Definitions
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- noun Alternative spelling of
ball game .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation
- noun a field game played with a ball (especially baseball)
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Examples
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'' The way we drew it up before the ballgame is the way the game played out.
USATODAY.com 2008
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The ballgame is over and there is nothing that gang of thieves and murderers in the White House can do about it.
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"If you're going to win ballgame, you've got to put the hammer on them, knock them out," Marlins manager Jack McKeon said.
USATODAY.com 2003
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"Second and third inning, bases loaded, if we break out right there, the ballgame is over."
National League Major League Baseball - Florida vs. Atlanta 2002
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"Six turnovers in a ballgame is major," Snyder said.
NCAA Division I College Football - Iowa State vs. Kansas State 2002
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"At 5-1, every one thinks the ballgame is over in the ninth inning," Jones said.
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"Michigan did everything it needed to do to win the ballgame from a strategic standpoint," Illinois coach Bill Self said.
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"It just felt as though one or two runs wasn't going to win the ballgame from the beginning," Chicago manager Jerry Manuel said.
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Don’t these fools understand that the ballgame is over and they lost?
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Johan Santana, who used to be caught by Henry Blanco back in Minnesota, has publicly stated this spring that he thinks Blanco does a great job of calling a ballgame and calming down a pitcher when a game starts to get out of control.
Steven Hirsch: Why the Mets Will Make the Playoffs in 2010 2010
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