Word: plate
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...things stand now, the infield will probably line up with Crosby behind the plate and Mannino, Dunn, Cavanaugh, and Coulson--from left to right. The outfield--in the same order--is tentatively Howe, Moffie, and Caulfield...
Vagabond loosened his tie knot the least bit, threw away his cigarette. At the plate the coach hefted the fungo bat, swung through easily, and looped the ball to the leftfielder...
...game, the Yankees' Joe and the Tigers' Johnny got together for the first time. DiMaggio, hobbling by on his sore heel, went to bat as a pinch hitter and drew a walk; Groth got a single in five times at bat, tossed out a Yankee at the plate with a good throw from center field. Did Groth look like an heir apparent? In spite of a mine-run performance that day, he handled himself with confidence; to sportwriters he seemed a good candidate for rookie-of-the-year. DiMag reserved judgment: "I got to see him do more...
Rickey's idea was to measure, chart and then analyze every possible detail of the way his men performed. Checking the length of a player's stride, how fast he could run 60 yards, and how far he kept his toes from the plate were just preliminaries. One Rickey innovation this year was the batting tee (see cut)-designed not so much to teach hitters how to hit as to supply figures for Rickey's brain-trusters. By adjusting the tee to every position in the strike zone, they thought they could tell who was standing...
After the second one they locked the door to all but known customers, ordered more than $6,000 worth of bulletproof glass for tellers' windows, armored plate for the cages, time locks on the front door and the safe. The equipment didn't come until after the third robbery. The locked door alone might have prevented the third robbery, except that Director Henry Berens kindly opened the door for a stranger who was waving a $10 bill...