There, he was roundly abused and mocked for his awkward fielding, particularly when chasing the ball.
The crowds took an increasing dislike to him, mainly for his superior attitude and bearing, his awkward fielding, and particularly his choice of headwear.
The crowds took an increasing dislike to him, partially for his success with the bat, but mainly for his superior attitude and bearing, his awkward fielding, and particularly his choice of headwear.
The Mets made a weekend out of the occasion, with the festivities culminating in a somewhat awkward on-field ceremony before Sunday's 14-1 loss to Arizona.
Yet here sat Lancaster, having to field awkward questions about yet another English near-miss.
Beltran looks slow and awkward in the field, and has only six hits in 36 at-bats (.167) since returning July 15 from a knee injury that cost him the first half of the season.
Five months later, he went awol in New York shortly before the Mercury music awards (Glasvegas were among the favourites), leaving his bandmates to field awkward questions about his absence.
No one wants the Danish minister of justice or the deputy prime minister of Turkey to have to field awkward questions, such as: "Where do you stand on corporate lobbying?" Especially when they're standing between the chairman of HSBC and the president of Siemens.
"Your minor characters," I would have said, "are especially dear to me: the mad Awkward Davis; Mrs. Fielding, the inexpert spy; old Mr. Herapath, the cowardly Boston loyalist; Christy-Palliere, the gallant French sea captain; and, of course, Barret Bonden, Captain Aubrey's coxswain".
Last year Facebook's chief legal officer Colin Stretch was also in the Senate, alongside reps from Google and Twitter, fielding awkward questions about Russian election interference and the spread of extremist content on the platform.
My point is not to single out Mr. Jasperse as a great artist amid a field of awkward experimentation; I have liked other pieces by him much less.
