These competitive ball field warriors are especially prone to sales pitches with more allure than a bank CD or balanced portfolio.
The free boat ride takes about 25 minutes and the ball field, which has sweeping views of New York Harbor and the Manhattan skyline, is adjacent to the ferry terminal.
This year, the city renamed its Boys and Girls Club after Jackie Robinson, and there's now a ball field in his honor at Holder Park, where the club is located.
On the ball field and in the dugout, the Dodgers have an exciting nucleus of talent and potential that could propel them to the top of the National League West standings.
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And it went from bad to worse for the visitors as, with just seconds remaining of the half remaining, Hinton thumped the ball down field rather than kick to touch.
With the flags atop the stadium stiffly pointing toward right, Buck lofted an opposite-field fly ball that landed in the netting just beyond the right field fence to make it 4-0.
But it seems ever more possible that the country will drop the off-field ball.
Green followed with a fly ball to left field, and Ruggiano scored easily from third.
But the latest entry into the wildly popular franchise does more than just move the ball down the field.
But his likely Republican opponent is trying to take the ball off the field by also supporting the freeze.
There were chunks of minutes when the Americans seemingly played keepaway, forcing the Italians to chase the ball around the field.
All this hysteria prompts one question: What is it about chasing a ball around a field that makes human beings care so much?
From the set piece, Glasgow swung the ball across the field to Lome Fa'atau, whose grubber kick was perfectly weighted for Shaw to pounce.
Tigers left fielder Andy Dirks lofted a ball toward left field.
Duda misjudged Brantly's fly ball to left field in the fourth.
He says the whole notion of formations is "overvalued" in a sport that still basically boils down to 22 players chasing a ball across the field.
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Unlike the traditional "drift" defense, in which defenders take a few steps towards the opposition and then follow the ball across the field, the rush attempts to limit the supply of easy yards by stopping opposing runners in their tracks.
The opposing sides, of five players each, take turns serving the four kilogram rubber ball and thereafter trying to move the ball up the field, hitting it only with the hip or upper thigh, which are protected by special garments.
Villa looked more lively early in the second half but, after Stiliyan Petrov drifted a clever cross-field ball into the heart of Pompey's back-pedalling defence, Young - with time and space to spare - could only drag a low shot well wide.
At Linwood Park, where Patty sometimes organized athletics for the kids, Connie sat by herself on the grass, unbored, her hands fashioning a clover-flower ring for nobody, and let the minutes stream past her until Joey took his turn at bat or moved the soccer ball down the field and quickened her interest momentarily.
But without -- again, it's not a hard deadline, but Congress, the administration, all of us working together need to move this ball down the field this week to make sure that by next week we know that there will be an outcome that at the very least ensures that the United States does not default on its obligations.
On Sunday, he kept patting the ball and surveying the field, looking for options that seldom materialized.
The clash was sparked by bowler Benn colliding with non-striker Johnson while trying to field a ball.
The Detroit pitcher was struck just above the right ear and the ball went into center field for a single.
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Though he made a few sharp catches particularly in traffic, there were numerous times when he bobbled the ball in the open field.
"When he's doing that, when any hitter is driving the ball to the opposite field, you know he's starting to get locked in, " Gonzalez said.
Well, let's get the ball moving right down field talking about Michael Vick pleading guilty and revealing that he's giving his life to Jesus, and not a moment too soon.
Pietersen had earlier promised England would be more aggressive under his leadership and he played a captain's role, not only with the bat but with the ball and in the field.
Benn collided with Johnson, who was at the non-striker's end, when he tried to field a ball off his own bowling before Haddin also got involved as tempers flared on day two of the match.
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