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John Smoltz wouldn't be the first big-leaguer to feel more relaxed in a setting other than baseball-batty Boston.
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But it turns out there is one thing the Yankees' righthander does better than just about every big-leaguer who has pitched in the last century: throw balls that wind up sailing to the backstop.
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John Smoltz wouldn't be the first big-leaguer to feel more relaxed in a setting other than baseball-batty Boston.
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Mr. Chamberlain said Mr. Eiland's previous experience as a big-leaguer enables him to relate especially well, expressively snorting at the idea that just because Eiland never had the natural talent and fastball that he has translates into a demerit.
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His "crazy dream" was that she would be the first female big-leaguer.
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In 1916, Wally Schang became the first big-leaguer to hit home runs in consecutive at-bats from different sides of the plate -- in front of a reported 23 fans.
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He runs and throws like a big-leaguer and in the first six innings makes several sensational catches in center field.
Commie Ball: A Journey to the End of a Revolution Lewis, Michael 2008
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Texas, RF John Mayberry, Stanford: The Rangers are loaded with bats, but they couldn't pass on Mayberry, the son of former big-leaguer John Mayberry Sr.
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I've wanted to be a big-leaguer since I was 6, but the only bad thing was that I was sure it couldn't be in Miami.
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The Shed Boys range in age from 31 to 65, their friendship a manifestation of a 10th-year big-leaguer intent on maintaining his ties to his hometown of 3,200 people.
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