Sentence examples for realistic contention from inspiring English sources

They were 0-14 againsteamsms in realistic contention for the wild card since Aug. 29 and 1-20 againsteamsms that were mathematically alive.

And if the Mets can engineer the right deal, he added, they might just be buyers in the trade market even though they are not in realistic contention for a playoff spot at the moment.

Harrington, who holed from seven feet at the 8th for his par, made little impact either and while the Irishman at that stage was fifth in the championship, at two over, and Faldo sixth at three over, neither was in realistic contention.

Woods would fire a 1-over 73 to likely fall out of realistic contention. 1. JUST ENOUGH: Rory McIlroy scuffled from this opening hole, looking less fluid off the tee and scrambling more often to just make par.

Had the Mets been in realistic playoff contention, he almost certainly would not have gotten the chance to pitch.

Carolina haven't been in realistic playoff contention for a while now and their defensive issues make it easier to prioritize Newton's health over giving themselves the best chance to win games.

Our experimental results show that the proposed NUMA optimizations can significantly improve BBCP's performance in memory-based tests with various contention levels and realistic data transfers involving SAN-based storage.

Among others, (i) full buffer information for all nodes is kept, (ii) realistic physical layers are used, and (iii) contention in the channel is taken into account.

One point of contention hovered: Kohan thinks it's realistic that black inmates would use the N-word, but the cast resisted.

There will be drama on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, with three drivers in contention for the championship and a realistic chance for somebody other than Jimmie Johnson to win the Chase for the Sprint Cup title.

It is born out of love and its adherents see it as the only realistic way the franchise can return to Eastern Conference title contention.