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They cost them strokes, require a unique swing to escape, and force players to clean up any mess they leave behind in the sand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Competing fund managers and bank traders say Lemssouguer’s approach is overly aggressive, causing his performance to swing wildly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The MLB’s automated ball-strike system is in full swing this season.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

Bucknor, who has been an MLB umpire since 1996, ejected Red Sox manager Alex Cora after calling Trevor Story out on a check swing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Beakman wanted to prove that if he let go, the ball wouldn’t swing back past the point where he’d first held it.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas