slugger
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When Dino did chime in with advice, it was often about controlling the strike zone, being a complete hitter rather than just a slugger, and valuing fundamentals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
It is joining with some of America’s best known sports figures, including the basketball star Tyrese Haliburton, football standouts Dak Prescott and Ja’Marr Chase, the WNBA’s Cameron Brink and baseball slugger Mike Trout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
A wild pitch from McLean left Venezuela with runners on second and third base and on the next pitch Kansas City Royals slugger Maikel Garcia's sacrifice fly allowed Perez to score.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is captaining Team USA, which boasts a pitching staff that features reigning Cy Young winners Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
The slugger beside me waggled its eyestalks, the glassy marbles taking in a 360-degree view.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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This season, out of nowhere, he’s turned into one of the game’s top sluggers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
The Venezuelan aces and sluggers simply played better than their American counterparts.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2026
This was one of the greatest collections of sluggers ever assembled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Chicago started left-hander reliever Drew Pomeranz as the clubs hoped to subdue sluggers who had combined for a one-series MLB playoff record 21 first-inning runs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2025
I hadn’t even known that you could make collect calls until Jesse explained it to me one morning after the sluggers had dropped me off near his house.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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