He essentially sold shares in his future earnings, just like this ballplayer is doing now. From Wordnik.com. [With the Stock Market Down, Perhaps Diamonds Are a Good Place to Invest - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
He is described as a ballplayer who has never hit .300 -- but that is lilke describing. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Analysts] Reference
The retired ballplayer is living quietly in the Bay Area and coaching for the Oakland A’s, 1968. 54. From Wordnik.com. [Innocence and Experience] Reference
The average height of a ballplayer is 6-foot-1. From Wordnik.com. [When Average Becomes Excellent] Reference
Don was the first to the park, last to leave kind of ballplayer sports writers love so much. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Musings] Reference
WHITFIELD: A ballplayer takes a pitch in the face. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 9, 2008] Reference
COSTAS: Who was the best ballplayer among the women?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2005] Reference
M. O'BRIEN: He's an old ballplayer, he knows that stuff. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2006] Reference
You know, there's nothing wrong with being a ballplayer. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2003] Reference
Ray Chapman was a great ballplayer and a true role model. From Wordnik.com. [Roger I. Abrams: Beanball Anniversary] Reference
Who was the better ballplayer, Ted Williams or Joe DiMaggio?. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Boys Of Summer] Reference
DEFORD: And I think a ballplayer feels like I don't need that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 23, 2002] Reference
He's the all-pro ballplayer who went AWOL during the 2003 Super Bowl. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2005] Reference
Ironically, Thomson was the lesser ballplayer, yet he played the hero. From Wordnik.com. [Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories] Reference
Also in a moment, a big league ballplayer trying to break out of a slump. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2004] Reference
Remember, it was a ballplayer to whom Ring Lardner gave the name Alibi Ike. From Wordnik.com. [Alomar In Context] Reference
"As a ballplayer," he said, "you need to do things that make you feel good.". From Wordnik.com. [At Least Beltran Feels Good] Reference
I'm going to show that I'm a hard-nosed ballplayer and that's the way it is. From Wordnik.com. [Nyjer Morgan's long week and thoughts on the brawl] Reference
The same may be true today in terms of the first out-of-the-closet ballplayer. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Dreier: Baseball Justice] Reference
"Tim's just a ballplayer," said Mr. Moss, who grew up in Miami with Mr. Brown. From Wordnik.com. [Diminutive Rookie Chases NFL Dream] Reference
My partner was my younger brother Bill, another former major-league ballplayer. From Wordnik.com. [My Turn: The 'Iron Man' of Business] Reference
CAFFERTY: That's pretty good, though, seventh-grader, and he's a helluva ballplayer. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 17, 2005] Reference
Were you assumed to be a ballplayer instead of a scholar simply because you're black?. From Wordnik.com. [12 Things You Must Know To Survive And Thrive In] Reference
Like every other Cuban ballplayer, Betancourt, when he landed in Florida, needed help. From Wordnik.com. [Commie Ball: A Journey to the End of a Revolution] Reference
But it is that of a first-rate ballplayer who has sustained his productivity over time. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Raising Hall of Fame Standards] Reference
SKOWRON: This picture the greatest ballplayer I played with and against, Mickey mantle. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 21, 2008] Reference
It was at a time when he had become the consummate major-league professional ballplayer. From Wordnik.com. [Milestone] Reference
You see the TV folks out here, eager to get the first reaction from a real-live ballplayer. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2002] Reference
His father was probably a big-time banker or maybe a ballplayer and looked like Jim Palmer. From Wordnik.com. [the dirty duck]
He was an all-American ballplayer, ran a marathon, he had an MBA and a prestigious sales job. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2007] Reference
Also, the day has long passed when it took a ballplayer to confirm an entire people's humanity. From Wordnik.com. [The House That Jack Built] Reference
Yesterday, Mike Piazza, the ballplayer in New York, had to deny a story in the New York Post. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 23, 2002] Reference
Four out of five is a great average for a ballplayer; for a dot-com, it's potentially devastating. From Wordnik.com. [Mp3.Com Gets Ripped] Reference
Rawlings insists his team of journalists put aside any personal antipathy to the modern ballplayer. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Boys Of Summer] Reference
KING: In other words, the ballplayer may be rushing to go somewhere when you ask for the autograph. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 26, 2009] Reference
And almost home, black athletes, like ballplayer Jackie Robinson, changed sports forever in America. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 29, 2006] Reference
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