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Playing to the pitcher's desire to return to his Midwestern roots and challenging Spalding's integrity, Hulbert convinced Spalding to sign a contract to play for the White Stockings ( now known as the Chicago Cubs ) in 1876.
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Playing and return
His return to managing was documented by the TV series Playing for Peanuts.
Playing against the New England Patriots on October 10, Welker became the second player in NFL history to return a kickoff and a punt, kick an extra point and a field goal, and make a tackle in a single game.
Playing and convinced
Playing on the long-standing Russian tradition of conservativism, he convinced tsar Nicholas I to send Russian forces in.
Playing on the superstitions of the local tribes, he told them that it had been given to him by the goddess Diana ; by attributing all his intelligence reports to the animal, he convinced the locals that it had the gift of prophecy.
Playing and contract
Playing baseball over the objections of his father, who wanted him to be a doctor, Rojas signed his first major league contract with the Cincinnati Reds as a 17-year-old amateur free agent prior to the start of the 1956 season.
Playing in the final season of his rookie contract, in 2007 – 08, Ovechkin signed a 13-year contract extension worth $ 124 million with the Capitals on January 10, 2008.
Playing shortstop, he batted. 402 as a junior and. 401 as a senior ; although he was not drafted, he was offered a contract by the Kansas City Royals.
Playing in 78 games in the 2001-02 season, he signed a four-year, $ 28. 5 million contract extension.
Playing and play
Playing pieces are seeds, beans, stones, cowry shells, or other small undifferentiated counters that are placed in and transferred about the holes during play.
Playing instruments with velocity sensitive ( or, dynamic ) keyboards ( i. e., that respond to varying playing velocity ) may require finger independence, so that some fingers play " harder " while others play more softly.
Playing into this, some heel wrestlers will attempt to " get themselves disqualified " to " protect " their championships, although whenever a " rematch clause " is put in play, the said advantage is often ruled out by the general manager to give the challenger a fair shot.
who play at The Playing Fields.
Playing the ball with the head constitutes a foul whether intentional or not as it is considered dangerous play.
She appeared in " Playing Till It Hurts " where she attended a Rock Hockey Game where Red was supposed to play in until she injured herself and took the place of one of the teammates.
Playing two 7 cards would make no change overall as the direction is changed then changed back and play continues with a higher card finally placed on top of the 7, all in the same hand.
who play at Barn Elms Playing Fields.
They play at London Road Playing Fields, opposite Stair Park.
Playing White, after obtaining a slightly inferior position from the opening, he defended through two adjournments and eleven total hours of play to obtain a draw.
They run from Shaw Cross Club for Young People and play their home fixtures at the adjacent Paul Lee Hinchcliffe Memorial Playing Fields.
Kirkburton AFC play in the 1st Division of the West Riding County Amateur Football League at the Gregory Playing Fields on Hallas Road.
Haxby United Football Club play at the Ethel Ward Playing Fields.
Playing a rapping bike messenger who believes he is an alien abductee, it was the role of Taj Mahal in the Mark Taper Forum production of Tina Landau's play Space that first brought recognition.
* Playing a 2 will force the next player to pick up two cards, unless that player can play a 2 themselves ( forcing the next player to pick up four cards ), or can play a 5 of spades ( which will force the next player to pick up seven cards ).
Playing on a non-established field is sometimes referred to as renegade or gonzo play or outlaw ball ( with the players nicknamed renegade ballers or outlaws ).
Playing them today on good equipment with a 4. 0 mil ( 0. 004 ) diamond stylus produces a clear, crisp sound ( earlier Brunswicks play just fine on the more standard 3. 0 mil or 3. 5 mil stylus ).
Written by Matt Toner and Chris Coculuzzi, and directed by Coculuzzi, the play was acted by the Upstart Crow Theatre Group and staged outdoors at the Robert Street Playing Field as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival.
Written by Matt Toner and Chris Coculuzzi, and directed by Coculuzzi, the play was acted by the Upstart Crow Theatre Group and staged outdoors at the Robert Street Playing Field as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival.
Written by Matt Toner and Chris Coculuzzi, and directed by Coculuzzi, the play was acted by the Upstart Crow Theatre Group and staged outdoors at the Robert Street Playing Field as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival.
Playing air guitar is a form of dance and movement in which the performer pretends to play rock or heavy metal-style electric guitar, including riffs, solos, etc.
Playing the role of George Washington in a school play based on his life, he not only recited his lines perfectly but also managed to play the role so well that he brought the audience to tears.
Playing and for
The U. S. Playing Card Company now owns the eponymous Hoyle brand, and publishes a series of rulebooks for various families of card games that have largely standardized the games ' rules in countries and languages where the rulebooks are widely distributed.
Playing at pace, Brazil were putting England under enormous pressure and an attack was begun by captain Carlos Alberto who sent a fizzing low ball down the right flank for the speedy Jairzinho to latch on to.
In November 2007, she took part in Chess Champions League – Playing for a Better World in Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain a tournament to raise funds for equipment for a Hospital in Mbuji-Mayi, Congo.
Playing cards are typically palm-sized for convenient handling.
Playing cards even competed with devotional images as the most common uses for woodcut in this period.
Recently Parma was chosen for the setting of John Grisham's American football comedy Playing for Pizza.
Playing in his first ever NFL playoff game, Warner threw for 395 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 1 interception, as the Rams defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 49 – 37, by scoring 35 unanswered points in the second half.
( Playing a corner in this scenario creates a fork for " X " to win.
Playing in the surf is a favourite activity for many people.
Ars Magica 5th edition won the Origins Award for Best Role Playing Game of 2004.
Playing on the node produces a sonically weak tone, and the technique is only used when the player or composer is looking for a muted sound from the instrument.
* Maurice Denis — Portrait of the Artist Aged Eighteen, Princess Maleine's Minuet or Marthe Playing the Piano, The Green Trees or Beech Trees in Kerduel, October Night ( panel for the decoration of a girl's room )
* Performers Playing Opposite Sex: While several performers have won Tonys for roles that have involved cross dressing, only two have won for playing a character of the opposite sex: Mary Martin in the title role of Peter Pan ( 1955 ) and Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray ( 2003 ).
The violinist and teacher Leopold Auer, writing in his book Violin Playing as I Teach It ( 1920 ), advised violinists to practise playing completely without vibrato, and to stop playing for a few minutes as soon as they noticed themselves playing with vibrato in order for them to gain complete control over their technique.
When the company Iron Crown Enterprises gained the licensing rights for games made from Tolkien's books, they expanded the selection of named dragons considerably in both Middle-earth Role Playing and The Wizards, a trading card game set in Middle-earth.
* The Generic Universal Role Playing System ( GURPS ) sourcebook for Riverworld adventure, by Steve Jackson Games
* 1950, Claude Shannon publishes " Programming a Computer for Playing Chess ", one of the first papers on the problem of computer chess.
* Rules for Playing Rounders GAA
Although Quantz wrote many pieces of music, mainly for the flute ( including around 300 flute concertos and 200 + sonatas ), he is best known today as the author of Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversiere zu spielen ( 1752 ) ( titled On Playing the Flute in English ), a treatise on traverso flute playing.
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