Even a city of thirty thousand might have six baseball teams, sponsored by grocers and hardware merchants or department stores, that played two or three times a week throughout the summer, usually in the cool of the evening, before an earnest and partisan audience who did not begrudge a quarter each, or even more, to be dropped into a hat when the game was half over.

While women had always attended ball games in small numbers ( it was the part of a `` dead game sport '' in the early years of the twentieth century to be taken out to the ball park and to root, root, root for the home team ), they had often sat in patient martyrdom, unable even to read the scoreboard, which sometimes seemed to indicate that one team led another by a score of three hundred and eighty to one hundred and fifty-one.

His statistical record that year, when Texas won only one game and lost nine, was far from impressive: he carried the ball three times for a net gain of 10 yards, punted once for 39 yards and caught one pass for 13 yards.

Despite the 45-degree weather the game was clicked off in 1:48, thanks to only three bases on balls and some good infield play.

I'll never forget one time I struck out three times, dropped a fly ball, and we lost the game.

In addition, the asteroids rotated, a new enemy dubbed a killer satellite was added to the game, which would, when shot, break apart into three smaller ships that homed on the player's position.

A fourth match was played, against a " United Australian XI ", which was arguably stronger than the Australian sides that had competed in the previous three matches ; this game, however, is not generally considered part of the 1882 – 83 series.

However, in general, the books only feature mental battles when there is some reason for mind-to-mind contact ( for example, Trump contact ) and magic or Trump is involved in all three of the above conflicts, so it is not clear whether Zelazny intended his characters to have such a power ; the combination of Brand's " living trump " powers and his high Psyche ( as presented in the roleplaying game ) would have guaranteed him victory over Corwin.

Acquire is a game for three to six players, though earlier editions included special rules for two players.

World War I saw the game in New Zealand go into recess for three quarters of a century.

In the Nintendo / GameFreak video game franchise " Pokémon ", there are three creatures in the same evolutionary chain named Abra, Kadabra, and Alakazam ( the third of which is also an alleged magic word used by stage magicians ).

Between 1952 and 1972, he hosted at least five television shows – three different talk shows called The Al Capp Show ( 1952 and 1968 ) and Al Capp ( 1971 –' 72 ), Al Capp's America ( a live " chalk talk ," with Capp providing a barbed commentary while sketching cartoons, 1954 ), and a CBS game show called Anyone Can Win ( 1953 ).

* QS — Quality start: a game in which a starting pitcher completes at least six innings and permits no more than three earned runs

* SV — Save: number of games where the pitcher enters a game led by the pitcher's team, finishes the game without surrendering the lead, is not the winning pitcher, and either ( a ) the lead was three runs or fewer when the pitcher entered the game ; ( b ) the potential tying run was on base, at bat, or on deck ; or ( c ) the pitcher pitched three or more innings

* SVO — Save opportunity: When a pitcher 1 ) enters the game with a lead of three or fewer runs and pitches at least one inning, 2 ) enters the game with the potential tying run on base, at bat, or on deck, or 3 ) pitches three or more innings with a lead and is credited with a save by the official scorer

Earned runs stem from the theory that the pitcher has sole responsibility to earn strikes against opposing batter ( s ) until at least three batters are retired in each inning of play, and nine innings ( a complete game ) are pitched.

The Division Series consists of two concurrent best-of-five series, featuring the three division winners and the winner of the wild-card game.

* 1975 – Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball's first African American manager.

By, Feller, along with Ken Keltner, Mel Harder and Lou Boudreau led the Indians to within one game of the pennant.

The massive stadium did, however, permit the Indians to set the then record for the largest crowd to see a Major League baseball game.

After the Maris trade, Lane acquired 25-year old Norm Cash from the White Sox for Minnie Miñoso and then traded him to Detroit before he ever played a game for the Indians ; Cash went on to hit over 350 home runs for the Tigers.

The ill-conceived promotion at a game against the Texas Rangers ended in a riot by fans and a forfeit by the Indians.

The Indians were only one game behind the division-leading Chicago White Sox on August 12 when a players strike wiped out the rest of the season.

Notably in 1996, tickets for every home game for the Indians sold out before opening day.

With the series tied after game six, the Indians went into the ninth inning of Game 7 with a 2 – 1 lead, but closer Jose Mesa allowed the Marlins to tie the game.

The Indians lost game four 23 – 7 and game five 12 – 8.

The Mariners, who won a MLB record-tying 116 games that season, had a strong bullpen, and Indians manager Charlie Manuel had already pulled many of his starters with the game seemingly out of reach.

After a brief July slump, the Indians caught fire in August, and cut a 15. 5 game deficit in the Central Division down to 1. 5 games.

The Ohio Cup was an annual pre-season baseball game, which pitted the Ohio rivals Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds.

The Indians also have a rivalry with the Pittsburgh Pirates, as the two teams play an annual three game series during interleague play in June, playing in Cleveland during even numbered years, and in Pittsburgh in odd number seasons.

The rivalry has intensified when Indians closer Chris Perez used WWE star John Cena's signature " You can't see me " hand gesture towards KC outfielder Jarrod Dyson after striking him out in a game on May 28, 2012.

On September 26, 1906, Villanova's game against the Carlisle Indians was billed as " the first real game of football under the new rules.

They defeated the American League champion Cleveland Indians in the 1997 series, which was notable for shortstop Edgar Renteria driving in second baseman Craig Counsell for the series-clinching run in the eleventh inning of the seventh and deciding game and the " fire sale " which occurred in the off-season following the dramatic win.

In the 1997 National League Championship Series, Brown, riddled with the flu, proceeded to pitch a complete game in Game Six, defeating the Atlanta Braves and helping the Marlins reach the World Series, which they eventually won over the Cleveland Indians.

He lead the Marlins to victory in the 1997 World Series against the Cleveland Indians, making a spectacular catch against the right field fence in game 5.

In a September interview with Heidi Watney of the New England Sports Network, Johnny Bench, who was watching a Cleveland Indians / Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park, did an impression of late Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Caray after Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis, a native of Cincinnati, made a tough play.

In game one of the 1954 World Series at the Polo Grounds against the Cleveland Indians, Willie Mays made " The Catch "— a dramatic over-the-shoulder catch of a fly ball by Vic Wertz to deep center field.

The Mud Hens temporarily relocated to Cleveland during 1914 through 1915, to help the Cleveland Indians counter any territorial threat by the Federal League by ensuring that League Park would have a game every day.

Four pitchers, including presumed game four starter Jaret Wright, surrendered nine runs in relief.

The first is a circumstance in which a team is in the process of determining which quarterback will eventually be the starter, and may choose to use each quarterback for part of the game in order to compare the performances.

The third is a starter / reliever system, in which the starting quarterback may be replaced later in the game if ineffective.

This is distinct from a situation in which a starter is benched in favor of the back-up because the switch is part of the game plan, and the expectation is that the two players will assume the same roles game-after-game.

He was named the starter for the National League All-Star team but ultimately was the losing pitcher in that game after allowing six runs on five hits including a three run home run to Alfonso Soriano.

With the Giants leading 5 – 0 going into the bottom of the 7th inning of Game 6, the series ' momentum changed decisively when then Manager Dusty Baker removed starter Russ Ortiz and handed him the " game " ball as he left the mound.

In the fifth game of the regular season, starter Bob Griese suffered a fractured right leg and dislocated ankle.

Despite not becoming a full-time starter until the tenth game of the regular season, Dorsett led the team in rushing with 1, 007 yards, scored 13 total touchdowns, and was the team's third leading receiver with 29 receptions for another 273 yards.

Backup QB Gale Gilbert, subbing for injured starter Humphries, led the Chargers to a come from behind 37-34 win, with John Carney kicking a game winning field goal in the game's final seconds.

During a September 20, 1992 game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Favre replaced injured starter Don Majkowski and proceeded to lead the team to a comeback victory.

In the early 1970s, many teams used a four-man rotation and expected the starter to complete the game ; thus most games Ryan started ended in a decision.

In the course of a game there are two " picture rounds " ( occurring roughly one quarter and three quarters of the way through ) and one " music round " ( at the halfway point ), where the subsequent bonuses are connected thematically to the starter ; if a picture or music starter is not correctly answered, the accompanying bonus questions are held back until a normal starter is correctly answered.

Landry did not have a good debut as a starter, Mac Speedie, the receiver he was assigned to cover, set an AAFC record for receiving yards in the game.

In the bottom of the 11th inning, Aaron Boone launched a solo home run off knuckleballing Boston starter Tim Wakefield ( pitching in relief ) to win the game and the pennant for the Yankees.

Duncan averaged 20. 0 points, 10. 6 rebounds, 3. 4 assists and 2. 4 blocks per game in the regular season, and was selected as a Western Conference starter for the 2007 NBA All-Star Game, his ninth appearance in the event.

* Booster pack, a packaged set of collectable game cards or figurines that supplements the starter packs

He was also selected to his fifth all-star game, second consecutive as a starter.

Boudreau had Doby pinch-hit in the first game but for the second, listed him a starter at first base, a position Doby was not expected to fill when the Indians brought him up to play at second base.

It was just the fifth time in NBA history that a player finished with at least 20 points, 20 rebounds, and 10 blocks in a single game, and it marked the first time ever that it was accomplished by a player who wasn't a starter in the game.

Dorsett was announced the starter in the tenth game of the Cowboys ' season, and he would stay the starter for many years.