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The narrative is spreading rapidly in the early days of spring training, told
with a certain taste of glee. The Astros are getting hit by a lot of pitches!
The cheaters are getting their comeuppance! They're already being targeted
and it's not even the regular season! There are Twitter accounts with names
like Astros* Bean Counter and 2020 Astros Shame Tour tracking all the hit
batters. Non-sports sites are publishing videos on Facebook. The "Today" show
did a segment on it Friday morning. My friend Dan tells me that even his mom
mentioned to him that the Astros are getting hit a lot.
故事已在早前的春訓期間被以某種帶有喜悅的方式迅速傳開。休士頓太空人要吃一堆觸身
球了!這些作弊仔正在接受他們的報應!他們早就已經被鎖定了，而且這只是春訓還沒開季
!推特上有一些帳號像是「太空人*統計專家」、「2020太空人羞恥巡迴之旅」正在追蹤這
些被丟的打者。一些非體育網站也在Facebook上發表影片，「今日」節目就在周五早上的
節目中將這些片段分門別類。我的好友Dan跟我說連他媽都跟他提到太空人正在吃一堆觸
身球。
The narrative isn't completely wrong, but let's put this in some context. As
always, context is important and hyperbole can be misleading.
這些故事不全然是錯的，但讓我們考慮一下整件事情的脈絡。就像每件事一樣，脈絡是非
常重要的，一些太過誇張的說法可能會誤導他人。
Entering Friday's spring training games, the Astros have been hit by seven
pitches. That's no longer the most; the Cardinals have been hit by eight
pitches