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Kenneth H. Shubin Stein

In 2011, Crutches 4 Kids was officially honored at New York Yankees stadium by New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia and Starter for its extraordinary efforts providing crutches to impoverished and disabled children around the world.


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team

Irving Kane Pond, Ann Arbor, MI – rusher (with the ball); starter against Racine

1975 Race of Champions

Roelof Wunderink made his début in the Ensign, whilst Tony Trimmer qualified well in the new Safir car (previously known as a Token) and Maurizio Flammini was a non-starter after crashing heavily in practice.

1977 National League Championship Series

In the bottom of the second, with two outs and Richie Hebner on second and Bob Boone on first, Dodger starter Burt Hooton began to dispute ball/strike calls issued by home plate umpire Bob Engel.

1977 Talladega 500

Hank Williams, Jr. served as the honorary starter of this race; joining a list of celebrities that came before and after him like Bart Starr and Will Ferrell.

1984 World Series

Padre starter Mark Thurmond took a 2–1 lead into the fifth, but then surrendered a crucial two-out, two-run homer to Larry Herndon.

1998 San Francisco 49ers season

Regular starter Drew Bledsoe was out for the year with a broken throwing hand so backup Scott Zolak took over.

2002 Dallas Cowboys season

Though quarterback Quincy Carter again opened the season as the starter, he would eventually be benched in favor of newly signed Chad Hutchinson who, until that year, had been a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals after leaving Stanford as a two sport star.

2005–06 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team

Syracuse started off the season losing Josh Pace, Hakim Warrick and Craig Forth to graduation, leaving McNamara as the only consistent returning starter from the 2004–05 team.

2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team

Josh Freeman threw for 196 yards in relief of starter Dylan Meier, including a 68-yard pass to Yamon Figurs and a 55-yard hook-up with Jermaine Moriera, but five turnovers, including three in the red zone helped keep the Wildcats off the scoreboard.

2013 New Orleans Bowl

Sophomore tight end Sydie London was not much of a threat in the passing game (12 receptions in 12 games), but he was one of just two tight ends on the roster, so was almost a starter by default, though at one spring practice, did impress New Orleans Saints wide receiver Marques Colston, who thought he was one of the best players on the team.

Aaron Miles

He had his first home run as a Dodger and first in over 530 at-bats over two years vs Minnesota Twins starter Brian Duensing at Target Field on June 28, 2011.

Adam Gettis

From 2004 to 2006, Gettis played high school football for the Lincoln-Way East Griffins as a starter.

Alireza Mohammad

After signing with Persepolis, he became a starter right away under head coach Afshin Ghotbi and during the same season when Afshin Peyrovani and Nelo Vingada took over as the managers of the club, he was still a starter both in the league and the AFC Champions League.

António Jesus Pereira

After practically all of the Portuguese national team defected following the infamous Saltillo Affair at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, Jesus was chosen by manager Juca as his starter for the UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying campaign.

Bob Milliken

Robert Fogle Milliken (August 25, 1926 – January 4, 2007) was a reliever and spot starter in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1953-54).

Boof Bonser

On May 17, 2006, Bonser was called up to the Twins to replace struggling starter Kyle Lohse in the rotation, with Lohse going to Triple-A.

Brian Hoyer

The next day on September 30, Hoyer was named the starter for a third straight game, Thursday Night Football vs the Buffalo Bills.

Chevrolet Series D

This design had an exposed valvetrain (you could see the pushrods and lifters from the top) with nickel-plated rocker cover, an aluminum water-cooled intake manifold; the starter is in the valley, as is the gear driven generator with the fan clutch coming off of it.

Curtis Painter

After redshirting in 2004, Painter backed up starting quarterback Brandon Kirsch for the first six games of the 2005 season, ultimately replacing Kirsch as the starter for the last five games of the season.

Damon Huard

Huard was released by the Chiefs on February 24, 2009, roughly a week before Pioli traded for Matt Cassel, a Patriots backup who replaced an injured Brady in 2008, to be the Chiefs' starter.

Dan Darragh

He shared the starting job with Ed Rutkowski, Kay Stephenson and Tom Flores in 1968 while long-time starter and former AFL MVP Jack Kemp was out with an injury.

Derek Holland

Derek Holland started the 2011 season as a starter for the Rangers, and despite a 4.96 ERA, won four of his five starts in April and May.

Diddley bow

It was traditionally considered a starter or children's instrument in the Deep South, especially in the African American community and is rarely heard outside the rural South, but it may have been influenced to some degree by West African instruments.

Gilbert Bayonne

Once there Bayonne came into his own, he was a 4-year starter and was named to All-East Coast Conference and NSCAA All-Region teams during his career.

Gustavo Pallicca

Gustavo Pallicca (Turin, 4 January 1936) is an Italian writer and former athtletics starter.

J. R. Reed

In a week 12 game against the New England Patriots, Reed was named the starter at the strong safety position when Sean Considine and Quintin Mikell could not play due to injuries.

Jason Campbell

After his improved play in the relief effort against the Chargers and with Gradkowski injured, Campbell was re-installed as the starter for the Week 6 match-up against the cross-Bay rival San Francisco 49ers.

Jimmy Bermúdez

Born in Puerto Tejada, Cauca, Bermúdez can play as center back and was a starter in the 2007 Sudamericana Sub 20 team.

Jiří Crha

Crha impressed the Leaf brass enough for them to deal away long time starter Mike Palmateer and hand the reins to him.

Josh Portis

He made the Seahawks roster on September 3 behind starter Tarvaris Jackson.

Kasey Studdard

As a redshirt sophomore, Studdard was the starter for a Longhorn team that was second in the nation in rushing and went on to win its first Bowl Championship Series game, against Michigan at the 2005 Rose Bowl.

Ken Reitz

On September 11, 1974, against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium, with the Cardinals trailing 3-1 with two out in the ninth and pinch runner Larry Herndon on base, he hit a home run off starter Jerry Koosman to send the game into extra innings.

Kevin Newsome

He took part in winter conditioning and spring practice before the 2009 season began, in an attempt to become the top backup to starter Daryll Clark.

Kona Guitars

In 2006, Wiley Publishing and M&M Merchandisers, Inc. partnered to create a line of musical starter packs as part of the For Dummies line of instructional packages.

Leslie Gabriel

Gabriel is the daughter of former NFL defensive lineman, Manu Tuiasosopo, who played collegiately for UCLA, then professionally from 1979 to 1986 for the Seahawks and 49ers, being a starter at nose tackle and winning Super Bowl XIX.

Marcus Cooper

Cooper played all four years for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, but saw limited playing time as a starter during his first two seasons as a Wide Receiver.

Marcus Demps

In 2003, Demps started the season as a backup, but was promoted to the starting lineup when mononucleosis sidelined then starter Josh Dean.

Mark Stepnoski

He signed with the University of Pittsburgh and became a four-year starter at offensive guard, helping clear the way for Craig Heyward and Curvin Richards to become two of the leading rushers in the nation.

Mauro Galvão

After being an unused squad member at that year's FIFA World Cup, he was a starter under Sebastião Lazaroni in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, partnering Ricardo Gomes, Carlos Mozer and Ricardo Rocha – all four stoppers saw time during the tournament, Galvão played all four games, three complete – in a 5–3–2 formation, in an eventual round-of-16 exit.

Maximiliano Pereira

Pereira was again an undisputed starter for Uruguay in the 2011 Copa América held in Argentina, with the national team winning its 15th continental tournament.

MechAssault

Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot gave the game a rating of 9.0, indicating that "If you're going to buy one game with your Xbox Live starter kit, MechAssault is the one to get."

Mike Rice Jr.

He attended Boardman High School in Boardman, Ohio where he was a three year starter as a basketball guard.

Motor soft starter

A motor soft starter is a device used with AC electric motors to temporarily reduce the load and torque in the powertrain and electrical current surge of the motor during startup.

Rome Marathon

The race start point was at Saint Peter's Square and Pope John Paul II delivered a short benediction in approval of the event and the Bells of Saint Peter's replaced the usual starter's pistol to signal the beginning of the race.

Starter marriage

Published usage of the term grew significantly after the publication of Pamela Paul's 2002 book The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony.

Talleres de Córdoba

Talleres contributed three players to the Argentine squad that won the 1978 FIFA World Cup, with Talleres' captain Luis Galván as a starter in the final as a center back.

Todd Bouman

Bouman was re-signed once more on August 9, 2011, due to a back injury to starter David Garrard.

Volvo B4B engine

Suppliers of ancillaries included Autolite (ignition distributors and generators), Zenith and Carter (carburetors), and Bosch (ignition distributors, generators and starter motors.)


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