ball game

ball game
1. any game played with a ball, esp. baseball or softball.
2. Informal. a situation and all its attendant circumstances: Having a new administration in power changes the entire ball game at city hall. Cf. new ball game.
3. Archaeol. a ceremonial game of both ritual and sporting significance, played by teams on a ball court in Mesoamerican cultures from the Preclassic period to the Spanish conquest.
Also, ballgame.
[1840-50, Amer.]

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