"Keep your head in the game!... My mistake allowed the other team to tie the game up and coach didn't seem too happy with my excuse. ... You have to keep your head in the game. ... In the final inning, one of the opposing batters hit a screaming liner towards my piece of real estate which I got a good jump on and caught over my shoulder. That catch saved the day and we won the game. ...
All of the schools in our division were picked to beat us in every game. ... Our first game came and our first inning was great. ... We did lose that game but the first inning was a great sign. After the first game we were off on a great winning streak. ... Our final record for our season was 16-4. ...
Whether going to the game or watching on TV, football is very exciting. ... There are a lot of times when the final score is 2-0, or 4-2. ... From personal experience, you find these crazy fans at a football game. It makes the game that much better when you have these crazy fanatics cheering for the same team as you at a football game. ... They brutally battle each other every game in hope for victory. ...
He was elected to the All Star Game. ... In 1960 Danny Mantle, Mickey's fourth, and final son, was born. ... Like every year before, Mickey was again selected for the All Star Game. ... Mickey was selected again that year to the All Star Game. In 1965 he was selected to his last All Star Game. ...
It was the ride home, dealing with the outcome of the game that caused us either to rejoice in our victory or to scrunch down as far as we could in our seats to avoid the gaze of our enraged coach. ... I figured out that without me the game would, but certainly should not go on, according to the scorebook anyway. ... We played a respectable game of softball and won accordingly. ... My junior year in high school, we played our way to the State Finals game at the Hall of Fame field in Norman, we played good, got ahead, and suddenly we got excited and lost our concentration. Well, we lost that ga...
Take for example the ball in the baseball game scenario. ... The change seen in the baseball game is the unfolding of the Monads of the players and the numerous Monads of the material used to play the game. Now for Spinoza's metaphysical take on the baseball game scenario. ... Spinoza continues that God does not act form a purpose and the concept of a perfect final goal is flawed. ... The baseball game may be a part of God, but God did not cause it to happen in a certain way....
The team makes it to the finals of National League pennant race thanks to Roy's outstanding efforts. ... It is at this time that the owner of the club, the Judge, approaches Roy about losing the pennant game on purpose and promises Roy $35,000. ... This affects the overall work by showing that Roy is a good guy and loves baseball too much to ever throw a game. ...
He was the best pitcher in his day and still remains the strongest slugger in the game. Ruth had power, strength, an appetite and a desire for the game that no other player would ever have. ... Billy Kelly was the only Toronto player to take a hit from Ruth throughout this game. ... In 1933 a new game was created in baseball, the All-Star Game. ... Out of his six final home runs, three occurred on this day, but according to Cub's Fred Linstrom "it was like watching a monument beginning to shake and crack, you were waiting for it to topple". ...
After pitching a perfect game in Weavers" last book called striking out, the coach who watched him throw it was impressed enough to want him as a pitcher for a full season. ... Obviously, the school team accepts the challenge and plays a game at the farm field. ... Because Billy's dad, who was let out of jail only to watch the game, realizes his son has talent and is now behind any decision his boy makes. ... One quick note to add; I already have the next Will Weaver book that continues from this one on reserve at Borders and am waiting until the conclusion of my final exams to pick it ...
We find that the PGA simply watches its game grow richer purses, more television exposure and more people playing golf. ... Though Finchem (Tour commissioner who was President Carter economic adviser in 1978-79.) game has grown increasingly large, he admits that competing for the sports dollar long-term is much more challenging now than it was five years ago. ...
The final product of all this effort was a 99 percent on my test. ... My third and final example of feeling a sense of satisfaction from hard work happened last year in baseball. ... We played a long hard fought game, and we went into extra innings. ...
His big swing led to escalating home run totals that not only drew fans to the ballpark and boosted the sport's popularity but also helped usher in the live-ball era of baseball, in which it evolved from a low-scoring game of strategy to a sport where the home run was a major factor. ... In his final years, Ruth made many public appearances, especially in support of American efforts in World War II. ...
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Have you ever been lost before? Were you scared? Did you feel alone and helpless? Or did you take control of the situation and fight to survive? Stephen King's The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is a novel that is very realistic and packed with suspense. Its use of c...
He said that because Jackson was kicked out of the Major Leagues because he was suspected of throwing a game. ... Along Ray's journey the voice leads him closer and closer to his final destination. ... They came to watch the game and to remember all that was once good. ...
The film like the novel romanticizes everything about the game of baseball, even the darker aspects gambling, temptation, corruption. ... A good example of this is when Levinson borrows Malamud's material to show Hobbs' three great home runs, his debut, where he proves that he does still possesses something great, the one in which he breaks out of his slump, where he redeems himself in the eyes of the team, the fans, and himself and his final at-bat where the redemption is complete. ...
The hitter is the greatest variable in the game, because to know yourself takes dedication. ... Where did the batter hit the ball, what was it, was a key aspect of the game. Getting into the game, knowing what is going on, and knowing the reason why the pitcher throws that certain pitch. ... Proper thinking is 50 percent of effective hitting, and it is more than just doing your homework on a pitcher or studying the situation in a game. ... On the final day of the 1941 season, he had a .39955 batting average. ...
Think back to when sports were just plain fun and you could play all day, and you were good at every game, too. You were 10. It still sounds the same out there on the field.... Hey, batter, batter.... It's still fun, and when it's muddy, it's even more fun. Fun and funner -- that's all sports had...
But despite his experience, he is only 30 years old in a game where players can be very successful into (and occasionally beyond) their late 30s. ... Mike Cameron (outfielder traded to Seattle in the final deal for Griffey) Brett Tomko (pitcher traded to Seattle in the final deal for Griffey) Pokey Reese (the Cincinnati player Seattle desperately wanted but couldn't get) Ken Griffey, Jr. (the fellow at the center of all this) The other two players in the final deal who went from Cincinnati to Seattle -- Jake Meyer and Antonio Perez -- have planed since the trade only in Se...
But despite his experience, he is only 30 years old in a game where players can be very successful into (and occasionally beyond) their late 30s. ... Mike Cameron (outfielder traded to Seattle in the final deal for Griffey) Brett Tomko (pitcher traded to Seattle in the final deal for Griffey) Pokey Reese (the Cincinnati player Seattle desperately wanted but couldn't get) Ken Griffey, Jr. (the fellow at the center of all this) The other two players in the final deal who went from Cincinnati to Seattle -- Jake Meyer and Antonio Perez -- have planed since the trade only in Se...
But despite his experience, he is only 30 years old in a game where players can be very successful into (and occasionally beyond) their late 30s. ... Mike Cameron (outfielder traded to Seattle in the final deal for Griffey) Brett Tomko (pitcher traded to Seattle in the final deal for Griffey) Pokey Reese (the Cincinnati player Seattle desperately wanted but couldn't get) Ken Griffey, Jr. (the fellow at the center of all this) The other two players in the final deal who went from Cincinnati to Seattle -- Jake Meyer and Antonio Perez -- have planed since the trade only in Se...
But despite his experience, he is only 30 years old in a game where players can be very successful into (and occasionally beyond) their late 30s. ... Mike Cameron (outfielder traded to Seattle in the final deal for Griffey) Brett Tomko (pitcher traded to Seattle in the final deal for Griffey) Pokey Reese (the Cincinnati player Seattle desperately wanted but couldn't get) Ken Griffey, Jr. (the fellow at the center of all this) The other two players in the final deal who went from Cincinnati to Seattle -- Jake Meyer and Antonio Perez -- have planed since the trade only in Se...
But despite his experience, he is only 30 years old in a game where players can be very successful into (and occasionally beyond) their late 30s. ... Mike Cameron (outfielder traded to Seattle in the final deal for Griffey) Brett Tomko (pitcher traded to Seattle in the final deal for Griffey) Pokey Reese (the Cincinnati player Seattle desperately wanted but couldn't get) Ken Griffey, Jr. (the fellow at the center of all this) The other two players in the final deal who went from Cincinnati to Seattle -- Jake Meyer and Antonio Perez -- have planed since the trade only in Se...
But despite his experience, he is only 30 years old in a game where players can be very successful into (and occasionally beyond) their late 30s. ... Mike Cameron (outfielder traded to Seattle in the final deal for Griffey) Brett Tomko (pitcher traded to Seattle in the final deal for Griffey) Pokey Reese (the Cincinnati player Seattle desperately wanted but couldn't get) Ken Griffey, Jr. (the fellow at the center of all this) The other two players in the final deal who went from Cincinnati to Seattle -- Jake Meyer and Antonio Perez -- have planed since the trade only in Se...
