Sentence examples for on the wrong ball from inspiring English sources

Perhaps our universities have their eye on the wrong ball.

Frustratingly for today's startup zeitgeist, those measures resist easy quantification as weekly KPIs, but ugly things happen when you're keeping your eye on the wrong ball.

Schiavone argued that Engzell was pointing to the wrong ball mark on the clay and television replays relying on electronic line calling technology appeared to indicate that Schiavone was correct.

4.01pm BST Mahan, off the back of the wrong-ball debacle on 18, rakes in a huge birdie putt on 1.

"The wrong ball carry on at 18 reminds me of the greatest golf scene in cinema history," writes Simon McMahon.

Ajmal bowled Bairstow, trying to cut the wrong ball.

On golf's usefulness (and touchy patrons): "If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong ball".

Patrick McEnroe, the U.S.T.A.'s general manager for player development, said that among 8- to 10-year-olds, 75 percent had major technical flaws that came in part from "using the wrong balls and the wrong equipment on the wrong court".

(The versatile Mr Cayne also made lots of time for his love of bridge: he was playing in a tournament in Detroit on the weekend when JPMorgan Chase negotiated its takeover of Bear Stearns).Having hobbies is one thing, keeping your eye on the wrong kind of ball quite another.

Make sure you have your hands on the ball, and start yelling "coach, wrong ball".

Kendall Gill held the ball on the wrong end of the court, helpless, out of timeouts and out of time, waiting the final 1.3 seconds until the buzzer sounded in anguish again for the Nets.