Sentence examples for platoon role from inspiring English sources

Ensberg, a right-handed batter, could make an impact in a platoon role.

Torre said on Tuesday that Spencer would be relegated to a platoon role in right with John Vander Wal until Spencer showed that he was comfortable.

The Mets owe Garcia $800,000 this season and were counting on him to play right field, at least in a platoon role.

But on Friday Randolph dismissed suspicions he was switching Delgado to a platoon role — both games he missed were against left-handed pitchers.

Wells said he was open to a platoon role, but he may start if Ichiro Suzuki continues to bat below.200.

Manager Terry Collins gave Jason Bay, a player whose insufficiencies at the plate have reduced him to a platoon role, a rare start against a right-handed pitcher.

Then there was Platoon, the lead role in which he also turned down.

On the basis of the developed platoon model, Part II investigates various important characteristics of vehicle platoons and derives their statistical distribution models, including platoon size, within-platoon headway, between-platoon headway and platoon speed.

And he made terrible choice after terrible choice, turning down Kevin Costner's part in The Untouchables, roles in Platoon and Silence of the Lambs and, years later, John Travolta's part in Pulp Fiction.

Mr. Quinn was perhaps best known for his supporting role in "Platoon" as Rhah, a raspy-voiced character who takes heroin from dead Vietnamese and tries to help new recruits in their first big battle.

In the fierce battles against German troops on 28 29 April 1918 at Hauho and Tuulos, Syrjäntaka, female Red Guard platoons played a marked role.