Sentence examples for pitched upon from inspiring English sources

He assembled on the bench nine of the "people of the best prudence and figure that could be pitched upon".

When he returned two days later, the dunes had washed away, the bathhouse was gone, and the asphalt, cracked and pitched upon itself, was ruined.

During the final game of the 1933 season, as a publicity stunt organized by his team, Ruth was called upon and pitched a complete game victory against the Red Sox, his final appearance as a pitcher.

The forces that act upon a ball pitched by Getzein are not different from those which operate upon a projectile thrown from any other source, and the results must be the same, and governed by the same laws.

By February 1862, Harris and his friends were cutting down trees to make beds, and taking lumber from winter camps abandoned by other Union regiments to lay floors and build "stockades," structures built of four cross-hatched logs, upon which they pitched their tents.

After Phil Hughes had pitched effectively over six innings, Logan was called upon to secure the final out of the seventh inning with the bases loaded.

Upon further review, maybe Marte should have pitched him up and in and fanned old flames.

This is just the sort of pitch upon which you would want to play West Indies in 1980 or 1984 or 1988, but not in 2004.

The 6-foot-6 fireballer dominated on the mound at the University of Minnesota and was named the Most Outstanding Player at the 1973 College World Series, but he had to give up pitching upon turning pro that summer.

Trade rumors involving Ilya Kovalchuk, one of the NHL's premiere players, have hit a fever pitch upon news that Atlanta Thrashers GM Don Waddell told him he will be traded.

Upon hearing the news, Mr. Trott said that he pitched Mr. Winkelried on having Mr. Buffett act as a "cornerstone investor" on the transaction.