The White Stockings were close contenders all season, despite the fact that the Great Chicago Fire had destroyed the team's home field and most of their equipment.

However, the team's history during that period was hardly one of futility, but was rather punctuated with some of the most memorable moments in World Series history, including Enos Slaughter's " mad dash " in, the " Impossible Dream " of, Carlton Fisk's home run in, and Bill Buckner's error in.

Red Sox history has also been marked by the team's intense rivalry with the New York Yankees, arguably the fiercest and most historic in North American professional sports.

Perhaps not surprisingly given the injury to Walker and the trading of two of the team's most popular players, the Rockies finished third in the National League in attendance in 2000, marking the first time in club history that it did not lead the league in attendance.

The most common safety is on a third down punt from the end zone, in which the kicker decides not to punt and keeps the ball in his team's own goal area.

The most serious injuries were special teams coach Joe DeCamillis, who suffered fractured cervical vertebrae and had surgery to stabilize fractured vertebrae in his neck, and Rich Behm, the team's 33-year-old scouting assistant, who was permanently paralyzed from the waist down after his spine was severed.

But even Richardson admitted in Science Magazine in 1997 that his team's investigation of Haeckel's drawings were showing them to be " one of the most famous fakes in biology.

The team acquired free agent wide receiver Jerry Porter and rookie defensive ends Quentin Groves of Auburn and Derrick Harvey of Florida to address the team's most glaring needs.

This began the team's most successful era: with Porsche and Honda engines, Niki Lauda, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna took between them seven drivers ' championships and McLaren six constructors ' championships.

The 2009 season was the team's most successful season, which culminated in the franchise's first league championship win against the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV.

While arm power, accuracy, and pocket presence – the ability to successfully operate from within the " pocket " formed by his blockers – are still the most important quarterback virtues, the ability to elude or run past defenders creates an additional threat that allows greater flexibility in the team's passing and running game.

" Thus, sabermetrics attempts to answer objective questions about baseball, such as " which player on the Red Sox contributed the most to the team's offense?

In the days before the game, most sports writers were speculating over whether, if the Raiders won, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle would present the Vince Lombardi Trophy to the team's owner Al Davis.

Fullback John Riggins once again was the team's top rusher with 1, 347 yards, and set a then-NFL record by scoring the most rushing touchdowns in a season ( 24 ).

" Frank Howard, known for his towering home runs, was the team's most accomplished player, winning two home run titles.

* October 2 – The Wichita State University football team's " Gold " plane crashes in Colorado, killing most of the players.

In this year, Nuvolari scored his most impressive victory, thought by many to be the greatest victory in car racing of all times, when at the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, driving an old Alfa Romeo P3 ( 3167 cc, compressor, 265 hp ) versus the dominant, all conquering home team's cars of five Mercedes-Benz W25 ( 3990 cm³, 8C, compressor,, driven by Caracciola, Fagioli, Hermann Lang, Manfred von Brauchitsch and Geyer ) and four Auto Union Tipo B ( 4950 cc, 16C, compressor,, driven by Bernd Rosemeyer, Varzi, Hans Stuck and Paul Pietsch ).

Two more winless seasons followed despite the team's BMW engine being considered at the time to be the most powerful on the grid.

The team's most notable result was a 1981 win at the Misano round by Michele Alboreto.

:;… with quality bowlers: A team's best bowlers tend to deliver the most difficult balls to hit, so they get the most benefit from the support of an attacking field.

However, the entire 1999 NHL Entry Draft was a major disappointment for the Thrashers, as all of their eleven draft picks were out of the NHL by the team's last season of existence ; Stefan played the most games for the Thrashers from that draft ( 414 games ).

The Thrashers finished 10th in the Eastern Conference, with 83 points, which would be the most points they had earned in a regular season from the time they won the division title in 06-07 to the team's relocation in the summer of 2011

The 1971 – 72 team holds franchise records in wins ( 69 ), most points scored, and largest margin of victory ; both of the latter came in the team's 63 point win versus Golden State ( 162 – 99 ).

Also, prior to the 1986-87 season, while going through the team's records, someone discovered the team's original NHL contract, and found that the name " Blackhawks " was printed as a compound word as opposed to two separate words (" Black Hawks ") which was the way most sources had been printing it for 60 years and as the team had always officially listed it.

It was argued by IUPAC that the Berkeley laboratory had already been recognized several times in the naming of elements ( i. e., berkelium, californium, americium ) and that the acceptance of the names rutherfordium and seaborgium for elements 104 and 106 should be offset by recognizing the Russian team's contributions to the discovery of elements 104, 105 and 106.

Although the team's record was 3 – 6 in 1922, and 1 – 10 in 1923, he played well and was selected for the Green Bay Press-Gazette's first All-NFL team in 1923, which would later be formally recognized by the NFL as the league's official All-NFL team in 1931 ).

Because most other teams wear their colors at home, the Cowboys end up wearing white in the vast majority of their games ; the team's early owners recognized this fact and believed it would lead to better recognition on television, and the tradition remains today.

Jerry Howarth ( born March 12, 1946 ) is an American Canadian recognized as the voice of the Toronto Blue Jays as a play-by-play announcer for the team's radio broadcasts, a position he has held for the Major League Baseball team since 1981.

The team's first FIFA recognized friendly match, coming just nine days after the Dayton Peace Agreement brought an end to the Bosnian War, was played in Tirana against Albania on 30 November 1995.

Dick Jauron, who was then the Bears ' head coach, recognized Urlacher's versatility as a middle and outside linebacker, and appointed him as the team's starting strongside linebacker.

Although he didn't play the Finale against Toluca, because of an injury during the Semifinals against archirival Tigres, Alex is widely recognized as being part of the team's success and effectiveness during that season.

Used in both roles over the campaign, Higgins was often recognized as the team's most consistent and hardest-working forward.

The position names ( as well as the abbreviations recognized by coaches, players, and fans ) vary from one team's playbook to another, but these are the ones most commonly used:

The nickname originated with the team's 1978 highlight film, where the narrator opens with the following introduction: The term is recognized and often used by media outlets, including ESPN, Yahoo !,< ref >

Villamán's ring also recognized the importance of the team's growing Latino fan base.

Although the team's 7-5 performance was far from spectacular, Anderson became nationally recognized as a dangerous offensive weapon who could strike long gains at will.

Both Johnson and Schilling had suffered injuries during the season and Schilling was traded in the off season to the Boston Red Sox where he contributed to that team's 2004 World Series victory.

The team's other two wins came in a season sweep of the Cleveland Browns including a Week 17 24 – 21 victory sealed by a Mike Hollis 34-yard field goal in the Browns ' final game before the team relocated to Baltimore and was renamed the Ravens.

It is said that after one particularly satisfying victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, Mutrie ( who was also the team's manager ) stormed into the dressing room and exclaimed, " My big fellows!

Some Bills fans appeared to be defensive about their team's presence in the game ; during Buffalo's victory in the AFC championship game a week earlier, one fan displayed a banner defiantly proclaiming, " We're back ; deal with it, America!

It is never explained why a Seeker would catch the Snitch in a situation where doing so would give the victory to the other team, i. e., the leading team's score exceeds the losing team's by 160 points, instead of simply waiting for the score to change.

Sönke Wortmann's 2003 German box-office hit The Miracle of Bern ( in German: Das Wunder von Bern ) re-tells the story of the German team's route to victory through the eyes of a young boy who admires the key player of the final, Helmut Rahn.

The Detroit Pistons | Pistons are honored at the White House for the team's victory in the 2004 NBA Finals.

Commenting on Australia's victory, the team's vice-captain Vic Richardson said, "... we could have played any team without Bradman, but we could not have played the blind school without Clarrie Grimmett ".

During the team's post-game victory celebration, Mr. Jordan removes Joe's memory of his past life and departs.

They showed the countdown every day starting May 31, 2004, until the # 1 moment, the United States men's national ice hockey team's victory over the USSR during the 1980 Winter Olympics, was aired on September 7, 2004.

Gold medals go to Jeff Steinman N5TJ and Dan Street K1TO of the United States, the team's third victory in a row.

The team's last game at the Met was a 1-0 shoot out play off victory against the Tulsa Roughnecks on August 26, 1981.

( The Maple Leafs themselves say they were known as the Arenas during their first season, but the name " Arenas " was not recorded to commemorate the team's 1918 Cup victory until 1947.

Meanwhile, the Tornadoes went through three coaches during the 1930 season, and the team's only victory during the 1930 season was against the Frankford Yellow Jackets.

The team's only two touchdowns, and victory, came during a 14-0 shutout of the Muncie Flyers.

That phantom game, claimed as a victory by Rock Island, appears incorrectly in NFL records as the Kenosha team's fifth loss of its only season.

It proved to be considerably more reliable than the team's previous effort, but the team still only had a best finish of 4th and the victory they had promised in 1999 still eluded them.

* September 23, 2007: Wearing 1933 throwback uniforms celebrating the team's 75th anniversary, the Eagles set multiple team records in a 56 – 21 victory over the Detroit Lions ; the second most points in team history.

" The Riders also use a pair of " borrowed " songs -- the team's victory march / touchdown song, " Green is the Colour " ( edited copy of the original " Blue Is the Colour ( song )" written by D Boone and R McQueen for the Chelsea Football Club ) and " On Roughriders " ( edited from On Wisconsin, the fight song for the Wisconsin Badgers ).

He scored twice in Olympiacos ' come-from-behind victory against Panathinaikos, as well as two in his team's 3 – 0 triumph against second placed AEK Athens, effectively securing another title for Olympiacos.

In this adaptation ( based on the 1997 film, not the 1992 book ), the action is moved from London to Boston, the focus of the protagonist's obsession is shifted from football to baseball, and the story centres on the 2004 Boston Red Sox season, which culminated with the team's first Major League Baseball World Series victory in 86 years.