Sentences with word «pickoff»

Actually, Henderson has a remarkable 32 - for - 43 record on attempts to steal third, and of his total «caught - stealings,» 13 have come from pickoff plays.

If baseball puts in a pitch clock, raises the strike zone, eliminates extensive mound visits, limits pitching changes, institutes a mercy rule, starts extra innings with a runner on second base, limits the number of pickoff throws, requires pitchers to face a minimum number of batters, limits defensive shifts, and institutes all sorts of other changes to speed the game up and improve quality of play, there might be improvements.

Best pickoff move?

He got to show off his defensive chops as well, gunning down a runner at third base after Jon Lester's off - target pickoff attempt allowed Zack Cozart to advance.

Consider Jon Lester, who famously didn't like making pickoff throws to first base.

He kept base runners close with through - the - legs pickoff moves.

«I'm trying to make him more of a steal off - the - ball guy this year,» Pitino says, the theory being that fewer attempts at pocket pickings — and more pickoffs of rushed passes — will keep Smith on the court.

To be fair, the Rays had a nice pickoff the other day that was proven upon review thus overturning the call of safe.

The first pickoff had set up Virginia's first score just 16 seconds before halftime; the second had snuffed a Michigan drive in the end zone after the Wolverines had reached the Virginia six late in the third quarter.

I have a feeling that even at 19 wins with a say (8 - 10) in conference we can be in, if we have two big signature road wins, say duke and miami / louisville, and pickoff say clemson in the final game.

The diagrams showed pickoff plays, backing - up plays and rundowns.

Says Pirate coach Rich Donnelly, «He's so tall, he doesn't have a pickoff move to second; he just reaches out and tags the runner.»

Nguyen is complemented by senior Donoven Moore (6 - 1, 170), who had three pickoffs, and 6 - 3, 210 - pound senior safety Tuni Faletau Fifita, whom King calls «explosive, big, physical and dominant.»

Unperturbed, Rickey tied the record Thursday night, eluding a pickoff play by Mike Caldwell, and smashed it to smithereens on Friday.

Two years ago Gary Sheffield of the Dodgers was leading off first base when Michael Barrett, the Expos» catcher, chucked a pickoff throw into the outfield.

They still have a crowd that boos when the other team makes a pickoff throw in a tense moment.

Advanced catchers will focus on calling pitches, pickoffs, proper footwork.

While the new system is obviously popular among the younger players, most of the older Cubs, the established major leaguers, would rather wait before commenting («How many times during a season do you see the pickoff play work?»

«If we bring a young pitcher up from San Antonio at midseason,» said Grimm, «we won't have to teach him how we work our pickoff play.

# 17 Dick (Night Train) Lane AUSTIN Intercepted league - record 14 passes as rookie cornerback with L.A. Rams in 1952; had 68 pickoffs in 14 NFL seasons.

Johnson, who is 6» 10», has encountered more than the usual problems of inexperience: In a game this spring, catcher Dave Valle fired a pickoff throw to second; Johnson reached out and caught it.

-- Ryan Zimmerman broke his right thumb diving back to second base on a pickoff attempt during Saturday's game and is expected to miss four to six weeks.