Noun
a field game played with a ball (especially baseball)
a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation
Source: WordNetIt's a beautiful day for a ballgame... Let's play two! Ernie Banks
I would have liked having children to some degree, but frankly I haven't got the time to take the kids to the goddamn ballgame. Albert Ellis
People are looking for original content in many different places, as are advertisers. This takes us into a whole new ballgame. Jeff Zucker
I don't like losing a ballgame any more than a salesman likes losing a sale. Early Wynn
Manhattan, though, was an entirely different ballgame in a whole different kind of world, with a man who was brilliant and at the same time terribly charismatic. Mariel Hemingway
Well, I don't worry about ratings. I'm trying to win a ballgame right now. Whatever it takes to win a ballgame, we're going to do it. If it takes a four-hour game, that's what we have to do. Larry Bird