However, the beginning of the live-ball era in the 1920s created a greater demand for more offense, and third basemen have since been expected to hit either for a high average (. 290 or better ) or with moderate to substantial power.

The live-ball era, also referred to as the lively ball era, is the period in Major League Baseball beginning in, following the dead-ball era.

Since the beginning of the 1921 season, the first full season of the live-ball era, only three pitchers have had 30-win seasons ( Lefty Grove in 1931, Dizzy Dean in 1934, and Denny McLain in 1968 ).

The spelling Ἀπόλλων had almost superseded all other forms by the beginning of the common era, but the Doric form Απέλλων is more archaic, derived from an earlier * Απέλjων.

A coin by a contender for the imperial throne, Pacatianus, explicitly states " Year one thousand and first ", which is an indication that the citizens of the Empire had a sense of the beginning of a new era, a Saeculum Novum.

The Bronx in the frontier era: from the beginning to 1696 ( 1994 )

The history of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is typically divided into three broad time periods: ( 1 ) the early history during the lifetime of Joseph Smith, Jr. which is in common with all Latter Day Saint movement churches, ( 2 ) a " pioneer era " under the leadership of Brigham Young and his 19th century successors, and ( 3 ) a modern era beginning around the turn of the 20th century as Utah achieved statehood.

The history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) is typically divided into three broad time periods: ( 1 ) the early history during the lifetime of Joseph Smith, Jr. which is in common with all Latter Day Saint movement churches, ( 2 ) a " pioneer era " under the leadership of Brigham Young and his 19th Century successors, and ( 3 ) a modern era beginning around the turn of the 20th century as the practice of polygamy was discontinued.

Christianity, social tolerance, and homosexuality: Gay people in Western Europe from the beginning of the Christian era to the fourteenth century.

The game launched the dynasty era of the 49ers while beginning the period of decline for Cowboys coach Tom Landry.

In 1946 the ENIAC ( Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer ) of John Presper Eckert and John Mauchly followed, beginning the computing era.

A calendar era indicates a span of many years which are numbered beginning at a specific reference date ( epoch ), which often marks the origin of a political state or cosmology, dynasty, ruler, the birth of a leader, or another significant historical or mythological event ; it is generally called after its focus accordingly as in Victorian era.

So, instead of " the end of the world " we may speak of " the end of the age " or " the end of an era ", and be referring to the end of " life as we know it " and the beginning of a new reality.

This marks the beginning of the Heian era.

According to political philosopher Nikolas Kompridis, the pursuit of freedom in the modern era can be broadly divided into two motivating ideals: freedom as autonomy, or independence ; and freedom as the ability to cooperatively initiate a new beginning.

' " For Democratic Socialism " is vaporised, just like Winston Smith did it at the Ministry of Truth, and that ’ s very much what happened at the beginning of the McCarthy era and just continued, Orwell being selectively quoted.

He was King of Sweden ( 1611 – 1632 ) and founder of the Swedish Empire ( or Stormaktstiden " the era of great power ") at the beginning of the Golden Age of Sweden.

Since about the 3rd century CE, the Jewish calendar has used the Anno Mundi epoch ( Latin for “ in the year of the world ,” abbreviated AM or A. M .; Hebrew ), sometimes referred to as the “ Hebrew era .” According to Rabbinic reckoning, the beginning of " year 1 " is not Creation, but about one year before Creation, with the new moon of its first month ( Tishrei ) to be called molad tohu ( the mean new moon of chaos or nothing ).

Political relations between Iraq and Syria have in the past seen difficulties, however, new diplomatic relations described by both sides as " Historic " were established in November 2006, beginning an era of close cooperation and political friendship between Iraq and Syria.

* 1974 – Konstantinos Karamanlis arrives in Greece following the collapse of the Greek military junta, beginning Greece's metapolitefsi era.

His presidency concluded the first period of American presidential history before the beginning of Jacksonian democracy and the Second Party System era.

Robinson's career is generally considered to mark the beginning of the post –" long ball " era in baseball, in which a reliance on raw power-hitting gave way to balanced offensive strategies that used footspeed to create runs through aggressive baserunning.

Hsuan Tsang refers to the name as Kaofu in the 7th century AD, which is the appellation of one of the five tribes of the Yuezhi who had migrated from across the Hindu Kush into the Kabul valley around the beginning of the Christian era.

Perez ( 2002 ) places the phases on a logistic or S curve, with the following labels: beginning of a technological era as irruption, the ascent as frenzy, the rapid build out as synergy and the completion as maturity.

Specifically, Faderman connects the growth of women's independence and their beginning to reject strictly prescribed roles in the Victorian era to the scientific designation of lesbianism as a type of aberrant sexual behavior.

This enterprise led to a father-and-son combination beginning in 1833, under the name D. Brown & Son, a business which eventually grew into the modern corporation we now call Brown & Sharpe.

Climate change is thought to have led to the emigration of Chacoans and the eventual abandonment of the canyon, beginning with a 50-year drought in 1130.

After beginning the season at 1 – 3, head coach Dan Reeves and quarterback Michael Vick led the Falcons to an NFL-best eight-game unbeaten streak ( 7 – 0 – 1 ).

Nevertheless, these financially troubled leagues, by beginning the practice of selling players to the more affluent National and American leagues, embarked on a path that eventually led to the loss of their independent status.

Now with an established national government in Nanjing, and supported by conservative allies including Hu Hanmin, Chiang's expulsion of the Communists and their Soviet advisers led to the beginning of the Chinese Civil War.

It was a beginning that eventually led to Elvis Presley recording a dozen of her songs, including " I Got Lucky " and " Spinout ".

Earlier Imperial sponsorship of Buddhism, beginning with Prince Shōtoku ( 574 – 622 ), had led to a general politicization of the clergy, along with an increase in intrigue and corruption.

This event marked the beginning of the browser's popularity decline, which led to its discontinuation in September 2008.

The unoccupied part of present Germany was invaded by the Huns at the end of the 4th century and led to the beginning of the Migration Period.

The beginning of industrialization in Germany led to trade in iron and silver from the northern Harz mountains, which increased the city's importance.

This conference marked the beginning of a worldwide effort to perform research in this field, which soon led to the development of practical applications for these unique materials.

To prevent war, Brigham Young led the Mormon pioneers ( constituting most of the Latter Day Saints ) to a temporary winter quarters in Nebraska and then eventually ( beginning in 1847 ) to what became the Utah Territory.

Moses then led his people eastward, beginning the long journey to Canaan.

The discovery, beginning with Rutherford's analysis of the data in 1911, eventually led to the Rutherford model of the atom, in which the atom has a very small, very dense nucleus containing most of its mass, and consisting of heavy positively charged particles with embedded electrons in order to balance out the charge ( since the neutron was unknown ).

More importantly, the battle led to the beginning of a proper organization of the Royal Nepalese Army.

The continued spread of Christianity, and the foundation of national churches, led to the translation of the Bible — often beginning with books from the New Testament — into a variety of other languages at a relatively early date: Armenian, Georgian, Ethiopic, Persian, Soghdian, and eventually Gothic, Old Church Slavonic, Arabic, and Nubian.

The mound of Kouyunjik were excavated again by the archaeologists of the British Museum, led by Leonard William King, at the beginning of the twentieth century.

For the Israelites who were its original authors and readers these books told of their own unique relationship with God and their relationship with proselytes, but the overarching messianic nature of Christianity has led Christians from the very beginning of the faith to see the Old Testament as a preparation for the New Covenant and New Testament.

It reached a peak in between 1967 and 1969 with the Summer of Love and Woodstock Rock Festival, becoming an international musical movement and associated with a widespread counter-culture, before beginning a decline as changing attitudes, the loss of some key individuals and a back-to-basics movement, led surviving performers to move into new musical areas.

Percival Lawrence Lowell ( March 13, 1855 – November 12, 1916 ) was an American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and formed the beginning of the effort that led to the discovery of Pluto 14 years after his death.

By 1860 the total number of slaves reached almost four million, and the American Civil War, beginning in 1861, led to the end of slavery in the United States.

When Éamon de Valera led Fianna Fáil to victory in the Irish Free State election of 1932, he began removing the monarchical elements of the constitution, beginning with the Oath of Allegiance.

Backed by the Security Council, a U. S .- led coalition launched round-the-clock missile and aerial attacks on Iraq, beginning 16 January 1991.

The Iraqi government and military collapsed within three weeks of the beginning of the U. S .- led 2003 invasion of Iraq on 20 March.

By the beginning of April, U. S .- led forces occupied much of Iraq.