First Carter almost put Conrad Smith over, only for Shane Williams to get an arm between ball and ground.
Bosc made the Wolves pay with another try nine minutes before the break, re-gathering possession after Martin Gleeson had succeeded only in knocking the ball to ground.
"The player miskicks the ball and falls to the ground after he miskicks the ball, " Olave said.
"The headline on my obituary will say I missed a ground ball in Game 6, " said Buckner.
Suppressing his ERA were a sustainable 51% ground ball rate but unsustainable .260 BABIP and 82% strand rates.
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"The main thing is getting ahead, throwing strikes, mixing speeds and getting the ball on the ground, " Maholm said.
His 45% ground ball rate was on par with past seasons and his 19% line drive rate was even better than 2008-2009.
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"I don't know how hitters ever get the ball off the ground with him, " said Andy Etchebarren, Rice's manager with the independent-league York Revolution.
With a ground ball rate over 50%, he is not going to provide power, but his peripherals are certainly better than a .218 batting average.
Following Davis's at-bat, left fielder Lucas Duda socked a ground ball down the right-field line that appeared destined to scoot into the corner for a two-run double.
However, the complexion of the match changed courtesy a moment of inspiration from Adam Voges when McCullum launched a Ben Hilfenhaus length ball down the ground in the 19th over.
Connacht survived another spell of pressure near their posts and forced a crucial penalty near the Munster 22 when James Coughlan was seen holding onto the ball on the ground.
"We're used to the first day of practice just about every ball on the ground, fumbled exchanges, all those things, " said the Detroit Lions' Jim Schwartz, coach of the South team.
Veteran Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu is cut from the same cloth as his Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger in his firm belief in keeping the ball on the ground and attacking in fluent short-passing moves.
Forward passes twice foiled attacking moves and then Keith Earls broke away after good work by Lifeimi Mafi but the full-back was penalised for holding on to the ball on the ground and the scoring opportunity was lost.
He was largely blamed for the Red Sox's defeat in the 1986 World Series against the New York Mets after he misplayed a routine ground ball in the 10th inning of Game 6, allowing the winning run to score in a 6-5 Mets victory.
Pettitte gave up season highs of 10 hits and seven runs in 4 1-3 innings, and injury-ravaged New York failed to get the ball off the ground against Harrell until the sixth in losing at Yankee Stadium for only the second time in nine games.
The third umpire can make use of video evidence to rule on run outs, stumpings, whether a ball has hit the ground before being caught or when it is unclear if the ball has crossed the boundary or not.
The third umpire uses replays to rule on run-outs, stumpings, whether a ball has hit the ground before being caught or when it's unclear if the ball has crossed the boundary or not.
Solanki, trying to launch Martyn Ball out of the ground, perished to a stumping to end a patient, mature 136-ball knock that included 14 boundaries.
Hazard ran up to reclaim the ball and the teen fell over, stomach toward the ground and the ball under him.
"My sense was that the ball was resting on the ground and his glove was around the top of the ball, " Kellogg said.
The ball should start on the ground but any part of your body can come into contact with the ball except your hands or arms.
His chip ahead beat Luke Arscott but the Leeds captain could not ground the ball before it rolled dead.
Video ref Geoff Warren called a knock-on after Adam Jones was dragged down short and scrum-half Rhodri Wells attempted to ground the ball.
The system then uses the trajectory data to determine exactly where the ball has hit the ground, making it invaluable for marginal line calls.
The Kiwi lock followed through quickly to ground the ball for his side's third try, beating Gethin Jenkins and the covering Arias to the touchdown.
His ground-ball rate (55.7 percent) and line-drive rate (15.5 percent) set him up for future success, not to mention that gigantic park he calls home.
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Leamy reached out over his head to ground the ball for his side's second try but Manning could not add the conversion on this occasion.
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