Related Clues:

• Like balls used during a game
• Not out-of-bounds, as a ball
• Needing to be fielded, as a baseball
• Like a fair ball as opposed to a foul ball
• Up for grabs, as convention delegates
• Without meaning, really
• Insincere language invol-ved with insolence
• Not out of touch, but performing publicly?
• ... insincerely making it difficult to talk
• Acting on the stage, so no need to call fault
• Speaking ironically
• Ironically insincere
• With ironical intent
• With ironic intention
• Find actors there when ball hasn't left the pitch