Despite the club's poor record, several Rockies hitters gained notoriety for their exploits at the plate, assisted by the thin and dry air of Denver, which purportedly allows balls to carry farther than they would at sea-level ballparks.

Despite QPR's perilous financial condition in 2007 / 2008, the combined personal wealth of the club's new owners ( which included the world's then 8th richest man Lakshmi Mittal ) sparked speculation that QPR would receive significant further investment from their new benefactors drawing parallels to their wealthy West London neighbours Chelsea and Fulham.

Despite the club's fortunes in attracting investors, it continues to be mired in controversy from previous ownership regimes and has been subject to proceedings from former investors Carlos Dunga and Antonio Caliendo.

Despite celebrating the club's birthday with an official mid-season function at Crown Casino, shortly afterward chairman Paul Gardner resigned, handing the presidency to former club champion Jim Stynes who inherited a $ 4. 5 million debt, which media pundits suggested would cripple the club.

Despite the lack of resources, a number of young talented players were found to play for the club ; crucially, when many of these moved on, including Stephen Pearson and James McFadden, they brought revenue in the form of transfer fees, and with John Boyle waiving the club's personal debt to him, its financial future was assured by the conclusion of the 2004 – 05 season with the club's yearly losses falling to one of the lowest figures in the Premier League and the club coming out of administration in time to avoid a ten-point Premier League penalty which was being phased in for teams in administration.

Despite Birmingham's mediocre 2004 – 05 season, Heskey was named as the club's Player's Player of the Season, Fan's Player of the Season, finished as top goalscorer with 11 goals and won most Man of the match awards.

Despite this, Fowler ended the season as the club's joint top goal scorer and gained the approval of the fans, finishing in the top three in the fans ' Player of the Year poll.

Despite reaching the National Cup final and finishing fourth in the league, Wilkinson made way for the club's first overseas coach, Steve Linnane.

Despite a midseason revival with four straight wins, the Cronulla side slipped to ten straight defeats to equal the club's worst losing streak.

Despite a run of seven consecutive top-three finishes they remained in that league, being denied promotion after winning the title in 1995 because the Football Conference were not satisfied with the club's financial credentials.

Despite the fact Arsenal had been fighting relegation the previous two seasons, and the chairman's restriction on spending, Chapman moved to Arsenal soon after, attracted both by the London club's larger crowds and a salary of £ 2, 000, double what he earned at Huddersfield Town.

Despite only playing two seasons for Leeds, Hasselbaink has been cited as one of the club's greatest players.

Despite being the club's joint top scorer with 13 goals, including a hat trick against Crystal Palace, Baroš was surprisingly dropped for the League Cup final defeat to Chelsea.

Despite the parent club's World Series win the previous year, the Sidewinders report 268, 807 total attendance for the season, an average of 3, 895 per game.

Despite this success, Benítez fell out with Jesús García Pitarch, the club's director of football, over control of new signings and the club's failure to reinforce the squad with the players he wanted.

Despite a disappointing spell with the Trotters – eight league appearances, all as a substitute, the first in a 1 – 3 away defeat against Portsmouth – Wilhelmsson was instrumental in closing the club's signing of countryman Johan Elmander for a record transfer fee, for the 2008 – 09 season.

Despite claims by others to the rights to the club's name, the owner of the name of the club that went bankrupt, " Third Lanark Athletic Club Ltd ", is former Glasgow MP Sir Teddy Taylor.

Despite the improved facilities and larger capacity ( and resultant larger ticket revenues ), this move was unpopular with many of the club's fans.

Despite an appeal to the UEFA following the incident, Dynamo Kyiv was banned from UEFA competitions for the subsequent two years and club's officials Ihor Surkis ( general manager ) and Vasyl Babiychuk ( secretary general ) were banned from football for life.

Despite this, the bear appeared roaring on many of the marketing and promotional materials for the club, including the club's official VFL logo.

Despite the club's transfer embargo remaining in place for the rest of the season, Bournemouth secured promotion to League One after two years in the fourth tier of English football thanks to a 2-0 away win at Burton Albion on 24 April 2010.

Despite the club's relative youth, only joining the J.

Despite the club's cup competition prowess, the J.

Despite the frequency with which this name is used as a polemical label, there has been no historically continuous survival of Arianism into the modern era.

Despite exceptions such as usage in The New York Times, the names of sports teams are usually treated as plurals even if the form of the name is singular.

Despite advances in the protection offered by ballistic armour against projectiles, as the name implies, modern ballistic body armour is much less impervious to stabbing weapons unless they are augmented with anti-knife / anti-stab armour ( usually a form of mail ).

Despite the name, antidepressants are often used to treat other conditions, such as anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders, chronic pain, and some hormone-mediated disorders such as dysmenorrhea.

Despite trailing the Nintendo Entertainment System in terms of number of units sold, the 7800 was a profitable enterprise for Atari Corp., benefiting largely from Atari ’ s name and the system's 2600 compatibility.

Despite the name, the off-label use of " antipsychotics " is said to involve deploying them as antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs, mood stabilizers, cognitive enhancers, anti-aggressive, anti-impulsive, anti-suicidal and hypnotic ( sleep ) medications.

Despite the shared name of " Adoptionism " the Spanish Adoptionist Christology appears to have differed sharply from the Adoptionism of early Christianity.

Despite this, the name bohrium for element 107 was recognized internationally in 1997.

Despite the alliance, one of the high-ranking Batavi, Julius Paullus, to give him his Roman name, was executed by Fonteius Capito on a false charge of rebellion.

( Despite the name " street craps ," this game is often played in houses, usually on an uncarpeted garage or kitchen floor.

Despite their name, comic books are not necessarily humorous in tone ; modern comic books tell stories in a variety of genres.

Despite the name " Chinese checkers ", the game is not a variation of checkers, nor did it originate in China or any part of Asia.

Despite the negative connotations associated with the term " Cabal ," the name has stuck with this particular team of " good-guy geeks.

Despite the legends and fiction surrounding this character, his actual career was punctuated by only a handful of skirmishes followed by a desperate quest to clear his name.

Despite the name, the primary modern flavoring ingredients in a cola drink are sugar, citrus oils ( from oranges, limes, or lemon fruit peel ), cinnamon, vanilla, and an acidic flavorant.

Despite criticism by sections of academia, Thomas ' work has been embraced by readers more so than many of his contemporaries, and is one of the few modern poets whose name is recognised by the general public.

Despite the official names " National Comics " and " National Periodical Publications ", the line used the logo " Superman-DC " throughout ( the DC logo could be seen on their covers and ads as early as 1940 ), and the company became known colloquially as DC Comics for years before the official adoption of that name in 1977.

Despite the name, an oxidation reaction does not necessarily need to involve oxygen.

Despite sharing a last name, he is not related to the early 20th century astronomer Frank Watson Dyson, but as a small boy Freeman Dyson was aware of Frank Watson Dyson.

Despite briefly toying with the name " rational Mesmerism ", Braid ultimately emphasised his approach's uniqueness, carrying out informal experiments throughout his career to refute the arguments invoking supernatural practices, and demonstrate instead the role of ordinary physiological and psychological processes such as suggestion and focused attention in producing the observed effects.

Despite the continuity of forms in Gaelic between the pre-Norse and post-Norse eras, Haswell-Smith ( 2004 ) speculates that the name may have a Norse connection, Hiōe meaning " island of the den of the brown bear ", " island of the den of the fox ", or just " island of the cave ".

Despite its name, a KUB is not typically used to investigate pathology of the kidneys, ureters, or bladder, since these structures are difficult to assess ( for example, the kidneys may not be visible due to overlying bowel gas.

Despite the name implying a design evolving from the K5, it is in fact a totally different design that was created by the NexGen team, including chief processor architect Greg Favor, and adapted after the AMD purchase.

Despite its name, the building is not actually a castle at all, but rather was a manor house built in 1830 by a local businessman named Arend.

Despite the name, it simply gives a player a chance of killing another player dependent on how much OOC currency that player put into the effort.