He performed in that irksome manner for the Baltimore Orioles and he has been that kind of pitcher for the Mets.
How distant and sweet those halcyon days seem after a mere two hours in the irksome company of "Losing Louie".
A COMMON predicament for women is what shoes to wear in the irksome fashion season that falls between winter boots and summer sandals.
It is not just that The Economist has an interest in opposing irksome rules albeit a less obvious one than the tabloids, many though not all of them owned by Rupert Murdoch, which have hacked and harassed their victims for years.
I find myself in the irksome position of agreeing with a member of government, housing minister Grant Shapps, who said this week that so-called mates mortgages could be the solution to the insurmountable costs facing first-time buyers.
Whether the voter dolor fades when the court battles conclude, or whether it has deeper roots in an irksome recall process that has tested the patience of most every Californian at some point, remains anyone's guess.
Trouble is, the makers of "SciGirls" seem not to realize just how refreshing and entertaining these ordinary kids are, because they also toss in an irksome animated girl named Izzie, who starts off each episode by chatting with her animated pal Jake and then keeps popping up in the middle of the real-life adventures the real-life girls are having.
(That was good or bad news depending on your feelings about Saturday Live, with its irksome in-studio poet and "Inheritance Tracks").
When the men, in one series of jumps, keep straightening their arms in the air, as if in Nazi salutes, it's irksome in terms of shape and dynamics, as well as political suggestion.
Despite finding "the prospect of celebrities taking part in this slightly irksome", he became involved in Hacked Off, the group that campaigns for victims of press intrusion, after he spent nearly £400,000 taking action against News International once he discovered his phone had been hacked.
