Since 1949, the only National League club that got off to a hot start and made a runaway of the race was the '55 Dodger team.

Since 1998, home field advantage has been given to the team that has the better regular season record, unless that team happens to be the Wild Card team.

Since many bowls look the same, coloured, adhesive stickers or labels are also used to mark the bowls of each team in bowls matches.

Since NFL expansion needed unanimous approval from team owners at that time, Marshall's position would prevent Murchison from joining the league.

Since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger, league rules were changed to allow the Super Bowl home team to pick their choice of jersey.

Since World War II, the Red Sox have had 18 batting champions ( through 1989 )... Five to 7 points are a lot, given that there may be only a 15-or 20-point spread between a good hitting team and a poor hitting team.

Since Merced was the first EPIC processor, the development effort encountered more unanticipated problems than the team was accustomed to.

Since then, the Alouettes have played the remaining team in the league, the BC Lions.

Since 2006, the Vikings have been known especially for their strong run defense (# 1 in the NFL in 2006, 2007, and 2008 ; they are the first NFL team to accomplish this since the AFL – NFL merger in 1970 ), anchored by the Williams Wall consisting of defensive tackle Kevin Williams and nose tackle Pat Williams ( no relation ).

Since 1992, highlights were few and far between as the franchise failed to produce a winning season, having not fielded a competitive team because of a combination of bad management and financial constraints that limit the team relative to the resources available to other, larger-market clubs.

Since the team had informed the NFL office that they planned to wear white jerseys at home, each of the Saints ' remaining home opponents would have to agree to New Orleans ' request.

Since their move to New Jersey in 1976, fans from each state have claimed the team as their own.

Since coming into the league the team has made the playoffs every season except one, and has only ever had one head coach, Barry Trotz.

Since the 1996 alterations, the team has made only minor alterations, mostly relating to jersey / pant combinations worn during specific games.

Since 1925, Svenska Dagbladet has awarded an individual sportsperson or a team the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal at the end of each year.

Since then # 12 Jerseys have been sold by the team and worn by Seahawk fans, often with the name " Fan " on the back.

Since this new stadium was not ready until the 1999 season, Adams decided to move his team to Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee in 1997 after playing before small Houston crowds in 1996.

Since 2008 a team event has been played instead of the doubles.

Since the winning team is decided by the third rider, it is common for one rider to take a " death pull ," where he rides so hard that he cannot maintain the group-pace afterwards.

Since the losses from yellow fever in the Spanish – American War in the 1890s were thirteenfold higher than the losses due to military operations, further experiments were conducted by a team under Walter Reed, composed of doctors James Carroll, Aristides Agramonte, and Jesse William Lazear, that successfully proved the ″ Mosquito Hypothesis ″.

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 course, one member has lost her husband.

Since independence the party system has been dominated by the Botswana Democratic Party ( BDP ), which has never lost power since independence.

Since October 1998, Chadian Movement for Justice and Democracy ( MDJT ) rebels, led by Youssuf Togoimi until his death in September 2002, have skirmished with government troops in the Tibesti region, resulting in hundreds of civilian, government, and rebel casualties, but little ground won or lost.

Since Chicanismo covers a wide array of political, religious and ethnic beliefs, and not everybody agrees with what exactly a Chicano is, most new Latino immigrants see it as a lost cause, as a lost culture, because Chicanos do not identify with Mexico or wherever their parents migrated from as new immigrants do.

Since 1990, Estonia lost about 15 % of its population ( 230, 000 people ).

Since in 2008, the CSU lost its absolute majority in Bavaria and formed a coalition with the FDP, the grand coalition had no majority in the Bundesrat and depended on FDP votes on important issues.

Since joining international operations in 1994 Lithuania has lost two soldiers.

Since the arrival of humans around 2, 350 years ago, Madagascar has lost more than 90 percent of its original forest.

Since, they have played in three additional World Series, including a dramatic run in that ended in a Game Seven loss to the Oakland Athletics, a second championship in against the Boston Red Sox that was cited in the Curse of the Bambino, and a Subway Series against their cross-town rivals the New York Yankees in the 2000 World Series which they lost in five games.

Since commercials are not sold in these markets, Producers Sales Organization lost an undisclosed sum of money.

Since almost all countries are either members or aspiring members of the World Trade Organization, and are thus conforming to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement, the UCC has lost significance.

Since its foundation, the key ideology has been Marxism – Leninism, but since the introduction of a mixed economy in the late 1980s and 1990s, it has lost its monopolistic ideological and moral legitimacy.

Since no energy is lost ( elastic, not inelastic scattering ), the wavelengths are the same as are the magnitudes of the wave-vectors | k < sub > in </ sub >|=| k < sub > out </ sub >|.

Since he lost most of his battles, his eldest son, Vladimir Monomakh, a grand and famous warrior, did most of the fighting for his father.

Since all his own works are lost, knowledge of him is obtained from secondary sources, such as Aratus's poem on astronomy.

Since Fauchelevent had earlier lost his business and now had a broken kneecap, Valjean arranged a job at a convent for Fauchelevent.

Since the Hōjō were part of the Taira clan, it can be said that the Taira had lost a battle, but in the end had won the war.

Since Speex was designed for Voice over IP ( VoIP ) instead of cell phone use, the codec must be robust to lost packets, but not to corrupted ones.

Since the ROC lost its United Nations seat as " China " in 1971 ( replaced by the PRC ), most sovereign states have switched their diplomatic recognition to the PRC, recognizing or acknowledging the PRC to be the sole legitimate representative of all China, though many deliberately avoid stating clearly what territories they believe China includes.

Since the Tangut's founding father, Li Deming, was not a very conservative ruler, the Tangut people began to absorb more and more of the Chinese culture that surrounded them, but never lost their actual identity, as is proven by the vast amount of literature which survived the Tangut state itself.

Since some of the original artifacts were, according to the biblical account, lost after the destruction of the First Temple, the Second Temple lacked the following holy articles:

Since 29 months is more than 2 years, had Ford won a full term in 1976 ( he lost to Jimmy Carter ), he would have been ineligible to run again in 1980, despite having been previously elected just once.

Since the contest was judged by the Muses, Marsyas naturally lost and was flayed alive in a cave near Celaenae for his hubris to challenge a god.