Sentences with phrase «pop fly»

Stories of bankrupt pro athletes are as common as pop flies.

There's iconic X-Man Colossus popping a fly ball with «QS 5:51» right there on his T - shirt.

Sportswriters decried his license — he would turn an ordinary pop fly into a thriller where three fielders ran into each other and were knocked breathless in their superb effort to save that ball from being a home run!

Putting it at the end of the crutches might help with pop flies, but the transisition would be murder for grounders.

I spent mine over my Nana's abode with my brothers and MJ, while we tried not to get knocked out by pop flies.

The specter of a Yasiel Puig home run, of a Morton collapse in the eighth inning that forced Justin Verlander to come in to pitch in relief, another Clayton Kershaw slip, a base running mistake by the Astros that cost them the game, an outfielder suddenly hallucinating Winnie Pooh and all his friends and therefore missing an easy pop fly, that all hung over the proceedings like a shadow universe.

So all afternoon there were these pesky gnats from Baton Rouge, reacting and clawing and squirming through the tiniest holes to stop everyone, and Notre Dame's giants, just as fast, giving a little more but Anally shutting off enough jams and knocking down enough pop flies to bring in Scott Hempel and his three - point toe.

More luck went the Monarchs» way in the third when Smith lofted a two - out pop fly behind second base.

Many dads spend hours with their kids playing catch and having them field pop flies and grounders in the back yard.

It's more like a soft pop fly, taking its time before settling very predictably into a waiting fielder's glove.

Pop flys right to your player will land on his head or foot.

Chase after a bad pitch or get jammed up and you'll see the ball dribble off the bat or hit lazy pop flies to the second baseman.

Position your Dart Monkeys, Tack Shooters, and more to pop the flying balloons as they float around the track.

There are rules, and plays fall into regular patterns (grounder to short, pop fly to left center, line drive up the middle), but no one knows who's going where when the pitcher lets go of the ball.

He would have hit the pop fly that caused Kris Bryant to crash into Addison Russell or something, and you can't convince me otherwise.

He has nobody to play with, but every day he stands in the shadow of the barn, batting balls into the empty chrome skies, and every day his dog, his faithful soft - mouthed yellow mutt, tirelessly retrieves his every grounder, his every pop fly, his every line drive and then, yes, his every epic home run...

When he calls for a pop fly his teammates have no choice but to stand clear.

With one out and down by one, the NL decided to get aggressive on the basepaths after a pop fly to left.

The next batter walked, then Nick Madrigal advanced to third on a pop fly.

When Hawaii Islander Outfielder Gene Locklear failed to run out a pop fly for the second time in four days, Manager Roy Hartsfield suspended him, and Locklear spent three days on the bench without pay.

During the eight inning, Braves shortstop Andrelton Simmons hit a pop fly to left field with the ball landing between the Cardinals left fielder and shortstop.

While Ky was trying to sneak up on it, the batter hit a pop fly into the area.

Four weeks into spring training, the third baseman Toronto Vice-President Pat Gillick calls «the next Brooks Robinson» hadn't even caught a pop fly, much less charged a swinging bunt and whipped a throw to nab somebody by an eyelash at first.

Did it at least get you to the bases, or was it more of a pop fly?

With that said, there are times where the AI will automatically move towards where a pop fly ball should land, however, there's no way of knowing if you're in the right spot.

His Smash Hits and Pop Flies, a greatest hits collection of excerpts from previous solo shows, opens with a hilariously absurd segment titled «Birth Interview» whereby baby Dan gives a delivery room press conference to answer an array of questions concerning his future as a Chinese / Japanese male in American culture.