Sentence:  Stengel also had trouble with balls bouncing off the outfield fences. . . . "If you want somebody to <WSD>play the angles</WSD>," the frustrated rookie replied, "why don't you hire a pool player?" 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  In a game which involves control of a moving object, such as a ball or puck, to allow for angular movements of the object caused by bounces, rebounds, ricochets, etc. or to carefully guard the corners of the goal, net, or other scoring target.