"When we were playing back home, he threw me two curveballs and the first night here he threw me curveballs, as well," Buxton said.
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"Nobody's making you swing at these curveballs, sunshine," Cramer said.
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You will inevitably encounter curveballs, and they aren't always bad.
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He had 16 swings and misses on his 58 curveballs.
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I was able to throw cutters and curveballs off this.
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There are some curveballs Delta has to face this year.
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"Life can deal you a lot of curveballs," she said.
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There were the curveballs (these people really liked Florence Foster Jenkins).
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And her family has thrown its share of curveballs as well.
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With the curveballs that get thrown you handle them better relaxed.
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But in TIU fashion, there will be some curveballs as well.
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Matz said he threw more curveballs than normal in this start.
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He found that sliders and cutters were less affected than curveballs.
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"Maybe life has thrown some curveballs at you," the post reads.
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Jordan Montgomery and Dellin Betances regularly bury curveballs in the dirt.
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They always look for solutions even in the face of curveballs.
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A couple of curveballs can be found among the new entries.
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Here's what else is happening: No curveballs today, just nonstop rain.
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"You get curveballs every day from all across the place," Pompeo said.
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Hopefully, this time around, one of those curveballs is a curved screen.
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During this race, the campaigns have thrown more than a few curveballs.
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When you have someone else throwing curveballs at you, I like that.
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He throws sizzling fastballs, vicious sliders — and changeups, curveballs and cutters, too.
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He walked one with six strikeouts, all on swinging third-strike curveballs.
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Half of Syndergaard's pitches this season have been sliders, curveballs and changeups.
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I threw some good curveballs and mixed in some really good cutters.
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Forget another myth, too: the problem stems from kids throwing curveballs too young.
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It has to feel like we're going somewhere, with curveballs here and there.
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The curveballs (to Moreland) stayed up and they were able to hit it.
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I put a better swing on it than I usually do on curveballs.
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Lobaton had weakly hit one of HIll's curveballs in his earlier at-bat.
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He threw more fastballs then, and now he throws more curveballs than ever.
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SUNDAY VARIETY COLUMN Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon throw us beads and curveballs.
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Hill throws curveballs, but blisters are a pest for two-seam pitchers, too.
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With Jesse Winker up, Chatwood threw two consecutive curveballs that skipped past Caratini.
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Those could throw curveballs at the state's budget in the years to come.
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We love actors because they show us how human beings deal with life's curveballs.
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There were no real curveballs during the proceedings, which is probably for the best.
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Of course, all of this is speculation — and Apple does like to throw curveballs.
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I mean, we constantly get thrown curveballs in the retail business all the time.
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I started mixing in some changeups and curveballs the second time through the lineup.
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We'll have to wait and see if our other Yankees are thrown any curveballs.
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More problematic are sliders and cutters, which do not spin as rapidly as curveballs.
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"The calendar always keeps changing, and it always keeps throwing curveballs," Mr. Mischka said.
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Be prepared to answer the most common interview questions and also a few curveballs.
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Almost every department or agency across the government is facing some real curveballs, and the curveballs are coming fast and most of them are not equipped with the kind of people or the kind offices ... Explain what challenge the Department of State faces.
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McCullers, who silenced the Yankees with a flurry of curveballs to close out Game 7 of the A.L.C.S., threw curveballs on 19813 percent of his pitches in the regular season, by far the most for any major leaguer with at least 100 innings.
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Before she was able to graduate, however, life threw her more than a couple curveballs.
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That said, the Academy can never resist throwing out a few curveballs (cough, Crash, cough).
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Still, don't count out the possibility of Google throwing a few curveballs into the mix.
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Jane the Virgin always throws curveballs, but this new timeline is reaching some new heights.
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" Then again, Dr. Wheeler said, "we all know that nature can sometimes throw mean curveballs.
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You throw in curveballs like the various special needs we have and it becomes very improbable.
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On the other hand, there are also some scenarios here that would make for interesting curveballs.
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In short, it's a high-concept show that's throwing curveballs and tapping into imaginations all over.
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Uranus in Aries has been throwing a lot of curveballs your way on the career front.
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The former Princeton pitcher reached the high 80s with his fastball velocity before throwing mostly curveballs.
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"It's very playful, throwing some curveballs in terms of how we see a disguise," Elverdam said.
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Pomeranz had always thrown fastballs and curveballs, but he could never find a consistent third pitch.
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He expressed dismay at their hitters for taking too many curveballs from the Astros' Justin Verlander.
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There are fastballs and curveballs, but no one beans a batter because of how he voted.
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What do you think about the metrics that show a large increase in pitchers throwing curveballs?
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"Throughout childhood and life, I've had bigger curveballs thrown at me, things that matter more," she said.
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This piece reminded me that every single one of us can expect our fair share of curveballs.
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With that security, I can find immovable strength and perspective within to handle all of life's curveballs.
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Thematic spoilers ahead, but rest assured that even if you absorb them, the movie will throw curveballs.
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He allowed three hits, struck out seven, walked none and threw 13 curveballs among his 87 pitches.
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They'll take your tastes into account, though they may include some curveballs to expand your palette. 2.
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"Curveballs are pretty rare in the interview gambit, but if one finds you, don't freak," says Welch.
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Outside of a few curveballs, the list includes lots of aspirational It Bags you're likely well-acquainted with.
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From enigmatic PMS symptoms to an erratic poop schedule, your period throws some real curveballs at your body.
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Greer and the other characters in this bustling, large-hearted book negotiate their dreams along with the curveballs.
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"He had better command of his fastball and he threw really good curveballs," Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said.
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Even though we all know now that Baby Yoda is perfectly capable of dealing with life's many curveballs.
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"Making plans is helpful, but the plans themselves are often useless" when life throws you curveballs, he said.
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Stroman and Aaron Sanchez both throw hellacious sinkers and curveballs, and Stroman has that groundhog of a slider.
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Almost 30 percent of his pitches this season have been curveballs, easily the highest percentage of his career.
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Does it suggest the administration will continue to throw curveballs regardless of what China brings to the table?
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He throws more curveballs than ever now, though, and still strikes out almost 13 hitters per nine innings.
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Bauer threw four consecutive curveballs; Sanchez took the first two for strikes and fouled off the next two.
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Then again, he's been thrown more than a few curveballs this season, and he keeps rolling with it.
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When considering someone's eligibility for a potential serious relationship, or even just a hookup, sobriety can throw curveballs.
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Adding to her comments was Jesse Tyler Ferguson, 43, who also commented about the show's upcoming curveballs to THR.
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Adding to her comments was Jesse Tyler Ferguson, 43, who also spoke about the show's upcoming curveballs to THR.
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How you respond to life's curveballs dictates the outcome, so I try not to let emotions cloud my decisions.
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Mixed in some splitties and some curveballs there, but the main thing was the slider was there all day.
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He throws a lot more sliders than he used to, fewer changeups, and about the same amount of curveballs.
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Even if you live in a place with the same climate year-round, Mother Nature likes to throw curveballs.
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Yet still, they are known for curveballs and for best dramatic features that don't go on to an Oscar win.
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He faced five batters, touched 99 mph with his fastball and also mixed in a few curveballs and one changeup.
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His fastball only reached the mid-80s in Seattle, but he frustrated the Mariners by mixing in mid-60s curveballs.
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On the other hand, curveballs and surprising theme answers can add extra "aha" moments to the solve and more satisfaction.
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"The one thing he did extremely well, he threw a ton of curveballs, and they couldn't stop that," Mackanin said.
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There is no timetable for his return and he will include curveballs in his next bullpen session before facing live batters.
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There is no timetable for his return and he will include curveballs in his next bullpen session before facing live batters. .
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Mr Levitin repeatedly throws these statistical curveballs at his readers, training them to adopt a take-nobody's-word-for-it attitude.
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And the former football player said they expected the curveballs they've been thrown and are prepared to take on life together.
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Milan street style always goes above and beyond, and we loving all the style curveballs that are getting thrown our way.
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Despite nearly a decade of royal dating, the couple can't prepare for all the curveballs their Genovian nuptials have in store.
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Rather than telling them that there's always a happy ending, teach them that they're strong enough to handle life's inevitable curveballs.
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"Wraparound glasses with shatterproof lenses can keep out a lot of undesirable objects," he said, including fingers, debris and misdirected curveballs.
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But the emotional curveballs the show throws don't ever feel gratuitous, due to the mostly-effective pacing and Platt's grounding performance.
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He threw 102 pitches, 74 for strikes, and showcased his repertoire with 44 four-seam fastballs, 34 sliders and 20 curveballs.
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While Detrick holds a bullish 2018 outlook, there could be a few curveballs coming at Wall Street from Washington this year.
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Among pitchers with 100 innings last season, Hill threw the highest percentage of curveballs — 42.4, according to the statistics site Fangraphs.
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No matter how many curveballs the campaign threw at Clinton, she showed up, day after day, unflappable and wearing that power lipstick.
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Governments around the world throw a dozen or so curveballs, rearranging hours and minutes as though they were tchotchkes on a credenza.
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Between the decision to cast Nick and last year's two-Bachelorette plan, the network does seem interested in throwing curveballs our way.
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Richards threw fastballs, curveballs and sliders, getting three hitters to hit routine grounders, while one hitter hit a single to left field.
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If it starts looking a bit too vanilla, noticeably more conservative than 2017's viral curveballs and genuine trends, you'll know why.
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You only need to consider Yeezus, which paired Daft Punk alongside Arca, to get a feel for the constant search for curveballs.
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As much as his fastball hums, he throws his other stuff — changeups, curveballs and those wicked new sliders — about half the time.
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Pitchers have responded with more of a north/south strategy, with fastballs riding above the trendy swing path, and curveballs buckling below.
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After doubling and scoring in the first inning, he hit one of Greinke's curveballs 420 feet to straightaway center in the second.
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German (241-28) kept Baltimore off balance by throwing 28 curveballs, which accounted for 603 of his 260 swing-and-miss pitches.
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German (241-28) kept Baltimore off balance by throwing 28 curveballs, which accounted for 603 of his 260 swing-and-miss pitches.
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With runners on second and third and no outs in the first, Snell struck out the next three batters, all on curveballs.
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Whatever "curveballs" creator Stephen Falk throws our way, it already sounds like things will only get better after Lindsay's big, life-changing monologue.
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"I was just missing over the middle with my fastball a little bit and I wasn't landing good curveballs for strikes," Paxton said.
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Their friendship helps keep both of the women motivated at a job that throws more than a few curveballs at both of them.
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Another ASMI study showed that curveballs cause less strain on the arm than the simple, humble fastball, whose greater velocity taxes pitchers more.
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With Betances on with two outs in the seventh, Donaldson stole second and Bautista laid off two curveballs in the dirt from Betances.
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" Her oldest daughter Adriana Luna, 25, says Hanna has "found this strength to persevere through life's crazy curveballs and is somehow still standing.
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It should be noted that you may be changing your mind about these dreams, since Uranus will throw some curveballs into the mix.
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Selected last Sunday to his second straight appearance in the Midsummer Classic, Morton fanned eight on curveballs, including six straight at one point.
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This year's nominations are no different, with some obvious choices (like The Shape of Water and Game of Thrones) alongside some real curveballs.
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Just knowing that should give us a bit of confidence to know that we'll be able to handle whatever curveballs 2019 will throw us.
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He anticipates this even as President Donald Trump lobs geopolitical curveballs at markets such as trade tariffs against some of the nation's closest allies.
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When Pirates pitcher Steven Brault took the field at PNC Park in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, it had nothing to do with fastballs or curveballs.
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But generally, it's best to avoid throwing curveballs at service workers; it's confusing, distracting and makes an already-medium-to-low-fun job harder.
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But regardless of the curveballs the four people who demoed the system ahead of me lobbed at Duplex, each call ended with a successful reservation.
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We've all lived through enough retrograde periods to know that much — but only the nimblest among us have learned how to dodge Mercury's swerviest curveballs.
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Yet life has a way of throwing curveballs when you least expect it, and that's why everyone needs an emergency cushion to soften the blow.
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There are other curveballs too: He's in favor of ranked-choice voting, reducing pretrial bail, free marriage counseling, and term limits for Supreme Court justices.
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Pomeranz threw cutters with 12.8 percent of his pitches for San Diego, according to FanGraphs, and significantly raised his rate of curveballs to 20153 percent.
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Caroline Framke: I keep thinking I know where this show is going, and then it gives us a whole series of curveballs in a row.
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The Dodgers' Rich Hill, who will oppose Verlander in Game 6 and throws more curveballs than sliders, said he thought the balls felt the same.
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Carlotta initially seems like a negative force, but she proves to be an object lesson about life's curveballs and our tendency to overreact to them.
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The planet of beauty, Venus, harmonizes with structural Saturn on Sunday, helping you approach these Uranian curveballs with a practical mind and cool poker face.
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There were sophisticated stylistic curveballs, too — the show's strangest piece is an excerpt from Converse's art-song cycle about Cassandra, the seer nobody listened to.
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Hill struck out seven of New York's nine starters and highlighted his outing by fanning RF Carlos Beltran three times on curveballs to end innings.
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The search results are best when you're looking for something very specific in a small window of time and even then you're apt to get curveballs.
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But knowing how much she loves to throw curveballs, fans aren't convinced that the most obvious set of vows will actually make it to the screen.
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Travers himself wound up pitching, throwing largely curveballs in attempt to ensure his survival against a lineup that was one of the most potent in baseball.
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Ray throws fewer fastballs, changeups and sliders this season, but nearly a quarter of his pitches have been curveballs, compared to just 603 percent in 2016.
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Speedrunning by itself is impressive, but throwing limitations or weird curveballs at some of the best runners in the world can make it that much more interesting.
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And at first I relied on some more obscure quotes to make sure the interview stayed on the rails, but then I threw in some weird curveballs.
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And once you dive into the signs' ruling elements, brace yourself for some curveballs: Scorpios and Aquarians may discover a side of themselves they've overlooked until now.
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His comedy ruminates on some of the thorniest curveballs of intersectional politics: What does it mean to be both gay and, once upon a time, evangelically Christian?
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Against the Yankees on Thursday night, Stroman and Walker devised a varied menu—more curveballs and sliders, down and in to the Yankees' heavily left-handed lineup.
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He finally discovered it with the Houston Astros, when he learned to attack hitters with curveballs and high fastballs instead of trying to induce contact with sinkers.
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On Sunday, the Rockets didn&apost exactly throw curveballs at Doncic, but no matter who was in front of him, Doncic found a way to beat them.
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Now that he pitches for shorter stints, his fastball plays up — it averaged 97 miles an hour in his debut — and he mixes in curveballs and cutters.
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"We got engaged a year in and then we went through a lot of ups and downs with family and just a lot of life curveballs," she said.
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" Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: "Solo: A Star Wars Story keeps throwing curveballs to distract us from the fact that we know all too well where this is heading.
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In the mix were some more-fall-than-spring curveballs like toffee brown and mossy green, which, given the fact that it's September, isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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"I see fear and hesitation from medical providers on providing gender-affirming care, then walk around the clinic and see the curveballs other patients throw providers," she said.
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Various studies have suggested that pitching mechanics, the anatomy of a pitcher's arm, curveballs, pitching fatigue, pitch velocity or just pitching too many innings could be the problem.
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After his Friday bullpen session in which he threw fastballs, changeups and curveballs, Wheeler said that his arm felt good — better than it did a few weeks ago.
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With all the curveballs the Indians have thrown at the Cubs, Bryant said it was important not to chase the ones on the outer half of the plate.
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When we finally arrived in Havana in July, we were met by a storm that flooded the streets, the first of many curveballs Cuba would throw our way.
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And sometimes it's very hard, especially as a small team, to take on board all the curveballs you can experience, and you can end up in intense situations.
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"We got engaged a year in and then we went through a lot of ups and downs with family and just a lot of life curveballs," Javid told E!
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"Life throws us curveballs to teach us things and to allow us to realize the number of changes we must undergo on every level," Meritano, 45, writes on Instagram.
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Frazier's 29th home run of the season came off Cubs RHP Jake Arrieta, whom Frazier said had been throwing him straight curveballs — most of which hit their intended spot.
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There can be some curveballs thrown in there, too, as the moon gently harmonizes with Uranus, the planet of the unexpected, helping you think differently about the materialistic world.
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Given that Ohtani the batter is less willing to swing at curveballs earlier in the count, a first-pitch curve from Ohtani to Ohtani feels like the best option.
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There were no last minute surprises or curveballs -- Brett Kavanaugh got the votes he needed to be confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States ... but just barely.
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He struck out Carlos Beltran with two on to end the third and fanned Chase Headley and Aaron Hicks — both with curveballs — to end the fourth with two aboard.
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You're not seeing him chase the pitch up over his head like you used to; you're not seeing him chase sliders and curveballs in the dirt nearly as much.
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They followed the Rays several years ago with the heavy use of shifts, they have embraced the use of curveballs, and they have one of baseball's largest analytics staffs.
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The element of surprise is a tool you yield masterfully and knowing that there's always more than meets the eye keeps you vigilant, ready to adapt to life's curveballs.
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He encouraged some pitchers to work with weighted-ball programs and ran a staff that threw by far the most curveballs last season — and allowed the fewest home runs.
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Introducing Self-Made, Refinery33's column spotlighting the real stories that fueled success — the wins, the fails, and the curveballs — proving there's no one path to getting what you want.
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Arrieta settled in after allowing a two-run homer to Neil Walker in the first inning, tantalizing with curveballs on the fringes of the strike zone that confounded the Mets.
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If you don't have massive savings that allow you to self-insure for life's curveballs, it is a smart idea to get the right policies in place for your needs.
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Fact is, Austin says the writers know exactly how to tailor the topics for these three -- and he believes they'll be throwing pop culture curveballs instead of ancient history softballs.
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He gave up three solo homers, but the slow stuff — like curveballs in the high 60s — got him through 5 2/143 innings and resulted in a second straight victory.
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Of the 18 pitches he threw to four batters, 12 were curves and three were sliders; all of the sliders and two of the curveballs were swung on and missed.
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They succumbed, at last, to a flurry of curveballs from the Astros' Lance McCullers Jr., whose father pitched for the Yankees in 1989 and 1990 — a time when chaos reigned.
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Even for a fanbase long adjusted to curveballs, the situation unfolding in the prairie dog colonies that surround Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado, is a new one.
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Still, it's important to note that the directing branch of the academy loves to throw curveballs, so don't completely count out Greta Gerwig ("Little Women") or Lulu Wang ("The Farewell").
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"Tax reform dealt three curveballs to the municipal market in 2017, and it is conceivable that more surprises could await in 2018," S&P Global Ratings said in a report.
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Welcome to Self-Made, Refinery29's column spotlighting the real stories that fueled success — the wins, the fails, and the curveballs — proving there's no one path to getting what you want.
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Smoak fouled off the next pitch, a curveball, and took another in the dirt to run the count full before fighting off two more curveballs on his hands to stay alive.
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It's important to distinguish between running the government and both effectively getting your policy done as well as dealing with challenges that are going to arise when the world throws curveballs.
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Suffice to say that after exploding its own premise at the end of season one back in January, The Good Place creator Michael Schur continued throwing wicked curveballs in season two.
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Introducing Self-Made, Refinery27's newest column spotlighting the real stories that fueled success — the wins, the fails, and the curveballs —proving there's no one path to getting what you want.
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After throwing you career curveballs for the past seven years, Uranus, the planet of rebellion, changes signs on Wednesday, inspiring you to move beyond armchair activism over the next seven years.
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Verlander wasn't sharp with his secondary offerings, earning just one swing and miss on 19 curveballs, and one of the four put in play cleared the fence on the Martinez dinger.
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The 36-year-old Hill, a left-handed journeyman making his first playoff start in nine years, was keeping the Nationals off balance with his array of arm slots and curveballs.
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And then the committee threw a few curveballs with the selections of Syracuse and Arizona State over Southern California, which was included in 92.5 percent of the brackets, according to Phan.
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Robert Kirkman, the creator and writer of The Walking Dead, has been known to throw his readers curveballs, but this one is the biggest — and presumably the last — for this comic.
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Consequently, Bettis threw more curveballs and, in particular, focused on burying the pitch as he did to strike out Ender Inciarte to end the fourth with runners on first and third.
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When the MLB Network begins coverage of the World Baseball Classic on Monday, who better to analyze curveballs, sliders and splitters from around the world for the channel than John Smoltz?
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From the start, showrunner Mike Schur has been perfecting the art of subverting expectations and throwing curveballs into the story at a rate that would cripple pretty much any other show.
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Throwing in some curveballs and new promos always make it interesting, but too many sharp turns can destroy the flow of a set and that's usually the biggest issue with B2Bs.
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But what some may not remember are the stylistic curveballs she's thrown over the years — hair dyed darker shades of brown (and even jet black) or the occasional flirtation with bold lipstick.
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After Game 6, McCullers spent about 10 minutes long-tossing in the right-field corner at Dodger Stadium, keeping his arm loose for plenty of his signature curveballs in the big finale.
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Curveballs For quite a while, a prime suspect for OMG generation was Centaurus A , a relatively nearby active galactic nucleus that sits somewhere between 10 million and 16 million light-years away.
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Fernandez retired the first 17 batters he faced while striking out six, two on fastballs in the first inning and two on curveballs against the top of the order in the fourth.
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Gattis handled the challenge of blocking McHugh's biting curveballs well enough, not to mention catching relievers he's largely unfamiliar with, that Hinch announced Gattis will catch another starter in the near future.
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Now you've got to be ready, like, right away — because not only is their fastball good, but they're throwing harder sliders, harder curveballs and harder changeups, too, with a lot of movement.
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Cole is throwing more curveballs and high fastballs than he ever did with Pittsburgh, generating by far the fewest ground balls of his career but getting more strikeouts and weak fly balls.
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It was a redemptive moment for Sanchez, who had allowed two third-strike curveballs — one by Robertson in the eighth and one by Betances in the ninth — to bounce away from him.
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They looked helpless against Bryan Shaw and Cody Allen, who baited Aaron Judge — in a pinch-hitting role — with five curveballs before blowing a high fastball past him to end the game.
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Mr. Bunning threw fastballs, curveballs and sliders out of a 20103-foot-3-inch frame, seeking to intimidate batters with a gruffness that would be a hallmark of his time in Congress.
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But Judy's hiding a shocking secret, Jen is trying to get past the death of her husband, and the characters must cope with plenty of curveballs as they attempt to rebuild their lives.
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After DeDe Pritchett, Claire and Mitchell's mother, died "peacefully in her sleep" on an episode earlier in October, Sarah Hyland revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that the show is not done throwing curveballs.
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But he was also quick to acknowledge that the turbulent political environment would inevitably throw late-cycle curveballs at the Democrats — unforeseen events that Luján put at the top of his anxiety list.
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With 2020 already throwing us a ton of curveballs and leaving us stranded in our own homes, you might be wondering what you can do to make the most out of your time.
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The Chris Gethard Show never really loses steam, despite putting out over 200 live episodes over the years, with the help of its intriguing topics, guests, and live callers who consistently throw curveballs.
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That's the question asked and answered in this faux trailer, starring David Harbour as a gritty Oscar the Grouch who's been hardened by life's many terrible curveballs and just cannot take it anymore.
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He has dealt with no aches or pains in retirement, he said, and even now, he throws batting practice three or four times a week at the high school — fastballs, curveballs, sliders, splitters.
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Andrew tells Refinery29 what she has learned about the nature of work, how she had redefined success on her own terms, and how to come out on top when life throws curveballs your way.
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"Do not jump at an answer," says Welch, "They are looking for the way you think because jobs always throw curveballs at you and it's the quality of your thinking they are looking for."
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Morton has transformed himself from a sinker-throwing ground-ball pitcher — his nickname was Ground Chuck — to one who relies on a heavy dose of curveballs, a four-seam fastball and a cut fastball.
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He did so under the auspices of Stanford's avant-garde-leaning Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, but Conte's preferences tended to the more readily intelligible, albeit with stylistic curveballs thrown in.
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McCullers ended that game with 24 consecutive curveballs, flummoxing the Yankees&apos final six batters exclusively with the nasty breaking ball that is his best pitch and one of the majors&apos most dangerous curves.
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Examples of coming back strong after reaching a breaking point or one of life's curveballs, to mix my sports metaphors, are so numerous that CNN Health has a series devoted to them, called Turning Points.
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The episode may ultimately be a satisfying episode of television, but aside from a few minor curveballs it plays things safe, and it takes almost all of its cues from writer Robert Kirkman's comics storyline.
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With a dizzying array of dancing fastballs and darting curveballs, Kluber struck out eight of the first 11 batters he faced, becoming the first pitcher in Series history to fan that many in three innings.
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The 6-foot 5-inch Hill thrives on a funky delivery with his long limbs, a deceptive fastball that averages only 89 miles per hour and frequent use of one of the sport's best curveballs.
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Both LeMahieu and Judge hit home runs on slow curveballs from Kershaw, who allowed just two homers on the pitch previously this season and just 10 over the course his 12-year career before Sunday.
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There are also some curveballs I'm watching for here, like should the Supreme Court decide not to hear Trump's appeal that his accounting firm has to turn over financial records to the House Oversight Committee.
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The best director race can often be counted on for a few curveballs, and the directors branch that votes on this category is among the most transformed by the multiyear effort to diversify the academy.
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Whether it's launching one of the most eco-friendly swimsuit collections ever or collaborating with très chic Italian lingerie brand Cosabella, our favorite sustainable retailer keeps throwing us curveballs — and we're just trying to keep up.
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The events of Avengers: Endgame also two a few curveballs into the future of the Guardians movies, and knowing what we know now about who's on Peter Quill's (Chris Pratt) ship, honestly anything could happen next.
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The Nadia Geller episode featured many curveballs, from candidates being asked to handle an angry customer, to candidates having to answer whether or not it's better to be good and on time, or perfect and late.
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The north-south approach to pitching — fastballs up and curveballs down — now reigns, although the overall percentage of fastballs keeps dropping, from 64.4 percent in 2002 to 55.2 percent this season, and slider usage is rising.
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I love this genre, and as many curveballs as I threw during the course of the movie, I wanted to give a payoff at the end that was essentially satisfying for somebody who loves the genre.
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Ohtani, who hasn't pitched since June 21 after suffering a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his right (throwing) elbow, tossed a light bullpen session of 23 pitches on Saturday, throwing 28.31 fastballs, two sliders and two curveballs.
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But while the Adele songs feel authentic — a natural fit — Sia's acting chops are really stretched on curveballs like "Move Your Body," a generic dance floor anthem written for Shakira, where Sia assumes the singer's Colombian accent.
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From Bernarnold to Halores to, you know, the Westworld characters who are only ever themselves, let's take a look back at where Westworld ended up in season 2 — before Westworld season 3 throws more curveballs at us.
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But in the bottom of the eighth, Neil Walker, the igniter of every late Yankees rally in the last week, doubled to left field on a 13-2 fastball after seeing four consecutive curveballs from reliever Matt Barnes.
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Academy Award® Winners Michael Douglas (Kominsky) and Alan Arkin (Newlander) continue their journey as two friends tackling life's inevitable curveballs as they navigate their later years in Los Angeles, a city that, above all else, values youth.
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Regardless of whatever curveballs life throws at you this week, you have high hopes for the future and a generous optimism that can provide forgiveness and comfort in spite of the overbearing demands from authority figures in your life.
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But Greinke got away with a mistake over the middle of the plate to Anthony Rendon, who flied out, and he unfurled one of his trademark slow curveballs to strike out Asdrubal Cabrera to end the bases-loaded threat.
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Kristin Kontrol, "X-Communicate" Here's one of the week's biggest curveballs: Kristin Welchez (aka Dee Dee, frontwoman of the veteran rock group Dum Dum Girls) is releasing a collection of solo electro-pop as Kristin Kontrol on May 27th.
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The Indians used a lot of curveballs against the Cubs' batters, but the last pitch, with the tying run 483 feet away and the winning run on second base, was high heat from Allen, and Baez swung and missed.
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But for a man who seemed to make every right move in an industry that's famous for throwing curveballs, it came as a surprise to learn that the second volume, which features shows 51 though 100, was actually completed first.
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But then again, it's sort of saying like how throughout our show to explore the way that life is totally unexpected, and we don't necessarily see where the curveballs are coming from, yes, certainly it could be that electrical fire.
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Harrison has repeatedly teased that not even Peter knows how this season of The Bachelor ends, which has resulted in a lot of wild fan theories, including curveballs like the suggestion that contestant Kelley Flanagan comes back into the mix.
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According to Statcast data, his curveball was at 3,204 rotations per minute before the trade, second best in baseball among those who had thrown at least 100 curveballs; since the trade, he has the best spin rate at 3,183 r.p.m.
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Sure, there have been some curveballs along the way—like Oklahoma City taking a 27-225 lead over Golden State in last year's Western Conference Finals—but in the end, the NBA's two titans have rolled through every obstacle they've faced.
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Closing Conditions and DeadlineWatch out for last-minute curveballs in this section, but most importantly it tells you how much time you have to consider the offer, and what due diligence you must perform in order to secure the deal.
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Pitchers are also throwing a higher percentage of sliders, curveballs and changeups than they have in more than a decade — while forcing hitters to respect fastballs that hummed in last season at a record average of 93.1 miles an hour.
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The 24-year-old took a shutout into the seventh frame of Game 4 of the American League Championship Series before allowing a homer by New York Yankees rookie slugger Aaron Judge but has been mesmerizing hitters with a steady diet of curveballs.
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As the commencement speaker at his son Jack's ninth-grade graduation at the Cardigan Mountain School in rural New Hampshire last month, Roberts delivered a humorous speech, telling the new graduates that life would inevitably throw a number of curveballs their way.
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The 2017 Screen Actors Guild award nominations, which were announced Wednesday morning by Common and Sophia Bush, are one of the telling previews for who will have a shot at a coveted Academy Award — but it wouldn't be awards season without some curveballs.
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And as we knew he would, he faced them all with grace, and the sly humor he had always used to lift our spirits at low moments — to tease us, to laugh at life's curveballs, to make life with him so much fun.
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Negan-o-meter: 7 out of 10 TWD has managed to do some course-correcting with Negan, especially now that it's really tossing curveballs at comic readers who don't know where things are headed now that Carl Grimes is out of the picture.
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If you're a level five, for instance, you only need to catch 10 new Pokémon to shoot up to level six (probably less than that when you factor in other XP you might pick up along the way from curveballs and Pokéstops).
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Situational interview questions are designed to be a challenge, demonstrating that a candidate knows how to think on their feet and respond to curveballs, while also giving them a chance to display a slew of positive attributes, such as honesty, empathy, and humility.
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Clayton Kershaw — the same southpaw who decimated National League lineups this spring with six consecutive starts of 10-plus strikeouts, the same bundle of sheer willpower and deadly curveballs that struck out 150 batters while walking just nine — broke down in June.
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Depending on which show you're standing outside of, you'll likely get a few curveballs — something punk, something oversized, something sequined — and that's what makes these photos stand out, especially when your feed has been dominated by street style for the past few weeks.
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With two outs, Bauer froze Anthony Rizzo with a pair of nasty curveballs that had the big first baseman buckling at the knees, but then he simply lost control of the at-bat, and threw four consecutive balls to send Rizzo to first.
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When asked about Tunsil's fall in the draft, which will cost him more than $10 million on his first contract per the rookie pay scale, commissioner Roger Goodell instead talked about the draft, and how curveballs like this make it so great.
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Unfortunately, there were a few curveballs thrown our way, like the Chiefs benching LeSean McCoy after a fumble, Tyler Eifert breaking the streak of tight ends scoring on the Cardinals, and D.J. Moore putting up a solid 8-91-0 on the Jaguars.
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"Bottle It In," the follow-up to a 2015 solo LP and his collaborative record with Courtney Barnett last year, is another delightful ramble through Mr. Vile's imagination with a few sonic curveballs thrown into the guitar-heavy mix. Matador. Oct. 12.
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The Rays emphasize power now, but in a different way: Through Monday, their hitters had the highest exit velocity in the majors, at 90.1 miles per hour, and their pitchers — who specialize in curveballs and high fastballs — allowed the lowest, at 86.3.
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But the most beautiful part is, it sounds like she's having fun while she's doing it—luxuriating in the odd Beatles-esque slide guitar passage and old Hollywood orchestral swell, throwing us melodic and rhythmic curveballs like she's daring us to sing along.
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Few shows embrace the messiness of life quite like This Is Us. The show is full of flawed but basically good people finding struggling to get by and do right, even as they're constantly being thrown curveballs like illness or the death of children.
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" The strength in their connection no doubt comes in handy when life throws them curveballs — like last month, when Bell brought one of their kids to the emergency room for a "finger smushed so hard in the door it popped like a jelly donut.
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Instead, she told me that as an upper-level student, I was supposed to have figured out ways to succeed academically (as though mental illness has a linear trajectory or life doesn't throw you curveballs) and that I was probably just stressed out and should rest.
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On Saturday night, Girardi brought in Robertson first, because he would be able to go more than one inning, which he did — finishing off the seventh for Adam Warren and then striking out Xander Bogaerts on three curveballs to leave the bases loaded in the eighth.
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It's hard to argue that the debates would be significantly different without Trump—they'd still mostly be about ISIS and immigration and the economy—but Trump has provided the fireworks and the curveballs, ratcheting up the rhetoric and forcing the debates themselves to be tests of his candidacy.
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Still, after enjoying a peak that stretched from 2002's breakthrough Reveille to 2008's Offend Maggie, the band has settled into their version of middle age with a surprising amount of concision and focus, and The Magic throws more curveballs than any other album they've released this decade.
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Because the questions hadn't been vetted, there were some curveballs: one woman asked if Clinton planned to pass a federal law against revenge porn; another wanted to know how she would "win back the trust of black America," although she wasn't clear on how Clinton had lost that trust.
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Montgomery threw two looping curveballs, the first one taken for a strike and the second one beat into the ground by Martinez toward third baseman Kris Bryant, who threw to first for the out — a moment that will be replayed by Cubs fans in Chicago and across the country for decades.
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It would be great if they could be more like Spotify, which has developed a very good formula for finding songs and bands you have never heard of but will probably like — with curveballs thrown in that run counter to your taste, in case you're up for expanding your repertoire.
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"I've had quite a few starts this year where I spray curveballs around and I can't locate it where I need to until maybe the third or fourth inning," Bauer said, explaining that he did extra work in recent days so that his best pitch would be sharp from the outset.
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The scope of the probe — which the White House and Senate Republicans agreed to after pressure from moderates — was threatening to become a flashpoint in the Supreme Court fight and the latest headache for Republicans, who have faced weeks of curveballs on a nominee they once believed was a lock for confirmation.
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Where the vast majority of half-hour network comedies hit the "reset" button at the end of each episode, or at least keep the world in which they're set more or less consistent, The Last Man on Earth keeps throwing curveballs at its not-so-merry band of survivors and watches as they fumble to adapt.
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"You can't game the irrational here, and Washington has thrown us two irrational curveballs in a row: an insanely overzealous Fed chief who was willing to strangle the life out of the economy in order to stop even the barest hint of inflation, and elected officials who are willing to sacrifice the whole economy over a few billion dollars for a mostly symbolic wall," he said.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpOur justice system must reward success Former Biden economic adviser: 'I really like a lot of' Warren's tax proposals Roy Moore calls for Omar to go back from 'whence she came' MORE threw some curveballs at Congress on Tuesday, softening his already tentative push for tougher bipartisan measures to thwart mass shootings and reviving his enthusiasm for economic stimulus through tax cuts, even as he insists the go-go economy is not heading toward recession.
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