around when wenger does retire we would probably end up with martinez instead realistically who do you think we would end up with in 2 yrs time options will be more limited me thinks and we wil have missed the boat better make it count this time coyg

Based on team needs and the very public discussion of his playing some 3B they are looking for an injury replacement if that happens, or otherwise a 2nd / 3rd 3B, 5th / 6th OF, last big bat on the bench guy.

I hope that if the club do decide to cough up the coin for Bats and $ 35 - 40 +10 million adds on is plenty, that they don't offset the outgoing expenditure by selling Pulisic to Chelsea or Weigl to Real Madrid to recoup the bulk of Bats money.

OUTLOOK Coach Kennedy can depend on several things: Santo, Williams and Banks will swing their bats with the same old effectiveness, Altman will hit better than last year's.230 and Jackson can be relied upon for another good year.

He got one out but then walked a Austin Barnes to load the bases, and because Darvish was still so sharp on the mound he batted for himself after another out was recorded.

Except Clifton himself fumbled at the MTSU 16, and the ball got batted around a bit before another Arkansas State player fell on it for a touchdown, 98 yards or so from where Middle Tennessee's Tucker maybe caught the ball a few moments earlier.

I suspect that there isn't a man on here (well, with maybe one or two exceptions... haha...) who wouldn't go to bat for you when the chips are down.

i think they go gregory or sherff... what gm wants to take a guy one pick ahead of a destination he's all ready publicly said he wants to play for, would you want a unhappy player on your team right off the bat?

A side judge was suspended following a clock error in a Steelers - Chargers Monday night game early in the season, and a back judge was moved off a Sunday night game after failing to throw a flag on Seahawks linebacker K.J. Wright for batting a Calvin Johnson fumble out of the back of the end zone during a Monday night game against the Lions.

«And on the next at bat he may hook a pitch that's two inches outside for a home run.»

At El Segundo (Calif.) High School he batted over.400 as a centerfielder and pitcher, but only the Red Sox saw a big - league future for him on the mound.

When the Twins go on a winning stretch on the back of Miguel Sano's bat, for example, that makes sense.

Once Estrada is in AAA, then they send Wade down to work on his batting approach, the infield will be crowded in AAA and necessitate a change for the future.

But under the rules all he can do is declare the runner out for being hit by a batted ball and put the hitter on first with a single... I hope I'm around when some real belligerent big league manager lets his boys try this dodge.

Castillo, who had six RBIs in 305 at bats, was on pace to knock in 10 runs this year, which would be the fewest ever in a season for a hitter who had at least 450 at bats.

A home run, though, is far preferable to any other kind of batted ball, on account of the thing where they give you a whole run for it.

For 30 years or so, I had a good idea what was a hit off the bat when watching a game on TV.

In the American League the New York Yankees, with big bats, established glory and professional experience on their side, are battling for their 25th pennant against the Baltimore Orioles, representing youth and desire.

But if the batter goes 1 for 10 by standing backwards in the batters box, putting his helmet on upside - down, forgetting to bring a bat etc, then it is legit to say something is wrong — and saying «Look it's just 10 at - bats, small sample size» would trouble me.

It's also for the best for A-Rod, who had a decent enough start to the year outside of his batting average — his OPS was.705 on June 5 — but then saw everything else slip by the time mid-August rolled around.

kondogbia for me all the way he has all the skills we need for d / m he schooled our midfield when we played them this season on his own, hopefully this would have had wenger rubbing his hands together with glee to watch such a class act who could run our midfield, so i think go straight in with # 30million for him straight off the bat, and test monaco's resolve and his to stay, or make him a star in our midfield he would have helped us drive the midfield forward from deep midfield and smash defensive teams like swansea.

as for the wrist they should make a glove that has padding and the protection on the inside of the glove that forms to both the wrist and the groove of the bat.