How to Use play ball in a Sentence

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• Boo your front office too, Braves fans, for not wanting to play ball with Freeman.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
• The league says play ball, but not without the authority to punish players that do not wish to play.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
• Caitlin Clark is one of the few star athletes in America today who just wants to play ball.
  — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
• Later in the first, Chisholm also threw a potential double-play ball high.
  — Ryan Morik Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
• It was intended to force from-the-gun attacks but riders just didn’t play ball, waiting for their teammates to catch up.
  — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 19 July 2026
• But e-commerce juggernaut Amazon refused to play ball with Meta.
  — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
• The umpires congregated for 15 seconds, and then went back to playing ball.
  — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
• Other nearby governments already have gotten the message to play ball.
  — Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
• Kerr threw 32 pitches, 23 for strikes, and got three groundball outs, a double-play ball, three flyball outs and a foul out.
  — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 26 Sep. 2026
• Joining some teenagers playing ball at a court off Backus Lane, Sandler stayed for a quick game and then posed for pictures with the group.
  — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 July 2026
• Again, the promise of the federal housing bill is dependent on local governments’ willingness to play ball.
  — Christopher Calton, Oc Register, 29 June 2026
• Dansby Swanson then hit into a forceout at second, beating the throw to first on the would-be double-play ball that Hoerner could have scored on to tie the game.
  — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
• Students are transferring three and four times, pros are trying to play ball against college kids, conflicting court decisions have created a fragmented system, one that no one intended.
  — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
• For instance, if Duren tried to do three years, $75 million with a player option after two seasons, would Detroit have any incentive to play ball on something like that?
  — John Hollinger, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
• Carlos Rodon executed his pitch perfectly, coaxing Christian Franklin into what should have been an inning-ending double-play ball hit straight to Chisholm at second base.
  — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
• Let’s play ball After the opening ceremonies, athleticism took center stage as the Los Angeles Queens and the New York Heights squared off.
  — Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026
• Any hope that Farage had that the Clacton campaign would be similarly positive for him was dashed when the other political parties failed to play ball and he was left standing against the likes of Count Binface.
  — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
• The Raiders figure to be conservative here, playing ball control game behind veteran QB Kirk Cousins with Fernando Mendoza waiting in the wings (for some reason).
  — Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
• Her third nomination could’ve been for A League of Their Own, Penny Marshall’s 1992 comedy about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League formed during World War II, but Winger ultimately decided not to play ball.
  — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026