Unlike many power hitters, Ruth also hit for a high batting average: his. 342 lifetime average is the tenth highest in baseball history, and in one season ( 1923 ) he batted. 393, a Yankee record.

Unlike many other historic baseball match-ups in which one team remains dominant for most of their history, the Dodgers – Giants rivalry has exhibited a persistent balance in the respective successes of the two teams.

Unlike North American baseball, Japanese baseball games may end in a tie.

Unlike American pro teams, Japanese professional baseball teams are usually named after their corporate owners / sponsors rather than the cities or regions in which they play.

Unlike America, the Europeans love of soccer enhances their soft power globally, whereas the primary sports of the U. S. such as football and baseball are largely unpopular on the world stage.

Unlike their baseball counterparts, however, the basketball Criollos did not enjoy a wild and steady success, instead settling for moderate success.

Unlike most parks built during this time, Metrodome's baseball configuration had asymmetrical outfield dimensions.

Unlike most multipurpose stadiums built during this time, there were very few bad seats for baseball.

Unlike the gum sold with baseball cards, it was of better quality and capable of selling on its own merit.

Unlike in baseball, the word pitch is not used to mean the act of propelling the ball towards the batsman.

Unlike most other sports, the primary action in baseball is centered around one area – home plate – and obstructing this area from fans ' view, even if by players on the bench, would not be popular with fans.

Unlike most other sports, where a ball or puck entering a team's bench area has already passed out of bounds and is thus dead before it reaches the bench, it is possible in baseball for a dugout to be a factor in play.

" Unlike other U. S. sports, the phrase " time out " is not used in baseball.

Unlike baseball, not all the players on the rosters of the minor league teams are owned by an NHL team.

Unlike the other games which are related to baseball, this game is more akin to hackey sack and contact juggling.

Unlike most superhero universes, the events of Wild Cards alter history in many ways-a notable example being Fidel Castro remaining in New York to play baseball, and the lack of a Communist takeover in Cuba thereafter.

Unlike basketball, American football, or ice hockey, baseball does not have a " free substitution rule " and thus the replaced player in baseball is never allowed back into that game.

Unlike many other sports, the rules of baseball do not limit time outs, either by number or duration.

Unlike baseball and softball, where the foul lines are in fair territory, the ropes are in foul territory.

" Dr. Stefani Koorey in her Voice of Youth Advocates review maintained, " Unlike many sports novels, Choosing Up Sides does more than offer a mere glimpse of the grand old game of baseball — it takes a deeper look at faith, truth, and individuality ," going on to dub the tale a " well-designed study of personal choice.

Unlike the previous version, the FoxBox would alternate between a black rectangle and several black parallelograms ; however, it returned to being a black rectangle beginning with the 2004 NFL season, and the team logos would be later replaced with the team abbreviations in their primary colors ( the team abbreviations in the colors would first be utilized on postseason baseball broadcasts that year ).

Unlike many other historic baseball match-ups in which one team remains dominant for most of their history, the Dodgers – Giants rivalry has exhibited a persistent balance in the respective successes of the two teams.

Unlike other Christian groups, the Catholic Church teaches that those who die in a state of grace, but still carry venial sin go to a place called Purgatory where they undergo purification to enter Heaven.

Unlike with geographical maps, where many famous projections are known ( such as the Mercator projection ), the calendar projection is a matter of such triviality that no names for these exist in common circulation.

Unlike previous wars, which were often fought mainly from fixed lines and trenches, World War II was a highly mobile war, often fought in cities, forests, or other areas where mobility and visibility were restricted.

Unlike six-wicket croquet, where each time a ball is roqueted a croquet shot must be taken, players have four options after roqueting another ball.

Unlike other anime and manga, where jokes and references are often exclusory or require knowledge of Japanese culture and / or the workings and conventions of anime, Cowboy Bebop is accessible – western audiences can connect with the characters readily and more fully understand their motivations and struggles.

Unlike many other succulents, the stem is the only part of most cacti where this vital process takes place.

Unlike the TEM, where electrons of the high voltage beam carry the image of the specimen, the electron beam of the scanning electron microscope ( SEM ) does not at any time carry a complete image of the specimen.

Unlike DLP systems ( where it is possible to use the same procedure for squaring and multiplication ) the EC addition is significantly different for doubling () and general addition () depending on the coordinate system used.

Unlike diamond, where the loupe standard, i. e. 10X magnification, is used to grade clarity, emerald is graded by eye.

Unlike retrograde amnesia ( which is popularly referred to simply as " amnesia ", the state where someone forgets events before brain damage ), dissociative amnesia is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance ( e. g., a drug of abuse, a medication, DSM-IV Codes 291. 1 & 292. 83 ) or a neurological or other general medical condition ( e. g., Amnestic Disorder due to a head trauma, DSM-IV Codes 294. 0 ).

Unlike conventional microscopes, where the spatial resolution is limited by the wavelength of the particles which are used for imaging, the FIM is a projection type microscope with atomic resolution and an approximate magnification of a few million times.

Unlike Napster, where the entire network relied on the central server, gnutella cannot be shut down by shutting down any one node and it is impossible for any company to control the contents of the network, which is also due to the many free and open source gnutella clients which share the network.

Unlike their father, Hesiod was averse to sea travel but he once crossed the narrow strait between the Greek mainland and Euboea to participate in funeral celebrations for one Athamas of Chalcis, where he won a tripod in a singing competition.

Unlike in basketball, where players are allowed to commit only 5 fouls in a game ( 6 in the NBA ), handball players are allowed an unlimited number of faults, which are considered good defense and disruptive to the attacking team's rhythm.

Unlike return, suspend writes down where it is in the internal generators as well, allowing it to pick up where it left off on the next iteration.

Unlike most college-bound Virginians of his day, Madison did not choose the College of William and Mary, because the lowland climate of Williamsburg, where mosquitoes transmitted fevers and other infectious diseases during the summer, might have strained his delicate health.

Unlike woven fabrics, where strands usually run straight horizontally and vertically, yarn that has been knitted follows a loopy path along its row, as with the red strand in the diagram at left, in which the loops of one row have all been pulled through the loops of the row below it.

Unlike Switzerland however ( where citizens rejected membership in a referendum ), Liechtenstein is part of the European Economic Area.

Unlike the physics of rigid bodies where the equations of motion describe the physical location of the rigid body, fluid dynamics describes the flow as a velocity field, i. e. a solution associates each point in space with a vector that represents the speed and direction of the flow at that point.

Unlike spirit duplicators ( where the only ink available is depleted from the master image ), mimeograph technology works by forcing a replenishable supply of ink through the stencil master.

Unlike in a conventional resistive electric circuit, where currents are best thought of as arising as a response to an applied voltage, currents in the magnetosphere are better seen as caused by the structure and motion of the plasma in its associated magnetic field.

Unlike any other Mario Kart game before or since, it features two riders in each kart, allowing for a new form of cooperative multilayer where one player controls the kart's movement and the other fires weapons.

Unlike some other manufacturers, the company where SECAM was invented, Technicolor ( known as Thomson until 2010 ), still sells TV sets worldwide under different brands ; this may be due in part to the legacy of SECAM.

Unlike Link, Zelda, and most other recurring characters, he is actually the same person in every game, with the exception of Four Swords Adventures, where he is a reincarnation of the original.