Since their last Cup win in 1983, they are currently the only team of the four major North American sports leagues ( NHL, NFL, NBA, & MLB ) to win 4 consecutive championships, and hold the NHL record for most consecutive playoff series ' wins at 19 ( 1980 Playoffs-1984 Playoffs ).

Since the Climax Series does not affect a team's position in regular season, the nature of the Japan Series slightly changed from a match between the Champions of leagues in the past to a mini-tournament postseason in nowadays, somewhat like the World Series in MLB.

Since umpires are often more than away from the foul poles or the outfield fence while making a call, MLB saw instant replay as an appropriate way of helping umpires make correct calls on outfield balls.

Since baseball statistics were initially a subject of interest to sportswriters, the role of the official scorer in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) in the early days of the sport was performed by newspaper writers.

Since then, most major sporting events have been broadcast in HD ; including Formula One, NASCAR, Montreal Alouettes CFL Football, NFL, MLB, PGA Golf and the Euro 2008 soccer tournament amongst others.

Since January 2011, Bowa has been a studio analyst for the MLB Network where he regularly appears on the network's daily studio show " MLB Tonight.

Since 2002, the ceremony has been conducted on the Wednesday in July following the Major League Baseball ( MLB ) All-Star Game ; as none of the major North American professional leagues have games scheduled for that day — the National Basketball Association, National Football League, and National Hockey League are not in-season, and MLB does not contest games on the day following its all-star game — major sports figures are available to attend.

Since this product wasn't licensed by Major League Baseball, the players from the 2007 MLB Amateur Draft were pictured in their High School or College Uniforms and existing Minor Leaguers had their uniforms airbrushed to remove all marks.

Since his retirement as an active player in 1984, Palmer has worked as a color commentator on telecasts of MLB games for ABC and ESPN and for the Orioles on Home Team Sports ( HTS ), Comcast SportsNet ( CSN ) Mid-Atlantic and the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network ( MASN ).

Since the Expos traded Cabrera to the Red Sox in 2004, he appeared in six of the seven MLB postseasons, and at least once with every team he spent the end of the season with ( 2004 with Boston, 2005 and 2007 with Los Angeles, 2008 with Chicago, 2009 with Minnesota, and 2010 with Cincinnati ).

" Since 1972, the Orioles had been the only MLB franchise in the Baltimore – Washington Metropolitan Area, which he considered a single market.

Since he was not currently on an MLB roster, Sanders had to leave Syracuse and return to the Redskins so he would not violate his NFL contract.

Since then, the winners have been selected by a panel of MLB beat reporters.

Since the beginning of the MLB award in 2005, the recipients have been identical with the following exceptions: 2008 NL ( MLB honored Brad Lidge, TSN honored Fernando Tatís ) and 2010 AL ( MLB honored Francisco Liriano, TSN honored Vladimir Guerrero ).

Since Brian Kenny's departure to the MLB Network, he mostly appears on the 6-8pm edition with Jay Harris.

Since 2007 during the MLB on Fox's coverage of one of the League Championship Series and World Series, NFL Playoff games in January, and several NASCAR on Fox primetime races, WLUK's 9 p. m. newscast aired at the original 9pm time over a leased access channel of Time Warner Cable.

Since Chen's debut, other Taiwanese baseball players have played in the MLB: the Washington Nationals ' Chien-Ming Wang, the Tigers ' Fu-Te Ni, Wei-yin Chen Baltimore Orioles, and the Dodgers ' Hong-Chih Kuo and Chin-Lung Hu.

Since then, and since the pure grain had gotten him divorced from every decent -- and even indecent -- group from Greenwich Village to the Embarcadero, he had become a sucker-rolling freight-jumper.

Since appeals to morality, to humanity, and to sanity have had such small effect, perhaps our last recourse is the deterrent example.

Since his seizure, Scotty had had little appetite ; ;

Since Mr. McKinley had to give a lecture, Rachel and Scotty drove home alone in the Plymouth.

Since she could not act, one part suited her as well as any other, and so she was the first person to offer Mr. Lincoln a glass of water, holding it up to the box, high above her head, to Miss Harris, who had asked for it.

Since the Santo Spirito hospital had taken only men, he had had no experience in the study of female anatomy ; ;

Since then, the flowers she had planted had spread all over the hill.

Since he had gross income of $600 or more, he must file a return in which he may claim an exemption deduction of $600.

Since the writer had established this democratic procedure in the beginning he had to go along with their decision -- after, of course, pointing out whether he thought their decision was a wise or an unwise one.

Since the writer had not noticed this characteristic in married students scattered throughout the various sections previous to this experiment, nor, as a matter of fact, in those who were continuing in `` single sections '', he can only conclude that there must have been something `` contagious '' within the specific group which caused this to occur.

Since the details of the elections were settled the change of government had no direct effect on the technical aspects of the elections, and may have been more important as an indication of royal displeasure with the U.N.F.P.

Since the strength of the Mexicans had been underrated, too small a posse had been collected, and since the deputy had not been provided with search warrants, MacPherson and his men decided it was much wiser to withdraw.

Since the magnitude of the plan made secrecy impossible, once the wheels had began to turn, persons controlling German industries, social institutions, and armed forces became, through their anti-Semitism or their tolerance of it, conscious accomplices of Hitler's crimes ; ;

Since Mrs. Calhoun remembered only that the marriage had been in the spring, he started to plod through several months.

Since then he had worked at this and that, though some said his main interest was gambling.

Since Election Day, Vice President Richard Nixon had virtually retired -- by his own wish -- from public view.

Since he possessed more power in an interdependent universe of living beings and dead spirits, the emperor had to use it for the benefit of the living.

Since the second half of the 20th century most scholars have agreed with Martin Noth's thesis that the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings form parts of a single work.

Since none of these were on trial for murder, the state agreed, and those inmates ( and later Lorenz himself ) were released.

Since he was eleven years her elder, already married, and a Buddhist, May-ling's mother vehemently opposed the marriage between the two, but finally agreed after Chiang showed proof of his divorce and promised to convert to Christianity.

Ryder argued in the pamphlet that " Since Darwin, scientists have agreed that there is no ' magical ' essential difference between humans and other animals, biologically-speaking.

Since then many options have been added and standards agreed upon.

Since the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission does not allow convicted felons to audit public companies, the firm agreed to surrender its CPA licenses and its right to practice before the SEC on August 31, 2002-effectively putting the firm out of business.

Since the debates about whether the future independent Estonia would be established as a new republic or a continuation of the first republic were not yet complete by the time of the August coup, while the members of the Supreme Soviet generally agreed that independence should be declared rapidly, a compromise was hatched between the two main sides: instead of " declaring " independence, which would imply a new start, or explicitly asserting continuity, the declaration would " confirm " Estonia as a state independent of the Soviet Union, and willing to reestablish diplomatic relations of its own accord.

Since Bragg's army was under increasing pressure from Rosecrans outside of Chattanooga, Lee and President Davis agreed to the request on September 5.

Since the Treaty of Nanking was brief and with only general stipulations, the British and Chinese representatives agreed that a supplementary treaty be concluded in order to work out more detailed regulations for relations.

Since most of the participants were diplomats accredited to the French government and not professionals, it was agreed unanimously that a body of technical, legal experts be set up to study the draft convention prior to its submission to the diplomatic conference for approval.

Since 1998, non-profits have been providing downpayment gifts to borrowers who purchase homes where the seller has agreed to reimburse the non-profit and pay an additional processing fee.

Since these two concepts were irreconcilable, Mečiar and Klaus agreed ( after intense negotiations, but without having consulted the population in a referendum ) on 23 July in Bratislava to dissolve Czecho-Slovakia and to create two independent states.

Since the 1970s, the World Health Organization and other organizations interested in diabetes agreed on a standard dose and duration.

Since Taiwan's sovereignty belongs to China, the PRC's government and supporters mantain that the secession of Taiwan should be agreed upon by the 1. 3 billion Chinese citizens instead of just the 23 million ROC citizens who currently live in Taiwan.

Since the duo were still working on The Black Dossier at the time, it was agreed that it would become the last League project published by DC / WildStorm, with subsequent projects published jointly by Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout Comics in the US and UK respectively.

Since these observations agreed with theory for elastic waves, they showed that the Earth could be treated as elastic in studies of seismic waves.

Since David ’ s solo career hadn't been too successful, he agreed to rejoin and right before returning, he flew in to meet the current group at a concert in Milwaukee while Jerry Fisher and Luther Kent were still with the band.

Since the advent of the telephone, a distinction has been made between " inside sales " and " outside sales " although it is generally agreed that those terms have no hard-and-fast definition.

Since the policyholder would have been fully entitled to pay the outstanding premium at that stage, regardless of his physical condition, the insurer ( with some persuasion from the Bureau ) agreed that the matter should be dealt with as if the policyholder had done so.

Since UA was barely alive, Pickford saw nothing to lose and agreed.

Since they were attached to the idea of the two series cross-over, they eventually agreed to make their idea into a fighting game.

Since the Army and Air Force systems agreed remarkably well for the NAD, ED and TD areas, they were consolidated and became WGS 60.

Since nearly all countries of the world have agreed to deliver each other's mail, it is unusual to need more than the stamps of the originating country ; valid mixed frankings are uncommon and valued by collectors.

Since 1947, a twin town of Nova Gorica has developed on the other side of the modern-day Italian-Slovenian border: the entire region was subject to territorial dispute between Italy and Yugoslavia during the period of early development, by the time the boundaries were marked and agreed by both parties, Nova Gorica came to stand on the Yugoslav side as this area marked one section of the new threshold.

Since it was at the end of the Lillooet Trail, aka the Douglas Road or Lakes Route, and the Lil ' wat native people farther southwest along that route spoke the same language as the native bands near town, the governor was petitioned to change the name to Lillooet, with permission for use of the name granted by the chiefs of the Lower St ' at ' imc at Mount Currie ( Lil ' wat ) and agreed to by the bands of what is now the Upper St ' at ' imc.