We passed long, hot afternoons pitching a baseball.

我们以打棒球来消磨一个个漫长的炎热午后。

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Rice University built a sensor-filled baseball that precisely transmits the mechanics of a throw to better teach pitching.

美国莱斯大学队在一个棒球上装上传感器，这样就可以精确记录投球时的各种力学上的表现，以便能更好地培训投手。

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To conduct practices efficiently, a coach must organize work on all aspects of baseball-hitting, pitching, playing defense, base running. Of course, work in these areas usually occurs simultaneously.

为了让训练更有效率，教练必须组织训练工作的所有方面——打击，投球，守备，跑垒，而这些项目的练习往往是同时进行的。

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There are even Hello Kitty business ties and Hello Kitty baseball pitching machines in Tokyo and Kobe.

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On the heels of a severe recession, the philosophy of corporate executives when it comes to cash is similar to the view baseball teams take on pitching: you can never have enough.

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As any baseball fan knows, good pitching beats good hitting.

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