Sentences with phrase «swing a bat in»

He swings a bat in the tunnel of the clubhouse, and he swings one in the entryway of his home.

The painting depicts a muscular man, dressed only in a baseball cap, swinging a bat in front of a fully uniformed and rather perplexed - looking Little Leaguer.

Right now, there's a kid swinging a bat in his Anaheim backyard, even though the November cold front has arrived and it's 70 degrees, but that's OK, he or she can bundle up.

Don't swing that bat in the house!»

Flick your finger with the same feeling in which you would swing a bat in real life.

Not exact matches

In The Circle, Eggers doesn't so much take his best swing at technology as ignore its pitches entirely and chase after it with his bat.

Investments in technology have also been made at the league and franchise level - virtual reality, in - game wearable tech (the Motus Baseball Sleeve measuring stress on elbows and the Zephyr Bioharness monitoring heart and breathing rates) and the recent announcement of Blast Motion as the official «bat sensor technology» analyzing swings.

But the promise of the new rules is that entrepreneurs like Regina, who don't live in charmed places like Menlo Park and Manhattan, or have friends at Facebook, now have more alternatives, more potential swings of the bat.

If Beyonce swinging her baseball bat, nicknamed Hot Sauce, in the music video for «Hold Up» seemed like a good stress - reliever for you, Lemonade Rage is here to give you...

Some things I have always done as though I were right - handed, without giving them another thought (swinging anything two - handed, like a bat or an axe); other things are merely annoying because the world seems to be made with righties in mind (like blackening the heel of my hand with ink or graphite as I write).

A firm believer in early training («Kids are the best learners there are, and the older they get, the longer it takes to teach them»), Colleen had all the children swimming by the age of 3, swinging golf clubs, tennis rackets and baseball bats by 4, skiing, bike and horseback riding, playing basketball and football ever since they were 5.

The original Reggie went toe - to - toe with his manager, swung the bat as if each time were his last and, what's more, did something that both enraged and delighted fans: He stood at home plate and had the nerve to admire his homers, something akin to making love in front of a mirror.

But they never even mention the fact that the hitter is standing there with a bat in his hand, and not just to swing it, either.

Alderson had peddled reserve outfielder Felix (the Other) Jose, who had been filling in for the injured Henderson, and two more minor leaguers to St. Louis for centerfielder McGee, whose.335 average with the Cardinals may well be good enough to win the National League batting race — at just about the time McGee swings into the American League Championship Series.

If Gausman and Bundy can be reliable pitchers, if Cashner doesn't regress, if Cobb can pitch a sub - 4.00 ERA with half his games in hitter - friendly Camden Yards, if Tillman can have a huge comeback year, if the bullpen continues to be strong, if Brach can be a solid closer until Britton's return, if Davis and Trumbo can find their batting stroke again, if Mancini and Schoop replicate last season, if Manny continues to be Manny at short and with his improved swing, if Adam is still Adam, if Beckham can learn to play defense at 3rd and be August - Beckham instead of September - Beckham at the plate, if the catchers can somehow do their part, and if the O's figure out their right field situation (and all of that put together is one big IF).....

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.

Kipnis fared better than his teammate, as he laced a single up the middle after swinging through a couple of Chapman fastballs earlier in the at - bat.

Was hit on the same hand on a back swing yesterday, then takes a pitch to that hand, then gets hit with the bat again to said hand and hurdle still leaves him in?!?! Christ.

Yasiel Puig seemed genuinely shocked that the bat broke in his hands on a check swing and I don't think this has ever happened before.

He's found a home in the outfield and has been swinging the bat well....

When Bonds finally unloosed his swing, there was a flash of his bat, and the baseball was gone, 16 rows up in the centerfield bleachers, 438 feet away.

Far ahead in the National League batting race while he was still swinging, the Cubs» injured Bill Madlock overtook the AL leader from the sideline

Some of them were strong kids who didn't even play baseball in high school, but the team felt, well, maybe they don't want to get concussions, and they're certainly strong enough to swing a bat hard.

Spithorst was good enough as a sophomore to allow Dylan Carlson to move to the outfield before being drafted in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Cardinals, and continued to anchor the defense at first base while swinging a mighty bat.

Most impressive part of the at - bat: The smooth opposite - field swing that you're going to see until your first ride in a flying car.

He leaned forward in a crouch which seemed to broaden the already incredibly broad back and swung the long, slender bat back and forth in vicious little arcs.

In addition, the bat's sweet spot was extended, and the entire swing just felt smoother, as if I was expending half the usual energy to create the blasts.

«If you're in a softball league, I guarantee someone's swinging a hot bat.»

Take some practice swings in the batting cages and stop off for a postgame meal in the Stadium Club restaurant.

Based on the athleticism of this group I think they will have no problem with Flag Football in the coming weeks... Their season will come down to how they swing the bats..

Then, in his first at bat against the Boston Red Sox, his principal antagonists, he whistled a vicious 408 - foot line drive off the centerfield wall with a swing he estimates required «50 - to 60 - percent» effort.

Musial in a Cardinal uniform, swinging a bat under a blue sky on a June afternoon, was one thing.

«He's very serious during infield, never wastes a swing in the batting cage.

In a straight light and just a regular throw it wouldn't be seen, but with something with as much torque as batting those injuries could have healed differently than what he was and changed everything in his swinIn a straight light and just a regular throw it wouldn't be seen, but with something with as much torque as batting those injuries could have healed differently than what he was and changed everything in his swinin his swing.

Senior third baseman Brooks Day has swung a hot bat and Carlson has been clutch at the plate as well, including a walk - off double in a first - round victory over Vacaville.

Puig clearly had no intention of swinging until he had to in this at - bat, as he just watched the 3 - 0 go by while basically stretching at the plate instead of even looking at what was coming, and did some random leg kick because why not?

As the season begins, some of the sweetest swingers in the history of the game, including a superb youth corps, go to bat

Think about the power needed to jump high for a dunk in basketball, to swing a baseball bat, to increase agility & sprint speed, to accelerate mid-sprint to catch up to someone in soccer, to hit someone as hard as possible in football, to shoot from the hips in wrestling, to swing a racket or golf club, and the list could go on and on.

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.

And last, Rosicky's «foul» that directly led to the final goal was nothing more than a tap, and Barton dropped like he'd been hit in the back of the head with a cricket bat swung by Vinnie Jones in a bad movie — it wasn't even good acting.

Shohei Ohtani hit a sharp groundout in his first at - bat and struck out swinging on an inside - corner changeup his next time up.

The crack of bats, missing baseball caps and dirt - crusted cleats can only mean one thing: Little League season is in full swing.

After all, you encourage your tot to throw a ball, swing a bat, or hit your hand in a high - five.

In politics, you have to swing the bat if you want to hit the ball.

On that topic, Albany whiffed — in fact, it never even swung the bat.

In the 400 milliseconds it takes a professionally thrown fastball to reach the plate, the batter has to budget time for locating the baseball, identifying its spin, deciding whether and where to swing, and actually whipping the bat around to the right spot.

Tune into tonight's baseball All - Star game and you'll see a familiar ritual: Batters standing in the on - deck circle will swing a weighted bat (or even a heavy, pipelike club) while they wait to hit.

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

A neglected aspect of the baseball swing lies in the microscopic adjustments that take place when making the bat hit the moving pitch.

This 5 minutes of the disc completely blew away ALL of the swing drills I ever did for hip strength for developing power in my bat swing when I was younger and playing baseball.