Sports writer Paul Gallico wrote that Babe Ruth played ball in the same intense way that he lived his life.

VOA: special.2011.03.27

The batter also is out if he hits the ball in the air and an opposing player catches it.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

The U.S.sealed the victory in the 72nd minute through Clint Dempsey, who pounced on a loose ball in front of the Spanish net and deposited it in the goal to double the American lead.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

"They don't find their place in the traditional team sports or ball sports and they're looking for something else.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

As of March,about fifty of the eighteen thousand students at Ball State were taking part in the Degree in Three program.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

It's up to us; the ball is in our court." And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, with reporting by Lonny Shavelson.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

In two thousand five, Ball State University in Muncie,Indiana, began a program called "Degree in Three."

VOA: special.2009.07.23

In nineteen nineteen, he hit the ball out of the baseball park twenty-nine times.

VOA: special.2011.03.27

Today the ball is larger and covered in more than two thousand crystals.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

Dennis Hoffman wrote about him in his book "Legends of the Ball."

VOA: special.2011.01.09

Yang Moo-jin, a scholar with the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, says the North is "playing hard ball".

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told reporters in Gaza that the ball is in Israel's court.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

In the ninth inning, Tampa Bay batter Gabe Kapler sent a ball heading for the stands in left-centerfield, threatening a home run and spoiling Buerhle's perfect game.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

An eyewitness who owns a shop inside the market also told reporters that he heard a loud explosion, with a ball of fire and clouds of smoke in its aftermath.

VOA: standard.2009.06.01

"If someone had told me in law school,even, that I have a crystal ball and I see in your future that you're an art lawyer, I probably would've said, 'What in the world is an art lawyer?'" Because there weren't any.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

White Sox Outfielder DeWayne Wise, who had just been inserted in the lineup for defense, saw the ball coming and headed for the front of the stands where he leaped, stuck his glove above the wall, and caught the ball for an out.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24