slugger

Example Sentences

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Mike Piazza, the slugger expensively coached from boyhood in the modern manner, saw “the silver spoons of his youth smelted into the first of ten consecutive Silver Slugger awards.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Slugger Christian Walker crushing home runs into the left-field seats.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2024

Even if Mariners icon Ichiro presented centerfielder Julio Rodriguez his second consecutive Silver Slugger award.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2024

Salmon, who was hunched over the line when it snapped, shudders to think what might have happened had his arm and elbow not been as rigid as a Louisville Slugger.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023

There is baseball paraphernalia all over the place: framed posters—all signed—tacked up on the slanted walls, a case full of plaques and trophies, and a rack of variously sized old-school Louisville Slugger bats.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone