Nineteen-year-old rookie first baseman Fred Merkle, later to become one of the best players at his position in the league, was on first base, with teammate Moose McCormick on third with two out and the game tied.

She begins a relationship with teammate Cyclops ( Scott Summers ), which persists as her main romantic relationship, though she also develops a mutual secret attraction to later addition to the team, Wolverine.

US Olympic officials, including former teammate and later president of the IOC Avery Brundage, rebuffed several attempts, with Brundage once saying, " Ignorance is no excuse.

Four days later, Ryan's teammate, Tom Seaver, topped it with 19 against the San Diego Padres.

Employing a good fastball, outstanding control, and, especially, a new pitch he termed the " fadeaway " ( later known in baseball as the " screwball "), which he learned from teammate Dave Williams in 1898, This reference is challenged by Ken Burns documentary Baseball in which it is stated that Mathewson learned his " fadeaway " from Andrew " Rube " Foster when New York Giants manager John Joseph McGraw quietly hired Rube to show the Giants bullpen what he knew.

While early tactical shooters had simple computer-controlled teammates who offered support fire, the artificial intelligence in later games has evolved with more complex teammate responses such as cover-fire mechanics.

At the same time McLaren did not take up their option on Montoya for 2007, while his teammate Kimi Räikkönen remained a free agent, although it was later revealed that Räikkönen had signed with Ferrari for 2007 before Alonso had signed his McLaren deal.

The 1968 F1 Drivers ' Championship was subsequently won by his Lotus teammate Graham Hill, who pulled the heartbroken team together and held off Jackie Stewart for the crown, which he later dedicated to Clark.

( Robinson's teammate Tom Browning threw his perfect game later that season.

Despite his performances dipping as the result of a persistent groin injury and a reported training ground bust-up with teammate Zlatan Ibrahimović, Vieira helped Juventus retain the Scudetto, which was later stripped.

" He is also quoted later as saying Schilling was “ the consummate table for one .” A year later he further incensed Schilling by stating that the friendship between Schilling and teammate Randy Johnson " was merely cosmetic.

Being a teammate of GC number 2 Joseba Beloki, and himself not very far behind Armstrong, his intention was probably to force Armstrong's team to work, which makes them less capable of defending him against Beloki later in the stage or in the coming stages.

Another Preston player admired by Shankly was his Scottish international teammate Andy Beattie, with whom he would later work in management.

Twelve years later, following a private party on June 13, 1997, Fetisov, along with teammate Vladimir Konstantinov and team masseur Sergei Mnatsakanov, hired a limousine to drive them home after celebrating the Detroit Red Wings ' Stanley Cup triumph.

Combining skilled defense and a reputation as one of the game's best faceoff men using his innovative curved stick, Mikita led the league in scoring four times in the decade, tying Bobby Hull's single-season scoring mark in 1966 – 67 with 97 points ( a mark broken two years later by former teammate Phil Esposito and currently held by Wayne Gretzky ).

After retiring as a player in 1975, Gibson later served as pitching coach for his former teammate Joe Torre.

In the play in which Biggio was injured, the Florida Marlins ' Preston Wilson ( who would later become Biggio's teammate ) slid into second base, trying to stop a double play, and hit Biggio's planted left leg, tearing the ACL and MCL in Biggio's knee.

Hughes ' teammate Geoff Dymock later said, " They threw to the wolves.

Former teammate Gibson later wrote that Flood once returned to his locker to find a funeral wreath on it.

Ryder was initially credited with a hat trick, however his last goal was later changed as it was determined that his shot went off teammate Mark Streit's leg before hitting the back of the net.

Howard was later given the Babe Ruth Award ( presented by the New York chapter of the BBWAA ) as the top player in the Series, although the World Series MVP Award was won by teammate Bob Turley.

He set Red Sox records for career games ( 1, 865 ), at bats ( 7, 093 ), hits ( 2, 042 ), doubles ( 381 ), total bases ( 3, 270 ) and runs batted in ( 1, 247 ), all of which were later broken by his longtime teammate Ted Williams.

One year later, Kell batted. 340, leading the league with 218 hits and 56 doubles, but lost the batting title to Williams ' teammate, Red Sox second baseman Billy Goodman.

Smith also developed a lasting friendship with teammate Willie McGee during the season, and Smith said he likes to think he " helped Willie get over some of the rough spots of adjusting to the major leagues ".

Yankee teammate Jason Giambi spoke for such players when he said, " I'd carry his bags for him, just as long as he is on the mound.

Williams ' Red Sox teammate, Johnny Pesky, who went into the same aviation training program, said this about Williams: " He mastered intricate problems in fifteen minutes which took the average cadet an hour, and half of the other cadets there were college grads.

" I get a feeling about where a teammate is going to be ," he said.

These words came as a surprise to many, including former premiership teammate Matthew Lloyd who said that Hird had " changed his whole persona in regards to how he's answering his questions ... Just in regards to saying, ' I'll coach one day.

He said, " When I die, I wanted on my tombstone, ' A great teammate.

Gretzky was upset that former teammate Ron Low played for what he considered an inferior team, and in a post-game interview said:

Schmidt was one of the best athletes of his time ; teammate Pete Rose once said, " To have his body, I'd trade him mine and my wife's, and I'd throw in some cash.

He became a fan favorite for his intensity ; teammate George Brett once said of Porter, " Darrell always played like it was the seventh game of the World Series.

In a 1998 interview, when asked who he would invite to dinner if he could invite anyone in the world, Fidrych said, " My buddy and former Tigers teammate Mickey Stanley, because he's never been to my house.

Koivu was on his way back from Finland with Canadiens teammate Brian Savage, who said he looked pale.

At first, Radomski said that Gagné obtained them from Dodgers teammate Paul Lo Duca, but then Radomski said in the report that he mailed two shipments of HGH directly to Gagné in 2004.

In an interview when asked about the crashes, Stewart said, " It was payback, but, you know, I dumped him first, and I dumped him because he was blocking ..." Stewart and his teammate, Ryan Newman, started the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 first and second, and they finished it where they started as Newman won that race.

Hall-of-Fame teammate Warren Spahn once said of the two: " Mathews is just as strong as Mantle.

Victorious Colorado goalie Patrick Roy, whose fourth championship had come the same day as Bourque's first, said of the Cup and his teammate, " A name was missing from that, and today it is back to normal.

Former Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman said his teammate was the " best skater I've ever seen.

Former teammate Bob Feller said, " Bob had a good curve, a good slider, and a vicious sinker pitch.

" During the 1951 season, pitching staff teammate Bob Lemon said, " Mike throws the league's best fast ball.

Canucks teammate and captain Trevor Linden, who had played with Bure for seven seasons, said following Bure's retirement, " I don't know if I've ever seen or played with a player that's brought people out of their seats like that.

In his autobiography, Lyle noted that teammate Ron Swoboda turned the tables on him by defecating on a cake which was then delivered to Lyle ; Lyle said the reason why he eventually stopped his cake sitting was because of the notoriety he gained from doing it, thinking that someone might try to " put a needle in the cake " to hurt him.

Upon Kelly's death, former teammate Tom Brown said, " He originated the slide which I do now in base running, and which is very generally copied by many ball players.

As cited in Rosenberg's definitive biography of Kelly, Cap Anson 2 ( 2004 ), a former teammate of Kelly, Charlie Bennett, said the following after Kelly ’ s death in 1894: