Then there's Johnny Pesky, hit me countless number of ground balls and improved my fielding so much.
Quotes about fielding (16 Quotes)
The author of Amelia' Fielding, the most singular genius which their island ever produced, whose works it has long been the fashion to abuse in public and to read in secret.
For whatever reason, the media attention is at a whole new level, ... I do not remember spending this much time fielding phone calls, doing TV sound bites, posing for magazine covers. I certainly never had anyone following me around for a day or two.
I spent twenty-two seasons playing professional baseball. Naturally, success in that field is measured by batting averages, number of home runs and RBIs, fielding averages, ERAs and other statistics. Fame, notoriety and the bright lights fade quickly. To me, true success in life would be to develop both physically and spiritually to our fullest and to endure to the end.
The writer I feel the most affinity with - you said you felt my books are 19th century novels, I think they're 18th century novels - is Fielding, Henry Fielding, he's the guy who does it for me.
Wrestling's on the horizon, ... Soccer's right around the corner. It's a sport that's real popular with younger people and it's relatively inexpensive to operate. It'll take more interest before we can consider fielding softball and baseball teams.
I am happy that every team is now focusing on improving their fielding. When South Africa went to Australia last year, they dropped 11 catches while Australians dropped just one. Australia beat us 2-0 in the series. If we had held those catches, the story would have been different.
I feel like we've had good starts in just about every game we've played. Our defense has been excellent. We're very proud to be the only team in minor league baseball to still have a perfect fielding percentage.
Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.
And, you know, you try and preach to them there's more to this game than just walking up to home plate, swinging the bat, fielding a ground ball. There's some dedication in it, some love you've got to put into this work.
We know standards will not improve overnight but we want to instill into the team the importance of fielding as a discipline and this process can begin by bringing Rhodes to Pakistan.
Ten years after she sipped her first Chardonnay and began spilling her confidences to an adoring public, Bridget Jones is coming back her diary will return today to The Independent of London. After a column by Helen Fielding came the international best-selling Bridget Jones novels and the popular Bridget Jones movies. Where has she been since 1997 ... Is she shacked up with Mark at last Is she married Has she had a baby Has she visited California and laughed at rehab culture What does she think should be the correct attitude to Iraq Has she bought a peasant skirt this summer Has she gone off Jude Law Does she think the Duchess of Cornwall looks rather beautiful since she's gone legit.
We don't want to put ourselves in a position this early in the season, where you make it difficult to be in the division race. We have to set our goal to getting to .500. It's going to take a little while. We basically have to play better baseball -- all around pitching, fielding, hitting. Until we start doing those things, it's not going to change.
Australia have been extraordinarily adept at keeping players fit, their injury management having been as far ahead of the rest of the world as their batting, bowling and fielding. The best-known monument to Errol Alcott is Steve Waugh's comeback hundred at the Oval four years ago, but the physiotherapist's life's work has been in preventive medicine. Alcott was the first, for instance, to insist on ice baths for players at the end of each day's play to aid recovery. When I first started they put the beers on ice, ... Now they put the players on ice.
Fielding cannot be improved by engaging coaches. Australia and South Africa are excellent fielding sides without any fielding coaches.
During the height of the storm, we had more than 130 locations with trees over the roadway. Road Shop office staff were fielding an average of a call a minute.