The ball bounced off the backboard, like a ricochet in a pinball machine, and plopped into the twine.

Manning lobbed, Willis froze, the ball plopped out of bounds.

We just gawp in wonder as the ball bounces and plops into the pads.

The grass caught his club, and the ball barely plopped onto the green, 40 feet from the cup.

The ball sailed over the left-field fence, hit a fan named Michael Appelbaum and plopped back onto the field.

But the ball plopped in front of Hidalgo, and Griffey scored.

He leaned into the stands as the ball plopped into his glove.

The ball plopped right in front of Giambi.

His ball had plopped into the sand.

Or, if you were lucky, your ball sometimes would plop down onto the green, proving that the elm had a heart, hard as it usually was.