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  2. Double switch (baseball) - Wikipedia

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    Rule 6.10(b) Major League rules do not allow a multiple substitution involving a DH to alter the lineup position of the DH. [1]: Rule 6.10(b) Although uncommon, it is possible to forgo the DH privilege (e.g. if the DH becomes a position player, usually due to injury to another player), and then utilize the double switch later with that player.

  3. Glossary of baseball terms - Wikipedia

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    Also, to take the collar: "Cameron Maybin took the collar in his major league debut, striking out twice." [72] Also, Bob Starr (sportscaster) who was a Major League baseball announcer for 25 years (1972-97), restricted his use of the term "wears the collar" only to players who struck out 4 times in a game.

  4. At sign - Wikipedia

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    ascii64 – the @ book – free download (creative commons) – by patrik sneyd – foreword by luigi colani) November 2006, Retrieved June 2013. A Natural History of the @ Sign The many names of the at sign in various languages, 1997, Retrieved June 2013. Sum: the @ Symbol, LINGUIST List 7.968 July 1996, Retrieved June 2013.

  5. Crimean War - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty of Adrianople (1829) granted Russian and Western European commercial ships free passage through the Black Sea straits. Also, Serbia received autonomy, and the Danubian Principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia) became territories under Russian protection. France took the opportunity to occupy Algeria, which had been under Ottoman rule ...

  6. New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    Minor league baseball teams also play in the State of New York, including the Long Island Ducks, the Staten Island FerryHawks, and the Brooklyn Cyclones, downstate, and the Rochester Red Wings, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, the Syracuse Mets, the Auburn Doubledays, the Batavia Muckdogs, the Hudson Valley Renegades and the Buffalo Bisons upstate.

  7. Baphomet - Wikipedia

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    Hugh J. Schonfield (1901–1988), [42] one of the scholars who worked on the Dead Sea Scrolls, argued in his book The Essene Odyssey that the word "Baphomet" was created with knowledge of the Atbash substitution cipher, which substitutes the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet for the last, the second for the second last, and so on.

  8. Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    Taiwan, [II] [i] officially the Republic of China (ROC), [I] is a country [26] in East Asia. [l] The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Sea in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.

  9. Economic history of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    In addition, as under Mughal rule, land revenue collected in the Bengal Presidency helped finance the company's wars in other part of Indian subcontinent. [ 20 ] During the period 1780–1860, region's status shifted from being an exporter of processed goods for which it received payment in bullion , to being an exporter of raw materials and a ...