I'd say using 'baseball field' would be a little clunky. He'd probably say either 'batting cage,' or he'd say something like 'the diamond.' Flies could work ("hit a few flies" or "pop a few flies"), but runs not so much--you've got to be hitting other players in or running the bases yourself to make runs. When you're hitting pitches from the machine, you're just hitting the ball, you're not scoring, if that makes sense.
There could even be a slightly futuristic tact to take here, if he described using the pitching machine as "having a go at the pitching 'bot" or some such.
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Date: 2009-04-06 01:29 pm (UTC)There could even be a slightly futuristic tact to take here, if he described using the pitching machine as "having a go at the pitching 'bot" or some such.