He wants to see his first baseman get on base however possible, Girardi said, and he believes Teixeira has the discipline to keep his power swing intact despite poking balls the other way from time to time.
Drafted No. 1 overall in 1980 by new Mets owners Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Strawberry, with his 6-foot-6-inch frame, power swing and cocksure attitude, became the cornerstone of a talent foundation that also included Dwight Gooden and Lenny Dykstra.
So with just a few evenings on a phone bank -- we've got limited time now -- with just a few hours knocking on doors, everybody in this room, each of you has the power to swing an entire precinct for Barack Obama.
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At the moment, the racket's technology can identify the type of shot a player hits (forehand, backhand, serve), the kind of spin a player imparts on the ball and the power of a swing.
As it showed in 2000, Florida is a swing state with the power to make or break a presidency.
The market for top high school talent is a national marketplace, and you never know when one key signing or transfer could swing the balance of power.
Its consideration was considered a big win for them and for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which used its power -- especially with conservative Democrats in swing congressional districts -- to help force other Democratic leaders to permit a vote that most of them oppose.
The power in an overhand throw and in a golf swing, a tennis serve or a baseball swing comes from the separate turning of hips and shoulders.
Also, their two big accomplishments--the stimulus bill and the health care bill (assuming it passes)--are mixed bags at best, and most likely liabilities in the swing districts the Dems will have to hold to stay in power.
Though wind power has its opponents, too, its environmental virtues might be enough to swing things in its favour if it were also reliable.
In the United States power generation industry, the switching from coal to natural gas is in full swing and likely to accelerate over the coming years.
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For Mr Lieberman, a swing vote if ever there was one, probably holds the balance of power.
Far from assuming that the swing of the pendulum will in good time carry the Tories inexorably back to power, some of his party's leaders have privately written off their chances of victory in the next election.
The momentary momentum swing, however, also left Pittsburgh without one of its key performers for a crucial power play at the start of the third period.
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