Ballplayer

Nine years ago, MLB hired gay former ballplayer Billy Bean as its Ambassador for Inclusion; and since then, nearly every team has held some sort of Pride Night.

Even as a visiting ballplayer, I would feel it.

Soto’s going to heal up and be fine, but man, Grish’ is a heck of a ballplayer.

By July 19, Secretary of War Newton Baker made clear that baseball was not an essential industry, and therefore every draft-eligible ballplayer was subject to the work or fight order.

God gave him the skills of a ballplayer.

Following the progression of a minor-league ballplayer can sometimes feel like deciphering hieroglyphs.

In 1942, with virtually every ballplayer in history still outside, they elected Rogers Hornsby and stopped there.

Our ballplayer-gods are good, or anyway good at baseball, but the priesthood is corrupt. Whatever the religion, whenever the time, we know where that leads.

The man was a Dodger fan, but still he flashed what Sam Bregman described as “a look of great contentment” at the ballplayer’s heritage.

Another such factor is better nutrition, as well as training and training facilities/equipment which can work with (or without) steroids to produce a more potent ballplayer and further enhance his skills.

During the trial of a drug dealer in 1984, Molitor admitted that he had used drugs. citation Many years later, he said, "There are things you're not so proud of — failures, mistakes, dabbling in drugs, a young ballplayer in the party scene.

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis and Babe Ruth battled over the right of a ballplayer from a pennant-winning squad to barnstorm in the off-season.

Named for Nicaragua's best-ever ballplayer, the award has never before been given to a foreigner.

The largest sum ever paid a ballplayer to that point, it represented 40% of the team's player payroll.

Wagenheim, pp. 20–21 The rookie ballplayer was the subject of various pranks by the veterans, who were probably also the source of his famous nickname.