Sentence examples for natural hitter from inspiring English sources

New York Giants manager John McGraw called him a "natural hitter" when he first saw Ott as a 16-year-old.

Babe Ruth said he imitated Jackson's swing, and many, including Cobb, have called Jackson the greatest natural hitter of all time.

Never a natural hitter, Ripken has tinkered constantly with his stance, fighting through slumps and minor injuries to become the greatest offensive shortstop in the annals of the game, twice winning most valuable player awards.

Yet he was, in fact, very much like the baseball player Ted Williams, the so-called greatest "natural hitter" the sport ever saw and a surly, high-strung figure inflamed with a sense of the world's injustice, which led to crude displays of spitting, screaming, bat-throwing and primal dances of profane rage.

You might say Davenport is a natural hitter.

"He's just a natural hitter," utility man Enrique Hernandez said.

When McGwire hit his 65th home run on the last day of the season against the Chicago Cubs, he left Ted Williams and Willie McCovey in a tie at 521 and ended the season as No. 10. "Mark McGwire is just a natural power hitter," Banks said.

Minor leaguers trying to make their way into the big leagues and major leaguers who are not natural power hitters feel tempted to try the drugs, he said.

For a while there it seemed like the natural heavy-hitter would be HTC's One X+, which appeared on a T-Mobile document under a pseudonym.

Like the majority of switch-hitters, the 32-year-old Kielty (pronounced KELL-tee) is a natural right-handed hitter.

A natural right-handed hitter, Teixeira is more prone to mechanical breakdowns swinging left-handed.