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US
/bɔɫˈɡeɪm/
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[ UK /bˈɔːlɡeɪm/ ]
[ UK /bˈɔːlɡeɪm/ ]
NOUN
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a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation
HDTV looks the same but it's really a whole new ballgame - a field game played with a ball (especially baseball)
How To Use ballgame In A Sentence
- A packed audience listened to pleas from iO Theater owner and director Charna Halpern and others as they described how a strip of Clark Street, a mainstay for Cubs fans to barhop after ballgames, will dramatically change if the complex is built at Clark and Addison streets. Chicagotribune.com -
- EXAMPLE: Our previous management restricted our creativity, but after a new president was appointed, it was a whole new ballgame, and we could be quite innovative in every aspect of our work.
- And it's a cultural divide between those who believe that baseball represents something pure and simple -- father and son deciding on the spur of the moment to take in a ballgame, some peanuts and Cracker Jack -- and those who see sports as fuel to drive the engine of urban redevelopment, grease the dealmaking of the nation's corporate chieftains, and supply television with a steady source of programming to wrap around commercials. Ernie Harwell and the story of baseball
- Garrett was best known as the flirtatious girl in love with the shy Sinatra in "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and "On the Town," both in 1949, and later in life she became well-known to TV audiences with recurring roles in the 1970s sitcoms "All in the the Family" and "Laverne and Shirley. Chron.com Chronicle
- His ballgame companion, Marge Locke, is just as avid a fan.
- Garrett was best known as the flirtatious girl in love with the shy Sinatra in "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and "On the Town," both in 1949, and later in life she became well-known to TV audiences with recurring roles in the 1970s sitcoms "All in the Family" and "Laverne and Shirley. NPR Topics: News
- Chili made with venison is a whole other ballgame. For the Love of Venison!
- People, young, old and indifferent, can have purple hair, swear at ballgames or give other motorists the finger.
- HDTV looks the same but it's really a whole new ballgame
- Gord went to a ballgame intercounty league this afternoon and I enjoyed some Teena-time, listening to old cassettes and catching up on stuff. Archive 2007-08-01
