Sentences with phrase «second basemen of»

Biggio towers over the second basemen of today.

I'll have to look more closely at the possible Maz — with all due props from me, possibly one of the greatest second basemen of all time.

Unless you're not convinced that Rob Refsnyder is the second baseman of the future (and his 2015 trial was superb), the only way to make the Yankees appreciably better is to sit a veteran making millions and throw more millions at a different player.

Morgan, a member of the MLB Hall of Fame for his years with the Cincinnati Reds and regarded as one of the greatest second baseman of all - time, played on the same prep team at Castlemont as May, who had an 18 - year MLB pitching career and led the American League in ERA in 1980.

Rarely told is the bitter story of how the color line was established, way back in the 1880s — in places like Buffalo, at the expense of black men like Frank Grant, the star second baseman of the Buffalo Bisons.

Maybe something from Christy Mathewson (the great and universally respected Hall Of Fame former pitcher who was one of the reporters who suspected the fix) or Eddie Collins, arguably the greatest second baseman of all - time and one of the clean Sox, he's depicted as nothing but a jerk in the movie.

When super slugger and second baseman of the Houston Astros Craig Biggio got his 3,000 th hit in 2008, two of his teammates sprang for a special gift with local flavor.

Not exact matches

The second baseman covers the right of second base.

Dick Green, the fielding star of the Series, participated in all three, tying a record for second basemen.

But it was the Phillies who swooped down and snatched Buchholz away from the jaws of swingmanitude, trading a 24 - year - old second baseman named Josh Tobias for him.

After a number of uneventful tosses to First Baseman Steve Garvey, Messersmith finally threw the ball away and North hurried to second.

Second baseman Ian Kinsler -LRB-.319 average, 41 doubles,.517 slugging percentage) had some injury problems, but he emerged as anoffensive force in the mold of the Phillies» Chase Utley.

Altuve has the track record of success, and he's clearly the best second baseman in the AL this year.

His replacement, Jeff Kent, is a second baseman playing out of position.

In the second inning of World Series Game 3 on Friday night, as Yu Darvish was in the midst of getting lit up by Houston's lineup on the way to a four - run inning and an early exit, Astros» first baseman Yuli Gurriel was caught on camera in the dugout making mocking, racist gestures about the Dodgers» Darvish, who is Japanese - Iranian.

Is there a contender in desperate need of a second baseman?

Detroit Tigers second baseman Omar Infante was drilled in the hand by a Santiago Casilla pitch during the bottom of the...

If Castro comes to the Marlins, it will just be a layover before he heads to another team in need of a second baseman that doesn't mind the fact he's paid in millions.

It was Altuve's seventh homer of the 2017 postseason, tying him with Daniel Murphy (2015) for the most by a second baseman in a single playoff run.

With the Astros trailing, 7 - 4, in the bottom of the fifth inning, second baseman Jose Altuve stepped up to the plate with two runners on base.

If an all - thumbs second baseman is standing in quicksand to the left of second base, is Feller's start less impressive?

With an eye toward the rivals» four - game showdown at Wrigley Field this weekend, Cubs second baseman Todd Walker and Cards pitcher Jeff Suppan played a game of ESPN MLB2K5 on Xbox Live.

It's a shame that so many key Montreal Expos — pitchers Tim Burke and Kevin Gross, outfielders Tim Raines and Marquis Grissom and second baseman DeLino DeShields — missed time because of injuries in the first half.

With Carr in center, the Brewers are solid up the middle defensively: Jose Valentin, one of the best fielding shortstops in the league, and second baseman Fernando Vina helped Milwaukee turn a league - high 186 double plays in 1995.

Taught by one of his uncles to bat left - handed, Archie became the starting second baseman on the high school varsity when he was in the seventh grade.

Some of Doby's teammates refused to talk to him, but others were more welcoming, especially Joe Gordon, the Indians» veteran second baseman.

Wong didn't didn't get enough PAs to qualify last year, but even with only 411 PAs he was 17 or of 34 Second basemen as far as WAR last year if you drop the requirement down to 400.

The worst was hearing the broadcasters say the Villinuava getting tagged out by the third basemen on a ball in front of him at second base was a teachable moment.

Of the rookies and young players of scant major league experience, Second Baseman Billy Moran is the most interestinOf the rookies and young players of scant major league experience, Second Baseman Billy Moran is the most interestinof scant major league experience, Second Baseman Billy Moran is the most interesting.

Upon hearing the news, the announcer's widow, Dutchie, rewarded the party seated at table 23 (the second baseman's jersey number) with a ball autographed by Sandberg, who's a co-owner of the restaurant.

After two seasons of shuttling between the majors and Triple A, second baseman Jerry Hairston will get a shot too.

Most recently, Harrisburg (Pa.) of the Interstate League attempted to bring Second Baseman Mrs. Eleanor Engle into organized ball, but never did so.

1:20 p.m. Actor Billy Crystal, a part owner of the Diamondbacks, enters the room, announcing himself as «a 49 - year - old Jewish second baseman who can only go to his left.

New York's second - half surge can be attributed, in part, to the arrivals of lefty Pulsipher and 23 - year - old righthander Jason Isringhausen from Triple A Norfolk, Va. «When Pulse and Izzy came up, the level of everybody else's play rose,» says first baseman Rico Brogna.

Marlins second baseman Luis Castillo is a classic leadoff hitter, reaching base often (through Sunday his.461 on - base percentage was second in the National League), stealing bases (a major - league - best 41) and scoring lots of runs (a team - high 69).

As for the farm system, it was ranked 28th out of 30 teams entering the season by Baseball America, and it was in such a bad way that the Angels traded away their long - time second baseman for a prospect reinforcement.

If there's anything preventing a reload instead of a rebuild, it's the daunting task of finding a third baseman and a shortstop and a second baseman.

Miami's leadoff hitters other than Gordon this season have done quite well in his absence, hitting.324 /.396 /.420, with time split at the top of the order mostly between outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (31 starts), second baseman Derek Dietrich (22 starts) and catcher J.T. Realmuto (21 starts).

The first game of opening day features what is left of the Miami Marlins, who traded their entire outfield — reigning National League MVP Giancarlo Stanton, Christian Yelich, and Marcell Ozuna — plus second baseman Dee Gordon in the offseason after the team was sold for $ 1.25 billion.

In the first inning of a May 12 game in Tampa Bay, Indians second baseman David Bell fielded a double play grounder and flipped the ball to shortstop Omar Vizquel, who stepped on second — but neglected to catch the ball.

«I've always wanted to play people in a different country,» says second baseman Andrew Cawley, 12, of East Corinth, Vt. «I just know they love baseball there.»

The ball caromed off of Damore and second baseman Alexandra Attard for a single.

This marks the second veteran departure announced by the Yankees in three days, with first baseman Mark Teixeira on Friday announcing his retirement effective at the end of the 2016 season.

Tuberculosis has perhaps ended the playing days of Red Schoendienst, Milwaukee's great second baseman

When he got to Syracuse in» 78, he was converted into the world's tallest second baseman, and he was still at second when Toronto brought him up for the first time in May of» 79.

Marlins manager Don Mattingly, who managed Gordon with the Dodgers as well, spoke highly of his second baseman on Monday.

Cleveland Indians second baseman Bobby Avila of Mexico became the first to win a batting title, with a.341 average in 1954.

Oates still has some hefty hackers — MVP catcher Pudge Rodriguez and first baseman Rafael Palmeiro are coming off the most productive seasons of their careers, and leftfielder Rusty Greer drove in 100 runs for a second straight season.

Puerto Rico has produced the top two second basemen in the game today (Roberto Alomar and Carlos Baerga) and three of the finest catchers (Sandy Alomar Jr., Javier Lopez and Ivan Rodriguez).

Palmeiro was rated the second - best defensive first baseman in the league (behind J.T. Snow, then with the California Angels and now with the San Francisco Giants) in a Baseball America poll of American League managers.