Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" ball was mentioned by all three.
But Forbes expects that figure to balloon next year, as she launched her 2012-2013 "Born This Way Ball" world tour in late April with more than 100 concerts planned.
Rooney is now reportedly waiting for an official response before deciding his next move, but 1966 World Cup-winner Ball believes swallowing his punishment will make him a better player.
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Detroit pitcher Doug Fister was struck in the head by a batted ball during the World Series.
Obi, who won the Silver Ball at the World Youth Championship in Holland, signed for Manchester United on 29 April.
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The mice, he somehow determined, had aged merely 3, 560 seconds -- 40 seconds fewer than the 3, 600 ticks Chernobrov and the rest of the world had experienced outside the ball.
"I was shocked with talk about us under-performing against Australia as we defended a low total of 205 against the world champions until the final ball, " said Younus last week.
Next month, Hunt Auctions will sell off a rare 1903 World Series program, the ball Pete Rose hit for his 4, 000th career hit, and various baseballs signed by Cy Young, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
The thunder sticks, vuvuzelas, harmonious chants, musical tributes and consistent use of horn and percussion instruments electrified ball parks around the world.
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World governing body Fifa has defended the ball, saying it was fully "tested".
"Someone should see to it that his ball makes it to the World Cup, " Megan Cruz wrote on the page for Breakaway Brazil.
In 1992, they were asked to score an impossible 22 to win off one ball in the rain-affected World Cup semi-final against England in Australia.
He proudly represents a Midwestern city that is emotionally and financially connected to a ball club that has won 10 world championships and 17 pennants since 1900.
Aside of the biggest tournament in world football, these talented theatricals of the ball wowed audiences around the globe as they helped their sides, in both international and club arenas, to glory and success.
"If you got any of the tennis experts around the world to go and watch Alex hit a ball for an hour, they would agree there are very few people better than him, " Annacone said.
"The way he is controlling the swinging ball is as good as anyone in world cricket at the moment, " said Strauss.
"Obviously he is one of the quickest bowlers in the world so I was just trying to watch the ball out of the hand, " said Woakes.
It's very difficult to play against him, because his movement is probably the best in the world and he's able to hit the ball very early a lot of the time.
The Serbian world No. 3 then began to strike the ball more crisply and consistently and in the tiebreaker he took the lead for good by hitting an ace and winning a 19-shot rally on the first two points.
"If the U.S. were somehow able to win the World Cup, it's be a whole different ball game, " says Powell.
The Jabulani ball being used in South Africa for the World Cup has been widely criticised because of its irregular flight.
On that night, when England needed to win by seven and have another opponent lose to even have a chance of qualifying for the 1994 World Cup, San Marino kicked off and worked the ball in the direction of its forward, Davide Gualtieri.
Gary Cahill was also sent off after an alleged off the ball incident with Emerson as Chelsea's dream of world domination died.
That might sound like a long shot, but this is actually going to be built: Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup, just announced plans to construct a gigantic shimmering crystal ball in advance of the tournament.
Morgan hit a superb 62-ball 76 against Holland on Wednesday which guaranteed Ireland's World Cup qualification.
The New Zealander, still showing the pace that made him one of the best wingers in world rugby, cut inside Toby Faletau and dashed clear before offloading the ball to Samoan Kahn Fotuali'i, who crossed the tryline for a touchdown.
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.
"I just didn't hit the ball that well and made quite a few mistakes, " said world number four Murray.
Before writing Ball Four, Bouton was a 20-game winner who pitched in the World Series.
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