Sentences with phrase «pitches out of the zone»

Batters chased his off - speed pitches out of the zone, a trend Hudson fears may not continue.

It doesn't matter if the kid is throwing 62 or 102 swinging at a pitch out of the zone is never good (hit and run excluded) and drawing a walk will always be a good AB.

Do want to see them swing at more pitches out of the zone to prove they aren't «hoping for walks?»

Not exact matches

We all know the feeling of zoning out during a sales presentation, but you can probably recall a time when the pitch had you nodding your head in agreement.

From his release, both pitches look identical to batters needing to make the micro-second decisions that go into swinging, but one shoots by them at breakneck speeds, and the other dives out of the zone while still hitting 91 mph on the gun.

While employees and all levels of management — even the board — have home zones throughout the six buildings on campus, where colleagues carrying out similar functions may reside, no - one has a dedicated desk and everyone is so mobile that they can pitch up wherever they are needed.

Unlike Ted, we can't be called out if we resist three pitches that are barely in the strike zone; nevertheless, just standing there, day after day, with my bat on my shoulder is not my idea of fun.»

His walk rate is tumbling even as he's throwing a plurality of his pitches out of the strike zone.

Their Defense did their job and kept the quick Hrusocky Offense out of the end - zone, pitching a shutout..

Maybe he singles to right on a pitch out of the strike zone and starts a six - run rally.

«Hitters disregard the inside corner so much that you can throw a pitch in the strike zone and they'll jackknife out of the way,» says one American League All - Star pitcher.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

he isn't making contact in the zone, and seems to just be swinging at everything out of frustration (4 pitch walk in front of Bryant the other day not withstanding)

Activities such as Lunchtime Walks and Mindfulness and Meditation made it easier for me to zone out and have some «me - time» whilst still being active, without having to run round on a football pitch — not my idea of fun!

Hicks grounded out on the first pitch, but Castro found a Keuchel fastball that caught too much of the strike zone and hit a double off the wall in left.

I've always been a big fan of this reverse - pitch play that LSU ran against Auburn in 2015, with the jet motion following the zone blocking, while the running back had the sweepers out on the edge.

Representatives of infamous Financial Engineer Alfred Agbesi Woyome who is currently dragged before the Supreme Court to explain why he has still not paid the GHc51.2 million he illegally took from the government of Ghana have pitched camp at the precincts of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) brandishing some documents demanding that the Trust forks out a whopping $ 6billion representing its 24 % shares in the phantom Green Township which has metamorphosed into a Special Economic Zone project (SEZ).

The program get teams out of their comfort zone of the lab to conduct discovery interviews across key stakeholders to understand needs and test hypotheses, develop and validate value propositions and business models, define «killer» questions and experiments, and create pitches to target funders.

Shades of Roger Donaldson's The Quiet Earth and David Twohy's Pitch Black, Brad Anderson's effectively creepy Vanishing on 7th Street made the most of its Twilight Zone — ish premise — the entire population of the world instantaneously disappears following a global blackout, leaving only a few baffled and increasingly strung - out survivors.

The friends who played wingman for each other, stepping out of their comfort zones to pitch to agents and introduce themselves to authors.

If you do need to push yourself a little harder, put yourself out of your comfort zone and volunteer for things you'd normally avoid... pitches, larger projects, tighter deadlines... whatever is is — go for it!