Some are to get the batter off balance, have him swing early, and to make the fastball seem faster to the batter.

For a team that is having trouble scoring, the most welcome sight is a grooved fastball or a hanging curve.

当一支球队无法得分时，最想要的无非是一颗直球或是掉不下来曲球。

For example, if we're talking about a pitcher, like Matsuzaka, we might want to know the speed of his average fastball.

举例来说，如果我们谈到一个投手，就像松阪，我们想知道他投出，快球的平均速度。

I have to be able to throw other pitches in counts where a guy like that is expecting a fastball.

在面对像他这样的打击，并且预期一颗快速球的时候，我必须要能够投出其他的球种。

Clemens showed he still had his splitter Saturday, but he will have to gain more velocity with his fastball.

老克在上周六投出不错的指叉球，但他还要多加点速度在他的快速球上。

When you find a kid with a power arm, all they want to teach him is the four-seam fastball.

当你发掘一位强臂新秀，他们都会想教他四缝线快速球。

I believe he can use the sinker to keep hitters offbalance and use the fastball to blow people away.

我相信他可以用他的伸卡球让打者失去平衡，再用他的速球送打者出局。

A pitcher with an 80 mph fastball couldmanage ten giraffes:

投手扔出的时速130千米的快球能飞到10只长颈鹿这么高：

This may be a testament to his belief in his fastball, which is a very solid pitch with plus velocity.

这也许是他对他的快速球有信心的证明，他的快速球拥有略高于平均值的球速，是一颗很有威力的球种。

As for Mussina, healthy and following a winter of work, can the zip return to his fastball?

至于穆帅，健康及一整个冬天的训练，能否找回他的快速球？

Baseball players have it tough, trying to hit an incoming fastball with a small, rounded bat.

棒球手要想用一根短圆的球棒击中飞速而至的球很不容易。

" It's a matter of trusting myself that I could put the fastball where I wanted to," he said.

同样的你可以将他的四缝线快速球排除不看。

And the example we'll pick is considering, for example, a Matsuzaka fastball.

我们举例来考虑的是，一个松阪的快球。

When your fastball moves by a foot, that's pretty sexy.

当你的快速球移动一呎，那是非常性感的。

Fastball slowing, kids rushing, and the baseball world passing him by?

快速球变慢了，后浪推前浪，棒球世界就要离他而去？

Movement: May have the best movement of any fastball in the major leagues& when it's right.

球的动态：可能是全大联盟中任何一种快速球中动线最佳的&当球跑得对的时候。

Wang's primary pitch is a sinking fastball and it has served him well.

小王的主要球路是快速下沈球，这让他在大联盟生存的很不错。

In the show, everybody can hit a fastball.

比赛中谁都可以投出快球来。

Fastball again? Why's he want the heat?

又是快球？他怎么也要高速球了？

Plan: He gets strike one with his fastball and he does it on the first pitch.

策略：他以快速球拿下好球数，且都是在第一球。

The position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game.

曲棍球队在比赛开始时参与进攻的队员位置。