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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

  • 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.

    Record for Most Saves Will Be Very Hard to Catch 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • Beginning in 2011, live-ball penalties will be assessed from the spot of the foul and eliminate the score.

    CourierPostOnline.com - News 2010

  • 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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