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Thomas "Tommy" Vercetti is a fictional character and the playable protagonist of the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the fourth main installment in Rockstar Games's Grand Theft Auto series. The first protagonist in the series who can speak, Tommy was voiced by Ray Liotta. [2]
Coveleski, Goslin, Hooper and Marquard were elected after the book was published; Goslin and Marquard directly credited Ritter's book. Toporcer, who died in 1989, was the last survivor among the interviewees. As part of Ritter's research, he interviewed many ballplayers, baseball executives, and writers besides those who have chapters in his book.
Within two days of its release, it sold 1.4 million copies, making it the fastest-selling game in history at the time. [85] It was the highest-selling game of 2002 in the United States; [86] by 2004, the game had sold 5.97 million units, [87] and by December 2007 it had sold 8.20 million. [88]
Vercetti may refer to: Lucas Vercetti, part of the American hip hop collective Odd Future or OFWGKTA (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All) Tommy Vercetti, a fictional character, the protagonist and playable character in the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City; Vercetti Regular, a sans-serif font released in 2022, free for commercial use
It serves, in turn, as a source for a number of books and publications about baseball, and/or is mentioned by them as a reference, such as Baseball Digest, [7] Understanding Sabermetrics: An Introduction to the Science of Baseball Statistics, [8] and Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records. [5]
On July 4, 1985, [2] [3] [4] the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 16–13 in a 19-inning Major League Baseball (MLB) contest [5] that featured Keith Hernandez hitting for the cycle, [6] Mets manager Davey Johnson being ejected, and the Braves coming back to tie the game twice in extra innings, most notably in the bottom of the 18th.
Peter Morris (born 1962) [1] is an American baseball researcher and author. A lifelong love of baseball led him to membership in the Society for American Baseball Research, where he became an active member of the Biographical Committee, researching the lives of early major league baseball players.
1952 Baseball Encyclopedia. Hyman C. Turkin [1] (May 9, 1915 – June 24, 1955) was a sportswriter best known for co-editing the first baseball encyclopedia. Turkin was born in New York City, one of seven children. He joined the staff of the New York Daily News after graduating from Cooper Union in 1936 with a degree in electrical engineering ...