A few players were idling there, only two of the pitchers being in uniform.
His demeanour toward Bean betrayed no recognition of shares or pitchers or big red cars, nor of the ever-impending change in their relationship.
Such is the psychology of introducing promising pitchers into the Big Leagues.
I should say that holding these runners up on the bases and worrying about what they were going to do reduced the efficiency of opposing pitchers one-third.
He told me some things about the American League pitchers just now, and he didn't know he was doing it.
McGraw was up against it for pitchers at that time, and one win, turned in by a young pitcher, might have resulted in the Giants winning the pennant as the season ended.
After warming up for an hour or so, three or four pitchersthrow slow ones to a batter and try to get the ball on the half bounce and compete as to the number of fumbles.
The Chicago pitchers were away off form in the series and could not control the ball, thus getting themselves "into the hole" all the time.
Pitchers have a great deal to do with the defensive efficiency of the club.
Waddell was once one of the best pitchers in the business when he could concentrate his attention on his work, but his mind wandered easily.
Thereafter, all the pitchers got to carrying rosin or pumice stone in their pockets, for the story quickly went round the circuit, and it is useless to soap the soil in the box any more.
Why can certain pitchers always beat certain clubs and why do they look like bush leaguers against others?
One of the pitchers complained after he had lost a game: "Can't expect a guy to win with his catcher giving the signs so the coachers can read 'em and tip the batters.
We played on with the cripples, many double-headers costing the pitchersextra effort, and McGraw not daring to take a chance on losing a game if there were any opportunity to win it.
Pitchers who have made names for themselves in the Big Leagues, have a much easier time winning as a consequence.
We were living with the shepherds who divided the sheep and goats at nightfall and watered their flocks at sundown; with the women who came down with their pitchers to the wells, and with the elders sitting at the gates.
Here they grew up into half climbing shrubs, their curious pitchers of various sizes and forms hanging abundantly from their leaves, and continually exciting our admiration by their size and beauty.
At last we turned to the pitcher-plants, but the water contained in the pitchers (about half a pint in each) was full of insects, and otherwise uninviting.
Every mountain-top abounds with them, running along the ground, or climbing over shrubs and stunted trees; their elegant pitchers hanging in every direction.
In horns from forehead of the bull, In pitchers bright and beautiful, In urns of gold the Vánara took Pure water brought from stream and brook, From every consecrated strand And every sea that beats the land.
Then came the Gods and saints who bore Their golden pitchers brimming o’er With holy streams that banish stain, And bathed Lord Indra pure again.
Some men in barges reached the strand, Others on rafts came safe to land: Some buoyed with pitchers crossed the tide, And others on their arms relied.
FN#325] The Chamberlain promised all they required and bade his pages be ready to march, whereupon the Wazir Dandan sent with him tents and bade the tent pitchers set them up at a day's journey from the city.
Moreover the King bade the tent pitchers set up a pavilion of red silk for the Princess Shamsah, who put off her scanty raiment of feathers for fine robes and, entering the pavilion, there took seat.
A hundred other followers had been waiting with a hundred pitchers of water from the outset, for their turn.
So he delivered to the Master a hundred new pitchers and brooms.
A hundred filled theirpitchers at the tank, or, if crowded out, at the well.
A waiter entered, carrying pitchers of beer on a tray, and the discussion was necessarily interrupted, every one drawing up to the table where Crozat filled the glasses, and the conversation took a more private turn.
In the fifteenth century girls with pitchers had but one; Experience; and at sixteen years of age or so, that road had scarce been trodden.
He should inquire of the burgomasters about all new-comers, and should go to the fountains and watch the women and girls as they came with their pitchers for water.
So then she would stand timidly aloof out of tongue-shot, till her young tyrants' pitchers were all filled, and they gone; and then creep up with hers.
OONA O, that so manypitchers of rough clay Should prosper and the porcelain break in two!
But don't lose sight of the fact that it's pitchers we've got to have.
With three first-string pitcherslike Lefty and Jones and Savage, the team would have a fighting chance.
Men, women, and children can be seen constantly drinking from clay pitchers of a generous size, for the full of which they pay but two cents.
The water cures any disease, so they say, and at any time a crowd is found around its magic brim filling jars, bottles, and pitchersto take home, or supping from the copper bowl that is chained to the iron bars that cover the well.
In washing glass pitchersput a silver spoon in them before placing in the hot water.
When putting away remnants of food it is well to have for the purpose a series of pitchers ranging from three inches to about nine in height.
She thought of the daughters of Celeus as they came toward the well that day, the bronze pitchers in their hands, and with kind looks for the stranger--she thought of them as she sat by the well again.
They stepped lightly along, carrying bronze pitchers in their hands, for they were coming to the Well of the Maiden beside which Demeter sat.
Away he went to execute the orders, which he did in a little time; and, upon his return, Noor ad Deen taking the pitchers out of the panniers, carried them into the hall.
I ordered a slave to bring all before him, with four greatpitchers of wine.
The bottoms of the pitchers were placed toward the sky, the mouth towards the ground.
Though the river may be close at hand, the water is always fetched in large pitcherson horseback, and the same method is observed in getting wood for fuel.
But Jesus and his relations saw how the pitchers were filled at the well, and when they tasted their contents, some declared that things could not be all right here.
The host, in fact, saw no other way of satisfying his guests' thirst than in ordering large stone pitchers of water to be brought in from the well.
I got a big pot er hot coffee andpitchers er hot milk an' a pan er quick yeast biscuit.
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