Vargas did not notice a pitch hurtling toward the plate when he trotted out to grab a stray ball.

To some extent, this continues to be in the game because there are classmates used as watchers to catch stray balls.

Melody kicked the last of the stray balls off the court and threw Kirk one.

This was due to the slow recovery of a broken ankle caused by a stray foul ball while at a park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

A few days later, he said, his car was again hit by a stray ball.

He snatched a stray ball in the lane and threw up a swish.

"I remember once finding a stray ball in the upstairs bathroom," he said.

You could run from the playground into the street after a stray ball.

And when a woman chases a stray ball onto the stage, her expression is not one of spirited competition.

The South end of the ground feature high fencing to prevent stray balls going into Park.