Sentence examples for pick off first from inspiring English sources

"I say unfortunately because Williams is a great team and a great name but they're the one we are going to pick off first.

Stealing bases, take a walk, hit, bunt left, bunt right, sacrifices, pop fly, pick off first second or third base or learn the basic pitching signals.

Helped by fast technology, they pick off eighths, sixteenths, thirty-seconds and even sixty-fourths of a point per share.

Scott Brosius got himself picked off first in the third inning before a Derek Jeter single.

Moments after the flashbulbs stopped popping, the still-dazed Brett was picked off first base.

On the bases, Jorge Posada led off the second inning with a single but was picked off first base.

In the third, Yuniesky Betancourt led off with a single and Ponson had him picked off first.

He had Payton picked off first, but Payton slid safely into second, eluding the tag of second baseman Fernando Vina.

He was picked off first base, one of several base-running blunders in the Mets' 12-inning loss.

Charlie Pick got the first Cubs hit off Boston starter Carl Mays with two outs in the second inning, and was picked off first base before Mays threw another pitch.

Upton, who was also picked off first after a walk in the bottom of the fifth, has been benched several times for a lack of hustle.