Among them, only Rolen was a slugger of any renown.
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Traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1947, his final year in baseball, he tutored the rookie Ralph Kiner, who attributed much of his success as a slugger to Greenberg.
Seven out of 10 is sublime for a baseball slugger but lousy for a free-throw shooter.
He breezed into the seventh inning against a Padres lineup missing slugger Chase Headley to a broken thumb and catcher Yasmani Grandal to a testosterone suspension.
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And while a young Liverpool player's ambition may be scoring in front of the Kop, a prospective young slugger making it through Boston's minor league system will probably have dreamt of hitting a home run over the "Green Monster" - the famous 37ft high left-field wall at Fenway.
Barry decided to transform himself into a home run slugger as well, anticipating that the game was changing and that the big contracts and the elite status was now going to be reserved for the players who could put up the huge home run numbers.
Serving a 50-game suspension, the San Francisco Giants slugger entered Friday with a league-leading .346 average, seven points ahead of Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen.
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Hart is hoping to return in late April following surgery on his right knee, and Braun could be headed for a chilly reception when the Brewers hit the road after the slugger was linked to a controversial clinic in Florida during the offseason.
The aging slugger, a New York mainstay, will soon creak off toward the showers and retirement, not particularly loved, and unlikely to be missed.
The slugger rejected a multiyear extension last offseason that was said to include a small percentage of the franchise and cut off negotiations on the first day of spring training.
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He breezed into the seventh inning against a Padres lineup missing slugger Chase Headley (broken thumb) and catcher Yasmani Grandal, suspended for the first 50 games after testing positive for testosterone.
Even the Miami Marlins, scorned for taking a blowtorch to their roster last winter, held on to one star player, slugger Giancarlo Stanton, and will have a higher payroll than Houston.
The last time that Pujols had missed significant time was in June 2008 when a strained left calf sidelined the slugger for two weeks.
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Not only is Fielder gone, but slugger Ryan Braun could face a 50-game suspension over alleged steroids use, which he has denied.
The Mets' slumping slugger was called for obstructing a runner rounding first base in a three-run first inning and went hitless in three at-bats for New York during a 4-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.
Scott Boras, who is trying to land a long-term deal for veteran slugger Manny Ramirez (few think he'll get it), points to the long-term television and sponsorship deals that, he says, insulate the industry from the economic woes surrounding it.
Greinke was hurt Thursday night in a bench-clearing brawl with the Padres that started when San Diego slugger Carlos Quentin charged the mound after he was hit on the arm by a pitch.
Even the national pastime had taken on a melancholy cast: in June, Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cutting short his extraordinary career.
Kemp's two-run shot off Harvey in the sixth, originally ruled a triple before a replay review, snapped a 1-all tie and ended the slugger's drought of 86 at-bats dating to last season.
Late last year, former slugger Barry Bonds was sentenced to a month of house arrest after a San Francisco jury convicted him of obstruction of justice for misleading statements he made to a grand jury in a 2003 steroids probe.
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz has laid down a bunt or two in his career (five total for hits), but like many players, Ortiz hates the idea of giving in to the opposition that he would change his power-hitting, intimidating ways to cater to an opponent strategy, either by bunting or slapping hits.
In a decade long career, the 2001 National League Rookie of the Year has won six Silver Slugger Awards, appeared on the All Star team nine times and is the proud owner of a diamond and ruby encrusted 2006 World Series ring.
The slugger broke his arm when he was hit by a pitch from Toronto LHP J.
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By age 26, Larkin was already a world champion, three-time All Star and recipient of three Silver Slugger awards.
Speaking on condition of anonymity because the team isn't publicly commenting on A-Rod's latest troubles, they revealed their frustration with the slugger.
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