According to Fundamentals of Physics ( 4 ed., Wiley, 1993 ), by David Halliday, Robert Resnick and Jearl Walker, on page 30, Chapter Two, " Motion along a Straight Line ", Joe Sprinz, at the time in question, a member of the San Francisco Ball Club, and formerly of the Indians, attempted to beat the World Record for catching a baseball dropped from a great height, set by members of the 1938 Cleveland Indians, who had done so at 700 feet, with balls dropped from a building.

While fifty years before, Albert Goodwill Spalding, secretary of the Chicago Ball Club of the National League, could write earnestly to the manager of the Buffalo club and request a guarantee of one hundred dollars for a baseball game in August, in this Golden Era a game at the Yankee Stadium might bring in nearly a hundred thousand dollars at the gate.

*" Take Me Out to the Ball Game " is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song.

In the 1860s, aided by the War, " New York " style baseball expanded into a national game, as its first governing body, The National Association of Base Ball Players was formed.

Charlton played in all three, though was substituted for Alan Ball in the final game of the group against Czechoslovakia.

* Ball in play: A ball after it has been played into the game, which is not a ball in hand or pegged out.

Although the majority of WADs contain one or several custom levels mostly in the style of the original game, others implement new monsters and other resources, and heavily alter the gameplay ; several popular movies, television series, other video games and other brands from popular culture have been turned into Doom WADs by fans ( without authorization ), including Aliens, Star Wars, The X-Files, The Simpsons, South Park, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, Red Faction, The Thing, Pokémon and Batman.

Brazil still won the game 1 – 0 – Jairzinho guided a shot past Banks in the second half – but England missed chances to get something, with Jeff Astle putting the ball wide of an open goal and Alan Ball striking the crossbar.

The following description of a game was written by Henry Chadwick and appeared in his Base Ball Memoranda.

* 1846 – The first officially recorded, organized baseball game is played under Alexander Cartwright's rules on Hoboken, New Jersey's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23-1.

The video game Crüe Ball features some of Mötley Crüe's songs including their biggest hit " Dr. Feelgood ".

A Persian miniature from the poem Guy-o Chawgân (" the Ball and the Polo-mallet ") during Safavid dynasty of Persia, which shows Persian people | Persian courtiers on horseback playing a game of polo, 1546 AD

* Mario Pinball Land, also known as Super Mario Ball, a pinball video game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance

" Take Me Out to the Ball Game " is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song.

Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium was the first game to include such a feature, and later fighting games such as Fighter Maker, Soulcalibur III, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, and Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 adopted the concept.

* April – The Chicago Base Ball Club, later to be known as the Chicago White Stockings, and ultimately the Chicago Cubs, play their first game against the St. Louis Unions of the National Association of Base Ball Players, an amateur league.

Baffle Ball, the first mechanical pinball game, was advertised as being " free of bugs " in 1931.

In the 1860s, aided by the Civil War, " New York "- style baseball expanded into a national game and spawned baseball's first governing body, The National Association of Base Ball Players, was formed.

Cartwright is thought to be the first person to draw a diagram of a diamond shaped baseball field, and the rules of the modern game are based on the Knickerbocker Rules developed by Cartwright and a committee from his club, the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club.

New York City librarian Robert W. Henderson documented Cartwright's contributions to baseball in his 1947 book Bat, Ball, and Bishop, which Congress cited in recognizing Cartwright as the inventor of the modern game.

Although Keegan's Southampton career only lasted two years, Saints fielded an attractive side also containing Alan Ball, prolific scorer of goals Ted MacDougall, ( who still holds the record for the largest number of goals in an FA Cup game – 9 – for Bournemouth against Margate in an 11 – 0 win ), MacDougall's strike partner at Bournemouth and Norwich Phil Boyer, club stalwart Mick Channon and Charlie George and in 1980 – 81 they scored 76 goals, finishing in sixth place, then their highest league finish.

* Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors, a Game Boy Color game and style used in sprite editing

Angel Oktoberfest is one of the largest of its kind in the U. S. The festival can attract upwards of 350, 000 people and includes beer and wine gardens, softball tournaments at Ebner Ball Park, a local football game and volleyball invitational tournament, carnival rides, crafts, a wide assortment of German food, and a two-day car show.

* Neverball, a freeware game similar to Super Monkey Ball, released in 2003

Much of the story of that season is told in pitcher Jim Bouton's classic baseball book, Ball Four.

* Jim Bouton – Ball Four

In November 2006, Clark was the subject of a BBC Four documentary entitled Petula Clark: Blue Lady and appeared with Michael Ball and Tony Hatch in a concert at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane broadcast by BBC Radio the following month.

He is the author of the controversial baseball book Ball Four, which was a combination diary of his season and memoir of his years with the New York Yankees, Seattle Pilots, and Houston Astros.

Ball Four followed Instant Replay, a similar year-in-the-life diary by NFL and Green Bay Packers star lineman Jerry Kramer by some 18 months.

In a salute to the original Secret Policeman's Ball that was the show's direct inspiration – the finale of the show was a re-creation by four performers ( Alan Rickman, Vic Reeves, Eddie Izzard and Harry Enfield ) of the celebrated Four Yorkshiremen sketch that had been performed at the 1979 Amnesty gala by John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Rowan Atkinson.

* Jim Bouton, Western Michigan ' 59, Former Major League Pitcher and author of Ball Four

Furthermore, the skit incorporated two of his own songs: “ 4-11-44 ” and “ The Four Hundred ’ s Ball .” This indicates Bob Cole ’ s significant role and contribution in Sissieretta Jones ’ (“ The Black Patti ”) productions, where he became the top performer amongst his peers.

* In 1967 Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen single: When I'm Sixty Four / Goodnight Irene ( reached number 43 in the UK charts ).

He was prominently mentioned in Jim Bouton's classic book about the Seattle Pilots, Ball Four.

Four square, also known as Square Ball or handball, is usually played with a rubber playground ball, a volleyball, or a tennis ball on a square court with four maximum players, depending on the rules ( Big Four Square, Six Square, etc .).

I. Vidula Maidan: Basket Ball courts ( two ) one court with flood lights, Tennis courts ( two ) one court with flood lights, Hockey field ( one ), Four Hundred meters cinder track with Eight lanes, Kho-Kho courts ( two ), Kabbadi courts ( two ) Volley Ball Court ( one ) Throw Ball court ( one ) Hand Ball Court ( one ) Facility for field events ( shot ) discus, Javelin, High Jump, Long Jump etc.

The charting follow-ups were " We're Only Young Once ", " Four Little Heels ", and another cover, of Bobby Vee's " Rubber Ball ".

) Four balls are drawn from the " white " machine, and one number ( called the " Mega Ball ") is drawn from the " pink " machine.

In Ball Four, Seattle teammate Jim Bouton wrote that Oyler's nickname was " Oil Can Harry " because " he always looks as though he had just changed a set of rings.

Four days after playing his last game for Leicester, Welsh was back at Sunderland, playing in the club's last two games, against Fulham and Aston Villa, under new caretaker manager Kevin Ball.

Walker was profiled quite flatteringly in Jim Bouton's memoir of the 1969 season, Ball Four.

His landmark book Ball Four was set mostly in Seattle, and Bouton returned to pitch at Seattle's Sick's Stadium in 1975 after a five-year absence, tossing a 2-1 complete game win over the Seattle Rainiers.

He was profiled unflatteringly in Jim Bouton's book Ball Four, despite the fact that he was a boyhood hero of Bouton.

Peterson is also notable for his appearances in Jim Bouton's bestselling 1970 non-fiction book Ball Four, where he is generally portrayed as one of the few major leaguers and former Yankees who had a positive view of Bouton.

Sports author Maury Allen is quoted as saying, " Fritz's book is even better than Bouton's Ball Four.