In the MLL's third season, the Bayhawks continued their National Division dominance with their third straight title, but again came up just short in the MLL Championship against the Lizards.

The Bayhawks are the MLL's second winningest franchise of the league.

Beginning with a relatively small number of vessels focused on handling commercial and US Government-subsidised cargoes, MLL's fleet of vessels engaged in commercial liner services.

She is engaged to professional lacrosse player Brett Hughes of the MLL's Ohio Machine.

Selig and his family served a supportive role on the Advisory Board of the Israel Baseball League during its inaugural season in 2007.

In their inaugural season, he led the Panthers to a 7 – 9 record, setting a record for the most victories by an expansion team.

Because of these issues, William Hulbert, the president of the Chicago club, spearheaded the development of the National League, whose inaugural season was 1876.

In 2004, the Rockies acquired Vinny Castilla, who had been with the club for its inaugural 1993 season, once again, and he hit 35 homers.

The one-time jerseys were based on the uniforms worn by the then-Detroit Cougars during their inaugural season of 1926 – 27.

They played home games from their inaugural season to the 2011 season at Sun Life Stadium, which they shared with the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League ( NFL ) and which was also called Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, and Land Shark Stadium during their tenancy.

* Jeff Conine ( 1993 – 1997, 2003 – 2005 ) — Jeff Conine has the distinction of being the only player to appear in the opener of the Marlins ' inaugural season and in both the 1997 World Series and the 2003 World Series won by the Marlins.

In 1897, the inaugural season of the VFL, no grand final was played, but instead a round-robin finals system.

As a result, Geelong finished second in the inaugural season, a good start to the new league.

In 2002 the team wore a patch commemorating their inaugural season.

The Colt. 45s started their inaugural season on April 10, 1962, against the Chicago Cubs with Harry Craft as the Colt. 45s ' manager.

The Jaguars finished their inaugural season with a record of 4 – 12.

The inaugural season featured many of the players who would lead Jacksonville into the playoffs in the team's next four seasons, including quarterback Mark Brunell ( acquired in a draft day trade from Green Bay ), offensive lineman Tony Boselli ( drafted with the 2nd pick overall in the 1995 NFL Draft ) running back James Stewart ( also drafted in 1995 ), and wide receiver Jimmy Smith ( signed as a free agent ).

The team was quickly built through a number of trades engineered by its first General Manager, Cedric Tallis, including a trade for Lou Piniella, who won the Rookie of the Year during the Royals ' inaugural season.

Although they were better than their expansion cousins, who won only eight games in their inaugural season, the Kansas City Scouts began to suffer from an economic downturn in the Midwest.

The first professional football team in Miami, and in the state of Florida, were the Miami Seahawks, who played in the All-America Football Conference ( AAFC ) during its inaugural 1946 season.

In their inaugural season played at Target Field, the Twins finished the regular season with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses, clinching the AL Central Division title for the 6th time in 9 years under manager Ron Gardenhire.

In their 1962 inaugural season, the Mets posted a record of 40 – 120, the worst regular season record since Major League Baseball went to a 162-game season ( two games from their inaugural season were never made up ).

New Risus won the 2001 inaugural RPGnet award for Best Free RPG.

The decision was made despite the fact that athletes, staff, and equipment were actively en route to Houston from the inaugural San Francisco Grand Prix, which had been held on September 9, 2001.

The Breakers were founded in 2001, winning the league championship in their inaugural season.

The Grizzlies played their home games during their inaugural 2001 season at Sauget Field.

Rinnan has received other awards, including the Medal of Honour from the King of Norway, the inaugural Tampa Award from the Australian organisation Rural Australians for Refugees, the AFRAS Gold Medal from the Association for Rescue at Sea and he was named Captain of the Year 2001 by the Nautical Institute and shipping journal Lloyds List.

They are original members of the MLL and lost in the league's inaugural game on June 7, 2001 to the Baltimore Bayhawks ( now Chesapeake Bayhawks ), 16-13.

From their inaugural season in 2001 to 2005, they were in the National Division.

From their inaugural season of 2001 through 2003, the Cannons played their home games at Cawley Memorial Stadium in Lowell, Massachusetts.

The team won the WUSA title ( known as the Founders Cup ) for the league's inaugural season in 2001.

Other arts activities include the annual Muskoka Novel Marathon, started by Canadian authors Martin Avery and Mel Malton in 2001 ; the Film North-Huntsville International Film Festival which had its inaugural year in 2010, and most recently Nuit Blanche North, produced by the Huntsville Festival of the Arts and Edge of the Woods Theatre.

The inaugural 2001 All-Star Game, was not called the " All-Star Game "; instead it was titled the Major League Lacrosse LacrosseStar Game.

Team " Old School " was composed of players who began their MLL careers in the league ’ s inaugural 2001 season.

In addition to his championship accolades, Copeland won the 2001 King of the Ring tournament, the inaugural Money in the Bank ladder match in 2005, and the Royal Rumble match in 2010 making him the only wrestler in history to achieve all three of those accomplishments.

After the inaugural championship in 1987 in Baltimore ( as the Thunder ) through 1999 and an unsuccessful stint in Pittsburgh ( as the CrosseFire ), the franchise moved to Washington, D. C. in 2001.

In their inaugural year ( 2001 ), the Rush finished the regular season 7 – 7 and won their very first playoff game, beating the Orlando Predators 41 – 26, but lost to the eventual ArenaBowl XV champion Grand Rapids Rampage 53 – 21.

In 2000 Humphries took his Dame Edna: The Royal Tour show to North America winning the inaugural Special Tony Award for a Live Theatrical Event in 2000 and won two National Broadway Theatre Awards for " Best Play " and for " Best Actor " in 2001.

After obtaining the spring broadcast rights to NASCAR, Fox Sports announced that for their inaugural 2001 season, FX would serve as their cable partner.

In late 2000 and early 2001, he was a volunteer coordinator for Bush's inaugural committee.

* April 14, 2001 – the Washington Freedom defeat the Bay Area CyberRays 1 – 0 in the inaugural match of the Women's United Soccer Association.

Debut album God Bless Miss Black America was recorded at the Magic Garden studio in Wolverhampton between September 2001 and January 2002 ( the recording process was punctuated by live dates, including the inaugural Drowned In Sound tour with Antihero ), with producer Gavin Monaghan at the helm.

Mike Jacobs, who was a member of the inaugural 2001 Cyclones team, made his Mets debut on August 21, 2005, hitting a three run pinch-hit home run off Washington Nationals pitcher Esteban Loaiza.

Sandy, the primary mascot, has been with the team since the inaugural Cyclones season in 2001.

This appointment met success internationally as India maintained their unbeaten home record against Australia in Test series after defeating them in 2001 and won the inaugural ICC World T20 in 2007.

Mariucci Arena also hosted the inaugural Women's Frozen Four on March 23 and March 25, 2001.