benchwarmer

Example Sentences

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The greatest moment by a Dodger benchwarmer in baseball history, a guy so embedded in the landscape of Los Angeles sports that he will be forever known simply by two abbreviated versions of his name...

From Los Angeles Times

Stefan’s Enakopravnost: On former Penn Quaker, NBA benchwarmer, and youth sports reform advocate Bob Bigelow, who died last week at 66.

From Slate

I watched Jordan dismiss his 80s-era teammates as womanizing cokeheads and take pride in bullying benchwarmer Scott Burrell and Steve Kerr.

From The Guardian

Had it been an NBA playoff game with two 12-man rosters and coaching staffs, Souza and his cornermen would be the equivalent of a benchwarmer and two advance scouts testing positive.

From Los Angeles Times

“The prominent thought in my mind was, I can’t believe our season’s going to end like this,” said Bob Myers, then a Bruins benchwarmer who would go on to become a part-time starter and much later general manager of the Golden State Warriors.

From Los Angeles Times