They can hit fastballs coming at them at nearly 100 miles an hour and leap and hang in the air, seemingly defying gravity.

他们可以以每小时近100英里的速度打出快球，可以跳跃并悬浮在空中，似乎是在挑战重力。

In 1985, Sports Illustrated writer George Plimpton tricked many readers when he ran a made-up article about a rookie pitcher named Sid Finch, who could throw a fastball over 168 miles an hour.

1985 年，《体育画报》的作家乔治·普林顿发表了一篇虚构的文章，内容是关于一位名叫西德·芬奇的菜鸟投手，他可以以超过 168 英里的时速投出快球。

That's why humans can't throw a thousand-mile-per-hour fastball.

这就是为么人类无法投出时速 1000 英里的快球。

Some saying the risks of getting hit by a fastball or a line drive, or colliding with another player, are all part of the sport and should stay that way.

有人则表示被快速球或直线球撞, 或与另一名球员的碰撞, 都是棒球运动的一部分, 应该保留这种方式。

Guess when it comes right down to it, we're all just Jeff Sweeney taking a fastball to the plums.

我觉得，说底，我就跟被踢中蛋蛋的杰夫·斯威尼一样。

He threw the ball harder than any other pitcher of his time. He was known for his fastball.

他投球比他那个时代的任何投手都用力。他以快速球著称。

Oh, thank God we don't have to hear that stupid story about that place...- It was called the Fun Zone. I was 11. I hit 10 straight fastballs in the batting cage.

感谢上帝，再不用听那。么地方来着... -在欢乐地带球场。那年我11岁。连续击中10个直线快球。

Against Otani, are you gonna throw four fastballs in a row?

面对大谷，你会连续投四个快球吗？

That's your one, you got one fastball.

那是你的机会，你得了一个快速球。

Now, these fastballs can be floods and droughts.

现在，这些快速球可以是洪水和干旱。

But yeah, just when you think skips, he doesn't have his fastball anymore.

但没错，正当你觉得他还能靠快速球取胜时，他的快速球已经没了。

Imagine a children's bowling ball thrown twice as fast as a major league Baseball fastball.

想象一下，一个儿童用的保龄球以比美国职业棒球大联盟快速球快两倍的速度被投掷出去。

Can a pilot wind up and pitch a fastball on the sidewalk? No.

• 飞行员可以在人行道上拉起并投出快速球吗? 不可以。

For instance, two fastballs to the upper right of the strike zone will be close together in this " pitching space" , whereas a curveball to the same location will end up somewhere else.

例如， 投向好球区右上角的两记快球在这个“投球空间” 中会彼此靠近，而同一位置的曲线球则会落在其他地方。

And he'd throw the ball to Roma doomsday and he'd throw like a 700 mile an hour fastball from six yards away that just like bounced off.

他会把球传给罗马上演末场景，然后像从六码外投出时速700英里的快球一样，结果球就像弹开了一样。

He got hit on that right knee, a 96 mile an hour fastball, and there was some doubt whether or not he would even play it.

他的右膝被一记96英里每小时的快速球击中，当时人们甚至怀疑他是否还能继续比赛。

So Rolling Stone, he said, like a pitcher that has a great fastball or slider, you go back to what worked for you before, says King.

所以《滚石》杂志， 他说， 就像一个投手有一个很棒的快球或滑球，你会回以前对你有效的方法，金说。

Thought it was all over when I broke my arm, but wouldn't you know, when I got better, I had a 110 mile per hour fastball.

我以为我的手臂骨折了就完了，但你知道的， 等我恢复了，我竟然能投出时速110英里的快速球。

And I really think that that's allowed them to have like it's a fastball and then a bit of a curveball with Luca.

这真的让他们有了像快速球，然后是卢卡的有点曲线球的效果。

If you're in drop, I can just pull up real quick and now I can go to my fastball.

如果你在防守，我可以迅速拉上来，现在就能投我的快速球了。