He has never been on the disabled list because of a plunking.

Managers may also order a pitcher to throw such a pitch (sometimes called a "plunking").

Plunking them by the handful into a handy vase doesn't bring any joy."

Galahad examined her with his bicolored eyes before plunking down to wash.

Even though there's no charge for admission, they're plunking down ten- and twenty-dollar donations!"

Instead, the now 32-year-old pitcher burned his name into Angels history by plunking Gedman on the right shoulder.

But before he walked out of the Best Buy store, the clerk talked him into plunking down $75 for a three-year extended warranty.

"I suppose my plunking down like that has shaken my cake so that it will be as heavy as lead."

Another pair of hits and a plunking of Jeff King by Gooden deepened the hole again.

"Can't say asI 'IImiss the caterwauling an' the plunking."

Plunking Martinez was an act that came close to putting the Yankee's career in peril since he barely avoided being bashed in the helmet.

Bonilla's error on a high-hop bouncer extended the vaudeville, and then Tanana compounded it with his second plunking of the inning.

The plunking of Lo Duca followed a warning to both teams issued by the umpires after Guillen was hit twice.

It proved a providential plunking because doctors uncovered during their postgame examination an unrelated problem with Nady's appendix that required emergency surgery yesterday morning.

Pedroia was 3-4 with a home run, yet Yankees manager Joe Girardi maintained that the eighth-inning plunking was unintentional.

Whatever the motivation, the mutual fund industry spent 22 percent more on advertising last year than in 1999, plunking down a record $515 million, according to the Financial Research Corporation.

But she certainly commands attention, and she and Mr. Connick make sweet comic music together with the suggestive plunking of piano keys in "Hernando's Hideaway."

Clemens was brief and combative as he discussed batting against the Mets and about how baseball is investigating his plunking of the Giants' Barry Bonds on Sunday.

Rob Dibble, whose plunking of Tim Teufel provoked the several rounds of unprofessional wrestling on Saturday, was on the mound, and another confrontation was on everybody's mind.

There were variations on those empty answers because Clemens is apparently angry about the implication that he tried to dodge the start and the belief that his plunking of Barry Bonds last Sunday was choreographed.

Major League Baseball moved, meanwhile, to head off retaliation by the Mets for the plunking of Mike Piazza on the left shoulder when they face the Dodgers in exhibition games this weekend in Mexico City.

Use these music crafts to create a Caribbean band that features the plunking of a rubber band zither, the swish of sand blocks, the rhythmic beat of a bongo drum, and the buzz of a kazoo.

On Saturday at 9 P.M. the Towne Crier will present the Aztec Two-Step's original and traditional music and the funky folk singing and guitar plunking of Happy and Artie Traum.

Entertainment Weekly was more enthusiastic, giving the album an A, and writing that "With its rumble jumble of drumbeats, peppered with occasional piano plunking, Enter has a raw, pass-the-mike flavor we haven't heard since rap was pop's best-kept secret."

Gooden insisted again that he did not throw purposely at Koelling, saying that if he wanted to hit anyone in retaliation for TIM PUGH's earlier plunking of CHARLIE O'BRIEN, he would have hit Pugh.

He plonked himself down on the ground next to me.

You can always plonk them back in place to serve.

That is, until your plonked in front of the game yourself - and then a light goes on.

Plonked her on a chair at the head of the table during dinner.

So saying, she got up and plonked herself down on Green's lap.

We plonk it on the ground just before our arms drop off.

She turned round and plonked herself next to me on the sofa.

See if my husband wants a hand with these bits of wood he's plonking up against the wall!

He plonked it on and got his first four.

I said, plonking down another rattling brown paper bag onto the table.

He lifted a small boy out of a car seat and plonked him on the pavement.

Yeah, he really did, and the record would end, and then he'd plonk back.

One day, I plonked my books down on a wide oak table in the south wing, by the window.

When he came back, he plonked the drinks down on the table.

He plonked it down pointedly on Death's desk, with the air of one who is being put upon.

Plonking himself down rather heavily he knocked his bottle onto the floor.

Teresa staggered back to her chair and plonked herself down.

Would they always plonk them down on speed humps, like the one in the picture?

Never a divorce in the family,' she adds, plonking a green felt hat on top of her head.

"There were only - what - five, six hundred plonked down in our field.

Picking up the cushion, he plonked it across his thighs.

'Then they plonked me down at the back of the car.

The fear people have in villages is the great big housing estate being plonked down from above.

Business is bad, love,' he said, plonking a flagon of cheap red on the table.

He plonked himself down on the ground to see how long he could keep his temper.

Then it plunks down its money for more of the same.

He plunked down a list on the table in front of me.

"You're not going to want to plunk down all that money without looking at the kitchen."

He took one pitch and was plunked with the second.

People are plunking down money to go see the bear.

Web heard the boy plunk down the phone and walk off.

I started to say something else, but he plunked the phone down in my ear.

He looks as though someone plunked him down by the side of a road and drove off.

When he persisted, his parents plunked him back in private school.

Just to plunk down a few notes here and there was so much effort.

He plunked the dark brown bag of gold on the table.

He smiled, and plunked himself down on the edge of the bed.

He found a deep couch and plunked himself on it.

A small object fell out and plunked upon the table.

People should plunk down two thousand dollars to live like him for a week.

Rather than face that the Government might plunk for taking the big gamble.

Leaning forward, she plunked her glass down on the table.

I plunked it on the table before him, with a horn cup.

"For smart people to plunk down that much money is quite an investment."

The man plunked a bag down in front of Hugh.

But the object missed, plunking into the water behind them.

Sure, there may be other ways to lose weight without plunking down so much money, but the plan does seem to work.

"I got to the train early and plunked myself down near her normal seat."

It's best to be clear on that and think hard about who is willing to sleep where before plunking down your money.

They plunked him on the ground and ran toward the radio shack.