balls

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That doesn’t sound like a staggering difference, but with thousands of batted balls over the years, that’s a lot of outs turning into doubles, triples and home runs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

McGregor broke down the aerodynamics: “Cold air is dense, so a baseball has to push more atoms out of the way as it travels deep. Warm air has lower density, so balls travel farther.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

It would mean no more to him than having his caddy toss one of his poorly struck balls onto the green.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

Wyatt-Hodge did drop two other tough chances later on but left-armer Kemp, only recently returning to bowling after a series of back issues, took three in four balls to improve a day even further.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

He was already juggling by the time I got there, with the two balls and the compass.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo