Sentence examples for a ballplayer for from inspiring English sources

I've been a ballplayer for a long time and as a football player I don't like to watch.

Mr. Oscar played Mr. Applegate, a salesman who also happens to be the Devil, and Mr. Prieto played Vernon, a ballplayer for the Washington Senators.

It may well be that over the last 2,000 years there was another moment when the Roman Catholic church went to the trouble of publicly excoriating a ballplayer for loutish behavior that set a bad example for youths.

But first and foremost, Berra was a ballplayer, known for his hustle, his adroit handling of temperamental pitchers, his clutch hitting and his running commentary to batters while he was behind the plate.

The proof of Jeter's prophecy is everywhere: photos of a Yankee uniform hanging on the wall of his childhood bedroom; an account he penned in his eighth-grade yearbook that refers to himself as "a professional ballplayer for the Yankees"; and a photo from a ski outing at age 12, showing him on the slopes wearing not a ski parka but a Yankees warm-up jacket.

Needless to say, look for the Marlins to continue their rebuild, specifically by adding a veteran ballplayer for clubhouse leadership.

I've never offered a ballplayer a contract for $15.5 million.

Especially for a ballplayer trained to make something happen, not wait for something to happen.

Imagine, for instance, what that might mean for a ballplayer: the magic of winning a World Series in your final season and heading home to a ticker-tape parade.

Just perfect for a ballplayer or even an itinerant sportswriter.

(And my favorite name for a ballplayer, or just about anybody: Buster Posey).