Assertion: pitcher's pitch | /r/HasProperty | ball
Facets:
value: before that
type: TEMPORAL
value: merely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: A pitch that the batter does not swing at, and which is not called a strike, is a "ball.
text: A pitch which is not a strike and which the batter does not swing at is known as a "ball".
text: The rule dates from 1884; before that, a pitch that struck the batter was merely a ball.
text: A pitch outside the strike zone is a ball.