As the pitcher in a baseball game, it is important to pitch the ball well.

棒球赛中投手把球投好至关重要。

Think of an organized sport. OK. Guess what?

说到“快投手”就想起了这项有组织的体育活动。猜猜看发生了什么？

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。

Your ERN has dropped every year, and you seem very focused on it.

的投手防御率逐年下，似乎对这点非常专注。

Rob's bringing some friends, and he'll be our starting pitcher.

罗一些朋友过看来，他是我们的先发投手。

It's really important that you make that sound; otherwise, you are saying the word pitcher.

发出那个音很重要，否则的话说的就是投手。

Someday I'd like to be in there as the starting pitcher.

有时我想成为开局投手。”

The pitcher? The umpire is the one who made the terrible call!

你说投手？裁判才是吹黑哨的人！

Nats pitcher Stephen Strasburg received the most valuable player award of the World Series.

国民队投手史蒂芬·斯特拉斯堡（Stephen Strasburg）获得世界大赛最有价值球员奖。

The changes in the ball also make it harder for the pitchers to manipulate it.

棒球的变化也使投手更难控制球。

He hits the ball every time, like he can read the pitcher's mind.

他每次都能击中球，就像他能读懂投手的心思一样。

It's not your son's fault. He's just up against the best pitcher in the league.

这不是你儿子的错。他对阵的是联赛最佳投手。

She became a fair pitcher, and she was surely a strong batter.

她成为了一名出色的投手，当然也是一名强壮的击球手。

I like to see the pitcher throw the ball and the batters hit the ball.

我喜欢看投手投球和击球手击球。

Carlisle stood at the plate, and the others joined the game halfheartedly.

卡莱尔站到了投手板上，其他人也不甚认真地加入到比赛中。

Why's that? - I can spit when I'm on the mound.

为什么？ - 这样我就能在投手丘上吐口水了。

We have a runner on third and up at bat is Brian Okami! There's the pitch, he hits it! It's going, going, that ball is gone!

我们有一个跑着在第三垒， Brian Okami 击球，投手投球，他大众了，球飞呀，飞呀，出界了。

Then the Red Sox discovered that he could hit the ball even better than he could throw it. So Ruth became an outfielder instead of a pitcher.

后来红袜队发现鲁斯的击球技术甚至比他的投球技术还要好。所以鲁斯从投手转成了外野手。

And so now you have to pull help off other shooters, off other scorers because the ball has penetrated the middle of the gap, right?

所以现在你无法帮到其它投手，其它得分手，因为球已经穿透到了中场，明白吗？

I knew their stats, the RBIs, the ERAs, their batting averages, how much they got paid, and how they came up from the minors.

我知道他们的总得分，他们的打点和投手防御率，他们挣多少钱，以及他们是怎样在少年棒球联赛上崭露头角的。