棒球介绍英文简介English-introduction-ofbaseball.ppt

BASEBALL Casey 2015-3-30 Collective Competitive Challenging Casey 2015-3-30 pitcher catcher batter 18.44m Collective The nine players for each team must unite as a whole. Sometimes, one needs spirit of self-sacrifice for overall situation. A single task and responsibility PLUS cooperation with everyone at all times. With every changing situations and circumstances, one must grasp these situations and send information to his teammates in time. Competitive The duel between the pitcher and the batter is a contest of psychology. A baseball can be at more than 150 kilometers per hour. Speed and reaction of the runner and the defenders is measured in fractions of a second. Baseball is a test of will between players. Challenging Run very fast against the ball at high speed. React sensitively because the ball can run everywhere and to every direction. Sufficient physical strength to fight against rivals for it may take long time to end a game. Baseball needs highly solidarity, which may challenge the extent of team’s unity. Flexible tactics which come from collective intelligence and individual efforts. Challenging On average a game last two and a half hours, with the longest recorded game lasting eleven hours and twenty five minutes of 32 innings between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings played in April of 1931. Therefore, it is a challenge of strength and persistence plus speed and reaction. Casey 2015-3-30 Wherever and whenever you are playing baseball,