Sentences with phrase «pitcher whose»

Though the incoming freshman can expect some abuse — sometimes accompanied by genuine hostility, courtesy of Parker Posey as a queen - bee type and a hilariously belligerent Ben Affleck as a two - year senior — the only troubled characters in Dazed And Confused are the heads of each class: Randall «Pink» Floyd (Jason London), the good - natured quarterback who doesn't want to be pigeonholed as a jock and told not to run with the wrong crowd, and Mitch Kramer (Wiley Wiggins), in many ways his heir apparent, an 8th - grade star pitcher whose awkward transition comes with extra pressure (and extra beatings).

Going with a team averaging.35 or fewer stolen bases per game versus an opponent with a starting pitcher whose WHIP is 1.000 or less in his last three starts is +125.8 units, though admittedly this year it has not been profitable.

MILWAUKEE is 7 - 15 -LRB--9.9 Units) against the money line vs. an NL starting pitcher whose WHIP is 1.250 or better this season.

PITTSBURGH is 15 - 10 (+7.3 Units) against the money line vs. a starting pitcher whose gives up 0.5 or less HR's / start this season.

This is the pitcher whose world championship season of 1967 was only briefly abridged by a broken leg he suffered from a Roberto Clemente line drive that left a vapor trail on its way to fracturing the righthander's right leg just above the ankle.

And that's why virtually every obituary last week began with some variation of Herb Score, the former major league pitcher whose promise went unfulfilled after a line drive hit him in the face...

Torres is a promising pitcher whose forte is supposed to be his location, though you would not have known that when he showed up at the wrong terminal in Phoenix and missed his flight to San Francisco.

There are still lots of pitchers whose names you know left out there, like Doug Fister and Brett Anderson and Jon Niese and Jake Peavy, all of whom might not have much left to offer, but hey: it's mid-January.

Not exact matches

Near Bario, theKelangawas full of pitcher plants, whose tubular containers lure insects searching for shelter onto a soupy glue of enzymes that quickly dissolves them.

It would be yet another thing if Mets pitchers weren't being devoured whole by tiny hell imps, whose hunger will never be sated.

And one of the pitchers who excites them the most is Seth Lugo, the Mets right - hander whose curveball spins more than the average pitcher's.

And for a team that's dealt with injury after injury after injury to starting pitchers this year, do they really want to take a chance on a starter whose entire career was defined by an inability to stay healthy, including this year?

On a much smaller scale, Torii Hunter and Astros pitcher LaTroy Hawkins recall the story of a former major leaguer from the Dominican Republic whose adviser took care of all his financial matters.

That would be John Lackey, whose 5.7 WAR was almost two wins better than the pitcher behind him.

The others were Pitchers Carl Mays (1915 - 29), whose fastball killed Cleveland's Ray Chapman in 1920, and well - traveled Jakie May (1917 - 32).

I have two sons whose coaches want them to be pitchers because they have good arms.

The only bright spots were Pitcher Mike Caldwell, who won his 13th, and Gorman Thomas, whose four homers brought his season total to 23, tying him with teammate Larry Hisle and California's Don Baylor for second in the American League behind Boston's Jim Rice.

The Bay Area also has Oakland outfielder Mike, and then there are Seattle first baseman Alvin, whose middle name happens to be Glenn, and Baltimore pitcher Storm, whose real name is George.

AS FREE AGENTS: Catcher - Infielder DAVE ROBERTS, 29, who hit.238 with the Rangers last season, to a five - year, $ 1.1 million contract with the Astros; Pitcher JOHN D'ACQUISTO, 29, whose 1980 record with the Padres and Expos was 2 - 5, to a four - year deal with the Angels worth $ 1.15 million; and First Baseman LEE MAY, 37, formerly of the Orioles, to a one - year contract with the Royals.

The slippery - liquid - infused porous surfaces (SLIPS, above) was inspired by the pitcher plant (below), whose slick leaves capture insects and escort them to a watery demise.

The same is true of most left - handed relief pitchers in baseball, whose job descriptions are typically limited to disposing of left - handed hitters in the middle and late innings of games.