Sentences with phrase «pitcher backed»

Pour the rice milk in the pitcher back into the blender and add all of the remaining ingredients.

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

The Indians, though, were never a guarantee to get their pitchers back healthy.

His problems began when he attempted to convert to a starting pitcher back in 2005, so we'll keep him in the bullpen for now.

A loquacious raconteur endowed with total recall, he is able to talk for what seems almost ever about such long - forgotten players as Moses Solomon, «The Rabbi of Swat,» a slugger the Giants brought up in the»20s to lure Jewish fans into the Polo Grounds, and one - armed Daily, a Cleveland pitcher back in the»80s who used to get into fights on the field and chop away at his adversaries with the stump of his left arm.

Lamb, who will continue his baseball and academic endeavors at USC, was Elk Grove's ace as the lone starting pitcher back from the previous year's roster.

Not exact matches

Back when E. O. Wilson first promoted his newly hatched theory of sociobiology, protesters doused him with a pitcher of water.

Then we'll all head back here where I'll have some Roasted Jalapeno Hummus ready along with a pitcher of pomegranate margaritas!

The Auto IQ ™ feature slowed the blender when the ingredients climbed too high, allowing the mixture to settle back into the pitcher before increasing the speed again.

Allow the cream / milk to steep with the popcorn for 10 - 15 minutes, then strain the liquid through a fine mesh sieve into a small pitcher or liquid measure, pressing the solids with the back of a spoon or ladle to release as much liquid as possible.

Place the lid back on the pitcher and return it to the blender stand.

I must say, this broth has rejuvenated me and many others countless number of times — if you or someone under your care are too sick or weak to enjoy chewing food, then a few pitchers of this broth and they will soon find the strength to get back to solids.

The lineup is as stacked as everyone expected, with Victor Martinez bouncing back magnificently, but the rotation behind Fulmer and Verlander has been an unending procession of struggling, erratic pitchers.

A blister changes the equation, and like so many pitchers before him, Ohtani is going to have to wait for it to heal before he's back to normal.

They went into a crowded offseason bazaar, elbowed everyone out of the way, and came back with the best pitcher available.

Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg are must - see pitchers every fifth day, Trea Turner's speed is something to behold, third baseman Anthony Rendon has one of the prettiest swings in baseball, and the Nationals» bullpen is actually fun to watch now with sinker - balling right - hander Brandon Kintzler, hard - throwing righty Ryan Madson, and bearded heat - thrower Sean Doolittle at the back end.

Even ignoring that pitchers» ERAs were all much higher back then — even though that kind of context is the whole point of evaluating a Hall of Fame candidate — wouldn't you still give Curt Schilling extra credit?

Choppers back to the mound that the pitcher just gets a piece of, ruining the chances of the defense behind him.

Don't forget the part where Garrett Richards is going to be back, and he's secretly the most forgettable excellent pitcher in the game.

They had 15 different starting pitchers because of an injury carousel, but they weathered the storm because they had depth backing up depth backing up depth.

That's just the back - and - forth, speed - up - slow - them - down type of game that you have to play as a starting pitcher, especially if you're trying to pitch deep into ballgames.

Detroit Tigers pitcher Jose Valverde is known for his excessive antics, and so during this intrasquad scrimmage when third baseman Miguel Cabrera got a single, he decided to taunt him back.

«She came back in her junior year and really blossomed as a pitcher.»

This doesn't mean it'll work next year, but, dammit, how about a round of applause for the young pitchers who put their head into the jaws of Coors Field and took it right back out while everybody in the tent applauded?

Perez is pitching like a young pitcher coming back from Tommy John surgery, which is what he is, but he's had moments of brilliance.

Dallas Keuchel: 1st pitcher in MLB history with 0 runs allowed and 7 + K in back to back postseason starts vs Yankees.

Players who pitch really badly their first year back might not get a second year, so wouldn't the data get more skewed towards good results as you get farther from the surgery and pitchers who aren't good enough to stick in the MLB drop out of the dataset?

Or do not enough pitchers get cut between their first and second seasons back to make much of a difference?

If we could develop a back - end starter (or 2) and a couple of good relievers out of our 2'd tier pitchers, it would move the re-build along nicely.

«If there's one club with a chance to come back, it's us,» said Briles, «but to do it the pitchers will have to tighten up.»

He's the eighth pitcher in the league to do so this season, including fellow Sox pitcher Craig Kimbrel, who threw one back on May 11.

Pitchers such as Brown, 24 - game winner John Smoltz of the Braves, 265 2/3 - inning workhorse Pat Hentgen of the Toronto Blue Jays and Randy Johnson of the Seattle Mariners, who has gone 55 - 16 since 1993 and appears recovered from back surgery performed last September, are anachronisms.

We've got the best pitcher in baseball coming back, then we've got solid guys behind him.

They didn't get the major pitcher they needed, but they plugged another hole by adding Lucas Harrell to the back - end of their rotation.

McGwire and Bonds both had to face pitchers who also shopped at back alley GNCs and weren't dragging into the dog days of summer like their predecessors were.

The opposing pitcher, who has been briefed, throws the ball high and tight, and Max falls over backward, then rows himself back into the box, using the bat as an oar.

Now what if the center fielder does it and throws the ball back into the infield and then the pitcher uses it.

But if the Giants made a poor deal here, they more than got their own back by securing the Cardinals» best pitcher, Sam Jones, in exchange for two men the Giants couldn't use, Bill White and Ray Jablonski.

Daniel Mengden, a pitcher drafted last June in the fourth round by the Astros, and Jacob Nottingham, a 2013 draft pick and catcher, are that something back.

Comic Relief Pitcher On April 16, doctors diagnosed the painful back condition of the Padres» Larry Andersen as two bulging disks in his neck, but he decided not to have surgery.

For the A's, it's about trying to get something back for a pitcher who was likely going to exit the organization through free agency this fall.

Then, perhaps with his nervous system betraying him, the pitcher pulled a muscle in his back in the middle of the seventh inning and was removed.

He had a stance at the plate where he near had his back to the pitcher; he was so far turned around that I could see the number 3 on his uniform; I didn't think the monkey could come around quick enough on my fastball to get his bat on it.

Pitchers and coaches told reporters that Mazzone arrived at camp the following spring more optimistic and laid - back.

With Atlanta ahead by five runs entering the bottom of the fifth in a ball game last September at Fulton County Stadium, Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone strode across the dugout, patted pitcher Tom Glavine on the back and said, «That's enough.

When a pitcher like Mussina is struck in the head it brings back memories of the Indians» Herb Score, who was struck on the right eye by a line drive off the bat of the Yankees» Gil McDougald on May 7, 1957.

The consensus in baseball is that most pitchers are struck by a ball that was pitched outside against a hitter who has shortened his swing in an attempt to drive the ball back where it was pitched.

However, we are confident enough to say that declines in velocity shouldn't automatically deter MLB bettors from backing certain starting pitchers and this concept is something we'd like to analyze more in the future.

Jan 04,2016... Despite official denials, pitchers throw at batters — to knock them down, to brush them back, sometime...

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.