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

棒赛中投手把投好至关重要。

Think of an organized sport. OK. Guess what?

说到“快投手”就想起了这项有组织体育活动。猜猜看生了什么？

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》作家乔治·普林顿表了一篇虚构文章，内容是关于一位叫西德·芬奇菜鸟投手，他可以以超过 168 英里时速投出快。

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

您投手防御率逐年下降，而您似乎对这点非常专注。

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

罗布会带一些朋友过看来，他会是我们投手。

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

出那个音很重要，否则话说就是投手。

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！

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员奖。

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

棒变化也使投手更难控制。

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

他每次都能击中，就像他能读懂投手心思一样。

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

这不是你儿子错。他对阵是联赛最佳投手。

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

她成为了一出色投手，当然也是一强壮击手。

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

我喜欢看投手投和击手击。

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

卡莱尔站到了投手板上，其他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，投手投，他大众了，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.

后来红袜队现鲁斯击技术甚至比他投技术还要好。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.

我知道他们总得分，他们打点和投手防御率，他们挣多少钱，以及他们是怎样在少年棒联赛上崭露头角。