Sentences with phrase «up at bat»

Likely the problem is: no one wants to be first up at bat.

Next up at bat is Vi's Top of Tantalus which is sold out!

It might even be that the first guy is up at bat.

I mean, what mom wouldn't want to share a photo of her son up at bat during his softball game, or her daughter dressed in costume at her ballet recital?

but I tell you what, the next ump should be more assertive with that brat Roark, he publicly mocked the ump when he was up at bat.

(Previously Durocher moved Thomson from centerfield to left to free up at bats for 20 - year - old Willie Mays.)

Not exact matches

You have to at least get up to bat.»

By all means take a swing at «Panama vs. Costa Rica» — but be ready to trade the bat for a magnifying glass as soon as you figure out exactly what kind of weather, scenery, population, infrastructure, cost of living, and real estate prices make up your ideal location.

It's like saying that, while Vlad may have been a pretty bad guy who impaled his enemies by ramming poles up their wazoos, that doesn't mean that we should believe that he could turn into a bat at will and didn't cast reflections in mirrors.

The brethren walk about in hatsAnd up they go and down they go.The brethren's hats are black as bats, Their faces are as white as snow, And up they go and down they go.Amen amen they say and thenThey turn their faces to the wall.As if they were not there at allThey turn their faces to the wall.They....

Blackmon — great hitter with now more RBI potential — perfect slot for him at # 3 Arenado — he is the no brainer # 4 hitter on this team CarGo — # 5 suits his hitting style perfectly Iannetta — good plate discipline and works the count — plus has power — nice # 6 option Parra — fits nice at # 7 or # 8 Desmond — puts a speed / pop bat towards the end of the line up — either # 7 or # 8

Things slowed down considerably after that, as Seager drew a walk in a nine - pitch at - bat, which brings up Justin Turner.

McMahon goes to AAA to get some consistent at bats and find his timing before coming up later to contribute.

The Astros haven't signed a single free agent this offseason, and Freese makes a good amount of sense, even if he's picking up only 300 at - bats or so.

The workshop included a trip to a Rockies — Red Sox game at Fenway Park and a three - part assignment: tape a stand - up introduction, interview a player in the seats and jostle for position during batting practice to grab a big leaguer for questions.

Gaine said they'll always talk about trading up but he'd prefer to go down rather than up «and get more at - bats.»

Indeed, Conine didn't have a single at bat in three years of college ball, but his ascent is all the more remarkable because he grew up in Rialto, Calif., with a passion for racquetball, not baseball.

The guy ended up on the DL before he even took an at bat in spring training.

On May 31, in his first at bat after missing more than a year with back and hamstring injuries, Indians rightfielder Juan Gonzalez (left) strained his right hamstring while running out a ground ball and wound up back on the DL.

The Suarez and Schebler injuries have hurt, but it's possible — possible — that Joey Votto won't hit like Mat Latos for the entire year, and the rest of the lineup should shape up with enough at - bats.

Hypothetically, if we brought up Kemp, would we utilize him as a «late inning bat» or would we send Fisher down to work on his stroke at AAA?

At this point, a husband in the stands chose to get up and run away as the bat flew towards him and his wife, rather than stay and protect her.

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.

Valdes then took it to the next level when he picked up a bat and swung it at Alvarez's head, coming inches from hitting his head.

What distinguishes Aaron's system is that once he makes up his mind what he will see during a time at bat, he never deviates.

Get the temptation to come back with an ailing wrist out of the way for FF and force him to rest it for at least a week before even picking a bat up.

It basically neutralizes Harper, because he's going to get junk (if they even pitch to him at all), if there's even one base open when he comes up to bat.

Chris Taylor is doing his best to get that pitch total up, working a full count and pushing Verlander to seven pitches in this one at - bat.

The inning starts with Gurriel unable to hold on to a ball at first, so Bellinger reaches on an error, and is at first with Puig up to bat.

Starting in centerfield and batting third, he's at the heart of L.A.'s upgraded offense, which is averaging 4.6 runs, up from a major - league - worst 3.5 last season.

The ONLY bright spot has been Autry, cuz at least when he's not getting to the QB he steps back & puts his hands up to bat down balls.

Hit No. 3,000 came in Ichiro's fourth at - bat on Sunday, and his fifth at - bat since picking up his 2,999 th hit on Saturday night.

However, Buxton struggled after being called up to the majors, batting just.209 with 44 strikeouts in 129 at bats.

«We had good at - bats up and down the lineup tonight, but I thought Aggie's two - out hit there was kind of the one that really broke it open,» Brewers manager Craig Counsell said.

But «here, we'll give you 3 at bats a week against the guys we think are too tough for CarGo to handle» is not a role that sets up a rookie to succeed.

He was by then up to pitch 44 of the outing, and thoroughly smarting from TCU's extended at - bats.

Once Puig was up, fans weren't just thinking about the what - ifs of his at - bat.

There are two on and none out for Cody Bellinger, who Giles is going to have to hope used up his only hit of the World Series in his last at - bat.

Bell never hit below.308, and one time when he was hitting.390 on the last day of the season he purposely gave up his batting title; he was 43 at the time.

But enough still allowed their use — and enough pick - up games without stringent bat rules still took place at company picnics and in suburban backyards — that companies continued selling them, and tinkering with ways to further increase performance.

After getting Harper on an outside fastball in a 2 - 1 count in the first at - bat, he changed up in a similar location in the same count.

The rest of the lineup features solid - to - excellent players, so it's too easy to get hung up on that troika, but it's not like you have to concoct the ultimate doomsday scenario to get 1,700 combined at - bats of 100 OPS +,.310 OBP and 500 strikeouts.

He doesn't lead the Trojans in sacks or tackles for loss, but he is really good at getting his hands up and batting down passes.

Upping also means playing up, forcing a kid to play one or even two levels above his age group, so that little Benjamin, age eight, can sit on the 10 - year - olds» bench, play three minutes a game and whiff in his only at bat.

:)» Harris showed up big at the plate getting on base in all 4 at - bats.

They took their next at - bats and put up a huge inning, that would give them a fairly large lead as we went in to the back half of the Championship Game.

Machado had a down 2017, as his bat didn't consistently come alive until well into the second half: He batted.303 /.338 /.525 in his final 76 games but just.259 /.310 /.471 for the season, below his career line, which is already below actual expectations for Machado considering he came up at 19 but didn't blossom as a star until he was 22.

Team Hakimian was up to bat and a «might - have - been» chop at the plate was ruled a legitimate swing, this kept the inning alive for Mark Reding who came up and hit a 3 - Run HR to open up the lead for Team Hakimian by a score of 6 - 0..

Cy Fredrics will certainly be back in 2015 and if they can add one or two more bats in the middle of their softball line - up we might be looking at the favorites coming into next Season.

«Tony Oliva was at bat, and I said to make sure the ball was up and in, and not down and in.