Worcestershire, looking for their first away win in the First Division since 2012, made an awful start, slumping to 15 for three in the ninth over.
Speaking from his own experience of a 2006 slump, Graeme McDowell, the United States Open champion from Northern Ireland, said that when golfers start slumping "you question every aspect of what you're doing, from family level right up through your coach, your manager, your caddie".
The Tigers went on to a 7 1 start, slumped in April, and recovered to win the first-ever Ivy Tournament with a 10 9 overtime win at Cornell.
But the numbers started slumping along with the economy in the second half of last year.
Right as I got to her, she started slumping over, her head dangling toward the concrete floor.
As they listened to budtenders suggest what to use for pain, arthritis, or sleep, a ninety-two-year-old bowed her head and slowly, slowly, started slumping against the counter.
"At the same time, the economy and the gaming industry as a whole, and specifically Penn's properties, started slumping," Jacob said.
La Russa chose to start the slumping Mark McGwire rather than Craig Paquette, reasoning that McGwire's limited running speed and ability to play only first base would hamper his short bench.
Girardi declined to announce the lineup for Wednesday because he and his staff were still debating whether to start the slumping right-hander Austin Kearns (.205 with 20 strikeouts in his last 39 at-bats) in the outfield instead of Brett Gardner (3 for 9 against Liriano) or Curtis Granderson (4 for 22, 12 strikeouts against Liriano).
If it starts "slumping", put a pencil over the top of the cup, and then twist the wick around the pencil.
Nonetheless, in his first season, determined "to charge less for a more demanding repertoire," Hytner jump-started the slumping box office at the Olivier Theatre — the National's largest stage — by selling two-thirds of the seats at ten pounds and the rest at twenty-five.
