I remember his beardown performance in a meaningless exhibition game at Bears Stadium Oct. 14, 1951, before a new record crowd for the period of 18,792.

It hosted the annual Hall of Fame Game, an exhibition game between two major league teams that was played from 1940 until 2008.

The first game at the corner was an exhibition on April 13, 1896.

This jersey was also a basis for the uniforms worn by Wayne Gretzky's team of NHLPA All-Stars, nicknamed the " 99ers ", for their exhibition tour in Europe during the 1994 – 95 NHL lockout ; a picture of Gretzky in this jersey was used for the cover art of a video game bearing his name.

This was Hank Aaron Day in Wisconsin and the Braves played the Milwaukee Brewers in an exhibition game.

The stadium, which is illuminated in different colors depending on which team is hosting a game, opened in April 2010 and saw the Jets and Giants open the stadium together in a preseason exhibition game.

On February 27, 2006, to train for the World Baseball Classic, Roger pitched in an exhibition game between the Astros and his son's minor league team.

The refusal of prominent baseball figure Cap Anson to play the Toledo team, in an exhibition game with his Chicago White Stockings, accelerated the drawing of the color line.

Saul was one of his mother's four brothers, as well as a former semi-pro baseball player who had pitched against Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Joe Gordon in an exhibition game.

During an exhibition game in Fenway Park against an All-Star team during early October, Williams was hit on the elbow by a curveball by the Washington Senators ' pitcher Mickey Haefner.

After an observer, Alfred Halstead, noticed the volleying nature of the game at its first exhibition match in 1896, played at the International YMCA Training School ( now called Springfield College ), the game quickly became known as volleyball ( it was originally spelled as two words: " volley ball ").

The Battersea Park game was postponed for a week, and the first exhibition game using FA rules was played there on Saturday 9 January 1864.

The Hornets played their final home game in Oklahoma City during the exhibition season on October 9, 2007 against the Houston Rockets, as a way to say thanks for the temporary hosting.

On August 16, 1976, Buck called the first-ever NFL game played outside of the United States, a preseason exhibition between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Chargers held at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

He failed to score, but Brazil won the game 2 – 0 ( much thanks to an impressive exhibition of dribbling prowess by his partner Garrincha ) and the group by two points.

This statement is quoted from the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre Yankees News page: " On October 12, 1926, Babe Ruth visited Wilkes-Barre's Artillery Park to play in an exhibition game between Hughestown and Larksville.

* Portland later hosted the Breakers of the USFL and served as the launching point for the CFL USA initiative with an exhibition game in June 1992, though it never received a CFL team.

On August 2010 Sampras played an exhibition game with Andre Agassi at the indoor arena Coliseo Cubierto El Campin in Bogotá, Colombia.

On January 11 at the Spectrum, the Flyers, as part of the Super Series ' 76, played a memorable exhibition game against the Soviet Union's dominant Central Red Army team.

Smaller exhibitors ( including, for example, licensing companies with no capacity for actual game production ) will often have a meeting room and no exhibition booth at all, while others may have both a small exhibition booth and a meeting area.

The team turned heads in the preseason when Manon Rheaume became the first woman to play in an NHL game, making her first of two NHL appearances in an exhibition game against the St. Louis Blues.

Wembley Stadium during a England against Germany national football team | Germany exhibition

On 20 May 1951, Fulham played one of their first ever games in North America in an exhibition match against Celtic F. C.

Immediately following the Hastings tournament, Polgár played an exhibition match in February against former World Champion, Boris Spassky.

In 1913, the newly-built Centennial Hall housed the " Ausstellung zur Jahrhundertfeier der Freiheitskriege ", an exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the historical German Wars of Liberation against Napoleon and the first award of the Iron Cross.

In 726, despite the protests of St. Germanus, Patriarch of Constantinople, Emperor Leo III issued his first edict against the veneration of images and their exhibition in public places.

* Three Apologetic Treatises against those Decrying the Holy Images – These treatises were among his earliest expositions in response to the edict by the Byzantine Emperor Leo III, banning the veneration or exhibition of holy images.

One of his most famous fights was against Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson, in a 6 round exhibition bout.

To guard against theft during the diamond's trip to the 1962 Louvre exhibition, mineralogist George Switzer traveled to Paris with the Hope Diamond tucked inside a velvet pouch sewn by his wife.

On April 6, 2006, three and a half years after his retirement, Sampras resurfaced and played his first exhibition match in River Oaks, Houston, Texas, against 23-year-old Robby Ginepri.

On November 20, 2007, Sampras lost the first of three exhibition matches in Asia against Roger Federer in Seoul, Korea.

On March 10, 2008, Sampras played another exhibition match against world No. 1 Roger Federer at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

On November 17, 2011, Sampras played and lost an exhibition match against Milos Raonic.

The Penguins ' first general manager, Jack Riley opened the first preseason camp for the franchise in Brantford, Ontario on September 13, 1967, playing the franchise's first exhibition match in Brantford against the Philadelphia Flyers on September 23, 1967.

Endgame databases featured prominently in 1999, when Kasparov played an exhibition match on the Internet against the Rest of the World.

The 67-year-old Johnson squared off against the 66-year-old Jeanette in an exhibition held at a New York City rally to sell war bonds.

Johnson made his final ring appearance at age 67 on November 27, 1945, fighting three one minute exhibition rounds against two opponents, Joe Jeanette and John Ballcort, in a benefit fight card for U. S. War Bonds.

The Warriors gathered together during the team's starting lineup ceremony prior to their 2011-12 NBA season | 2011-12 exhibition opener against the Sacramento Kings.

As part of the team's stay in Sweden, they played exhibition games against Swedish and Finnish teams as part of the NHL Challenge.

The New York Yankees agreed to make a special trip to Los Angeles to play an exhibition game against the Dodgers for the occasion.

Played by real-life boxer Antonio Tarver, Dixon is the current World Heavyweight Champion who is ridiculed for having never gone up against a real contender, and who thus agrees to an exhibition fight against the near 60 year old Rocky Balboa.