Sentence examples for eliminating defensive from inspiring English sources

Within days of officially taking over for Bud Selig, in January 2015, Manfred underscored that stance (and shocked much of the industry) by telling ESPN during a live broadcast that he was in favor of pitch clocks and would explore eliminating defensive shifts in the interest of "injecting additional offense" into the game.

Their attack is about eliminating defensive numbers to create mis-matches: an Alex Cuthbert against a Geoff Cross or a Leigh Halfpenny against a Ross Ford.

They dream of a "borderless" company that eliminates defensive interior barriers.

It is time to press unrelentingly for identification of high-quality, low-cost standards of care that would simultaneously reduce irrational variation in treatment, eliminate defensive medicine and provide medical malpractice protection.

Quarterbacks have had the system since 1994, but the radio system is not expected to eliminate defensive signaling entirely because many teams — including the Patriots — rarely have one player on the field for every defensive snap, and the system will be cut off with 15 seconds remaining on the play clock.

There has definitely been a shift in playing style as the forward runners are looking to eliminate defensive numbers, working as a pack to create quick ball, and then, when the backs have the ball, they are looking to work with each other as a unit, looking for mismatches in defence.

The N.F.L. also added provisions this off-season to strengthen enforcement of rules relating to the integrity of the game, along with eliminating most defensive signals by installing defense communications systems — similar to what the quarterback uses — next season.

The bastion added to defensive firepower by eliminating the "dead space" just below the parapet.

The league said the night will include "quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, linemen, linebackers and defensive backs", presumably eliminating kickers and punters.

Despite missing the Manchester United forward Javier Hernández, Mexico's Olympic squad finish first in Group B, and has been ruthless in punishing defensive errors in eliminating Senegal, 4-2, and then Japan, 3-1, on its march to the final.

And in the final moments of a segment of the NHL Network's "On The Fly" program, host Dan Pollard asked rhetorically, "Does anyone have R.J. Umberger's phone number?" It was Columbus forward Umberger who ignited a small controversy in March by saying the Washington Capitals play "the wrong way" and would be eliminated by a defensive-oriented team.