Although previous big-name pitchers, including Bill Swift, Bret Saberhagen, and Darryl Kile, had struggled in Colorado, following the 2000 season O ' Dowd made two very splashy signings in the free-agent market, signing Denny Neagle to a five-year contract worth $ 51 million, followed five days later by signing Mike Hampton to an eight-year, $ 121 million contract.

Although the team used fifteen different starting pitchers, the 1989 Giants won the National League pennant.

Although the object and mechanics of pitching remain the same for all pitchers, pitchers may be classified according to their roles and effectiveness.

Although new designs, many based upon the orientalizing forms popular at the time, were introduced, traditional shapes for coffee pots, bowls, and pitchers were retained but with their surfaces now brightened with a wide variety of popular Jugendstil patterns, particularly, that of the Pfauenauge.

Although he usually only started against left-handed pitchers, Thames came through with several big hits in 2010.

Although the matchup seemed to not exactly be the classic Game 1 pitcher's duel, these two pitchers were the best of their profession for that season, although Gullett's was plagued with some shoulder injuries.

Although he was normally platooned against left-handed pitchers, Phelps still clocked 51 HR from 1986-87.

Although many key parts of the dynasty — such as Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Tony Perez, Lee May and Tommy Helms — were already in place or in the organization in 1966, Howsam boldly promoted young pitchers such as Gary Nolan, Don Gullett and Wayne Simpson to the Major Leagues.

Although " congregational rule " may seem to suggest that pure democracy reigns in congregational churches, this is seldom the case.

Although hurricanes occasionally form in the Pacific, they seldom affect El Salvador, with the notable exception of Hurricane Mitch and Hurricane Emily in 1998.

Although seldom used in modern times, Edlin may sometimes be used as an Edlin-script interpreter, in environments where no other editors exist.

Although seldom used in Britain and the United States, root parsley is very common in central and eastern European cuisine, where it is used in soups and stews.

Although the actor said his behavior was due to his frustration over being unable to remember where he had parked his car, the images of his erratic appearance and behavior were published by the media, and Falk was seldom seen in public after the incident.

Although the term " Third Reich " is still in common use to refer to this historical period, the terms " First Reich " and " Second Reich " for the earlier periods are seldom found outside Nazi propaganda.

Although he initially needed Watson to share the rent of his comfortable residence at 221B Baker Street, Watson reveals in " The Adventure of the Dying Detective ", when Holmes was living alone, that " I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms ," suggesting he had developed a good income from his practice, although it is seldom revealed exactly how much he charges for his services.

Although the cartoons are seldom seen on mainstream TV, thanks to revival theatrical screenings, and the Golden Collection DVD box sets, the Looney Tunes and its characters have remained a part of Western animation heritage.

Although not all containers sink, they seldom float very high out of the water, making them a shipping hazard that is difficult to detect.

Although the blimp also qualifies as a " dirigible ", the term is seldom used with blimps.

" Although much has been made of the numerous world languages employed in the book's composite language, most of the more obscure languages appear only seldom in small clusters, and most agree with Ruch that the latent sense of the language, however manifestly obscure, is " basically English ".

Although Hiroko is seldom at the center of the narrative, her influence is pervasive.

Although Jiang has been seldom seen in public since giving up his last official title in 2004, he was with Hu Jintao on stage at a ceremony celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army, and toured the Military Museum of the Chinese Peoples Revolution with Li Peng, Zhu Rongji, and other former senior officials.

Although it was commonly used for cooking in the Middle Ages, it gradually fell out of use as a culinary herb and is seldom used as such today.

Although medieval peasants who seldom if ever traveled far from their villages could not conclusively say that it was impossible that, for example, an ogre could live a day's travel away, distant continents were necessary from the Renaissance onwards for such fantastic speculation to be plausible, until finally, further exploration rendered all such terrestrial fantasy lands implausible.

Although the sideswiper is seldom seen or used today, nearly all advanced keys use some form of side-to-side action.

Although very active, they are seldom seen as they freeze if disturbed, relying on their intricately patterned plumage to render them invisible, or else fade silently and rapidly into the undergrowth ( flying away only if surprised or chased ).

Although the operations of a back office are seldom prominent, they are a major contributor to a business.

Although Govan the stated setting for the show, episodes were seldom filmed there.

Although mostly diurnal and very active, they are difficult to trap and very seldom seen ; elephant shrews are wary, well camouflaged, and adept at dashing away from threats.

Although French fur traders ranged widely through the Great Lakes region they seldom settled down.

Although there was seldom any deliberate crossing-over of storylines, some of the television villains regularly appeared on the radio ( notably Prince Bacarratti ), and during the ' Planet X ' story both the TV and radio versions explored the rogue planet's invasion of the Space Patrol universe.

Although it was predicted in some opinion polls, the gains of the Front National were surprising, considering that it seldom appeared in the media.

Although he very seldom addressed the House, and, when he did so, only in the briefest manner, he " gradually acquired a reputation as its chief if not its only financial authority ".

Although it is seldom applied in practice, this exclusivity clause is redeemable ( often by the hiring firm ).

Although after much trouble he did manage to get it back, he discovered there was no trade to be had.

Although, the young prince's troops could get the mastery in 1189 when the boyars of Halych rose against his rule, but shortly afterwards Prince Vladimir II Yaroslavich managed to escape from his captivity and he expelled the Hungarian troops from Halych.

Although cheap and effective in enabling use of some software that only used official ROM entry points for text output, this solution proved very slow because the Electron had to be placed into an 80-byte-pitch display to be able to get anywhere near to reproducing mode 7 and the CPU spent a lot of time drawing approximations of mode 7 characters and graphics that in a hardware solution would be achieved without any CPU processing.

Although the VPI / VCI values are not necessarily consistent from one end of the connection to the other, the concept of a circuit is consistent ( unlike IP, where any given packet could get to its destination by a different route than the others ).

Although they denied wrongdoing, David Sarnoff and RCA managed to get the FCC to move the FM radio spectrum from 42-50 MHz, to 88-108 MHz, while getting new low-powered community television stations allocated to a new Channel 1 in the 44-50 MHz range.

Although James had tried to get the Scottish Church to accept some of the High Church Anglicanism of his southern kingdom, he met with limited success.

Although a lot of information-gathering is accomplished legally through competitive intelligence, at times corporations feel the best way to get information is to take it.

Although Malcolm, and not Fleance, is placed on the throne, the witches ' prophecy concerning Banquo (" Thou shalt get kings ") was known to the audience of Shakespeare's time to be true: James VI of Scotland ( later also James I of England ) was supposedly a descendant of Banquo.

Although the counting process is complicated, voting is clear and most voters get at least one of their preferences elected.

Although the summer temperatures do not get as high as those in Punjab, the high humidity causes the residents a great deal of discomfort.

Although Gregory refused to accept the ruling, there is no evidence that he managed to get the decision overturned.

Although Gregory was sick, he managed to advise the envoy of the situation, and asked him to take a letter to the emperor outlining Lothair ’ s attacks on the Church, which they managed to get past Lothair ’ s troops at Bologna.

Although it turned out that only a small fraction of Pentium owners bothered to get their chips replaced, the financial impact on the company was significant.

Although the details of sunspot generation are still a matter of research, it appears that sunspots are the visible counterparts of magnetic flux tubes in the Sun's convective zone that get " wound up " by differential rotation.

Although The Saint functions as an ordinary detective in some stories, others depict ingenious plots to get even with vanity publishers and other ripoff artists, greedy bosses who exploit their workers, con men, etc.

Although they did not get as much media attention as the offense, the 49ers defense led the league in fewest points allowed during the regular season ( 227 ).

Although Dallas had the league's worst record, they traded away the first pick in the 1990 draft so they could get backup quarterback Steve Walsh in the supplemental draft.

Although Beaumarchais's Marriage of Figaro was at first banned in Vienna because of its licentiousness, Mozart's librettist managed to get official approval for an operatic version which eventually achieved great success.

Although Ryan and a small team of British agents helps the " Rabbit " and his family get to the West, they fail to prevent the attack on the Pope.

Although the first few Worms games used darker, more authentic battlefield sounds for its ambient music, all of the games included a large number of high-pitched catchphrases shouted by the worms during the course of battle, such as " I'll get you!

Although mother ducks are very caring and protective of their young, they are not above abandoning some of their ducklings if they are physically stuck in an area they cannot get out of or are not prospering due to genetic defects or sickness brought about by hypothermia, starvation, or disease.

Although they were short on their telethon goal, the Muppets get the Muppet Theater and their trademark name back when Gonzo's head bowling act gives Tex Richman a head injury that ends with him laughing comically.

Although the whistle is essentially a diatonic instrument, it is possible to get notes outside the principal major key of the whistle, either by half-holing ( partially covering the highest open finger hole ) or by cross-fingering ( covering some holes while leaving some higher ones open ).

Although the two have little time to get their facts straight, the agents who question them appear to be satisfied with their answers.

Although the couple wants to get married, Chuck's busy schedule interferes with their relationship.