And with the rest of the G20 not in a position to play the kind of hard ball with France and Germany that Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Nicolas Sarkozy played with the Greek prime minister on Wednesday night.
On the other hand, in a hard-ball approach, the company could have cited ongoing litigation as reason to bow out.
When we don't have the ball we work hard to gain the ball - defensively we are much better.
"She has a natural gift of hitting the ball hard and cleanly with seemingly minimal effort, " said Bates.
These are usually preferred by defenders who like to hit the ball hard.
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Meanwhile, a hard-hit ball by Moustakas leading off the seventh inning caromed off Pettitte's glove and right to Robinson Cano.
"When he hits the ball hard, it's usually for extra bases and drives people in, " New York manager Joe Girardi said.
"We're going up there looking to hit the ball hard, not thinking, 'Oh, we might swing and miss, '" second baseman Dan Uggla said.
To Ortiz, the best way to beat the shift is to work on hitting the ball hard up the middle, with some line drives to left field.
He is certainly not the shy and retiring type, hits the ball hard and is very confident - a trait this new-look Australian team appears to have in spades.
"When he hits the ball hard, even though he knows it's probably out of the ballpark, he doesn't take it for granted that it is out of the ballpark, " Johnson said.
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But the ability to hit the ball hard the other way is what matters, and if he can perfect that skill, Teixeira knows he won't ever have to say the word "bunt" again.
Wigan's Emerson Boyce looped a header just over from a Jason Koumas corner but Sunderland could have gone two up when, one-on-one, Cisse smashed the ball hard and low after being put clear by Malbranque only to be denied by an outstanding save from Kirkland.
"He was trying to hit every ball as hard as he can, " Nadal said.
Griffin won a hard-fought jump ball, but Paul missed a desperation 3-point attempt as the shot clock went off.
And I was playing soccer and I was at practice, and this kid on my team kicked the ball really hard when I was goalie.
Well aware of this obsession with measurement and velocity, young pitchers and their coaches began about 15 years ago to approach the game with a singular goal: figuring out how to throw the ball as hard as they can.
Jennings, who did not speak to the media after the game, hit the ball so hard that after it ricocheted off Happ it went all the way into the bullpen in foul territory halfway down the right-field line for a two-run triple.
As the Wolves wall jumped he drilled the ball low and hard and it scudded into the corner with the unsighted Hahnemann no more than a helpless observer.
The ball was still hard enough to go through with reasonable pace, however, and two Johnson wickets before lunch left England on 97-3 and gave Australia a clear advantage.
Television match official Bevan needed several long hard looks to decide the ball had been grounded properly, but decided to award the score despite some disbelieving looks from the Ospreys.
But New Zealand dug in hard to win back the ball and hold off Wales, although there is every evidence that the gap between the two sides has closed a little more.
Villanova had a hard enough time hanging onto the ball against Louisville's dynamic defense.
Mud that adheres to a ball after it lands hard and rolls out makes the next shot unpredictable.
But all the hard work was done with the ball as Glamorgan struggled to get over their poor start.
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Given its testy relationship with the other Gulf states, Iran has a hard time persuading them to play ball over smuggling.
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