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Logitech Cordless TrackMan Wheel trackball mose The original version of the Kensington Expert Mouse can use a standard American pool ball as a trackball. [citation needed]A trackball is a pointing device consisting of a ball held by a socket containing sensors to detect a rotation of the ball about two axes—like an upside-down ball mouse with an exposed protruding ball. [1]
Leandro Cedeño hit a home run measured at 527 feet (161 m) in the minor leagues. [21] Giancarlo Stanton recorded the hardest hit batted ball, with a ground ball with a recorded 123.9-mile-per-hour (199.4 km/h) exit velocity, [22] and the then longest distance for a home run, at 504 feet (154 m), measured by Statcast. [23]
An infielder about to field a ground ball. A line drive (colloquially, a "liner" or "rope") is a batted ball "hit in a nearly straight line usually not far above the ground." [14] Batters are usually most successful when they hit line drives, reaching base over 70% of the time, as compared to about 25% of the time on ground balls or fly balls. [15]
The game requires players to choose five numbers from one to 69 for the white balls, and one number from one to 26 for the red Powerball. Alternatively, players can opt to receive random numbers.
If a batter hits the ball "up the alley" with enough force, he has a stronger chance of advancing beyond first base and being credited with an extra-base hit. Typically, this is an appropriate term for describing a line drive or ground ball; fly balls that hit the wall are not normally described this way.
Veteran actor Tony Todd, who played the titular villain in the Candyman horror movie franchise, has died at the age of 69. Todd died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home, our sister site Deadline ...
An Alabama A&M football player who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died, officials said. Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, was playing his first season as a linebacker with Alabama A&M ...
Runners may attempt to advance from base to base on any fair ball that touches the ground. When a ball is hit in the air (i.e., a fly ball) and caught by the defending team, runners must return and touch the base they occupy—called tagging up—after the ball is first touched by a fielder. Once they do this, they may attempt to advance at ...