There are four positions on a polo team, with players assigned numbers worn on their shirts.
My dad was a firefighter, and the best seats he could score were so deep in the right field grandstand that the only distinguishing features of my favorite players were the numbers on their jerseys.
To perhaps the greatest amusement of outsiders, Arthur suggested that some players had unacceptably high numbers of skinfolds, a measure of body-fat percentage and indirectly of fitness.
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As Bill Kurtis, a longtime Chicago news anchor, began calling out numbers, the players let out a combination of groans and yelps as they used kiddie animal stampers to mark their sheets.
United will wear a special replica of their 1958 kit on the day, devoid of the players' names or shirt numbers on the back, while City's kit will incorporate a black ribbon with their sponsor's branding removed.
Indeed, baseball's issue with steroids and the NFL's trouble with lawless players hasn't dented their numbers.
To quantify rotation numbers, we considered players that averaged 10 minutes per game and played in at least half of the team's games.
As with the women's World Cup, it is focusing on grassroots ticket campaigns, bringing in families, schools and the growing numbers of amateur senior players.
It comes after a tough year in which user numbers steadily fell as players switched from their mainly Facebook-based games to the more smartphone-friendly apps produced by rival firms.
There's no skill involved other than the ability to keep up - in the UK version of the game players listen intently for the random numbers between one and 90 printed on their card to be called out.
"I don't see us bringing together players of this quality in the same numbers, " he told BBC Radio 5 live.
There simply aren't many players these days that put up big power numbers without striking out often.
"There are still players, but there aren't the numbers out there anymore, " said David Bloom, a scout with the Baltimore Orioles.
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This time, though, we figured we'd honor the new season by looking at a different category of numbers--those on the players' backs.
As the pitch came in, he pulled the bat down, angled it parallel to the ground, and took a level swing a swing very different from the homer-seeking, flailing uppercut that has become standard among current players, who have produced the highest strikeout numbers in baseball history.
An agreement between Reebok and the NFL Players Association to market merchandise featuring player names and numbers expired on Feb. 28.
Taking a Sharpie to a stick is hardly extraordinary for hockey players, who tend to write their names and numbers on them to identify them.
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Barry decided to transform himself into a home run slugger as well, anticipating that the game was changing and that the big contracts and the elite status was now going to be reserved for the players who could put up the huge home run numbers.
Given those numbers, logic dictates that investing in great young players during their early years of free agency makes economic sense.
However, as time passes, the player numbers in the older social games gradually drop as players move on to newer games.
"If you look at it, the drop in the offensive numbers in 1999 was significant, the efficiency of players was poor, " Mr. Van Gundy said.
More important, Nomo and Park opened the door for other Asian players to come to the U.S.--their numbers have tripled since 1999.
Numbers in some reports projected as many as 50% of baseball players using steroids during the height of the paranoia regarding steroids usage in baseball.
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In 2005, during the Players Championship in Florida, Scott struggled to ignore teenage girls yelling their phone numbers at him as he concentrated on his game.
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Unlike regular bingo, players don't automatically get a prize when they dab off a line of numbers.
Officials say two players, one in Missouri and one in Arizona, hit the sequence of six numbers.
As the numbers show, this was obviously more than just a moral victory for these particular players.
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Believing that the league is unattractive, amateurishly run and constantly haemorrhages its best players, Nigerian football fans - those backing Kano Pillars aside - have not come out in numbers to attend games.
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