11.  To help fans come to see Babe Ruth hit home runs, baseball once got rid of its dead ball.

12.  Another key dead ball man is Stig Inge Bjornebye, the Liverpool defender with the feared left-foot shot.

13.  But then a true dead ball specialist set the game alight.

14.  Even on dead balls, they have proved to be deadly.

15.  Ivanisevic and Philippoussis knocked heads when both tried to head a dead ball soccer style.

16.  Malone stepped into the lane and flipped the ball in, touching off a chorus of cheers that continued until a dead ball about one minute later.

17.  No substitutions or time out requests will be allowed during this dead ball period.

18.  Promising matches turned into anticlimactic confrontations, the air gone from a tournament that is looking as flat as dead balls.

19.  The Bradley Center crowd booed the Bucks at nearly every second-half dead ball.

20.  Unable to immediately tell which one was live, umpire Tim Welke immediately ruled a dead ball.