If it's true that contented cows give more milk, why shouldn't happy ball players produce more base hits??

If a batter reaches first base because of offensive interference by a preceding runner ( including if a preceding runner is hit by a batted ball ), he is also credited with a hit.

If the fielder bobbles the ball, the runner may still tag up, even before the fielder has full control of the ball ( before the fielder is credited with a putout ).

If the ball is dead on the pitch run on, such as from a foul ball ( except caught fly-out ), the steal is not allowed and the runner returns to his time-of-pitch base.

* If the third baseman fields a ball and throws it to first, it is recorded as a 5 – 3 out.

* Corollary If X is a Banach space, then X is reflexive if and only if X ′ is reflexive, which is the case if and only if its unit ball is compact in the weak topology.

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 the ball socket were too tight, the ink did not reach the paper.

If the ball has a rough surface, the fluid flowing past it will make it rotate.

If the player either hits the ball through the correct hoop (" runs " the hoop ), or hits another ball ( a " roquet "), the turn continues.

If a non-poison ball roquets a poison ball, the standard roqueting options apply, but if a poison ball travels through a wicket or hits a stake for any reason, it forfeits and is eliminated from the game.

If the hoop is the hoop in order for the striker ’ s ball, the striker earns a bonus stroke.

If a team fails to gain ten yards in two downs they usually punt the ball on third down or try to kick a field goal ( see below ), depending on their position on the field.

* If the defence scores on a safety ( bringing the ball down in the offence's own end zone ), they have the right to claim possession.

* If one team kicks the ball ; the other team has the right to recover the ball and attempt a return.

If a kicked ball goes out of bounds, or the kicking team scores a single or field goal as a result of the kick, the other team likewise gets possession.

* If the offence attempts a forward pass and it is intercepted by the defence ; the defence takes possession immediately ( and may try to advance the ball on the play ).

* If the offence fumbles ( a ball carrier drops the football, or has it dislodged by an opponent, or if the intended player fails to catch a lateral pass or a snap from centre, or a kick attempt is blocked by an opponent ), the ball may be recovered ( and advanced ) by either team.

# If the beat on the new record hits before the beat on the current record then the new record is too fast, reduce the pitch and manually slow the speed of the new record to bring the beats back in sync.

# If the beat on the new record hits after the beat on the current record then the new record is too slow, increase the pitch and manually increase the speed of the new record to bring the beats back in sync.

If the shooter " hits " the point value again ( any value of the dice that sum to the point will do ; the shooter doesn't have to exactly repeat the value combination of the come-out roll ) before rolling a seven, the Pass line wins and a new round starts, usually with the dice staying with the current shooter.

If the ball hits the upright above the cross-bar before going through, it is not considered a dead ball, and the points are scored.

If the player concentrates on hearing the ma between each hit, in addition to the hits themselves, he or she will create a much more effective and satisfying sound.

In 1997 Enya released her greatest hits collection, Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya, again a top five smash in the UK and Germany, which featured two new songs: " Paint the Sky with Stars " and " Only If ..."; " Only If ..." later became a single.

The song is included on Dixon's 1992 greatest hits album ( If ) I'm A Ham, Well You're A Sausage.

If the ball hits the foul pole ( orange pole on the right ), the ball is fair and a home run is awarded to the batter

If the cannon fires its ball with a low initial velocity, the trajectory of the ball curves downward and hits the ground ( A ).

Twain had further hits from the album, including the title track which peaked at No. 14 and three additional No. 1 hits: "( If You're Not in it for Love ) I'm Outta Here!

If the ball hits the net but lands in the service box, this is a let or net service, which is void, and the server retakes that serve.

If the ball hits the net on the first serve and bounces over into the correct diagonal box then it is called a " let " and the server gets two more additional serves to get it in.

If the ball hits the line, the ball is counted as in.

If sufficient hits are dealt, the defender may go unconscious, but death seldom results purely from concussion hit damage.

If a contestant hits four Whammies, that contestant is eliminated from the game.

If a contestant hits a total of four Whammies at any point in the game, that contestant is automatically eliminated from the game.

If the head hits the disk's surface, a catastrophic head crash can result.

* If a defending player hits the sliotar wide, a 45-metre puck is awarded to the opposition ( in hurling, it is a 65-metre puck )

If there are less than two batters out and runners on 1st and 2nd bases and the batter hits a pop fly in the infield, the batter is automatically out to prevent unfair play by the fielders.

If a manager decides that his client wrestler should tap out, but cannot convince the wrestler himself to do so, he may throw in the towel ( literally taking a gym towel and hurling it into the referee's line of sight ); this is the same as a submission, as the manager is, in kayfabe, considered the wrestlers agent, and therefore, authorized to make formal decisions ( such as forfeiting a match ) on the client's behalf.

* cataphora: Co-reference of one expression with another expression which follows it ( example: If you need one, there's a towel in the top drawer.

If the Dutch oven must be stored with the lid on, a paper towel or piece of newspaper should be placed inside the oven to absorb any moisture.

If you don't leave this country within 3 days, your life will be taken the same as Powell's was.

If I even hint at it do you think it will matter that you are his nephew -- and not even a blood nephew ''??

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

If he is the child of nothingness, if he is the predestined victim of an age of atomic wars, then he will consult only his own organic needs and go beyond good and evil.

If we want respect from ourselves or others, we will have to earn it.

If I am to speak the whole truth about my knowledge of love, I will have to stop trying to emulate the transcendant nightingale.

If we grasp this opportunity to build an age of productive partnership between the less fortunate nations and those that have already achieved a high state of economic advancement, we will make brighter the outlook for a world order based upon security and freedom.

`` If you become a Baptist, I will not '', Ann informed her husband, but sweeping her threat aside Adoniram continued to search for an answer to the personal dilemma in which he found himself.

If they are right, they will prevail of and by themselves.

If one finger is raised against the authorities, all our moral power will vanish.

Without preliminaries, Esther asked him, `` If you are a world citizen, will you take Garry Davis' place in his tent while he goes to the hospital ''??

If otherwise, you will give me a pleasure.

If the indenture is accepted, the authority will proceed to validate a bond issue repayable from revenue.

If the Dominican Republic achieves free, democratic government, it will be due in large part to the U.S. show of force that enabled President Balaguer to prevent a threatened restoration of Trujillo dictatorship.

If any one of them has any power to veto the Secretary General's decisions the nature of the organization will have changed.

If they give him advice when he asks it, or if they perform specified duties under his direction, the nature of the U. N. will not of necessity change.

If he can bounce back with one of those 25 home runs years, the club will have to be better off offensively.

If this new Bible does not increase in significance by repeated readings throughout the years, it will not survive the ages as has the King James Version.

If the record buyer's tastes are somewhat eclectic or even the slightest bit esoteric, he will find them satisfied on educational records.

If the Republicans and Southern Democrats join to defeat medical care for the old under the Social Security program, they will thereby erect still another barrier to GOP hopes in the cities.

If it will simply delay the debates until the qualifications are closed next spring, and then carry all the candidates on a tour of debates, it can provide a service to the state.

Mr. Richard Preston, executive director of the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission, in his remarks to the Governors Conference on Industrial Development at Providence on October 8, 1960, warned against the fallacy of attempting to attract industry solely to reduce the tax rate or to underwrite municipal services such as schools when he said: `` If this is the fundamental reason for a community's interest or if this is the basic approach, success if any will be difficult to obtain ''.

If a customer wishes a special cut, it will not be available.

If in a town of 2,000 private homes, half of them have shelters, the need for the community shelters will be reduced to that extent.

If Nikita buys a small plot in some modest rural cemetery, everyone will understand.