Deflated Holliday works swing shift After chance to be a 'hero' is blown,...

Rocky Mountain News;  July 20, 2006 ;     685 words ......Holliday walked out of the batting cage into the visiting clubhouse...The Rockies open a three-game series Friday against the...It's what you play the game for. That's why you work...in that big spot in the game and not coming through...It's the best part of the game. It's fun to be ...

Deflated Holliday works swing shift After chance to be a 'hero' is blown,...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  July 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Holliday walked out of the batting cage into the visiting clubhouse...The Rockies open a three-game series Friday against the...in that big spot in the game and not coming through...It's the best part of the game. It's fun to be a hero...who had snapped an eight-game losing streak ...

Davis Comes Out Swinging; Batting Cage Latest Step On the Road to Recovery

The Washington Post;  September 6, 1997 ;     700+ words ......field. Eric Davis is in the batting cage, swinging hard and hitting...Rick Down, sidle up to the batting cage, assuming identical stances...much Davis could play in a game. He will rejoin the team...Jimmy. He may get into a game by the end of the week...pitcher does to you in a ...

Tosa council approves batting cage for high school baseball teams Donated...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 18, 1999 ;     436 words ......will have the use of their practice batting cage during the coming baseball season. Residents...had expressed their opposition to the batting cage in ongoing meetings since July, but...school district's request to install the batting cage along the east side of the field at...

Coming out swinging for his batting cage

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  April 14, 2007 ;     588 words ......14-2007 Coming out swinging for his batting cage -- Paramus orders man to take it down...All Editions PARAMUS Nicholas Daurio's batting cage is a far cry from the ballpark in "Field...Daurio said. "It will not come down." The batting "cage" is a large net held up by long aluminum...

GAME IS A STEPPINGSTONE FOR YINGLING.(SPORTS)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  June 13, 1998 ;     530 words ......baseball addict. ``I had a game today and after my game, I came home and went right to the batting cage,'' the 17-year-old Camarillo...Every day, I either play in a game or work in the cage, or both...Milligan Daily News All-Star Game at Cal State Northridge...dedication - and love - ...

Baseball without the steroids: now that the biochem labs are in retreat,...

Esquire;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......point in his career came in a batting cage. Six seasons ago, not long before...he was taking cuts prior to a game in Minnesota. He wasn't going...in the history of the modern game. And soon it would be the game's turn to catch up to him. Midnight...

Reds prospect: It's a catcher's game ; Many scouts believe catcher is the...

Dayton Daily News;  June 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ......After taking his turn in the batting cage before a recent Dayton Dragons game, Devin Mesoraco jogged to shortstop...catcher's mitt. "It's a catcher's game," he said. "You're calling pitches...everything. You control the game. "It's a tough position, but...

EAGLES FLYING HIGH, EVEN BEFORE GAME

The Boston Globe;  March 3, 2001 ;     613 words ......held his camcorder against the batting cage screen to videotape Manny Ramirez...first inning and scored the game's first run. Hubbard, the BC...is scheduled to start today's game against Texas. Cast his lot...Garciaparra visited before the BC game with some of the Eagles. He...

Broken hearts heal in 'Batting Cage'

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  October 10, 2007 ;     486 words ..."THE BATTING CAGE," PYGMALION THEATRE COMPANY, Rose...context of the moment. Most of "The Batting Cage" revolves around Juliana Finley Randolph...local celebrity for her prowess in a batting cage down the street. Rose -- a delightfully...

Accident leaves coaches rethinking batting cage safety: Some say helmets...

Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);  February 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Garner was feeding a pitching machine in a batting cage in 2002 when he was struck in the groin by...spread about the varsity player injured in a batting cage at Grapevine High School this week, coaches...the temple by a line drive while he was in a batting cage. From that moment, ...

Sosa Begins Seven-Game Suspension

AP Online;  June 12, 2003 ;     677 words ......practice uniform. He hit in the batting cage, shagged fly balls and even...would have to serve a seven- game suspension for using a corked...The penalty was reduced by one game after he appealed the original...man. Sosa was ejected from a game on June 3 after cork was discovered...

Hey, batter batter batter !: Backyard batting cage lets kids step up to...

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  April 28, 2002 ;     612 words ......says he built the full-size, professionally appointed batting cage in his San Jose, Calif., back yard so that his 9-year...After a couple of years of taking my team to the batting cage, and it costing over $100 each time, I figured we had...the pitching machines. And he discovered a sort of ...

MANNY'S HOUR IN PAWTUCKET TO BEGIN FOUR-GAME REHABILITATION STINT, RAMIREZ...

The Boston Globe;  June 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ......he began taking swings in the batting cage with Pawtucket's early hitters...popout to first base. After the game, Ramirez at first volunteered...responds." Ramirez is in for a four-game stint, and PawSox manager Buddy...to see how he prepares for a game and the approach he takes in...

Will N.Y. batting cage become diamond mine?

Chicago Sun-Times;  September 5, 2000 ;     379 words ......sports business. Unlike the traditional batting cage that might fling 10 pitches for a dollar...idea of transforming the space into a batting cage after watching his 10-year-old son become...upstairs and pay $5 an hour to share a batting cage with other would-be hitters. The $95...