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Sheffield is no young buck himself at age 35, but he did just fine playing in 155 games last year. He also brings a sharp eye (just 55 K’s last season) to the strike-out heavy New York lineup. In comparison, Garcia struck out 52 times in 76 games...
Coyle's narrative follows the Kikuyus, an endearing collection of woofers, goofers, complainers, excusemakers, big talkers, strike-out artists and wavers at fly balls. They are a fairly normal group of eight-to-12-year-olds, except for a higher than average incidence of male relatives dead or in jail, and except for their conversation. After one girl gangster shoots at another but misses, a gentle 10-year-old Kikuyu says, "I think I heard the bullet. It go fooooosh, right past my head." His buddy scoffs, "What, you never seen nobody do no shootin' before? Man, I seen that...
...most recognizable physiques. Very visible to start with because of his 6'4, 250-lb fame, he became even more conspicuous on the field with a variety of never before-seen histrionics: the sextuple pump out call, the "outoutoutoutoutout" call at first base, the smoking finger gun-downs of strike-out victims. Luciano animated baseball's mundanities, no runs, no hits, no men left could...
...Engelmayer's argument is that these ideas will not "put a strike-out king on base." Indeed not, nor is any such thing ever claimed. Knowing the best process to aim for in a negotiation will improve your chance of achieving a satisfactory outcome, but it certainly cannot guarantee results. Neither can understanding the theory of calisthenics make you physically...
...being said" and to "make the most of your assets." That's sort of like reminding a baseball batter to remember to bring his bat to the plate, and to keep his eye on the ball: You can't dispute the ideas, but they won't put a strike-out king on base...