This “southpaw advantage” is substantial enough to generate a large surplus of lefty pitchers on rosters and shape the game in profound ways.
What Really Gives Left-Handed Pitchers Their Edge?|Guy Molyneux|August 17, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
The WNBA has only 140-something roster spots filled, total, and just 12 teams to feature a handful of players with primary roles.
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To further bolster its roster, the team even lured free agent Artemi Panarin from Columbus and signed Jacob Trouba, whom it had acquired in a trade with Winnipeg, to a seven-year deal.
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Also, that roster might not exactly be at full strength right away.
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Scroll, which now has 14 employees, has a long roster of other partners to tap into.
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In the states that have set up exchanges—a roster that includes most of the larger states—the subsidies would continue.
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Early on in the tournament, hardcore Argentina fans spoofed the Argentina roster listing Pope Francis as a team member.
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The 2014 roster is even more pathetic: About Last Night, Lust for Love, And So It Goes, Sex Tape.
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And the roster is topped off with fan favorites like Meleana Shim and Jessica McDonald.
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Both were incumbents, so no new women were added to the roster.
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Irish names occupy a conspicuous and honored place in the roster of the Australian episcopate.
The Glories of Ireland|Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox
Throughout the stay in the trenches, the various fatigues should be assigned by roster and carried out according to schedule.
Handy War Guide for My Company|Andr Godefroy Lionel Hanguillart
I suggested volunteering then and there, and I wrote my name first of all on the roster.
Between The Dark And The Daylight|William Dean Howells
The roster of their familiar names seemed to her as precious as a rosary.
The Lady of Fort St. John|Mary Hartwell Catherwood
The roster of students enrolls 104 gentlemen, and 57 ladies.
History of Linn County Iowa|Luther A. Brewer
British Dictionary definitions for roster (1 of 2)
roster1
/ (ˈrɒstə) /
noun
a list or register, esp one showing the order of people enrolled for duty
marketingthe list of advertising agencies regularly used by a particular company
verb
(tr)to place on a roster
Word Origin for roster
C18: from Dutch rooster grating or list (the lined paper looking like a grid)
British Dictionary definitions for roster (2 of 2)