fly ball

He slipped when the first fly ball came his way, and the resulting inside-the-park home run marked the end of his brief career.

Engines of the slide-valve type are usually provided either with a fly-ball throttling governor, or a shaft governor.

Very often a fly ball will fall in such a position that the out-fielders will be in doubt who is to take it.

The fly-ball governor replaced the throttle-valve which was at first used by Watt to regulate the speed of his engines.

Ryan was a good hitter, not an overly fast base runner, and a good judge of a fly ball.

Governors of this class are sometimes termed fly-ball governors.