Also the Cubs left fielder Ben Zobrist, a veteran of the Kansas City Royals, the Oakland A's, and the Tampa Bay Rays, a lefty hitter whose intense, bearded face when he's at the plate rests like a marble bust on the mantel of his front shoulder.
Outside Hitter / Intense athlete.
"This was pretty good and the competition was definitely intense," said Falcons outside hitter Wesley Cormier, who finished with 12 kills in the Van Nuys victory.
The "intense personal struggle" between pitcher and hitter was the subject of a 1976 Sporting Scene article by Roger Angell, called "On the Ball".
On the field, however, Martínez is a competitive menace, intense and intelligent, attuned to the hitters' physical and mental weaknesses.
Jorge Posada's switch to designated hitter means he will have more time to exert his intense leadership in the dugout — no small thing.
Taylor, a 5-foot-10 outside hitter, wears her father's number, 14, and is as intense during games as her father ever was.
Add an accomplished but suddenly vulnerable character like Lidge — feared by hitters and hometown fans alike — and it can be an intense human drama.
Down to his last strike in Baltimore, Nolan Reimold — the last hitter in the order for the last-place Orioles — tied the game off Jonathan Papelbon, the intense, hard-throwing closer for the Boston Red Sox.
Naturally, such a drastic falloff would invite intense scrutiny of the hitting coach, but General Manager Brian Cashman on Monday placed the blame on the hitters rather than the two people who supervise them: Alan Cockrell and his assistant, Marcus Thames.
The fastest leadoff hitter.
