Players on the batting team take turns hitting against the pitcher of the fielding team, which tries to stop them from scoring runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways.

During the rough and tumble years of the American-National struggle, player contracts were violated at the independents as well: Players that the team had developed would sign deals with the National or American leagues without any form of compensation to the indy club.

The nickname was first used for a baseball team by the Cincinnati Red Stockings, who were members of the pioneering National Association of Base Ball Players.

Players didn't think the name " Bluebirds " was suitable for a baseball team.

Players like Sebastián Soria and Márcio Emerson Passos have been granted Qatari citizenship to boost their soccer team.

Carey won his third best and fairest award in 1996, but finished runner-up to team mate Corey McKernan in the Players ' Association MVP award.

While playing with Seattle, Griffey was a 10-time American League Gold Glove winner, the 1992 All-Star Game MVP, 1997 AL MVP, 1998 ESPY co-winner for Male Athlete of the Year, 1999 Players Choice Awards Player of the Decade ( by the players ), and was named to the All-Century team in 1999.

Players from the team were made available in an April 3, 2009 dispersal draft.

In early July, general manager Dale Tallon and the Blackhawks management came under fire when the National Hockey League Players ' Association ( NHLPA ) claimed the team did not submit offers to their restricted free agents before the deadline.

During the summer of 2004, as the NHL and the NHL Players Association's labor dispute was headed towards a long lockout, Disney tried to sell the team but received a low offer of $ 40-million US, less than the franchise's original price.

He was among the 100 Top Football Players at NSU, as announced in July 2007 as part of the centennial celebration of the football team.

Olin also has an Ultimate team that competes in the fall BUDA league and in the spring through the Ultimate Players Association ( UPA ).

The original NES version of Tecmo Bowl was licensed by the National Football League Players Association, while another game, NFL for the NES, managed to obtain only an NFL team license.

However, the MLB Players ' Union objected to Rodriguez's willingness to sacrifice a huge amount of his $ 250 million contract to facilitate a deal to Boston, and the New York Yankees then struck a deal with Texas to bring A-Rod ( who gave up $ 14 million with union approval ) to their team.

Players can pick up dead balls and throw them back at the other team.

The major change was expanding selection procedures to include players from the European Tournament Players ' Division, and " that European Members be entitled to play on the team.

He would return one week later on the August 31 edition of Smackdown, defeating Cody Rhodes. At Night Of Champions, Mysterio would lose a fatal-four way title match against Sin Cara, Cody Rhodes, and the eventual winner, The Miz. The following day on Raw, Sin Cara and Mysterio teamed up to defeat Epico and Primo in a tag team match, after which they were attacked by the Prime Time Players ( Darren Young and Titus O ' Neil ).

On June 5, 2008, a lawsuit was filed in Oakland, California alleging Electronic Arts is breaking United States anti-trust laws by signing exclusive contracts with the NFL Players Association, the NCAA and Arena Football League, to use players ' names, likenesses and team logos.

Players usually wear their own team uniforms.

Players on the soccer team represent as many as 16 countries, and the team has been undefeated champion of its league three times.

Towards the end of the decade, labor unrest and litigation over issues such as the NFL Players Association and team movement to new markets foreshadowed Rozelle's decline as commissioner.

Players are paid for participating in the game with the winning team receiving a larger payout.

Dramatic activity at the College is organized and carried on by The Carleton Players, which is to say by all students who are so inclined to advance these aims.

While the players were on the tour, the National League instituted new rules regarding player pay that led to a revolt of players, led by Ward, who started the Players ' League the following season ( 1890 ).

Players who do not bust and have a total higher than the dealer, win.

" Players who doubled their opponent, seeing the opponent beaver the cube, may in turn then double the stakes once again (" raccoon ") as part of that cube phase before any dice are rolled.

Players who intend to play a card game at a high level generally ensure before beginning that all agree on the penalties to be used.

In 1957 Ted Lindsay, who scored 30 goals and led the league in assists with 55, teamed up with Harvey to help start the National Hockey League Players ' Association ( NHLPA ).

Players who sit generally use a stool about the height of the player's pants inseam length.

Players who choose to play mutants roll dice to randomly determine their characters ' mutations.

* Players still living who, though past their best in 1950, were recognised as having been world class when at their peak: Ossip Bernstein, Oldřich Duras, Ernst Grünfeld, Borislav Kostić, Grigory Levenfish, Géza Maróczy, Jacques Mieses, Viacheslav Ragozin, Akiba Rubinstein, Friedrich Sämisch, Savielly Tartakower, and Milan Vidmar.

By the mid 1960s, Viola Spolin's classes were handed over to her protégé, Jo Forsberg, who further developed Spolin's methods into a one-year course, which eventually became The Players Workshop, the first official school of improvisation in the USA.

In the UK the Comedy Store Players are a well known improv group, who are also in the Guinness World Records

Citizen Kane launched the film careers of the Mercury Players, including Agnes Moorehead ( who played Kane's mother ), Ruth Warrick ( Kane's first wife ), and Ray Collins ( Kane's political opponent ).

Players who miss their contract are thus encouraged to take as many tricks as possible, which results in other players also missing their contracts.

Players who overbid or underbid score nothing.

Players who underbid are deducted points in the amount of the bid.

Players who underbid are deducted points in the amount of the bid multiplied by 5.

Players who underbid score only one point for each trick.

Players who overbid have " gone set " and lose 10 points, regardless of the number of tricks taken.

Players who underbid or overbid lose the amount of the bid, plus ten points for each trick under or overbid.

Players who overbid or underbid score nothing.

Players who overbid or underbid have their score cut in half, ( rounding up ).

* Scratch / Quick scoring: Players who overbid or underbid get a scratch ( signified by crossing through their unsuccessful bid ).

Players who miss the contract lose the difference between the bid and the number of tricks taken.

Beginning in 1914, both Lasky and Famous Players released their films through a start-up company, Paramount Pictures Corporation, organized early that year by a Utah theatre owner, W. W. Hodkinson, who had bought and merged several smaller firms.