Although both concede they would like to hit 60, they stick primarily to the baseball player's standard quote: `` The important thing is to win the pennant ''.

Although Doubleday achieved minor fame as a competent combat general with experience in many important Civil War battles, he is more widely remembered as the supposed inventor of the game of baseball, in Elihu Phinney's cow pasture in Cooperstown, New York, in 1839.

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

Although the transformation was not instantaneous, baseball has since become fully integrated.

::: Although the term " men " is often used generically in English, in those days baseball was largely attended by men.

* b. Although not an actual award, many baseball fans and experts call a pitcher who leads his league in wins, strikeouts, and ERA the Triple Crown winner.

Although Aaron himself downplayed the " chase " to surpass Babe Ruth, baseball enthusiasts and the national media grew increasingly excited as he closed in on the home run record.

Although Williams had never coached or managed at any level of baseball, he seemed to light a spark under the once-moribund Senators.

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Although Aaron ( age 21-26 ) recorded only one of his five best seasons, their averages are not too far from the career averages of the two baseball players.

Although supplanted by artificial turf in some games, grasses are still an important covering of playing surfaces in many sports, including football ( soccer ), tennis, golf, cricket, softball and baseball.

Although there is no question that Cartwright was a prominent figure in the early development of baseball, some students of baseball history have suggested that Henderson and others embellished Cartwright's role.

Although James may be best known as an inventor of statistical tools, he has often written on the limitations of statistics and urged humility concerning their place amidst other kinds of information about baseball.

Although the Mariners subsequently lost the ALCS to the Cleveland Indians ( managed by later Mariners manager Mike Hargrove ), that moment remains one of the most memorable in Mariners history, capping a season that " saved baseball in Seattle ", Seattle's improbable late season playoff run that year, spurred by the return of Griffey from injury, led to the construction of Safeco Field and the future security of a franchise rumored for years to be on the move.

Although rounders is assumed to be older than baseball, literary references to early forms of ' base-ball ' in England pre-date use of the term rounders.

Although his baseball career spanned a number of teams and cities, he is primarily associated with clubs in New York City.

Although, the people who created the first wave in Seattle acknowledge Crazy George's wave at a baseball stadium, they claim to have popularized the phenomenon, since Crazy George's wave was a one time event.

Although Metropolitan Stadium was originally built for the American Association Minneapolis Millers, a minor league baseball team, Metropolitan stadium was renovated and expanded for Major League Baseball and Football.

Although there is no major sports team located in Durant, there are sporting opportunities located within the city, including the Durant Multi-Sports Complex, Golf, soccer fields and baseball fields.

Although Lake View has primarily seen success in football and baseball, other sports have excelled.

Although the bear stew is the big attraction to the festival, there is also a kiddies parade, grand parade, royal court ceremony, bands, dances, slow-pitch baseball, and many other events in all three days.

Although any object in motion through space ( for example a thrown baseball ) may be referred to as a projectile, the term more commonly refers to a weapon.

Although there was never actually a major league team in Hoboken, on June 19, 1846, the first officially recorded organized baseball match was played under Alexander Cartwright's rules on Hoboken's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the New York Knickerbockers 23-1.

Although they failed to make the playoffs in 2009, the streak ended when the team rallied to win their final three regular season games to record back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in franchise history.

Although every Major League Baseball team cultivates fans from outside its immediate metropolitan area, and even though the greater Phoenix area has 2 / 3 of the statewide population, Colangelo still decided to call the team the " Arizona Diamondbacks " rather than the " Phoenix Diamondbacks ".

Although the team has been sold to Los Angeles investor Mark Attanasio, questions remain regarding Selig's past involvement.

Although Nelson's biographer Ernle Bradford assumed in 1977 that the remains of Orient " are almost certainly unrecoverable ", the first archaeological investigation into the battle began in 1983, when a French survey team under Jacques Dumas discovered the wreck of the French flagship.

Although Hill, no longer a front-runner since his 1969 accident, took his final Formula One win in the non-championship BRDC International Trophy at Silverstone, the team scored only seven championship points.

Although the team kept black jerseys, white jerseys, and white pants, they were now trimmed with orange and black tiger stripes.

Although the Cowboys finished the 1989 season with a 1 – 15 record, their worst in almost 30 years, " The Trade " later allowed Dallas to draft a number of impact players to rebuild the team.

Although the team does not officially retire jersey numbers, some are kept " unofficially inactive ", so it is uncommon to find any current players wearing the number of one of the " Ring of Honor " inductees.

Although they finished second in the conference to the San Jose Sharks, the Wings became the first team in NHL history to top 100 points in nine straight seasons.

In July 2007, new forensic evidence was presented in the case and a status report jointly issued by the State and the Defense team stated, " Although most of the genetic material recovered from the scene was attributable to the victims of the offenses, some of it cannot be attributed to either the victims or the defendants.

Although Walter Winterbottom was appointed as England's first ever full-time manager in 1946, the team was still picked by a committee until Alf Ramsey took over in 1963.

Although supposedly equal to all other members, Kusanagi fills the leadership role in the team, and is usually referred to as " the Major " due to her past rank in the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.

Although the 1984 – 1985 squad was made up of a healthy mix of emerging players and mature stars, at the beginning of the season no one would have regarded the team as having the necessary ingredients to make it to the end.

Although the team enjoyed ultimate success, 1955 was the worst year of Robinson's individual career.

Although the original organisation went into administration in 1992, the name was attached to a German company selling cars and accessories in 2008, and an unsuccessful attempt to set up a new Formula One team the following year.

Although the Washington team endured long bouts of mediocrity ( immortalized in the 1955 Broadway musical Damn Yankees ), they had a period of prolonged success in the 1920s and 1930s, led by Hall-of-Famers Bucky Harris, Goose Goslin, Sam Rice, Heinie Manush, Joe Cronin, and above all Walter Johnson.

Although the team colors remained the same, trim lines were added to the outside shoulders and sleeves, and the sides of the jerseys and pants.

Although its opponents would include winners of 9 of the last 15 NFL MVP awards, the team advanced to the 2010 NFC Championship game where they defeated the Minnesota Vikings, led by Brett Favre, 31 – 28 in overtime ( at 9: 19 CST ), and then went on to win their first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history.

Although Riviera is a sociopath, Armitage coerces him into joining the team.

Although there are team sponsors, the sport is still an amateur sport financed by a mixture of private funding and commercial sponsors.

Although Ibsen died in 2008, her son Michael gave a mouth-swab sample to the research team on 24 August 2012.

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