Upon joining the Cardinals, Smith helped the team win the 1982 World Series.

Upon joining the organization, he entered a management training program after being held at gunpoint twice in four months as a teller.

Upon assuming office in 1981, U. S. President Ronald Reagan condemned the FSLN for joining with Cuba in supporting Marxist revolutionary movements in other Latin American countries such as El Salvador.

Upon being asked in a question forum on her official website about playing the tambourine, Nicks stated that she began playing the tambourine upon joining Fleetwood Mac in 1975, feeling the need to do something onstage during songs that featured Buckingham or McVie.

Upon joining the team, Mourning and Hardaway quickly became the centerpiece of the Miami Heat ; Mourning's defensive presence and rebounding expertise complimented Hardaway's play-making as a point guard.

Upon joining a gang, they instantly gain a feeling of belonging and identity ; they are surrounded with individuals whom they can relate to.

Upon joining the UDA in 1984 Adair and his friends were assigned to C8, an active unit that formed part of the West Belfast Brigade's C Company, which covered the lower Shankill.

Upon establishing the protective association and battling the monopoly by practicing boycotts of tobacco sales, some farmers formed the " Silent Brigade " in an effort to apply social pressure for the purpose of terrorizing farmers into joining the Association against the Trust and holding to its boycott of raising no tobacco or selling no tobacco.

Upon joining WCW, he immediately became a part of the nWo group.

Upon completion of the Union Pacific-Central Pacific joining together in 1869 with the Golden Spike, other railroads trying to capitalize on commerce and trade also began crossing the western country.

Upon graduation, he began an apprenticeship under his father with the goal of becoming a blacksmith, but this was quickly abandoned when the young Papineau turned to law, joining his cousin Denis-Benjamin Viger.

Upon joining the Actors ' Equity Association, she adopted the surname of Keaton, her mother's maiden name, as there was already a registered Diane Hall.

Upon joining Hendrix in late 1966, it became evident to Mitchell that the trio format of the band was similar to the recently formed Cream, and that it would allow him to become more free with his playing.

Upon joining the Wharton School, he began teaching business with classes on the law of governing finance and on the processes of commercial banking.

Upon returning from the 1994 Olympics, Kariya began contract negotiations with the Mighty Ducks in hopes of joining the team for the remainder of the 1993 – 94 NHL season.

Upon joining the party, allegiance must be sworn to the party.

Upon the joining of the two carriers, Star Alliance served 720 destinations in 110 countries with a combined fleet of 1, 650 aircraft.

Upon joining, Ezri is assigned to Deep Space Nine and promoted early, because of her extensive Starfleet experience and knowledge from the Dax symbiont, to lieutenant, junior grade.

Upon joining a local chapter, a new member is automatically enrolled into the state and national organizations.

Upon joining kolkhozes ( collective farms ), peasants had to give up their private plots of land and property, and the kolkhoz produce was sold to the state for a low price set by the state itself.

Upon entering a plea of guilty, Kennedy, then 29 years old, was sentenced to two years probation, periodic tests for drug use, treatment by joining Narcotics Anonymous, and 1, 500 hours of community service by Presiding Judge Marshall P. Young.

Upon joining Tampa Bay, Sapp was almost immediately given the starting job as right defensive tackle, a position he held for his entire nine-year stay in Tampa.

Upon joining the Islanders, Potvin wanted to wear number 7 on his uniform but was forced to take number 5, as forward Germain Gagnon was wearing number 7.

Upon joining the Cardinals he was assigned uniform number 2, which he wore for the rest of his career, as player, coach and manager.

Upon his enlistment, Beyrle chose to become a paratrooper, joining the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne's " Screaming Eagles " division, specializing in radio communications and demolition, and was first stationed in Ramsbury, England to prepare for the upcoming Allied invasion from the west.

Upon league approval, the team moved to Minnesota after the 1960 season, setting up shop in Metropolitan Stadium, while Washington fielded a brand new " Washington Senators " ( which later became the Texas Rangers prior to the 1972 season ).

Upon hearing of this, Crowe called Carr and invited him to Australia to address his Rugby league team the South Sydney Rabbitohs, an offer Carr took Crowe up on the following summer.

Upon Leduc's departure in 1963, Monaco endured a barren run, entrenched in the middle half of the league for the best part of the next decade and alternating between the first and second divisions after 1963.

Upon returning to New York a month later he received an enthusiastic reception from a different group of friends, who then collaborated on the first rotisserie league.

Upon recognition of professional football in 1952, the first professional but non-national league of Turkey, Istanbul Professional League played between 1952 and 1959.

Upon the retirement of Steve Yzerman a month later, on July 3, 2006, Sakic became the league leader for most NHL career points scored among active players.

Upon being made general manager of the Indians, Slapnicka transferred Feller's contract from the Fargo-Moorhead Twins to the New Orleans Pelicans, with the plan being adding him to the major league roster after a few exhibition and semi-pro games without visiting either farm club, in a move that would be in violation of Major League Baseball's ( MLB ) rules.

Upon founding, the " DEL Betriebsgesellschaft mbH " was the first German professional sports league managed by an organization whose members where incorporated as well.

Upon entering the league for the 1956 – 57 season the Amerks became a joint affiliate of both the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League.

Upon the 1914-1915 season, the NHA and PCHA came to an agreement that each league's respective champion would play for the Stanley Cup ; in the first year of this agreement, the Millionaires — led by Patrick and Taylor — emerged as league champion and defeated the Ottawa Senators to earn their first and only Stanley Cup championship.

Upon his retirement at age 43, his 3, 319 career games ranked fifth in major league history ; his 1, 757 games as a home plate umpire ranked third in AL history, and remain the eighth most by a major league umpire.

Upon his retirement, his NL totals of 409 home runs and 962 extra base hits both ranked tenth in league history ; he also ranked seventh in NL history in games as an outfielder ( 2, 303 ), and sixth in both outfield putouts ( 5, 116 ) and total chances ( 5, 366 ).

Upon joining the Revolution, Joseph quickly proved himself to be one of the most talented defensive midfielders in the league.

Upon his retirement a chorus of past league greats called for Andrew Johns to be immediately honoured as an immortal of the game.

Upon pressure and incentives from the league, and saturation of the dire warnings about the consequences of too many teams based in Melbourne, a number of Melbourne based clubs began investigating and pursuing potential mergers.

Upon the creation of Trinidad and Tobago's first professional league in 1999, San Juan Jabloteh became one of the league's founding members.

Upon the creation of the PFL, Trinidad and Tobago became the first country in the Caribbean to develop a professional football league.

Upon signing Hendrie stated that " I am proud to have the opportunity " in the Jakarta offices of the league.

Upon purchasing a minor league baseball team from Gastonia, North Carolina, Don Beaver moved the team to his hometown of Hickory, North Carolina.

Upon graduation in 1941, he was repairing furnaces in a beer-bottling plant when his brother Herman, a minor league player in the Chicago White Sox system, was able to get him a tryout that resulted in a contract with Oshkosh of the Class D Wisconsin State League.

* Hull Kingston Rovers, a rugby league club in Kingston Upon Hull, United Kingdom

Upon signing the deal, they had to report to Memphis, Tennessee to work for WWF's farm league, Memphis Championship Wrestling, until being called up to the main roster.