"ball" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Whether due to the lively ball, Cobb's teaching, or both, Heilmann's batting average rose by 85 points in 1921.
- In 1920, the "modern" lively ball was introduced and trick pitches (like the spitter) were forbidden.
- In 1931, after two years of an exceptionally lively ball, the ball was "deadened" again.
- "Talk about fielding a hot grounder-that little joker's livelier than a rabbit ball!"
- The Babe was suddenly master of the new, lively ball.
- During that year offensive statistics rose dramatically in what would be mistakenly attributed to the introduction of a new "lively" ball.
- A less lively ball should be used for their safety, he said, contending co-ed leagues also forbade sliding and any physical contact between players.
- "Maybe we can get back on the lively ball."
- This made for a more lively ball that traveled much farther in the air; thus, more home runs.
- In fact, it would take seven years, and a livelier ball, before a batter hit a home run that cleared the outer wall on the fly.
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