In accordance with this rule against hitting the ball a second time.

That is the way things happen

(idiomatic) In a difficult situation or tight spot; at a disadvantage.

(cricket) The first replacement new ball in an innings; in Test cricket, usually taken after 80 overs.

(informal, idiomatic) To begin; to start some action; to set in motion.

(chiefly in the plural) Either of a pair of marble-sized metal or plastic balls, usually hollow and containing a small weight that rolls around, used for vaginal or anal sexual stimulation.

Alternative spelling of ball-peen hammer

A hammer having, besides the normal flat head, an opposite, rounded or peening head.

(mathematics) A theorem stating that there is no nonvanishing continuous tangent vector field on the sphere; colloquially, that "you can't comb a hairy ball flat without creating a cowlick".

(baseball) A batted ball that gets between several fielders.