In March 1955, MLB Commissioner Ford Frick advocated for the return of the spitball, telling a sportswriter, " If I had my way, I'd legalize the old spitter.

If a Rule 5 draftee clears waivers by not signing with a new MLB team, he must be offered back to the original team, effectively canceling the Rule 5 draft choice.

If ranked by the number of all-time MLB wins by franchise, the Giants ( 10, 463 wins ) and Dodgers ( 10, 157 wins ) are number 1 and 3, respectively, number 2 being the Chicago Cubs ( 10, 261 wins ).

If the government prevailed in the lower court but the Solicitor General disagrees with the result, he or she may confess error, after which the Supreme Court will vacate the lower court's ruling and send the case back for reconsideration.

In January 1670, Henrietta prevailed upon the king to imprison the Chevalier de Lorraine, first near Lyon, then in the Mediterranean island-fortress of the Château d ' If.

If, however, the Winners ' Bracket champion prevailed in the Losers ' Bracket semifinal, the same two-game final setup existed in effect, albeit not in practice ... for under the CWS pre-1988 version, the unbeaten Winners ' Bracket champion would be playing a once-beaten Losers ' Bracket opponent in the Losers ' Bracket final, with the winner to advance to play the unbeaten Winners ' Bracket champion in the finals ( if necessary ).

If Gao's views of the importance of the army in the revolution had prevailed, they would have contradicted Mao's interpretation of CCP history, and would have threatened Mao's preeminent position of leadership.

If the men prevailed, the harvest would be plentiful.

If you tell him I made a pass at you he might think you misunderstood something I said or did, so instead of just telling him I made a pass, say I tried to date you and that you agreed so you could prove to him what a louse I really am.

If you're lyin' out in the hammock at night, and it gets kinda cool -- you know -- you just take these sides with the fringe on -- see -- and wrap 'em right over you.

If he snatches a toy, she says, `` Caroline wants her own truck just as you do ''.

If we go into this Common Market, we might just as well stop talking about Constitutional guarantees, Connally Amendments or, for that matter, conservatism in general.

If he were to go with White, he would be out there two days, not just listening in the dark at some point between here and Papa-san, but moving ever deeper into enemy land -- behind Papa-san -- itself.

If those aren't enough for you, why not grow some just for winter blooming??

If you wish to budget closely on transportation, saving your extra dollars to indulge in luxuries, one agency lists the small Fiat 500 at only $1.26 a day plus $.03 a kilometer and the Fiat 2100 Station Wagon, seating six, at just $1.10 a day and $.105 a kilometer.

If you drive greater distances than that, you'll just be skimming the surface and will never discover the enchantment, fascination and beauty which lured you in the first place to explore the hinterlands.

If this is the case, one would expect that not only the various procedures just mentioned which alter the hypothalamic balance would influence emotional state and behavior but that emotion itself would act likewise.

If asked how she gets her impressions, she probably can only say that she `` just gets them '' -- some more vividly than others.

If you just leave me to hell alone, Lieutenant.

If the acting captain wanted his acting lieutenant to sit on his ass around the station all night, Killpath would just have to go out and drag Gun back by the heels once an hour ; ;

If you want a picture get to the corner of Adams and Clark just as fast as you can.

On my way out I told her, `` If you should eh just happen to see your husband, get him to give himself up.

If she runs around with other men, and if you hate her as you say, why not just divorce her ''??

A retired professional killer If he was just a nut, no harm was done.

The next traditional step then was to accept it as the authoritative textbook of the Christian faith just as one would accept a treatise on any earthly `` science '', and I submitted to its conditions according to Christ's invitation and promise that, `` If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself '' ( John 7: 17 ).

If you know that he ( God ) is just ( righteous ), know that everyone also who does what is just ( righteous ) has been born of him.

If this is true, then the universe today looks just as it did millions of years ago and as it will look millions of years hence, even though the universe is expanding.

If the voice is just a shade less glorious than it used to be, it is still a beautiful instrument, controlled and flexible.

I kept saying, `` If I could just build up a reputation for myself, make some real money, get to be well known as an illustrator -- like Peter Askington, for instance -- then I could take some time off and paint ''.

Jarry once wrote, expressing some of the bizarre logic of ' pataphysics, " If you let a coin fall and it falls, the next time it is just by an infinite coincidence that it will fall again the same way ; hundreds of other coins on other hands will follow this pattern in an infinitely unimaginable fashion ".

The case of " beauty " is different from mere " agreeableness " because, " If he proclaims something to be beautiful, then he requires the same liking from others ; he then judges not just for himself but for everyone, and speaks of beauty as if it were a property of things.

If the ball has left the field along the sidelines, the referee must decide which team touched the ball last, and award a restart stroke to the opposing team, just like football's throw-in.

If, when this was all over, she found the words to tell him about it, she wondered if he would ever understand.

If the bluff failed and they ran into trouble, Brannon had told the others, they would withdraw -- and he would come after his son another time.

If someone were to drop a match in here, this place would go up like a haystack ''.

If he wondered whether the attackers would allow him to pull away unmolested, he had his answer a moment later.

If the turn was too tight, a barrel roll would bring them out.

If he spun out now, he would join his opponent on the ground.

If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied on what to do, and now I understand why they are classics ; ;

Fruit compote: `` If you think I would understand it '' ; ;

`` If you will pardon, I think it would be better if not.

If he showed signs of collecting his rifle and going back with his deputy to the ranch he would be shot down instantly.

If communications work, his decision would be instantly known in all command posts that would originate the actual go order.

If the Union conceded this to them, the same right must be conceded to each remaining state whenever it saw fit to secede: This would destroy the federal balance between it and the states, and in the end sacrifice to the sovereignty of the states all the liberty the citizens had gained by their Union.

If an automobile were approaching him, he would know what was required of him, even though he might not be able to act quickly enough.

If life and death did not both present themselves to us, there would be no inscrutability.

If there were only darkness, all would be clear.

If there were only the mess, all would be clear ; ;

If any had escaped expulsion by hiding, they certainly would not frequent the market-place.

If a child had a single drop of Negro blood, he would revert to the ancestral line which, except as slaves under a superior race, had not made one step of progress in 3,000 years.

If he had been `` liquidated '' in some way, he would have become a martyr, a rallying point for people who shared his ideas.

If in any one calculation Ptolemy had had to invoke 83 epicycles all at once, while Copernicus never required more than one third this number, then ( in the sense obvious to Margenau ) Ptolemaic astronomy would be simpler than Copernican.

Defoe then commented, `` If they Could Draw that young Gentleman into Their Measures They would show themselves quickly, for they are not asham'd to Say They want only a head to Make a beginning ''.

If she were not at home, Mama would see to it that a fresh white rose was there.

If the Stearns were not there, grace would be omitted.