Most recently, Mike Piazza, then of the New York Mets, was hit in the head by a pitch from Julian Tavarez of the St. Louis Cardinals on September 10, 2005.

Since then, Nike then Adidas have had more overt branding on the shirts, with sponsors Scottish Provident ( 1997 ), NTL ( 2001 ), Zurich ( 2005 ) and HSBC ( 2009 ).

In 2005, the then new event of Mixed Relay ( two legs done by women, two legs by men ) was arranged separately from the ordinary Championships.

The Director of Documentation for what was then the Société nouvelle d ' exploitation de la tour Eiffel ( SNTE ), Stéphane Dieu, commented in January 2005, " It is really just a way to manage commercial use of the image, so that it isn't used in ways we don't approve.

It was sold at Christie's on 19 May 2005 for £ 420, 000 (£ 478, 400 including auction fees and taxes ) to David Gold, the then joint chairman of Birmingham City.

New minor versions of IRIX 6. 5 were released every quarter until 2005 ; since then there have been four further minor releases.

( A concept explored by the artist Simon Starling, who turned a shed into a working boat and then back into a shed, winning him the 2005 Turner Prize.

' Lower courts then set guidelines for identifying ' junk science ,' such as the 2005 opinion of United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge Easterbrook, ' Positive reports about magnetic water treatment are not replicable ; this plus the lack of a physical explanation for any effects are hallmarks of junk science.

Until 2004 ( in 2005 – 2007 the Jaguars went back to wearing white at home for early season games ) and then 2008, the Jaguars would always wear their white jerseys for afternoon games at home during the first half of the season.

Since then it has been open source software, originally under a license particular to AT & T but, since the 93q release in early 2005, it has been licensed under the Common Public License.

Since then her films have included the romantic comedy Wimbledon ( 2004 ), the romantic science fiction Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ( 2004 ) and Cameron Crowe's tragicomedy Elizabethtown ( 2005 ).

For example, Christmas Day fell on Saturday in 2004, Sunday in 2005, Monday in 2006 and Tuesday in 2007 but then " leapt " over Wednesday to fall on a Thursday in 2008.

He then directed two films in his announced ' U. S. trilogy ': Dogville ( 2003 ), starring Nicole Kidman and Manderlay ( 2005 ), starring Bryce Dallas Howard in the same role – as Grace.

BMW and Ford had previously retained ownership of the Rover brand to protect the integrity of the Land Rover brand, with which ' Rover ' might be confused in the US 4x4 market ; the Rover brand was originally used under license by MG Rover until it collapsed in 2005, at which point it was re-acquired by the then Ford Motor Company owned Land Rover Limited.

The first millionth subscription was registered in September 2005 since then the number of subscriptions has more than tripled and now amounts to around 3, 715, 000 which is a bit more than the estimated population of the country, this means that the penetration level has exceeded 100 %.

* 2005 – Mayerthorpe Incident: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide.

) This competition was subsequently put on hold in the summer of 2005 to take into account input from other services ; then the competition was cancelled in October 2005.

:" My Administration's position is very clear: if the Task Force and the Bush Administration stand by their 2005 conclusions, then for over 50 years the U. S Government has perpetuated a ' monumental hoax ' on the people of Puerto Rico, on the people of the United States and on the international community.

Tarantino then went on to be credited as " Special Guest Director " in Robert Rodriguez's 2005 neo-noir film Sin City for his work directing the car sequence featuring Clive Owen and Benicio del Toro.

Russell Crowe & The Ordinary Fear of God set out to break the new band in by performing a successful sold out series of dates of Australia in 2005 and then in 2006 returned to the US to promote their new release My Hand, My Heart with another sold-out US Tour and major press, radio and television appearances.

On October 9, 2005, Clemens made his first relief appearance since 1984, entering as a pinch hitter in the 15th, then pitching three innings to help the Astros defeat the Atlanta Braves in the longest postseason game in MLB history.

There have been numerous museum shows of Bearden's work since then, including a 1971 show at the Museum of Modern Art entitled Prevalence of Ritual, an exhibition of his highly prized prints entitled A Graphic Odyssey showing the work of the last fifteen years of his life, and the 2005 National Gallery of Art retrospective entitled The Art of Romare Bearden.

* 1923 – Percy Heath, American jazz musician ( Modern Jazz Quartet ) ( d. 2005 )

* 1939 – Edward Patten, American singer-songwriter and producer ( Gladys Knight & the Pips ) ( d. 2005 )

* 1928 – Herb Moford, American baseball player ( d. 2005 )

* 1921 – J. James Exon, American politician ( d. 2005 )

* 2005 – Caylee Anthony, American murder victim ( d. 2008 )

* 1925 – Benny Bailey, American trumpet player, songwriter, and producer ( Kenny Clarke / Francy Boland Big Band ) ( d. 2005 )

* 1924 – Joe Harnell, American pianist, composer, and arranger ( d. 2005 )

* 2005 – Jack Keller, American songwriter ( b. 1936 )

* 2005 – Robert Coldwell Wood, American political scientist and educator ( b. 1923 )

* Scientific American Magazine ( September 2005 Issue ) Can Extreme Poverty Be Eliminated?

* Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story, a 2005 American documentary film

* 1916 – Wellington Mara, American businessman ( d. 2005 )

* 1929 – Gene Scott, American pastor and broadcaster ( d. 2005 )

* Adrian Rogers ( 1931 – 2005 ), American pastor, conservative, author

* 1926 – Joe Jones, American singer-songwriter ( d. 2005 )

* 1924 – Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster ( d. 2005 )

* 1937 – Dick Radatz, American baseball player ( d. 2005 )

* 1953 – Debralee Scott, American actress ( d. 2005 )

* 1924 – Clarence " Gatemouth " Brown, American blues musician ( d. 2005 )

* 1983 – Cristina Nardozzi, American model, Miss Massachusetts USA 2005

According to Strmiska and Sigurvinsson ( 2005 ), American Asatruar tend to prefer a more devotional form of worship and a more emotional conception of the Nordic gods than Scandinavian practitioner, reflecting the parallel tendency of highly emotional forms of Christianity prevalent in the United States.

* 1927 – Jimmy Martin, American blugrass vocalist and guitarist ( d. 2005 )

* 1943 – Jimmy Griffin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Bread, Black Tie, and The Remingtons ) ( d. 2005 )

* 1909 – Saunders Mac Lane, American mathematician ( d. 2005 )

* 1928 – Vassar Clements, American musician ( Old and in the Way ) ( d. 2005 )