Sentence examples for hitter about from inspiring English sources

"When you face the same hitter about seven times, you really don't know where to go," Pettitte said.

I wanted to talk to an Orioles hitter about him, so I went to the home clubhouse.

It came with one out, Nick Swisher headed to third base on the hit, and Curtis Granderson, a fly-ball hitter, about to come to the plate.

He said he already felt strong enough to talk some trash on the practice range with his fellow University of Georgia graduate Bubba Watson, the tour's longest hitter, about who can hit the ball farther.

There are carts, but most of the 45 members, who pay the equivalent of $66 a year in dues, prefer to walk the course, which takes a strong hitter about four hours to play, Mr. Tollerup said.

"He'd always be talking to the hitters about hitting," Hamilton said.

Visiting training grounds in Florida and Arizona writer began to speak with hitters about hittingNdozens of them, in the end: young hitters and older ones, retired hitters and free-swinging kids, Hall of Famers and hangers-on, and a lot of coaches and managers, too.

Nobody could throw it like he did, but now, you talk about the evolution of the cutter just ask hitters about it and they tell you everybody's throwing one.

Glavine, who dominated despite a fastball that topped out at about 84 miles an hour, said he usually did not think about a no-hitter until about the seventh or eighth inning.

Konerko said every hitter thinks about mechanics at the plate; it's simply a matter of focusing on the proper cues.

Ichiro is an extremely aggressive hitter, averaging about 3.3 pitches an at-bat, but he puts the ball in play consistently, usually with the fat part of the bat, the way Tony Gwynn does, even if the pitch is inches off the ground.