If these four teams continue at this pace, it will be a historically wretched year for any metropolitan area with two ball clubs.
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Currently, Gil Hodges and Jack Morris are both inextricably tied to the fact that only two ball players have ever eclipsed 60% in the Hall of Fame voting and were never elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Another problem: a lawsuit claiming it stole the design for the hot-selling Two-Ball Putter. (Callaway says it bought the design fair and square from another party.) And even the luster of celebrity endorsers, including top golfer Annika Sorenstam , are little help against new rival Nike (nyse: NKE - news - people ), whose high-tech products and spokeschampion Tiger Woods are luring customers.
Bowling with a wet ball, with the match having been played entirely in heavy drizzle, Franklin delivered two no-ball beamers and was taken out of the attack after five balls.
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Jordan Owens touched the ball in two minutes later but Paul Munster fired the ball home on 64 after keeper Chris Keenan had spilled a Ferguson shot.
But he nearly matched Kuroda, who pitched two-hit ball for eight dominant innings, for the first six.
Woods did admit in a post-round interview that he knowingly placed his ball two yards farther back.
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But Woods dropped the ball two yards behind the first spot where he played the prior stroke.
When I watched the game against Manchester City recently, when the Anfield crowd voiced their anger at Liverpool's attitude, Jamie Carragher and Steve Finnan got the ball two or three times on the halfway line.
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Kuroda gave another steady performance Friday night, pitching two-hit ball for eight dominant innings and leading the Yankees to one more victory over Mark Buehrle and the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-0 to end a two-game skid.
Michael Hussey survived the hat-trick ball but two overs later fell for a duck too when Dale Steyn angled a ball across the batsman and De Villiers took a brilliant catch at third slip.
It was an important breakthrough as Bollinger then picked up two more victims with the new ball to leave Watson to remove two tailenders shortly before the close.
And after 52 minutes Chelsea took the lead when Zhirkov collected a loose ball and released Kalou, who closed in on goal with his first two touches before slotting the ball beyond Robinson.
"Norwich has a massive indie scene and rock scene and we wanted to represent that over the two days, " added Mr Ball, who moved back to Yelverton in Norfolk two years after playing with various bands in London.
But with his last ball of a cursory two-over spell as England prepared to take the new ball, Paul Collingwood ousted Hussey for 33 with a ball that took a thick inside edge before bobbling on to his stumps off his pads.
Spain had possessed the ball for roughly two-thirds of its games, turning each match into a high-class version of keep-ball, and in the process, becoming the first team to turn passing the ball into a form of defense: Like a clock-eating drive in football, if Spain has the ball, its opponent can't score and the Spanish keep the ball so well that they barely give up any chances, let alone goals.
All the work comes down to one game and the bounce of a ball or two.
He is shooting the ball within two seconds of catching it 23.9% of the time, according to Synergy Sports.
But to the relief of the centre-back, the Stags striker failed to control the ball from two yards out.
As far as video games go, it doesn't get much simpler than Pong -- two paddles, one ball, no complications.
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From another Deacon high kick, Richards outjumped two Giants, the ball went backwards and Joel Tomkins sauntered in at the left corner.
Meirelles got his toe it, beat two players to the ball, ran the length of the pitch and stuck it in the top corner of the goal.
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Ganguly, at least, has fired once, with a man of the match performance against Delhi Daredevils that included 41 with the bat and two wickets with the ball.
Leinster wasted try-scoring chances either side of the interval with prop Cian Healy spilling the ball on two crucial occasions and Contepomi's forward pass preventing a certain Luke Fitzgerald touchdown.
And for the game at Lord's, two different makes of ball were used - a Kookaburra during Scotland's innings and a Dukes ball when it was the MCC team's turn to bat.
Every juggler drops a ball or two.
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Down 2-0, supposedly the most dangerous lead in the sport, with a half-hour to play, Japan stepped up its attacks, creating chaos in front of the U.S. goal before Yuki Ogimi knocked in the ball from two yards out.
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It looked as though the visitors might pull off the unlikeliest of victories but Australia were still looking very threatening when they got hold of the ball and two late penalties, from O'Connor and Barnes, ensured the more complete side ran out winners on Saturday.
Vickers's advice is that when you've adopted your stance and are ready to putt, gaze calmly and steadily at the hole (or target spot) for about three counts, bring your eyes back to the ball in one count and fix your eyes on the back (or top) of the ball for two counts.
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