Sentences with phrase «player swing the bat»

Not exact matches

His free - swinging bat and Emanski - approved glove make for an eminently watchable player.

Forget Gattis's home runs, slugging percentage (through Sunday it was.593, fourth highest in the National League among players with at least 150 plate appearances) and the 6» 4», 235 - pound frame and compact, batting gloveless righthanded swing that exude old school strength.

The Panthers responded to the report saying that only Marcus Ball, a practice squad player, was swinging a bat before the game, according to Adam Schefter.

Sometimes it's a speedy, disruptive player who can't get on base, or a huge batting - practice legend whose 500 - foot home runs are as legendary as his swings on 55 - foot curveballs.

Freddy Avis of Menlo School is a two - way player (SS / RHP), and in addition to being one of the top high school right - handed pitchers in the nation, he can also really swing the bat.

During warm ups, players swung fastest with the light and standard bats, averaging 101.4 and 82.1 kilometers per hour, respectively.

After resting for 30 seconds, players then took five «real» swings with the standard - weight bat.

For the study the researchers recruited 19 recreation league baseball players (all men) and had them take five practice swings with bats of different weights: a light bat, weighing just 9.6 ounces; a standard - weight bat (31.5 ounces); and a heavy warm - up bat (55.2 ounces).

Players get to the major leagues after years in high school and college swinging aluminum bats that have thin handles.

I can remember watching the baseball player Ichiro Suzuki swing the bat one day.

This works through a mechanism called post-activation potentiation, a neuromuscular phenomenon in which strength and power output is immediately enhanced after heavy resistance exercise.1 Basically, by performing a more intense activity first (the very heavy set), you summon more total muscle fibers into play for the work sets ahead, like a baseball player swinging a weighted bat before stepping up to the plate.

(1 - 2 players) Super Beat Sports features a variety of colorful levels, songs, characters, costumes and bats to customize your experience as you swing, volley and hit to the beat.

Players can swing the wireless Wii Remote just like a real bat or wave it toward the plate to deliver a masterful pitch, enjoying the same intuitive, easy - to - learn controls that helped make Wii Sports a living room hit.

The gameplay is easy to pick up and play; the player simply lines up a shot, swings the bat and sees the ball knock out obnoxious fans, leery catchers, biased umpires and more.

Those initially long, frustrating swings eventually sink in and feel more like weighty strikes with a great metal bat — couple that with the fact that pretty much solve the problem of online connections for most players and you really can not argue with the clever innovation Ubisoft is showing here.

Additional features include: · Realistic simulation and physics: Don't be fooled by the light - hearted / comical presentation; the fundamentals of the sport of baseball are well represented · Up - to four player local co-op play: In addition to solo play, there's head - to - head, 2v1, 2v2 and co-op against the CPU · Ultra responsive and blazing fast gameplay: Controls are easy to learn, but players will need to master jumping, diving, wall - catches, power - swings and cut - off plays to properly dominate friends · Full batting and pitching statistics: Comprehensive baseball statistics that ballplayers can use to show off their MVP - quality skills

Harmonix developer Jon Carter demonstrated one of Beat Sports» included games, which uses the Apple TV remote's motion sensor to determine when players swing a baseball bat.