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Examples
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Colon became only the third Yankee pitcher in the live-ball era to allow eight runs or more in less than an inning.
Score Sheet 2011
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But if you consider Warren Spahn's live-ball record of 363 as the goal, Tim Wakefield 200 is still only 55% of the way.
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Willie Mays entered the big leagues after it had experienced two very different eras of play since the turn of the century—the dead-ball era and the live-ball—and opinions were sharply divided on which was superior.
WILLIE MAYS JAMES S. HIRSCH 2010
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But beginning in the 2011 season, Rhoads said, such penalties will be treated as live-ball fouls.
ACC football officiating coordinator visits Virginia football training camp 2010
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The only other Phillie to do that in the live-ball era was Steve Carlton.
SFGate: Top News Stories Chronic hschulman@sfchronicle.com (Henry Schulman 2011
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Beginning this season, any moves deemed taunting, or excessive celebration, or "calling attention to ones self," that occur while the ball is live will be penalized like any other live-ball infractions.
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The proposal to penalize unsportsmanlike acts as live-ball fouls received near-majority support in the committee's annual rules survey and during discussions at the American Football Coaches Association convention in January.
Get The Picture Senator Blutarsky 2010
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The NCAA Football Rules Committee endorsed a proposal Wednesday that penalizes unsportsmanlike conduct as a live-ball foul beginning in the 2011 season.
Get The Picture Senator Blutarsky 2010
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Beginning in 2011, live-ball penalties will be assessed from the spot of the foul and eliminate the score.
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If they do it again tonight, they will tie the 1972 Indians and 1981 A's for the longest such streak in the live-ball era (since 1920).
Yahoo! Sports 2010
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