The phrase "get a ball" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it in a sentence like, "The children ran to the toy store to get a ball."
If you get a ball, it's a piece of history".
We didn't get a ball to reverse swing all game".
If they find the smell in training, they get a ball.
I even splurged, spending $50 to get a ball with Mickey Lolich's signature.
All that to get a ball down a hill, and I left out some tricky bits.
You were just going to get a ball every now and then that would surprise you.
"Meeting the ball with your hands — what it means to come back and get a ball — and make spectacular plays".
"The more distance I have, the more opportunity I'll have to go up and get a ball," Wambach said.
All the bowler had to do was get a ball through it and the stumps went flying over.
"I don't know that I'd ever get a ball for a bigger game in my life," Schilling said.
'If he could get a ball at his feet 24 hours a day, then he'd do it,' says Steve Black.
