However, as a practicing historian, he, himself, has left few clues to the amount of professional scholarship that he used when writing history.

Except for a rich friendship with the painter, Chauncey Ryder who gave him the only professional instruction he ever had -- and this was limited to a few lessons, though the two artists often went on painting trips together -- Roy developed his art by himself.

But with the exception of professional athletes, few contact sports and physical education activities in our schools have any carryover in the adult life of the average American man or woman.

Active alumnae have built a fine building on the campus where members can come and stay for a few days or longer and where they can have their social gatherings and professional meetings.

Although the National Association held on for a few more seasons, it was no longer recognized as the premier organization for professional baseball.

A few US professional societies whose professions frequently employ various non-word characters, such as chemistry and computer programming, use the British form in their style guides ( see ACS Style Guide ).

There are only a few professional cheerleading leagues around the world ; some professional leagues include the NBA Cheerleading League, the NFL Cheerleading League, the CFL Cheerleading League, the MLS Cheerleading League, the MLB Cheerleading League, and the NHL Ice Dancers.

The first few years of Clarke's professional career were largely theatrical, apart from her role in Dragonslayer.

According to some fans, a tour guide explained that Jerry Jones invited a few professional soccer players to drop kick soccer balls to try to hit the screen.

Association football is the most prominent team sport for women in several countries, and one of the few women's team sports with professional leagues.

A few fanzines have evolved into professional publications ( sometimes known as " prozines "), and many professional writers were first published in fanzines ; some continue to contribute to them after establishing a professional reputation.

Only a few fans could afford more professional printers, or the time it took them to print, until photocopying became cheap and ubiquitous in the 1970s.

Each of FAO ’ s Goodwill Ambassadors – celebrities from the arts, entertainment, sport and academia such as Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi Montalcini, actress Gong Li, the late singer Miriam Makeba, and soccer players Roberto Baggio and Raúl, to name a few – has made a personal and professional commitment to FAO ’ s vision: a food-secure world for present and future generations.

These competitions have contributed to local interest in the sport and the first professional local team, the Fuerteventura-Canarias, was formed, initially run by Óscar Guerrero, director of Kaiku, although they have not competed for the past few seasons.

The Great Man approach to history was most fashionable with professional historians in the 19th century ; a popular work of this school is the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition ( 1911 ) which contains lengthy and detailed biographies about the great men of history, but very few general or social histories.

Whilst a few social scientists who draw inspiration from ' organic ' views of society have embraced Gaia philosophy as a way to explain the human-nature interconnections, most professional social scientists are more involved in reflecting upon the way Gaia philosophy is used and engaged with within sub-sections of society.

In Germany, only very few professional associations obtained the right to negotiate salaries and working conditions for their members, notably the medical doctors association Marburger Bund and the pilots association Vereinigung Cockpit.

Lyon & Healy harps are widely-played by professional musicians since they make one of the few harps for orchestral use — which are known as " concert harps " or " pedal harps ".

The four year, full-time undergraduate program maintains a balance between professional majors and those in the arts and sciences, and is selective, admitting few transfer students and 9. 7 % of its applicants in the 2010 – 2011 application season.

Membership is limited to established professional cartoonists, with a few exceptions of outstanding persons in affiliated fields.

Indeed, in most western nations relatively few physicians smoke, and their professional knowledge does appear to have a beneficial effect on their health and lifestyle.

Harold, with brothers Frank, Joe and William, took over at the death of their father, Harry M. Stevens, who put a few dollars into a baseball program, introduced the `` hot dog '' and paved the way for creation of a catering empire.

for every grown man ( except a few who were always suspected of being shy on virility ) knew at least the fundamentals of baseball, just as every male American in this era liked to imagine ( or pretend ) that he could fight with his fists.

Furthermore, the primary testimony to the commission that connected baseball to Doubleday was that of Abner Graves, whose credibility is questionable ; a few years later, he shot his wife to death and was committed to an institution for the criminally insane for the rest of his life.

Throughout modern baseball, a few core statistics have been traditionally referenced — batting average, RBI, and home runs.

In the few years after Okrent helped popularize fantasy baseball, a host of experts and businesses emerged to service the growing hobby.

Greenberg was one of the few baseball people to testify on behalf of Curt Flood in 1970 when the outfielder challenged the reserve clause.

While writers had published books about baseball statistics before ( most notably Earnshaw Cook's Percentage Baseball, in the 1960s ), few had ever reached a mass audience.

There have been different South Atlantic Leagues in the history of minor league baseball, spanning from 1904 to the present with a few breaks.

Three surgeries over the next few months could not restore vision in the eye and Puckett never played baseball again.

Over the past few years, Bryant baseball teams have been honored by winning numerous District, State and Regional Championships.

A few years after the war, a young school teacher named William Herschel Cobb and his wife Amanda settled near the site of this skirmish, and she gave birth in 1886 to one of the greatest baseball players of all time, Ty Cobb.

It has housed many minor league baseball teams and a few major league exhibition games for the Boston Red Sox.

There is also a baseball field a few blocks out of town which is the site for baseball games for the areas local team, the Lastrup Lakers.

The school's sports programs ( represented by their mascot the Trojan ) have seen considerable success over the past few years with the baseball and boy's basketball teams each winning their respective district and conference championships during the years of 2002-2004, with the baseball team taking 1st place at the MSHSAA Class 1A State Championship in 2003 and 4th place in 2004.

The Wymore Arbor State baseball ballfield has one of the few covered, behind plate bleachers in the state.

The Bears baseball team shares 7, 986-seat Hammons Field, located a few blocks north of the MSU campus, with the Springfield Cardinals of the AA Texas League.

Unlike most multipurpose stadiums built during this time, there were very few bad seats for baseball.

In his column, Gomez stated, " During the past few days, the country ... has discovered Schilling's little secret, the one baseball insiders have known for years but has rarely surfaced into the mainstream.

When Carl was 12, his father William died, and Carl internalized his grief, settling into a surly persona that resulted in his having very few friends in the baseball world.

Several sets of Mexican League baseball cards have been issued in the past few years.

The Cubs had been playing well throughout the season's first few months, but as a team unaccustomed to winning, they had not yet become a serious contender in the eyes of most baseball fans.