All I had in front of me was my ball-and-chain computer, or chores and kids.
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"With the wind my ball toss was all over the place, " said the Russian.
"But my ball striking is better and excited about the rest of the year!"
"I just wanted to make a 100% sure my ball didn't move out of its original position, " Rose said.
My ball machine also became a flash point of potential danger.
"On 18 I found my ball in the trees and I'm glad I have a great caddie who told me a bogey was enough, " she said.
"I stayed aggressive and made sure to have an extra something on my ball, " said fifth seed Sharapova, who will face second seed Elena Dementieva of Russia in the quarter-finals.
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"From where it was a few months ago, where I felt so good and my ball-striking was some of the best I've ever had, it is a little surprising, " the 42-year-old lefthander said.
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Everything is starting to come together as far as my driving goes, since working with Butch Harmon, my ball striking has been much better and my short game is as good as it's ever been.
So instead of liquidating (taking my ball and going home and giving up on the company), McCourt is asking for the chance to keep his Dodger ball team in play, and forcing others to go home if they want full payment for what McCourt owes them.
Leading up to this third Test of the series I hinted at the threat of the sleeping giant called Lara and, after chasing the ball to many parts of the magnificent Adelaide Oval, it is apparent my crystal ball was telling me the truth.
It wasn't my best ball-striking round for sure, but I made some putts which was nice and just managed the game well.
Even with a companion, I still tweet, then proudly chuckle when a witty friend takes my sarcasm ball and runs with it.
My crystal ball is not good enough to predict when the current stalemate will end, but it seems likely that a resolution will be reached.
To look into my crystal ball I ran a hypothetical simulation making the assumption that the closes for Friday December 16 were the closes for 2011.
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That does not mean that they will be the best performers for all of 2013 as my crystal ball does not look that far out for individual stocks.
Up went the gloves to protect my face and the ball thumped into my arm guard and flew to the ground.
So a couple of Saturdays ago, I finally sat down with my magic crystal ball.
Listening to yet another CEO predict a hockey-stick spurt of growth sure to occur over the next 18 months--it was always 18 months--my hands would ball up in dread.
If you watch the video, I did not take my eyes off the ball once.
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"I could almost kick a ball from my garden to his, " said the former Morton player.
"I saw the ball in my face, so I just tried to wrap it up, " Hardaway said.
One is learning to perch atop a Swiss ball on my knees while making a golf swing.
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Ty Cobb sat in a corner, his smile a crooked line, and said, I scuffed the ball, my friend.
Juventus have the most incisive movement of any top team between midfield and forward in my view without the ball.
And I was playing soccer and I was at practice, and this kid on my team kicked the ball really hard when I was goalie.
It crossed my mind that the ball had moved in a funny angle and that Thierry was able to keep it in play given his body position.
"I took my eye off the ball, " said Mr Hosker.
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