Sentences with phrase «second base last»

Now he'll get his first, but not his last, MVP trophy as long as he doesn't have any lingering effects from a concussion he suffered in a collision at second base last Friday.

Not exact matches

All of these efforts are in response to Amazon's plan, announced last month, to build a second headquarters that would be «fully equal» to its Seattle home base.

President Vladimir V. Putin met briefly last year with Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, the second most widely used blockchain - based virtual currency platform after Bitcoin.

However, that's due in part to a high comparative base from the second quarter last year, when the U.K.'s unexpected decision to leave the EU caused a huge surge in trading in the last week of June.

Brisbane - based law firm Shine Corporate has made its second acquisition in Western Australia, paying $ 13.3 million for personal injury specialist Bradley Bayly Legal, after paying a higher price last year for Stephen Browne Personal Injury Lawyers.

The deal, WeWork's second major acquisition, follows its purchase of Singapore - based SpaceMob last August.

He started his first business, a paintball company, in high school, and his second, a Vernon, B.C. — based pizza - by - the - slice joint called Growlies, in lieu of finishing his last year of business school at the University of Victoria.

But BlackBerry smartphones make up only 2.9 percent of the global smartphone market, down from 4.9 percent during the second quarter last year, says Framingham, Mass. - based research firm IDC.

In the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index last year, for example, Canada placed a close second to Australia, based on the quality of our pension system among a select group of 11 countries.

Operated by a team of fewer than 30 employees, the Kapolei, Hawaii - based company has fueled growth through major deals inked within the last year alone: the building of a $ 260 million plant in Idaho, a $ 370 million contract with Sanyo Electric Co. and a $ 678 million contract with Suntech Power to deliver polysilicon, as well as an agreement to provide the second - largest photovoltaic power system in Hawaii.

The Vancouver - based CFP has seen people dump cash in their accounts at the last second or invest in something unusual because they were pressed for time.

The biggest upward surge in the euro was in the second quarter last year when French President Emmanuel Macron was elected, and Q2 earnings will thus be compared with a higher euro base a year ago.

As I emphasized last week, even if we had no concern at all about a second wave of credit strains, we would still be fully hedged here based on the present combination of rich valuations, overbought conditions, overbullish sentiment, and hostile yield pressures.

A typical Netflix user may lose interest unless something interesting is found within 60 seconds, two employees of the Los Gatos, California - based company wrote in a paper published in a scholarly journal last year.

In December last year, the fund had sealed its second deal with Pune - based processed food maker Adinath Agro Processed Foods Pvt. Ltd..

Amazon garnered good will throughout the country last year when it announced plans to open a second corporate headquarters outside its home base of Seattle.

Soon - Shiong's Nant Capital, a California - based technology firm, became Tronc's second - largest shareholder in June 2016 and that investment helped Tronc fend off a hostile takeover bid from Gannett, whose last offer was $ 864 million for the company.

The Mercer Quarterly Salary Review indicated that annual growth in the base salaries of executives increased marginally to 4.7 per cent in the March quarter, after picking up over the second half of last year.

Grupo Aval, based in Bogotá, raised $ 669 million in a single equity deal last year, more than any other bank in Colombia, making it the country's second - highest overall earner of investment banking fees, according to Dealogic.

«There has been an explosion of demand based pretty much on political instability around the world in the last 10 years,» said Armand Arton, president of Arton Capital, one of the largest firms matching wealthy investors with second citizenships.

Their piston - based reactor is designed to create energy bursts lasting thousandths of seconds, rather than a sustained plasma reaction.

The trial was originally scheduled for last July, until Florida's Second District Court of Appeal delayed the trial based on a technicality.

Until last century it was commonly thought that the first and last Gospels were written by the apostles Matthew and John, respectively, and that the second Gospel had been written on the basis of personal recollections which Mark had received from the apostle Peter.

We always do one Blue Hawaiian, and the second is usually a mish - mash of whatever else we have on hand — salami, olives, sautéed mushrooms and onions, chopped bell peppers... Last week at Aaron's birthday pizza dinner, Nate and I shared the pizza special of the day, which was topped with crumbled homemade Italian sausage, fresh sliced Anaheim peppers, and cherry tomatoes on a creamy, cheesy base.

It launched its plant - based Smart Jerky at the second largest natural products trade show last month.

It seems to have taken the Arsenal star Francis Coquelin a little while to find the form that was so impressive for us in the second half of last season and the first half of this one, but when you consider that his game is based on work rate, energy and the timing of his ferocious tackles, I suppose we should not have been too surprised about that.

Ordonez, 26, led Chicago in home runs (30), RBIs (117) and total bases (318) last season and was the second - youngest player at the 1999 All - Star Game.

Leadoff hitter and second baseman Ray Durham, 28, is that rare player who can run (34 stolen bases last year) and drive in runs (60 RBIs).

This performance was the basis for Jon's subsequent nomination and award of an Extraordinary Full Blue, making him the second member of the club in the last 12 years to achieve this.

But we want him gone before that image of him in Sarasota, Fla., last week, limping into second base on a sure triple, replaces the one of him as a Kansas City Royals outfielder, making the catch and running up the leftfield wall in Baltimore.

Second base could be handled by rookie Glenn Beckert, a good double - play man who was a shortstop at Salt Lake City and batted.277, or Ron Campbell, another Salt Lake graduate who spent 26 games with the Cubs last year and hit.272.

His 3B defense was so bad last year he was basically moved off the position in June and moved back to second base while Asdrubal Cabrera took over third when healthy.

he is the same player as Coquelin an based in last seasons statistics not even a close second.

Last season, he played more third base and left field than second, and he's technically played more games at third base this year.

They also have addressed three holes in their 82 - loss team from last year: leftfield (Upton was acquired last August), second base (Ian Kinsler, via trade) and third base (Zack Cozart, via free agency).

With baseball's bestpair of aces (lefthanders Johan Santana and Francisco Liriano, who were acombined 14 — 2 with a 2.06 ERA since May 19), a superior defense and a balancedlineup (since June 8 they've led the majors with a.371 on - base percentage andranked second with a.295 average), Minnesota marched into the All - Star breakas baseball's hottest team, winning 22 of its last 28.

It's a stretch, but the Rangers» improved defense (newcomers Billy Ripken at second base and Manuel Lee at shortstop together mishandled two ground balls last year) and upgraded pitching give Texas its best shot ever.

He split time between second base and shortstop last season.

Burnley's victory at Chelsea is the second - biggest upset since the beginning of last season based on the closing moneyline (Swansea closed +1200 at Liverpool in Week 23 of 2016 - 17).

For example, if the first playoff inning ends with the No. 6 hitter having the last official at bat, then the following inning begins with the No. 7 hitter at bat, and then the No. 5 hitter at second base and the No. 6 hitter at first base.

Last year the Phillies» middle men, led by SS Dickie Thon and 2B Tommy Herr, had the NL's second highest on - base average -LRB-.343).

They are second in the league (having been in the second division last season), and being in Monte Carlo their players pay no tax, although the French league has told AS Monaco they must relocate their HQ (and so their tax base) to France by June 2014.

Crystal Palace endured a terrible second half to the season last term and one of the main reasons behind the Eagles» struggles was an inability to find the back of the net on a consistent basis.

Owngoalnigeria.com exclusively gathered that the 18 year old who last played for Dubai based Al Oruba will spend two weeks on trial with the second division side in his bid to earn a deal with the team that finished 6th in the league last season.

I'd say a lot of players would want to leave Real for Man Utd — for quite a few reasons: first and foremost no other team in the world has the winning mentality that United have; second the players work for each other like a family and last but not least they have the largest fan base and are the biggest club in the world.

Starting at noon and lasting through 8 p.m., a major faith - based coalition will be «auditioning» NYC mayoral contenders, Middle Collegiate Church, 112 Second Ave., Manhattan.

Lynne Olson has written four books on Britain and the Second World War and now in Last Hope Island: Britain Occupied Europe and the Brotherhood that helped turn the tide (Random House) she describes how Britain was the base for European resistance to the Nazis.

«Based upon that brief, last - minute phone conversation, the plan is unacceptable and continues to create a second - class citizen status for FDNY firefighters and NYPD police officers, who risk their lives every day to keep New Yorkers safe,» the statement said.

Last fall, a coalition of New York - based worker advocates launched a national campaign to press retailers and restaurant chains to end the scheduling practice, which makes it hard for workers to schedule child care or work a second job.

Looney said Republican and Democratic legislative leaders were to meet through the night to resolve the numbers for the second year of the two - year budget based on the tentative framework they had agreed to last week.