• 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 major league baseball, the dead-ball era refers to a period from about 1900 to 1920 in which run scoring was low and home runs were rare in comparison...
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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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    1920. 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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  • 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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  • Wrecking Ball is the first full-length album from the band, Dead Confederate. It was recorded in Austin, TX with producer Mike McCarthy (Spoon, ...And...
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    In cricket, a no-ball (in the Laws and regulations: "No ball") is a type of illegal delivery to a batter (the other type being a wide). It is also a type...
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  • Dead Ball Zone is a 1998 video game developed by Rage Games and published by GT Interactive. An identical PC version was released under the alternative...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Fumble (redirect from Ball security)
    fumbler is the only offensive player allowed to advance the ball, otherwise the ball is ruled dead at the spot of the fumble, except when it is recovered for...
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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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    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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    using homemade equipment. The popularity of the sport grew and amateur men's ball clubs were formed in the 1830–1850s. 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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  • official when the ball becomes dead on or behind a team's own goal line (i.e., in their end zone) and the opposing team gave the ball the momentum, or...
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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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  • 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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  • either team may be, other than the person holding the ball. The neutral zone only exists in dead ball situations (i.e. when play is not ongoing). In American...
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    becomes dead and five penalty runs are awarded to the batting side, unless the ball previously struck a batter not attempting to hit or avoid the ball. Most...
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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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    ends when the ball becomes dead (see below). The ball is typically next spotted where the ball became dead; however, if it became dead outside the hash...
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