"Call balls and strikes" nghĩa là gì?

"Call balls and strikes" -> nghĩa là làm trọng tài tại ô nhà (home base) trong trận đấu bóng chày, người xác định một cú ném là ball (pitcher ném bóng lỗi, bóng nằm ngoài vùng strike và batter không đập) hay strike (batter vung chày nhưng không đập trúng bóng (cho dù bóng lỗi hay không) hoặc đập trúng nhưng bóng ra ngoài biên).

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The umpires who call balls and strikes will remain in their revised positions through the crowning of state champions in both sports next month.

“I’m a guy that I call it like I see it,” Parnell said in an interview about his criticism of Trump back then. “You know, I do everything I can to call balls and strikes. I stand up to my party when I think that they’re wrong. And I’m not afraid to stand up for what I believe.”

Boekholder said umpire crew chief Fielden Culbreth, who had moved behind home plate to call balls and strikes after O’Nora departed, asked Boekholder how long he thought the repairs would take. “Give me 10 minutes and we’ll see what we can do,” Boekholder told Culbreth. Remarkably, it only took 20 minutes during which somebody had the brilliant idea to cue the William Tell Overture. “He was nice enough to give us an extra 10,” Boekholder said. The number of people who contributed to the cause was a lot more than 20.

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