) 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.

Also, an oversight in the small saucer's programming gave rise to a popular strategy known as " lurking " — because the saucer could only shoot directly at the player's position on the screen, the player could " hide " at the opposite end of the screen and shoot across the screen boundary, while remaining relatively safe.

A willingness to spend as many points as possible on an attribute may improve your chances of a high ranking, but too reckless a spending strategy could leave a player with few points to spend on powers and objects.

The tile could create a new chain of tiles, and the player who placed it on the board would have the opportunity to found a new chain.

Because ending the game is optional, and a player may not realize that he can end it, it is unethical to say " good game ", or in any other way indicate that the game could be ended, until after a player actually has ended the game.

Similarly, frets on earlier balalaikas were made of animal gut and tied to the neck so that they could be moved around by the player at will ( as is the case with the modern saz, which allows for the microtonal playing distinctive to Turkish and Central Asian music ).

Both the team and its fans ( in the poem, about 5, 000 attended the game ) believe they can win " if only " they could somehow get " Mighty Casey " ( Mudville's star player ) up to bat.

Harvard University turned down an invitation to join this group because they preferred to play a rougher version of football called " the Boston Game " in which the kicking of a round ball was the most prominent feature though a player could run with the ball, pass it, or dribble it ( known as “ babying ”).

Without valves, the player could only produce a harmonic series of notes like those played by the bugle and other " natural " brass instruments.

In 1958, Knuth constructed a program based on the value of each player that could help his school basketball team win the league.

The Cowboys waited until Smith had retired as a player before inducting Aikman and Irvin, so all three could be inducted together, which occurred during halftime at a Monday Night Football home game against the arch-rival Washington Redskins on September 19, 2005.

During the Tang Dynasty ( 618-907 ), the Chinese used a silver canister where written lots could be drawn that designated which player had to drink and specifically how much ; for example, from 1, 5, 7, or 10 measures of drink that the youngest player, or the last player to join the game, or the most talkative player, or the host, or the player with the greatest alcohol tolerance, etc.

These referees were used mainly for maintaining order ( as drinking games often became rowdy ) and for reviewing faults that could be punished with a player drinking a penalty cup.

The change was intended to close a loophole in the rules which allowed teams to run an A-11 offense, in which a team could legally be exempted from eligibility numbering restrictions if the player receiving the snap was at least seven yards behind the line of scrimmage.

A player could exchange a house in The Sims Online for EverQuest platinum pieces, depending solely on market laws of supply and demand.

Running such an emulator is a violation of EQs end user license agreement and could result in a player being banned from Sony's EverQuest servers if caught doing so.

By typing " HINT " twice the player would open up a screen of possible topics where they could then reveal one hint at a time for each puzzle, just like the books.

Its analog joystick could register movement in any direction as well as measure the degree of push, which could move the player character at different speeds depending on how far the joystick is pushed in a certain direction.

However, often it is most advantageous for the player selecting to choose to let the more expensive chains remain on the board ( and trade in their stock of the less expensive chain at the 2-to-1 ratio described below ).

The choice of grip allows a player to increase the thickness of his racquet handle and choose a comfortable surface to hold.

Players often find that sweat becomes a problem ; in this case, a drying agent may be applied to the grip or hands, sweatbands may be used, the player may choose another grip material or change his grip more frequently.

( In some casinos the bet draws on a roll of 2 rather than 12 ; some offer separate areas on the layout, allowing the player to choose whether to draw on 2 (" Bar Aces ") or 12 (" Bar Sixes ").

A player can choose either the 6 or 8 being rolled before the shooter throws a seven.

( In some instances a player may choose to stop the jumping sequence part way, in order to impede the opponent's progress, or to align pieces for planned future moves.

At each turn, the player can choose to play with either of his balls for that turn.

A player can choose to play as one of eight different default character models ( four for each side, although Counter-Strike: Condition Zero added two extra models, bringing the total to ten ).

A player may choose to draw one or two cards instead in order to make other players believe that the hand is better than it really is.

* Efforts to improve fairness by reducing first-move advantage include the rule of swap, generalizable as " swap -( x, y, z )" and characterizable as a partially compounded and partially iterated version of the pie rule (" one person slices ; the other chooses "): One player places on the board x stones of the first-moving color and a lesser number y stones of the second-moving color (" slicing " in the pie metaphor ); the other player is entitled to choose between a ) playing from the starting position, in which case the selecting player is also entitled to choose which color to play, and b ) placing z ( usually-y ) + 1 ) more stones on the board at locations of that player's choice (" reslicing " in the pie metaphor, with limitations created by the board's existing setup akin to limitations arising from the existing slices in the pie ), in which case the former player is entitled to choose which color side to play.

The first player places 3 stones ( 2 black 1 white, if black goes first ) on the board, the second player has the choice to take black / white or place 2 more stones to change the shape and let the first player choose color.

There are several Reno and Las Vegas casinos offering as many as 20 or 30 different paytables from which the player can choose.

Another popular method of exploiting this bug was to simply use thrust to keep the ship in motion with 1 or 2 asteroids in the play field, allowing the player to pick off as many 1, 000 point UFOs as possible.

Alfred William Lawson ( March 24, 1869 – November 29, 1954 ) was a professional baseball player, manager and league promoter from 1887 through 1916 and went on to play a pioneering role in the US aircraft industry, publishing two early aviation trade journals.

A player may purchase shares in one, two, or three existing chains ( assuming at least three chains are currently in play ), in any combination up to a total of three shares.

The most popular player in franchise history, " Gonzo " signed a one-year contract worth just under $ 7 million on December 7 to play for the rival Los Angeles Dodgers for the 2007 season.

Cruyff himself laughed off the tribute saying the club had to let its best player play with number 14.

A player completes a turn batting when: he strikes out or is declared out before reaching first base ; or he reaches first base safely or is awarded first base ( by a base on balls, hit by pitch, or catcher's interference ); or he hits a fair ball which causes a preceding runner to be put out for the third out before he himself is put out or reaches first base safely ( see also left on base, fielder's choice, force play )

At that time test-match referees came from the home nation, substitutions took place only if a doctor found a player unable to continue and there were no video cameras or sideline officials to prevent violent play.

The player whose bet is at the front of the betting box is deemed to have control over the position, and the dealer will consult the controlling player for playing decisions regarding the hand ; the other players of that box are said to " play behind ".

Any player is usually allowed to control or bet in as many boxes as desired at a single table, but it is prohibited for an individual to play on more than one table at a time or to place multiple bets within a single box.

For purposes of scoring and reference, each player is identified by one of the points of the compass and thus North and South play against East and West.

At the end of the hand each player returns his hand, intact, to the correct slot in the bridge board in which it is transported to other tables so that everyone can play the same deals.

Should a player win a set each, they then play a further 3 ends that will decide the winner.

If the other player also knows to offer sacrifices, the expert also has to manipulate the number of available sacrifices through earlier play.

If a player rolls two of the same number, called doubles, that player must play each die twice.

This encourages a player with a large lead to double, possibly ending the game, rather than to play it to conclusion hoping for a gammon or backgammon.

The Crawford rule, named after John R. Crawford, is designed to make match play more equitable for the player in the lead.

His father was a statewide champion fiddle player and the Wills family was either playing music, or someone was " always wanting us to play for them ," in addition to raising cotton on their farm.

Young sax player Zeb McNally was allowed to play with the band, although Wills initially discouraged it.

In strict play, the dealer then offers the deck to the previous player ( in the sense of the game direction ) for cutting.

The object of a trick-taking game is based on the play of multiple rounds, or tricks, in each of which each player plays a single card from their hand, and based on the values of played cards one player wins or " takes " the trick.

A player accumulates his or her deck through purchase or trade for desirable cards, and each player uses their own deck to play against the other.