Sentence examples for a hitter on from inspiring English sources

Weaver, who will not pitch this series while serving a suspension for throwing at a hitter on July 31, could win his first Cy Young Award.

Mays, DiMaggio and Ty Cobb are mentioned in the song, and Fogerty borrowed from Chuck Berry's "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" in describing a hitter on a home run trot.

INSIDE PITCH A. J. Burnett, who was suspended for six games for throwing at a hitter on June 3, said he would make his appeal by conference call on Monday.... Yankees pitchers rank second in the American League in walks, to Cleveland, and General Manager Brian Cashman said he was concerned.

THE STAT WATCH I was tough on Chip Caray's faulty grasp of statistics during TBS's coverage of the division series, so I must raise Joe Buck's error in stating that Colorado's Todd Helton was "just as good a hitter on the road" when his achievements were derided because he played at altitude.

It has increasingly become a standard measurement in discussing the effectiveness of various pitchers, and might be best equated to a hitter's on-base percentage.

Late in the game, a top hitter on an opposing regulatory team ripped a line drive, which was quickly caught by Raj Date, the associate director of research, markets and regulations, who is also the starting shortstop.

Nine years later, Chris Young lost a no-hitter on a one-out home run in the ninth by Pittsburgh's Joe Randa.

Mr Portman is not just a heavy hitter on Capitol Hill, he is a budget expert.

Jeff Sluman, not a long hitter on the Tour by anyone's standards, refused to make a snap judgment.

"It's unfortunate what happened, but he's still a good hitter, on the stuff or not," Gibbons said.

While no doubt small comfort to Bailey, it's only fair to point out Beyoncé is a big hitter on the celebrity snub front.