He fought a long and protracted legal battle against the NBA and the NBA Players ' Union, protesting the $ 1, 700 / month pensions for players who had retired before 1965, the start of the so-called " big money era ".

Keefe was very well-paid for his career, yet he was a leading member of the Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players, an early players ' union that fought for the welfare of players.

Players from both teams fought in the tunnel leading from the arena before being separated, and a few fans joined the fight but were quickly taken from the arena.

The Union Association survived for only one season ( 1884 ), as did the Players League ( 1890 ), an attempt to return to the National Association structure of a league controlled by the players themselves.

The nickname was first used for a baseball team by the Cincinnati Red Stockings, who were members of the pioneering National Association of Base Ball Players.

Selig enjoys a high level of support from baseball owners, but has been widely decried by both the MLB Players ' Union for his policies and by the general public for presiding over the game during one of its most contentious periods.

The Mitchell Report, commissioned by Selig, concluded that the MLB commissioners, club officials, the Players Association, and the players all share " to some extent in the responsibility for the steroid era.

Players shape their fingernails for ideal tone and feel against the strings.

Players can make multiple bets for each turn, round, or roll and should become familiar with the craps layout.

Players can gain a large advantage if their civilization is the first to learn a particular technology ( the secrets of flight, for example ) and put it to use in a military or other context.

Players didn't think the name " Bluebirds " was suitable for a baseball team.

Players use these terms to alert other groups when finishing the hole as well as approaching groups to find out if the hole is ready for play.

Players earn victory points for connecting their settlements with settlements ( not necessarily theirs ) from the opposite island using ships, or to another player's shipping lines which connect two settlements together.

Players wanting to perform an action determine their level or " step " for the skill, talent, or ability to be used.

Players use their character to explore the fantasy world of Norrath, fight monsters and enemies for treasure and experience points, and master trade skills.

Players wear little to no padding to cushion the impact of tackles, however mouthguards are essential for keeping teeth.

Players must pay attention to how many cards other players change, but should not take too much for granted in this phase.

Players are permitted to play the ball with the flat of the ' face side ' and with the edges of the head and handle of the field hockey stick with the exception that, for reasons of safety, the ball may not be struck ' hard ' with a forehand edge stroke, because of the difficulty of controlling the height and direction of the ball from that stroke.

The rules of Fudge are highly customizable and can be adjusted for the level of simplicity or complexity desired by the Game Master and Players.

In 1920, he became the stage manager for the Knickerbocker Players, a troupe that shuttled between Syracuse and Rochester, New York, and the following year he was hired as general manager of the newly formed Lyceum Players, an upstate summer stock company.

* In 1999, despite injuries and wartime service that essentially limited him to half a career, he ranked Number 37 on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players and was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.

Players still dip harmonicas in water for the way it affects tone and ease of bending notes.

Ice-T made an appearance on the comedy television series Chappelle's Show as himself presenting the award for " Player Hater of the Year " at the " Player-Haters Ball ", a parody of his own appearance at the Players Ball.

From most accounts David Shepherd provided the philosophical vision of the Compass Players, while Elaine May was central to the development of the premises for its improvisations.

On March 25, 2003, Kemp was selected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of USA Football, a national advocacy group for amateur football created by the National Football League ( NFL ) and the NFL Players Association.

The two-picture deal promised full creative control for the young director below an agreed budget limit, and Welles intention was to feature the Mercury Players in his productions.

Players are able to " warp " between the sectors, during which they must attempt to keep their ship " in focus " to lower their fuel consumption rate.

The station is adjacent to Victoria Embankment Gardens and is close to Charing Cross station, Embankment Pier, Hungerford Bridge, Cleopatra's Needle, the Royal Air Force Memorial, the Savoy Chapel and Savoy Hotel and the Playhouse and New Players Theatres.

Student organizations that are given the title " Essential Service " by the City University of New York include The John Jay Times, the school's theater group known as the " John Jay Players ", and the campus radio station known as WJJC.

Since 1999, the station has aired a production of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, presented by WBZ producer Michael Coleman and performed by the WBZ staff ( as " The WBZ Radio Holiday Players ").

Players go to the train station and tell Porter they want to take a trip.

Throughout the 1930s an early radio drama series, CKUA Players, was produced out of the station and broadcast throughout Western Canada by a network of stations.

Players can either buy and sell cargo, or accept missions from the Mission Computer, as well as talking to people in the local bar at the space station / planet.

Players can perform multiple station roles such as radar and sonar, required to complete missions manually, or have those stations played in AI mode with simulated crew members manning non-command functions.

A long lease of a building in Craven Street ( the other side of the Charing Cross station tracks ) has been purchased by another group of supporters, who have registered a property company with the tobacconistic name ' Craven Players Limited '.

Players begin shooting from one corner of the court, and move from station to station along the three point arc until they reach the other corner.

* Like John Safran, Tony Wilson went on to host the breakfast show on Melbourne radio station 3RRR, and has written a novel called Players ( ISBN 1-920885-58-7 ).

Dramatic activity at the College is organized and carried on by The Carleton Players, which is to say by all students who are so inclined to advance these aims.

Players are also allowed to overspend ( in moderation ), with the points becoming bad stuff-bad luck which the Gamemaster should inflict on the character.

Following the formation of baseball's first professional organization, the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, which became known as the National Association, the Association, or NA, in 1871, Spalding joined the Boston Red Stockings ( precursor club to the modern Atlanta Braves ) and was highly successful ; winning 206 games ( and losing only 53 ) as a pitcher and batting. 323 as a hitter.

Players on the batting team take turns hitting against the pitcher of the fielding team, which tries to stop them from scoring runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways.

The first attempt at forming a " major league " produced the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, which lasted from 1871 to 1875.

The rules of skat are governed by The International Skat Players Association and in Germany by the Deutscher Skatverband which publishes the Skatordnung.

Players are generally given a few seconds before the round begins ( known as " freeze time ") to prepare and buy equipment, during which they cannot attack or move ( one notable exception is that a player may receive damage during freeze time.

Players are allowed to keep four progress cards ( five in a five to six player game ), and any additional ones must be discarded on the spot ( unless the 5th card is a victory point, which is played immediately and the original progress cards remain ).

Players begin with settlements on the outside of the map, but may build ships to reach the Forgotten Tribe's islands, which are in the center.

Players win resources if they are able to fend off the pirate attack ( which depends on the number rolled by the dice, as well as the number of warships in the defending player's possession ; warships are created from using Knight cards on existing ships ), but lose resources if they are unsuccessful.

Other independent companies were grouped under the Mutual banner in 1912, and there were also important new entrants, particularly the Jesse Lasky Feature Play Company, and Famous Players, which were both formed in 1913 to take advantage of the fact that films could reproduce the real substance of a stage play ( plus embellishments ), and so the best plays and actors from the legitimate stage could be enticed into films.

A landmark in Greenwich Village ’ s cultural landscape, it was built as a farm silo in 1817, and also served as a tobacco warehouse and box factory before Edna St. Vincent Millay and other members of the Provincetown Players converted the structure into a theatre they christened the Cherry Lane Playhouse, which opened on March 24, 1924, with the play The Man Who Ate the Popomack.

Players are given a pool of points, the size of which varies depending on the campaign type, with which to buy Characteristics, Skills, Talents, and Powers.

She influenced the first generation of Improv at The Compass Players in Chicago, which led to The Second City.

Many of the current " rules " of comedic improv were first formalized in Chicago in the late 1950s and early 1960s, initially among The Compass Players troupe, which was directed by Paul Sills.

By the mid 1960s, Viola Spolin's classes were handed over to her protégé, Jo Forsberg, who further developed Spolin's methods into a one-year course, which eventually became The Players Workshop, the first official school of improvisation in the USA.

Players walking to the far west along LambdaStreet may be given the option to ' jump off the end of the world ', which disables access to their account for three months.

Players must follow suit, unless they have no cards of the led suit, in which case they may play any card.

Players who miss their contract are thus encouraged to take as many tricks as possible, which results in other players also missing their contracts.

Acts like Earth, Wind and Fire, Kool and the Gang and Ohio Players, who began as psychedelic soul artists, incorporated its sounds into funk music and eventually the disco which partly replaced it.

Players are only required to use one pony, which may be hired, or owned.

There are many clubs and societies organised by the students of the college, such as the college's dramatic society the Pembroke Players, which has been made famous by alumni such as Peter Cook, Eric Idle, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Clive James and Bill Oddie and is now in its 50th year.

Players also drop the weapon they were using when killed, which other players can then pick up.