Sentences with phrase «rookie pitcher»

It's about a rookie pitcher (Johnny Simmons) trying and failing to cope with the pressures of a... Continue reading →

Bull Durham (Amazon, July 1st) A veteran minor - league catcher (Dennis Quaid) gets sent down to a single - A team to step in as mentor for their talented but undisciplined rookie pitcher (Tim Robbins).

Major - league rookie pitcher Hopper Gibson (Johnny Simmons) is sent down to the minor leagues when anxiety causes him to choke up on the mound.

They demote you, and that's exactly what happens to Hopper Gibson (Simmons), a rookie pitcher who gets demoted to the Little Leagues after completely losing his game.

He is a star rookie pitcher in Major League Baseball.

When major - league rookie pitcher Hopper Gibson (Johnny Simmons) can't find the plate, he's sent down to the minor leagues and begins sessions with an unorthodox sports psychologist (Paul Giamatti).

Detroit Tigers rookie pitcher, Drew Smyly, was forced out of Sunday's game after three innings against the Cincinnati Reds because of this disgusting blister.

Just didn't seem like a good plan for your best but often injured pitcher or with a young inconsistent rookie pitcher.

Craig McMurtry is reviving the three - quarters - and - below delivery that won him Rookie Pitcher of the Year honors in 1983; last season McMurtry's record fell from 15 - 7 to 9 - 17, in part because he was forcing his delivery unnaturally high.

In the last 30 years no rookie pitcher other than Mark Fidrych (in 1976), Fernando Valenzuela (1981) or Dwight Gooden (1984) has had the kind of debut that Koosman had.

Rookie Pitcher Rich Gale pitched the Royals to their 13th win in 14 games with a 4 - 0 victory over Boston, the first time the Red Sox were shut out in Fenway Park since Aug. 24 of last year.

Detroit Tigers rookie pitcher, Drew Smyly, was forced out of Sunday's game after three innings against the Cincinnati Reds because of...

A group of players watches a televised tribute to Don Drysdale and Roy Campanella while Reggie horses around, trading insults with some of his friends on the team — outfielder Danny Tartabull and rookie pitcher Bobby Munoz.

At least one of the Rockies» rookie pitchers should have been considered for second or third place.

Rookie pitchers accounted for nearly 20 % of all starts in the majors last season, the highest such percentage since the World War II era (rookies made better than 22 % of major league starts in each year from 1943 through» 45).

Montreal's 6» 10» Randy Johnson, the loftiest major leaguer ever, is the giant of 1989's stellar class of rookie pitchers

Yes, he was inconsistent last year, but unless they're Stephen Strasburg that's what rookie pitchers are.

Reds have started rookie pitchers for about 15 straight games, and Lamb continues that.

Not exact matches

- There are now four rookies in the rotation - Last month, one of our «better» starting pitchers, colon, was suspended for the rest of the year for cheating.

Rookie season are often times of adjustment and getting comfortable with being a MLB pitcher.

A year ago at this time, Mark (the Bird) Fidrych, the rookie Tiger pitcher who had enthralled Detroit fans with his 19 - victory season and his antics on the mound, would be putting on a ruffled shirt and a tuxedo to attend another banquet in his honor.

27 HERB SCORE, PITCHER: At 22, the best young pitcher in the game; won 1955 Rookie of Year award with 245 strikeouts, and with added experience could win 25 or more games thiPITCHER: At 22, the best young pitcher in the game; won 1955 Rookie of Year award with 245 strikeouts, and with added experience could win 25 or more games thipitcher in the game; won 1955 Rookie of Year award with 245 strikeouts, and with added experience could win 25 or more games this year.

That may help him avoid the slump that often comes when rookies face pitchers a second and third time.

Rookie righthander Paul Wilson, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1994 draft, who led all minor league pitchers last season with 194 strikeouts in 186 2/3 innings, might be the best of all the team's prospects.

Well, it seems that Ohtani, who has made quite a splash in his first couple weeks as an Angels» pitcher and designated hitter, has taken a page from the golf superstars» playbook, or at least some associated with the MLB rookie have.

ROOKIE HOPES: Not much, except for two good young pitchers up from Syracuse: Jim Owens (according to Roy Hamey, possessor of «best curve in baseball») and Jack Meyer (led International League in strike - outs).

His impressive minor league numbers, his ability to make contact with the bat and his skill at handling pitchers combined to make rookie Jason Kendall a good preseason bet to start behind the plate for Pittsburgh in 1996.

In addition to Naylor, the Padres are receiving right - handed rookie ball pitcher Luis Castillo, according to Yahoo! Sports» Jeff Passan.

First - yearstarting pitchers this season have combined for more wins at the All - Star breakthan any rookie crop in the era of divisional play.

A year ago in a similar look - see session at Miller Huggins Field, the Yankees spotted a young pitcher named Bob Grim who came to the majors and won 20 games, along with Rookie - of - the - Year honors.

The relatively small amount of data for one of the Cards» starting pitchers (rookie Michael Wacha) may be part of the difficulty Bukiet's model has had with the Cards this post-season.

The Reds pitcher — a rookie making only his 3rd start in the show — lost his perfect game in the top of the 9th.