Sentence examples for balanced pick from inspiring English sources

always be balanced pick a spot and lamp it.

His pro-Union stance led to his selection as Lincoln's running mate in the 1864 presidential election: Republicans saw this rare loyal Southern politician as a ticket-balancing pick.

So the Dodgers could propose sending Mattingly -- and the money to cover his salary -- to Miami for that competitive balance pick.

But what the Dodgers also got from the Orioles was an extra draft pick -- a "competitive balance" pick, the only kind of pick that can be traded under baseball rules.

The Marlins have a competitive balance pick -- the only type of pick allowed to be traded -- with an estimated slot value of $1.5 million, although the figure could vary based on how many draft picks are awarded to teams losing free agents.

4) Baltimore are one of the select Major League Baseball teams that are granted "competitive balance" picks that follow the first and second rounds of the upcoming amateur draft.

Rounds one and two of the draft, along with the compensation round picks and the competitive balance picks took place Monday.

The competitive balance picks were introduced in 2013, with the intention of giving smaller-market clubs flexibility to improve by getting an extra draft pick or trading it for another asset.

Halberd, also spelled halbert or halbard, weapon consisting of an ax blade balanced by a pick with an elongated pike head at the end of the staff.

It's the thing Geoffrey Boycott and I have banged on about in our podcasts - they need to be flexible, to pick differently balanced teams, vary their attack.

Garnish the drink with an eyeball by balancing the cocktail pick on the rim.