1. ball up - Noun
2. ball up - Verb
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Source: WordNetball-up
The way I grew up playing, and the way most Americans have grown up, is that you hit the ball up in the air and then it stops where it lands. David Duval
It was funny, when I thought of it afterward, how Ruth and Gehrig looked as they stood there. The Babe must have been waiting for me to get the ball up a little so he could get his bat under it. Carl Hubbell
The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in and I've been shooting it ever since. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I botched the dinner and we had to eat out Source: Internet
the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement Source: Internet
Apart from free kicks, marks or when the ball is in the possession of an umpire for a ball up or throw in, the ball is always in dispute and any player from either side can take possession of the ball. Source: Internet