Sentence examples for up at the plate from inspiring English sources
"Who's up at the plate against him?" They chuckle.
After two passes, Shi was up at the plate again.
"We had the right people up at the plate and just didn't get the hit.
The movement causes stresses to build up at the plate boundary.
"We have had too many opportunities with too many good people up at the plate.
"He's the type that wants to be up at the plate down one run.
"To not give up outs at the plate and actually put the ball in play and make them do something, it's important at any level," he said.
Hawaii, which had scored 29 runs over its previous three games, came up short at the plate against Japan, its only run coming on an error off a sacrifice bunt in the fourth.
"With the added anxiety on the throw, they might not have made a perfect relay or the catcher might have dropped the ball, so Gordon might have scored the tying run," says Moore. "Even if he ended up dead at the plate, you have to roll the dice because what are the odds you're gonna get a hit off Bumgarner when he's unhittable?" That's a question the Royals can wrestle with all winter.
By Jamaica Kincaid The New Yorker, October 9, 1978 P. 37 Talk story: "Information gathered from press releases picked up at the World Plate Collectors Fair, recently held at the Statler Hilton".
During operation, lighter or low-density particles float on the top of the bed as they are pushed up at the back plate, and flow to the discharge point.
