• Look up dead ball in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dead ball is a term in many ball sports in which the ball is deemed temporarily not playable, and...
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    In baseball, the dead-ball era lasted from about 1900 to 1920. This era was characterized by low-scoring games and a lack of home runs; in 1908, the major...
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    day. It contrasts with the pre-1920 period known as the "dead-ball era". The name "live-ball era" comes from the dramatic rise in offensive statistics...
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    A ball is a round object (usually spherical, but can sometimes be ovoid) with several uses. It is used in ball games, where the play of the game follows...
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  • Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone is a 1989 Japanese anime fantasy martial arts film, the fourth installment in the Dragon Ball film series, and the first under...
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    immediately judged and called a dead ball, and a no-ball awarded in recompense. The new no-ball case is grouped together with "ball coming to rest in front of...
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  • Dead Ball Zone is a 1998 video game developed by Rage Games and published by GT Interactive. A PC version was released under the alternative name Savage...
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    A baseball is the ball used in the sport of baseball. It consists of a rubber or cork center wrapped in yarn and covered with white natural horsehide or...
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  • umpire when the ball is dead (see Law 2.13). In addition to the following, the umpire repeats signals of dead ball, wide, and no-ball to the scorers....
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  • dead when all the action from that ball is over. Once the ball is dead, no runs can be scored and no batsmen can be dismissed. The ball becomes dead for...
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    substitutions", meaning that they may change any number of players during any "dead ball" situation. This has resulted in the development of three task-specific...
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    ball is dealt with. The 2017 Code of the Laws of cricket state that if the ball can not be found or recovered, the umpire will call and signal Dead ball...
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  • another one. See also wired. dead cushion Same as dead rail. dead ball 1.  Short for dead ball shot. 2.  A ball that has been used for some time, with a dirty...
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  • ground, making them unable to pursue a running back. dead ball A ball which is no longer in play dead-ball foul A penalty committed by either team before or...
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    touch lines and dead ball lines" by Section 2. If the ball or any player in possession of it makes contact with the touch lines or dead ball lines or the...
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    The Bal du Rat mort ("Ball of the Dead Rat") is an annual masquerade ball held in Ostend, Belgium in the Kursaal, Ostend [nl] casino. The event was first...
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    Balk (category All articles with dead external links)
    professional play in the United States and Canada, a balk results in a dead ball or delayed dead ball. In certain other circumstances, a balk may be wholly or partially...
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    Dodgeball (redirect from Dodge ball)
    becomes "dead". If a player is hit by an opponent's live ball, they are "out"; if the ball is dead, there is no hit. If a player catches a live ball, the...
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  • declares the ball dead and awards the bases. In non-professional baseball (high school and college), a balk instantly results in a dead ball and the runners...
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    categories: dead-ball turnovers and live-ball turnovers. Dead-ball turnovers are those which result in dead balls (e.g. rules violations) and live-ball turnovers...
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    using homemade equipment. The popularity of the sport grew and amateur men's ball clubs were formed in the 1830–50s. Semi-professional baseball clubs followed...
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    Pickleball (redirect from Pickle ball)
    hit a perforated, hollow plastic ball over a 34-inch-high (0.86 m) net until one side is unable to return the ball or commits a rule infraction. Pickleball...
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  • the ball. Crush & rush See Shake & bake. Cut shot See Chop. Dead ball A ball that is no longer in play, or any action that stops play. A dead ball occurs...
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    becomes dead, see dead ball. 2.  a signal given by the umpire to indicate a state of dead ball. Used only if the state is not obvious to the players. Dead bat...
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    Major League Baseball (category All articles with dead external links)
    including the contentious reserve clause. The period before 1920 was the dead-ball era, when home runs were rarely hit. Professional baseball was rocked...
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    Table football (redirect from Foos ball)
    one. The term for when the ball leaves the table or gets stopped somewhere out of the men-like figures’ reach is dead ball. Expert players have been known...
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    touches it before he is out. Stolen bases were more common in baseball's dead-ball era, when teams relied more on stolen bases and hit and run plays than...
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    player holding the ball to score a try and the ball itself must not be in touch or touch-in-goal (including on or over the dead ball line). The touchline...
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    passing, and shooting ability with both feet, as well as his accuracy from dead ball situations and extraordinary vision. He was Pelé's idol, and is often...
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    of a cork-based ball helped to end the dead-ball era and trigger the live-ball era. Bouncy ball List of ball games Quantum bouncing ball Here, v and u are...
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