Sentences with phrase «than hitting balls»

Either it is «nothing more» than hitting balls with sticks.

Not exact matches

Innovation is about «small ball» — a succession of base hits and quick scores rather than swinging for the fences and hoping for home runs.

He'd played fewer than 500 innings, and the ball wasn't hit his way that often.

In doubles, however, you hit the ball as far as you could, the assumption being that two fielders could watch out for cars better than one.

The ball hitting your mitt hurt like hell and stingers from hitting the ball with a bat hurt ten times worse than usual.

He's no Ronaldo, no s ** t. Alexis gets targeted quite often and is almost always moving, it's much harder hitting a final ball like that, than being stopped and with no pressure and a clear view.

Rather than try to hit the ball over the line of players, the crafty Coutinho pea - rolled the ball underneath them as they tried to jump for it — and the result was a goal for the Reds.

In his first four seasons as a major - leaguer, first with the New York Mets and since 1972 with the Expos, Foli managed to get into more fights with opposing players, umpires, and even his own teammates, and to hit more innocent bystanders with thrown helmets, bats and balls than the average high - spirited player might in a 20 - year career.

A powerfully built German, Lisicki serves harder than any woman — and all but a few men — at 124 mph and hits a penetrating ball from both wings.

Everyone knows that when Podolski hit that ball it has more chance of going in than when Giroud hits it.

He is a.260 hitter and is learning to settle for frequent and accurate slap hits (curving line drives, like hooked golf shots), rather than the occasional long ball he hit in Visalia.

The Padres are probably marginally worse than that, due to the fact that they strike out a lot, putting pressure on the guy with 2 outs to get a hit (or hope for a passed ball / wild pitch).

In conclusion, I'm more convinced now than ever that one of my favorite parts was when the ball hit Lopez in the face.

He is clinical in finding the right passing and slotting those delightful through balls to Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang, but can also consistently hit the back of the net for Dortmund, and I dare say it, he could prove to be better than our current options.

Florida Marlins rightfielder Mark Kotsay doesn't have the power of a Guerrero or a Guillen but, according to Marlins manager John Boles, is «better than those guys, because he gets the ball fast, releases it quickly and always hits the target.»

Adam Duvall became an unlikely all - star, Scooter Gennett morphed into someone who could hit a ball way farther than anyone named Scooter should, Eugenio Suarez went from a moderately intriguing organizational player to someone with star potential.

Rather than continue to stand tall leaving himself exposed to a big hit, Allen let his body go limp after catching the ball so he could get to the ground as quickly as possible in attempt to avoid a collision.

Golf's visual drama rests less in action than in reaction, so the game's most arresting photographs have little to do with hitting the ball.

Get a stadium pass for the BBT tournament, and then stand on the fence of court 2...... those guys hit the ball harder than you can possibly imagine, and are ridiculous athletes.

While Miller's illegal bat was more of a scoop than a punch or hit of the ball, he told King that he wasn't trying to recover the ball, but just get it away from Newton so a teammate could recover it.

«To be honest with you,» Player kept insisting in his clipped British accent, «I've been hitting the ball far better than I did last year.

Hit anything less than a perfect flop, and his ball would likely run across the sloped green and into the pond in front.

seriously i have been watching each and every game of Arsenal, I have been a super supporter of Wenger... now enough is enough... you can see even from the players movement... they are not even interested to attack... just hit the ball here and there... it's really frustrating time... I wonder how Walcot got that huge contract???? Giroud is a way better than Walcot in the middle.....

Philip Rivers finished with just 193 yards passing against a stout New England secondary, and the game could have been out of hand for the Chargers earlier than it was when Brandon Browner laid a huge hit on Ladarius Green as he went over the middle, knocking the ball out and up and into the hands of Devin McCourty.

As a result state - of - the - art aluminum bats can propel a ball considerably faster than 110 mph, whereas balls hit by wood bats average about 92 and rarely exceed 96.

There's more to that anchor role than getting hit in the face and staying on the pitch, far too «English» a mentality to covet a battler over a baller.

He's walking less, striking out more, and is even somehow hitting even more ground balls than he did a year ago when he led the league in ground ball rate.

The 5» 6», 133 - pound Park is smaller than Pak (5» 7», 147 pounds) but hits the ball farther.

Grbac was at his best on a 72 - yard drive late in the first half, after the Bears had controlled the ball for more than 21 minutes with a quick - hitting passing game.

He's more capable of hitting an outside shot than De'Aaron Fox or France's Frank Ntilikina and his form is a lot more fluid than Lonzo Ball's.

Then what people see is a guy who can hit a ball farther and run faster than anyone in the game.»

Bottom line is Wenger wants a play maker hitting precise balls forward and Cazorla is better at it than Ramsey.

Will we hit them with pace, or sleep for 60 minutes than kill them off in 10, or we will throw balls in the box and score headers.

The slicker balls mean Liriano's slider is going to be even more unreliable than it's been in 2017, but maybe he'll get the version of Bellinger that can't hit anything at all in this plate appearance.

I was hitting the ball a little bit longer than I normally do and I had to dial it back a little bit.

Mate Lukaku is NO BETTER than Giroud, both big lumps both not known for thier speed or agility on the ball and both have trouble hitting a barn door with a banjo, Lukaku would be a straight like for like swap and thats NOT what we need.

Even if occasionally you hit the stands, the threat of letting it go from some distance rather than always trying to walk the ball in (when it is not working) is too predictable and fruitless.

Mike Davis (a.195 hitter, well below the Mendoza line and with more K's than hits that year) behind on the count a ball and two strikes with two outs and the bases empty... Eck, a strike away from the win, somehow finds a way to walk him.

Anticipating the wall to jump the Liverpool playmaker slid the ball under the Brighton wall rather than over it and reeled away in celebration before the ball had even hit the back of the net.

The annual Bing Crosby pro-am is always a meteorological marvel, but last week's tournament was even wilder than usual, thereby providing a true test of a player's ability to hit the ball while treading water

He has had issues with getting pegged by foul balls this season, to the point where skipper Jim Leyland says that, «Avila probably gets hit more than any catcher I've ever seen — I've never seen anything like it.»

He's hitting the ball with authority way more than in the past.

Forty - four balls were hit into the water at the island - green 17th, 40 fewer than last year.

It's fairly likely that Tiger is, in fact, hitting the ball as long or longer than Fowler.

As soon as you lose the ball you closedown the other side forcing them to do something rather than let them have time on the ball You get to the ball before the attacker not amble back allowing them to win it You get between them and the goal You don't duck and turn your back on the ball if it's hit hard You work together as a team which requires constant communication

It may be early days yet in Jose Mourinho's stint at Manchester United but with him hitting the halfway point in his current deal, which lasts until 2019, this winter the Old Trafford top brass seemingly want to get the ball rolling on any potential renewal sooner rather than later.

The Blackburn Rovers ace had very less time to react in the penalty box, and it appeared that the ball went on to hit his hand rather than the opposite.

This is really a big matter that tricked all Arsenal fans including myself whether these two lads are relieble or not.To me Rosicky's injury wasnt so terifying except the fact that he needed a long 18 months to recover, anyway i still beleive he can still do what he used to do, i prefer him more than Nasri as he is more faster and he's got a good striking force when he hits the ball, to sum it up, he used to be one of my favorite, Lets see whats gonna happen!!!! As for Dudu, the terifying action of the injury cant still get out of my mind, it seems like it was my own leg, so thats why im always fearfull!!

No endeavor is more important than consoling your child who is upset over a nightmare, showing your frustrated kindergartner how to hit the ball off the tee, or reading that fairy tale one more time.

For example, when a ball appears to roll through a wall — rather than hitting it.