Before writing Ball Four, Bouton was a 20-game winner who pitched in the World Series.
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The batter takes the pitch for ball four ... or strike three.
Lara faced only two balls for his duck, Dravid never got going for his 14-ball four and Pietersen was unlucky to be given out lbw.
To do it, the Ravens overload one side of the ball with four defenders who, after the ball is snapped, criss-cross like stunt pilots.
Wright also hit his first ball for four, Schiferli drifting into the right-hander's pads to be guided past the short fine-leg.
Botha came in to hit his first ball for four to seemingly settle it by leaving just one needed off four balls.
Visiting captain Mark Chilton hit the first ball for four but was soon out lbw to a toe-crushing yorker from Australian seamer Nicholson.
Hussey pulled Tendulkar's first ball for four to raise the 100 partnership and there was to be no magic from Harbhajan before the close.
James Golding hit the next ball for four but could only manage one run off the final delivery as the sides shared four points.
He struck his first ball for four and was prepared to use his feet against the spinners and try the unorthodox to advance the score.
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Ricky Ponting cut his first ball for four but soon miscued a pull at promising 21-year-old Barbadian fast bowler Kemar Roach and spooned to mid-wicket.
There would, however, be no let-up for England and Yuvraj hit Broad for a flat six over cover-point and pulled the next ball for four.
Even after Watson finally fell to Ian Butler, holing out in the covers, Kyle Coetzer smashed his first ball for four and the onslaught continued apace.
Clarke then survived a third-umpire let-off when Monty Panesar claimed a catch at mid-on, before youngster Steffan Piolet looked to have won it when he hit the fourth ball for four.
The England U19 international striker pounced on Coss' clever ball behind the back four and had no trouble slotting the ball past the Everton keeper.
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Then, after Ian Blackwell had given Paul Strang a return catch, Burns was bowled by Brent's slower ball, having struck four fours and a six in his 69-ball innings.
The ball ran for four overthrows, taking India within two runs of their target.
The Niners got the ball back with four seconds left but could only muster a Ted Ginn Jr. kick return to midfield.
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Seton Hall turned the ball over on four of its first six possessions and went 7:55 without scoring until Teague's basket inside with 47 seconds remaining in the first half.
But the roles were quickly reversed as Jones joined the attack in the 13th over and bowled Gayle for 16 with his first legal delivery (the first ball went for four wides).
Collingwood, not called upon until the 33rd over, saw his first ball flicked for four by Umar Akmal, but revenge was almost instant, a caught and bowled accounting for the batsman two balls later.
At halftime, Louisville guard Russ Smith was the only Cardinals starter with a field goal, and the Shockers had turned the ball over just four times against a Louisville defense that makes most teams hysterical.
Conceding the go-ahead touchdown would give the Patriots the ball, down by four points with one time out and almost a minute for Tom Brady to move the ball about 80 yards for a game-winning TD.
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She wastes no time and bounces the ball no more than four times before serving.
He also designed the white ball gown she wore four years ago.
Having sliced over the slips for four the ball before, Smith followed a wide one and Flintoff held on a shade akwardly at second slip.
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National captain Sourav Ganguly, who made a four-ball duck after beginning his innings needing only 10 to reach 10, 000 first-class runs, and his deputy Rahul Dravid were among Powar's victims.
Scott Styris briefly injected some life into the innings in the 15th over with a six over extra cover followed by a pull for four next ball, but Afridi ended the fireworks when a quicker ball was chopped on to his stumps by the New Zealand all-rounder.
Four plays later, Nicks held Charles Woodson off with one hand and caught the ball with the other for a four-yard touchdown.
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