) The sorry fact about this young man, who was barely of age when he broke into major-league baseball, was that he really was a better ball player than he was given credit for being -- never so good as he claimed, and always an irritant to his associates, but a good steady performer when he could fight down the temptation to orate on his skills or cut up in public.

Benington said, `` I've never seen a player have a game as great as Mankowski did against Bradley that day ''.

There is never any reason not to accept a sacrifice, as if it is refused, the player who offered it can always take it without penalty.

The game's designer, John Romero, has pointed out that this is so the player feels more involved in the game: " There was never a name for the DOOM marine because it's supposed to be YOU.

He never practiced in his life, and he could do anything better than any other football player I ever saw.

Notably, Archie Manning's number 8 jersey has never been assigned to any other Saints player, but is not officially retired.

This game has a Sprague-Grundy value of zero, i. e., it is biased in favor of the second player as s / he can get to 4 first and then control the game from there, as no matter what, the first player will never be able to say a multiple of 4 as s / he is only allowed increments of either 1, 2 or 3.

Since the player expects to always gain additional bets in later rounds when the draw is made, and never lose any additional bets when the draw is missed, the extra bets that the player expects to gain, excluding his own, can fairly be added to the current size of the pot.

They will never call the player character by name and will always address the player in a gender-neutral form.

However, these cases are rare, and a player will never be making a big mistake if he never plays a full house behind.

The single player component of the game was never completed and thus was removed entirely.

The following inducted members of the Hall of Fame played and / or managed for the Giants, but either played for the Giants and were inducted as a manager having never managed the Giants, or managed the Giants and were inducted as a player having never played for the Giants:

They are also one of two teams, along with the Miami Marlins, in Major League Baseball history to never have a player hit for the cycle.

Gibson died early in 1947 and thus never played in the majors ; and Paige's brief major league stint came long past his prime as a player.

The player never meets another live human aside from a wounded crew member on the bridge of the prison ship who gasps and dies immediately.

They were likely the first 32-bit general-purpose microprocessors on the market, but due to a number of factors never managed to become a major player.

Stationary MiniDisc player / recorders never got into the lower price ranges, and most consumers had to connect the portable player to the hi-fi in order to record.

Squad number 12 is never given to a player, but is reserved for Het Legioen instead.

Although he almost never physically appears he appears during the planning stage, during which the player can get a briefing from him.

A field goal scores two points for the shooting team if a player is touching or closer to the basket than the three-point line, and three points ( known commonly as a 3 pointer or three ) if the player is behind the three-point line.

Disruptive physical contact ( a personal foul ) is penalized, and a free throw is usually awarded to an offensive player if he is fouled while shooting the ball.

Basketball has evolved many commonly used techniques of shooting, passing, dribbling, and rebounding, as well as specialized player positions and offensive and defensive structures ( player positioning ) and techniques.

For example, the shooting percentage in basketball is a descriptive statistic that summarizes the performance of a player or a team.

" At its core, the gameplay is similar to classic shooter games ( such as Space Invaders ), presenting the player with the challenge of surviving while shooting every enemy in sight, but with its pseudo-3D first-person perspective giving environments a spatial representation that has a major effect on the level design and gameplay experience.

In woodsball, if you were within of an opposing player and he was unaware of your presence, it is an etiquette to offer the opposing player a " mercy ", that is to offer him a chance to surrender and call himself out of the game, instead of shooting him at close range.

In the example gameplay screenshot, shooting to the left of the position in the screenshot will " zoop " the green pieces and return the player to the center, facing right ( the opposite direction ).

A right-handed player shooting a forehand shot to the right front corner is shooting a frontside pinch.

A right-handed player shooting to the left front corner is a reverse pinch.

* A countdown timer, recharged by clearing an area of enemies, as running down the clock causes an instant game over, the player must take risks, shooting enemies rapidly and hiding only when necessary.

* Daequan Cook ( born April 28, 1987 in Dayton, Ohio ) is an American basketball player and currently a shooting guard for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder.

*( It'll ) count if it goes ...: A player that is fouled in the act of shooting, or alternatively gets off a shot just before the buzzer sounded.

The player defeats an alien, and earns points, by shooting it with the laser cannon.

Angle shooting is engaging in actions that may technically be within the scope of the rules of the game, but that are considered unethical or unfair to exploit or take advantage of another player.

The game also features mini-games such as a tennis version of a shooting gallery where, as Donkey Kong, the player must hit the banana targets on the wall to earn points in a set amount of time.

In indoor fields, where shooting generally happens at very close range, hard-shelled armor is sometimes worn to protect the player from bruising and welts from close-range hits.

Many fields enforce a modified minimum distance surrender rule ; a player who advances to within minimum range must offer his opponent the chance to surrender before shooting.

The act of shooting a player at close range is colloquially called " bunkering "; it happens most often when a player uses covering fire to force his opponent behind the cover of a bunker, then advances on that bunker while still shooting to eliminate the opponent point-blank.

As rabbits, player characters are faced with dangers mirroring those in the real world.

Combat is turn-based, though the later games allowed the player to choose to conduct combat in real time.

The end of the decade, however, saw declining TV ratings, low attendance and drug-related player issues – both perceived and real – that threatened to derail the NBA.

* < font color =" red "> A ♥ J ♥ 8 ♥ 3 ♥</ font > Joker is a flush, ace-king high, the bug becoming the < font color =" red "> K ♥</ font >, even if another player holds the " real " < font color =" red "> K ♥</ font >.

A player character may sometimes be based on a real person, especially in sports games that use the names and likenesses of real sports people.

In such games, the only real indication that the player has a character ( instead of an omnipresent status ), is from the cutscenes during which the character is being given a mission briefing or debriefing ; the player is usually addressed as " general ", " commander ", or another military rank.

Each bot has its own, often humorous, ' personality ', expressed as scripted lines that are triggered to simulate real player chat.

Evil Genius ( game ), contemporary to NOLF series, allows the player to be the villain and its strategy occurs real time.

Louis X of France was a keen player of jeu de paume, which evolved into real tennis, and became notable as the first person to construct indoor tennis courts in the modern style.

* December 8 – Pierre Etchebaster, French real tennis player ( d. 1980 )

It centers around the player inputting orders for the characters in " real time " during battles.

In 1926, Uncle Dave Macon, a Tennessee banjo player who had recorded several songs and toured the vaudeville circuit, became its first real star.

Later film roles of note include those of suffragist Olive Chancellor in The Bostonians ( 1984, a fourth Best Actress Academy Award nomination ), transsexual tennis player Renée Richards in Second Serve ( 1986 ); Mrs. Wilcox in Howards End ( 1992, her sixth Academy Award nomination, this time in a supporting role ); crime boss Max in Mission: Impossible ( 1996, when discussing the role of Max, DePalma and Cruise thought it would be fun to cast an actor like Redgrave ; they then decided to go with the real thing ); Oscar Wilde ’ s mother in Wilde ( 1997 ); Clarissa Dalloway in Mrs. Dalloway ( 1997 ); and Dr. Sonia Wick in Girl, Interrupted ( 1999 ).

He may raise to $ 30, declaring himself all in, but this does not constitute a " real " raise, in the following sense: if a third player now calls the $ 30, and the first player's turn to act comes up, he may now call the additional $ 10, but he does not have the right to re-raise further.

Louis was a keen player of jeu de paume, or real tennis, and became notable as the first person to construct indoor tennis courts in the modern style.

These factors together may make the player experience the game less real as the game contains highly unreal and unrealistic elements.

One final danger is over-assuring, that is, picking up a card passed from the previous player when one has no real way to back up that suit.

For example, the player may play the role of SWAT police fighting terrorists or other criminals, or may engage in military combat in real world conflicts.

The winner of the game ( the player who makes the highest profit ) will receive a real monetary prize of £ 10, 000.

He is a talented singer and guitar player ( as Head is in real life ) which the gang discovered, to their astonishment, when they saw him singing " Behind Blue Eyes " by The Who in " Where the Wild Things Are ".

Magma's music is also highly influenced by jazz saxophone player John Coltrane, and Vander has said that " it is still Coltrane who actually gives me the real material to work on, to be able to move on.

This generally prevents injury and discord at recreational games, however it is seldom used in tournaments as it confers a real disadvantage to the attacking player ; he must hesitate while his opponent is free to shoot immediately.

Being able to exchange real money for virtual currency provides the player purchasing power for virtual commodities.