41.   A ball went into the right-field corner and the right fielder threw home and overthrew both cutoff men.

42.   A game ball went out to him this past week.

43.   A shot by South Korea was deflected by the defender Puyol, and the ball went to Park Ji-sung on the left side.

44.   About a minute later, the ball went out of bounds.

45.   Afghanistan is a volleyball court, stuck in the middle when the ball goes side to side.

46.   After Dale Davis blocked a floater by Houston, the ball went to Sprewell, who popped up to shoot as the shot-clock buzzer went off.

47.   After all that, the ball went to Hamilton in the lane.

48.   After two botched jumps, the ball went up again and after it got knocked around, Rodman, appropriately, ended up with it.

49.   Against Hawaii, for example, Earl Watson tried to redirect a pass to Dan Gadzuric for a dunk, but the ball went out of bounds.

50.   Alabama was a patient teacher, telling me more than once to point my whole body in the direction I wanted the ball to go.