Sentence examples for hitter in order to from inspiring English sources

Girardi said he might initially use Rodriguez as the designated hitter in order to ease him back into action.

He had to lure heavy hitters from big firms in order to get his startup off the ground — and ended up making more than a few of these hired hands extremely wealthy, too.

Barajas, the likely starter, recently explained to the younger catchers the importance of peeking to see how a hitter's feet move between pitches in order to gauge where is looking for the next pitch.

Developer keys are often used to identify developers, providing a way for server owners to throttle API usage in order to deter heavy-hitters and providing an incentive for programmers to produce efficient code.

But Girardi said he would also use him as the designated hitter in the early stages of his comeback in order to take pressure off his knee.

A fastball should not fly flat but have some movement in order to get past a good hitter.

To wit: How high a batting average does a genre filmmaker need to maintain in order to be considered a power hitter?

According to the unwritten rules of baseball, it is not acceptable to bunt in order to break up a no-hitter.

It is important to move quickly on your feet in order to get your body in front of the hitter's hitting shoulder to make the block.

Although the traditional baseball model calls for a scrappy, i.e. lesser, player to bat second in order to put the ball in play or sacrifice the leadoff hitter over, that strategy often results in either an out, an open base that encourages pitching around the best hitter, or both.

INSIDE PITCH Terry Collins shuffled his rotation this week, scheduling Johan Santana for Thursday's game against the Washington Nationals in order to give Santana more rest after Friday's no-hitter.