Possible Clues:

• Not out of touch but performing publicly?
• One vote against accepting place on the field
• Not out of touch, but performing publicly?
• Like working actor -- out of touch?
• Needing to be fielded, as a baseball
• Like live balls
• Up for grabs, as convention delegates
• Plain dancing? We're told why a ball may be so
• Active during a game
• Parlay has a king thus functioning