Sentence examples for slugger to from inspiring English sources

Why not choose A-Rod, a Yankee slugger, to show continuity with the Babe?

Once a full-blown star, Sierra went from slugger to struggler.

Mr. Friedman is no wallflower (he sometimes carries a Louisville slugger to meetings).

So, on the advice of a rival newspaper proprietor, he set out to bring Babe Ruth, the legendary Yankees slugger, to Tokyo.

In March 2008, the Detroit Tigers signed a lumbering slugger to what was then the fifth-largest contract in baseball history.

Expect the free-swinging slugger to be fanning the kids in the front row of Cincinnati's Great American Ballpark for years to come.

Their pitching staff ranks among the best in the majors, and last week, they acquired Marlon Byrd from the Mets and Justin Morneau from the Minnesota Twins, two sluggers to fortify the middle of their order.

In recent years, Beane has retooled his roster from a group of sluggers to one with great starting pitchers at a time when baseball is trying to shift the balance of power back to the mound.

For most of the players, it is the first time they have used wooden bats against top competition, and it is not uncommon for feared college sluggers to drop 150 points from their batting averages.

Bases-loaded walks constitute major rallies for the Mets these days, but as they wait for their sluggers to explode and break away from the pack in the National League East, bases-loaded walks are enough.

In the same season, he hit a home run out of Tiger Stadium, joining a short roster of sluggers to have done so, and went 6 for 6 in a game, a feat not accomplished by a Tiger since Ty Cobb 44 years earlier.