Sentence examples for calling a ball from inspiring English sources

Today, every major league ballpark has a screen attached to the foul pole extending a couple of feet into fair territory to help in calling a ball fair or foul.

The umpire never called a ball four.

Umpires are empowered to call a ball if a pitcher's pace is too slow.

Santana threw a 1-2 fastoall to Bourn that Warthen and Thole said was incorrectly called a ball.

The pitch was called a ball by home plate umpire Angel Hernandez.

As the drum rotates, the steel balls pulverize the contents; this device is called a ball mill.

It was a pitch that would have been called a ball.

Soon afterward, Crawford calls a ball out of bounds off David Robinson's knee.

Diaz called a ball and Grimsley grimaced, saying something to himself.

Another borderline pitch was called a ball to Ron Calloway, bringing Phillies Manager Larry Bowa to the mound.

At 2-2, Hernandez tried spinning a breaking ball over the outside corner and it was called a ball.