Then, he teaches it to players he hand picks, mostly tough city kids, sometimes from the most undisciplined netherlands of high school or playground ball.

The more the game looks like playground ball, the better for Seattle.

It may be because of all that playground ball.

Examples of these are basketballs, superballs, and playground balls.

To those who have had an eye to the experience of playground ball, there is a cruel hoax.

The ship's boys, ranging from about 8 to 18, recapitulated the unspoken rules of playground ball, and my son happily joined in.

"The Gauchos play playground ball, one-on-one ball."

They were often seen bouncing around on large inflatable playground balls while singing, a reference to the Backstreet Boys' trademark "folding chair dance".

Billy and Sidney figure out that playground ball is not a career option after all.

Essentially, the isolation reduces a marvelously intricate team sport to a game of high-level playground ball.