"It always ends up in the middle, said Carel Hes, 37, a management consultant.
"If you judge a team based on revenue, we're somewhere in the middle," said Jim Pohlad, the Twins' chief executive.
"The steel makers like ArcelorMittal are caught in the middle," said Jeff Largey, an analyst at Macquarie in London.
"He is caught in the middle," said Hajji Wali, a family friend.
"It was a fastball over the middle," said Ramon Hernandez, the Oakland catcher.
"The people here are always in the middle," said Ms. Sánchez, the health department worker.
"The country is split right down the middle," said Wiriya Sungkhaniyom, an editor and translator.
More important, some of those in the middle said they were staying put.
"The ball should go straight into the middle," said the first Newcastle Knights captain, Sam Stewart.
"The aim is for this to land somewhere in the middle," said a government insider.
"Put your tongue in the middle," said his daddy, "and make a little space and blow".
