著名演员乔•汉姆，在密苏里大学获得英语学位后，先在一所私立学校担任戏剧老师，后来成为全职演员jDUq]IK=!-。2007年，他成为AMC剧集《广告狂人》（Mad Men）的主演之一，并凭借该角赢得金球奖剧情类剧集最佳男演员奖tWuY^0XC6P_GTO。 今天来分享一下他短暂的棒球生涯吧！

When you were a kid, what level did you get to play baseball?
当你是个孩子的时候,你去打什么级别的棒球?

I got to, let's call it a solid gentleman's B.
我打的是,我们称之为坚实绅士的B 级别W2fsQMDAz#f](1)sh!8。

B is pretty good.
B 相当好Nd%Ek8ki5LKU。

It's passing.
它的传球YJF|TWvEY[D3N。

What position?
什么位置?

I played catcher.
我打接手M8H9k2a,|#sTWpMl_3]。

Catcher. You gonna be more than B catcher.
接手*m0@..;^5a(QkEuZOEw。你会是比B更厉害的接手^h!quIkyMV)pv%Gg.1。

No, you don't.
不,不是的1)MTX-*rfb=B3*FL。

Really?
真的吗?

You really just had to stop the ball from hitting the back staff.
你真得不让球击中后面的人Yv&z)kr4Rgi0dD_LYm。

Yeah, but the catcher is the guy who is runner of the show. That's the brain.Sort of. Yeah, I have a way more brains than talent.
是啊,但接手是比赛的关键先生snBYY0VIk#LnX)+yp_。是相当于大脑的存在kBYCwtnoQ*;AFs。可以这样说Hc(vGVLDkU9uM(Z[)*ah。是的,我确实有些头脑-xfhSmA!ij。
When did you decide, maybe you weren't going on with the brave?
你是什么时候决定,也许你不会继续勇敢?

Ah, I played through high school, almost very good in high school. And then I went, I were going into University Texas, ok, and I ended up, thinking more, I'm almost gonna work on. I'm to see, see how good these guys are. They had a guy by the name of Roger Clamens there when I, when I went to school.
啊,我在中学,在高中时代一直比赛，后来我去了德州大学,好,我最终,想的更多hDfoIZ%~l*+tm#74hP。我几乎很起作用j^KvY+iDJr+gnG(F@o。我看,这些人有多好yDk0wElQpO_xf。当我,当我去学校的时候，他们那里已经有一个叫罗杰•克兰文斯的家伙2!7%1@jgMw5xwYZ。
You were a freshman, he was a senior?
你是一个新人,而他是一个老鸟?
Yeah, and I was like, ok, the, no.
是啊,我就想,好吧,没有!SFKY0(|hN8+。

Right.
好的kB0n^-q=cD(Blm。

Not gonna happen.
不可能的U^2Tp6*=e!*EkQYj)GX。

Right.
恩X~5kdspFh(2MbaKJUz(。

And I don't know he've ever seen a ball travel that fast. But you don't really see it. It just appears in your mitt, and then it hurts a lot.
我不知道他有没有见过如此快的球速度+m1q&Hh=O*r4@yfI。但你不会看到W=SJt7rx_#[8DRDi9ck]。它只是出现在你的手套上,然后会感到很痛bxYe!vsyZiF[#uMV[5。

You know, I have noticed that whenever I go to a ball game, you and I, everybody in this building can throw a ball, probably catch a ball, and maybe even swing a ball. But when you see the major league version of that, it's under wholly.It is the whole of the other level.
你知道,我已经注意到,每次我去比赛,你和我,每个在这幢楼的人都能投球,或许接球,甚至是摇摆球Znk7X=Rl2n。但是,当你们看到大联盟,就会完全被它臣服X%#5iTTiVc^s|Yzi。这是整个其他级别所不能企及的KKSKEYXRyce84Ic5Pao。

Yes, it is the whole of the other level. Well, I'm glad to see you still play it. What a kind of, eh, who are, is it like girl's soft ball?It's very similar to that.

是的, 这是整个其他级别所不能企及的(&zI@9,rBJ。嗯,我很高兴看到你还乐在其中gE[0nk4-hSpbV。怎样一种,呃,好像女孩的软球吗?和那个非常相似ft,cXQ=Dit|n.iL。

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