On paper it would seem that he had retained one star twirler for the staff, but if I failed to come back we wouldn't have a single first-string slabman.
Apparently Jones did not need much time in which to get ready, for when the sailor presently dealt out another pass the relief twirler signified his willingness to assume the burden.
If he retired, he would prolong the uncertainty in his own mind; he would leave himself in doubt as to whether or not there was any prospect of his return to the Big League as a twirler worthy of his hire.
Take a tip from me, Mr. Frazer, and send your premier twirler on to the firing line.
It was not long, however, before the anxious crowd, and the visiting team as well, began to realize that the mute twirler had something more than speed.
Joe occupied the box for his side, an honor that came easily to him since none of the others had had any experience as a twirler of the horsehide.
However, there was no help for it, and the twirler put on extra steam and managed to get two strikes on him.
He was determined to pitch his arm off before he would lower his colors to this young cub, who threatened to dethrone him as the premier twirler of the league.
Parsons, let's see what sort of a twirler you are.
Again the long twirler took his swing, and again the ball went wild.
Many as were the country players whom we seasoned and traveled professionals had run across, this twirler outclassed them for remarkable appearance.
Selecting my light bat, I went up and faced the rustic twirler and softly said things to him.
It was lucky Springer developed so well as a twirler last year," observed Eliot.
I hear," said Berlin Barker, "that Clearport pounded Wyndham's wonderful newtwirler off the slab.
Neither McRae nor Robson favored the "moist" ball overmuch, as they thought it took too much out of the twirler and put too big a strain on his pitching arm.
Indeed, it seemed that they would drive the schoolboy twirler from the slab in short order, and they might have done so only for a snappy, clean-cut double play which put an abrupt end to the fusillade of hits.
Not once did he swing, however, and the left-handed twirler looked disgusted when he had presently handed up the fourth ball in succession and thus given one of the weak batters of the visiting nine a pass.
Joe accepted the offer, and soon climbed to the position of the leading twirler in the League.
Axander, the star twirler of the Cubs, picked up the ball and went into the box with a jaunty air that bespoke plenty of confidence.
He soon became known for his skill as a twirler on his home team, and his reputation spread to surrounding towns.
These and other cries came from the crowd, among whom the news that the great Baseball Joe occupied the cab with another famous twirler had spread like wildfire.
The horizon was widening, and those of you who wish to follow further the adventures of our hero may do so in the succeeding volume, which will be called "Baseball Joe on the Giants; Or, Making Good as a Ball Twirler in the Metropolis.
He was now regarded as the regular substitute twirler for the Silver Stars.
Markwith, the left-handed twirler of the Giants, would do the box work that day unless McRae altered his plans.
To have the greatest twirler of the team put out of the game just in the hottest part of the fight was a disaster that might prove fatal.
Although it was recalled that in the previous year he had had a creditable average at the bat, considering that he was a pitcher, his power as a twirler had kept his other qualities in the shade.
The details of the stirring fight are told in the sixth volume of the series, entitled: "Baseball Joe on the Giants; Or, Making Good as a Ball Twirler in the Metropolis.
How he came through an exciting season and in the final game won the championship for his team can be seen in the sixth volume of the series, entitled: "Baseball Joe on the Giants; Or, Making Good as a Ball Twirler in the Metropolis.
I have always been against a twirlerpitching himself out, when there is no necessity for it, as so many youngsters do.
Then if the twirler is not right, he has a chance to say so.
He has pitched three balls to the batter, and McGraw vehemently protests to the umpire that the twirler is not keeping his foot on the slab.
All batters who are good waiters, and will not hit at bad balls, are hard to deceive, because it means a twirler has to lay the ball over, and then the hitter always has the better chance.
Many a heady hitter in the Big League could give the signs to the opposing pitcher, for he realizes what his weakness is and knows that a twirler is going to pitch at it.
He can watch his own pitcher, or observe whether the opposing twirler drops his throwing arm as if weary.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "twirler" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
