Prior to 1969, the National League champion ( the " pennant winner ") was determined by the best win-loss record at the end of the regular season.

* Prior to her first record deal, British singer-songwriter Kate Bush recorded at least thirty officially-unreleased but much-bootlegged demos of original material, circa 1972.

Prior to this discovery, biologists had been largely unable to establish a family tree of cats from the fossil record because the fossils of different cat species all look very much alike, differing primarily in size.

Prior to that, Del Rio was the Baltimore Ravens linebackers coach, participating in that capacity on the Ravens ' record setting championship 2000 defense.

Prior to the recording sessions, Rundgren listened through demos of the songs, chose 15 for the record and worked out a sequence for the album.

Prior to the lockout-shortened 1994 – 95 season, Quinn stepped down as head coach to focus on his managerial duties and was replaced by Rick Ley ; Vancouver finished with a. 500 record that year.

Prior to this, the premiers were generally decided based on overall win-loss record, except where a playoff match was needed to break a tie.

Prior to that year, Mount Rainier held the world record for snow accumulation at Paradise in 1978.

Prior to the release of Big Science, Anderson returned to Giorno Poetry Systems to record the album You're the Guy I Want to Share My Money With ; Anderson recorded one side of the 2-LP set, with William S. Burroughs and John Giorno recording a side each, and the fourth side featured a separate groove for each artist.

Prior to its release, drummer Jordison proclaimed: " Wait till you hear our fuckin ' next record.

Prior to the introduction of videotape in 1956, kinescopes were the only way to record television broadcasts, or to distribute network television programs that were broadcast live from New York or other originating cities, to stations not connected to the network, or to stations that wished to show a program at a different time than the network broadcast.

Prior to the release of " La-La ( Means I Love You )", they had a hit with " He Don't Really Love You " on the small Moonshot record label in 1966.

Prior to this method, the most popular recording method was 3-Strip Technicolor, which simultaneously used 3 individual film magazines to record the primary colors.

Prior to the disaster it had a good safety record and met all safety audits.

Prior to the launch, Columbia had spent only 70 days in the Orbiter Processing Facility — a record checkout time.

Prior to deciding on this name, they were called Talking America on early demos sent to record and publishing companies.

Prior to this, businesses often record the details of negotiations by using a request for quotation, request for bid, sales quotation, or sales bid.

The Cubs signed Prior to a contract for $ 10. 5 million, which stood as the record amount for a draft pick until 2009.

In 2003, Prior finished third in the National League's Cy Young Award voting after compiling an 18 – 6 win-loss record despite missing three starts after an on-field collision with Atlanta Braves second baseman Marcus Giles.

Prior finished 2004 with a 6-4 record and a 4. 02 ERA in 21 starts.

Prior finished the 2005 season with an 11 – 7 record in 27 starts.

Prior to his fight with Shane Mosley, Margarito had a record of 37 wins, 5 losses and 1 no contest, with 27 wins by knockout.

Prior to John Glenn's return to space in 1998, Musgrave held the record for the oldest person in orbit, at age 62.

Prior to planned operation or procedure, the anaesthetist reviews the medical record and / or interviews the patient to determine the best combination of drugs and dosages and the degree to which monitoring will be required to ensure a safe and effective procedure.

Prior to 1931, as soon as the first necessary run to win the game scored, the play was over, and the batter was credited only with the number of bases needed to drive in the winning run.

Prior to the invasion of neutral Belgium by German forces, Hergé published humoristic drawings in L ' Ouest, a paper run by future collaborator Raymond de Becker and which strongly advocated that Belgium not join the war alongside its World War One allies France and Britain.

Prior to 1931, eleven times the Preakness was run before the Derby.

Prior to the elections in 2001 Chiluba tried to change the constitution to allow him to run for a third term.

Prior to its release, a competition was run by Queen online to guess the track listing as a promotion for the album.

Prior to the development of antivirals, when someone contracted a virus, there was little that could be done other than treating the symptoms and waiting for the disease to run its course.

Meanwhile, a delegation from the African Union Commission praised the election for taking place with " calm and serenity " Prior to the 2009 election, Tunisia amended its constitution to allow more candidates to run for president, allowing the top official from each political party to compete for the presidency regardless of whether they held seats in parliament.

Prior to the 2002 election Queen Anne's County was run by three Commissioners.

Prior to 1932, the Preakness was run before the Derby eleven times.

Prior to 1931, eleven times the Preakness was run before the Derby.

Prior to 1927, Route 28 was known as Route 9, which was designated in 1917 to run from Phillipsburg east to Elizabeth.

Prior to 1927, the route was a part of Pre-1927 Route 18, which was legislated in 1923 to run from Camden to Toms River.

Prior to its British run, it was broadcast in North America by the ABC network as a summer replacement for re-runs of The Hollywood Palace under the title The Piccadilly Palace from 20 May to 9 September 1967.

Prior to the land run, from 1879 to 1885, this area was home to the Nez Perce.

Prior to the first annual convention following the reinstitution of the practice requiring that leaders step down and run to succeed themselves each electoral cycle ( this, along with annual confidence votes had been repealed in 2001 ), Carr announced her resignation on September 24, 2006.

Prior to his appointment, the economy was run by Hermann Göring.

Coincidentally, Hawpe, when playing for LSU in the 2000 College World Series, had hit a three-run home run off Prior that eliminated USC from contention that year.

Prior to the advent of the web, such support had to be done either via an online service or a private Bulletin board system run by the company and accessed over a direct phone line.

Prior to the 2008 Council elections, no party had overall control of the local authority, which was run by a coalition of Liberal Democrats and Labour Party councillors.

NJ 173 eastbound in Bloomsbury, New Jersey | Bloomsbury at interchange with Interstate 78 in New Jersey | I-78 / U. S. Route 22 in New Jersey | US 22. Prior to 1927, Route 173 was part of Pre-1927 Route 9, which was designated in 1917 to run from Phillipsburg to Elizabeth.

Prior to the 1990s and 2000s no serial in Shōnen Sunday had run over 40 volumes, but that began to change with series such as Meitantei Conan, MAJOR, InuYasha, Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi and Karakuri Circus, which maintained a high level of popularity.

Prior to being made available as a stand-alone product in 1994, LightWave required the presence of a Video Toaster in an Amiga to run.

Prior to the run, the Skins were 5 – 7 and, in addition to suffering through the Taylor tragedy, the team had lost starting OG Randy Thomas, OT Jon Jansen, CB Carlos Rogers, OLB Rocky McIntosh, and QB Jason Campbell to injury.