In baseball, the pitcher throws the ball to the batter. What's the English for "pitcher"? A. player B. thrower C. pitcher D. catcher 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 C。“pitcher”就是“投手”的意思。选项 A“player”是运动员,比较宽泛;选项 B“thrower”是投掷者,不太准确;选项 D“catche...
do something unexpected C. give up easily D. play fairly 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 B。“throw a curveball”在体育里常表示“做出意想不到的事”。A 选项“throw a fast ball”扔一个快球,不是这个意思;C 选项“give up easily”轻易放弃,不对;D 选项“play fairly”公平比赛,错误。反馈 收藏 ...
Part of what makes baseball the best are the feats and amazing stats accruing left and right, every single day. We chronicle them throughout the year, but there’s no better time than before the calendar flips to take a look back. It’s hard to pick just one per team after Continue ...
A whole bunch of 2022's pitchers have new pitches in 2023, but what is that doing for them? Full access to this article is for Premium Baseball Prospectus subscribers. Sign up today to get access to insightful analysis for the discerning baseball fan. Super-Premium - $66.99 / yearPremium ...
Trajekt Sports makes a pitching machine like no other. Think of a robot that can replicate the pitches a batter would face from the most skillful pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB). A pitched baseball can have 12 degrees of freedom. Our machine replicates 11 of those 12,...
A batter can increase a pitcher’s pitch count to wear him off. Six to eight pitches without the batter striking out (or nine or more with astrikeout) are considered good QABs in baseball. The opposing pitcher will often lose accuracy when delivering more throws. On the batter’s end, ...
The rules of a baseball game as specified by Major League Baseball strive for fairness in all aspects of the game and prohibit the use of distracting motions, equipment or behavior that gives a player a competitive advantage.
Even a strikeout can be a quality at-bat, if the batter really battles the pitcher and makes him throw at least nine pitches. Although the end result is a strikeout, this will guarantee ahigh pitch count for the inning, which will start wearing down the pitcher. ...
What makes an Effective Speaker essaysDay in and day out we are exposed to different types of speakers. On television we see reporters, announcers, and talk show hosts. At school we encounter guest speakers and professors. We may not be asking ourselv
” Even a century ago, Tris Speaker expressed the sport’s reverence for southpaws — if falling short as a trade analyst — when hereportedly opinedthat “taking the best left-handed pitcher in baseball and converting him into a right fielder is one of the dumbest things I ever heard.”...