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He said with any other product, supermarkets would "play hard ball on margins" with suppliers.

The air in his lungs knotted, sinking to a hard ball in his stomach.

"It's still the same hard ball being thrown at you, and it can still catch you all over the body."

Could this ruling be hard ball tactics by Warsaw to get the commission to agree the much-needed funds?

"I was really only thinking about hitting a hard ball," said Tsutsugo, who has homered five times on nine hits since signing with the Pirates on Aug. 16.