To prevent ticket scalping, the online booking system asks customers to enter their ID numbers while purchasing tickets.（為了遏止販賣黃牛票，那家線上訂購系統要求顧客在購票時輸入身分證字號。）
Scalpers may use bots to snatch tickets and resell them for unreasonably high prices.（黃牛可能會用網路機器人搶票，然後再用高到離譜的價格轉售。）
Many people were selling scalper tickets outside baseball stadiums during the WBC.（經典賽時，很多人在棒球場外販賣黃牛票。）
The benchwarmer hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 9th inning.（那名板凳球員在九局下半擊出了滿貫全壘打。）
主客場
home team
這個字應該很直觀吧！Home 在這裡的意思是「主場的」，所以 home team 就是「主隊」啦～例如：
The home team has to avoid being swept and end their three-game skid today.（主隊今天必須避免被橫掃以及終止三連敗。）
那如果想表達「在主場比賽」，英文則可以說 play at home。一樣來看個例子：
The Bucks are going to play against the Suns at home for the rest of the week.（公鹿隊這週剩下的幾天將在主場迎戰太陽隊。）
away team
那相反地，away 則表示「客場的」，away team 就是指「客隊」，play away 為「打客場賽」。例如：
There are still fans cheering for the away team in the outfield seats.（在外野的座位上，客隊仍然有它的粉絲在加油打氣。）
Most teams have a lower winning percentage while playing away.（大部分的隊伍在客場的勝率都比較低。）
play on the road
最後這個片語字面上是在路上打（球），那其實意思一樣是「打客場賽」唷！例如：
Playing on the road can be very tough. Players need to travel from one place to another overnight, and play at stadiums that they are not familiar with.（打客場賽很辛苦。球員必須連夜舟車勞頓，還要在不熟悉的球場出賽。）
Exhibition games prepare players for the upcoming season.（熱身賽讓球員準備好面對即將到來的賽季。）
Unfortunately, the player suffered a knee injury in the first exhibition game. That is, he will miss the entire regular season.（不幸的是，該名選手在第一場熱身賽膝蓋就受傷了。也就是說，他整季都將報銷了。）
regular season
大家有認真看完上個例句就知道，regular season 就是指「賽季、季賽」的意思唷。例如：
Normally, the CPBL starts its regular season at the end of March.（一般來說，中華職棒的季賽在三月底開打。）
In the NBA, players can be traded during the regular seasons.（在 NBA 中，球員可能會在季賽時被交易。）
playoff
常規的賽季結束以後，接著就要爭奪冠軍。playoff 指的是「季後賽」，像是最近剛結束的 NBA 季後賽，就叫做 NBA playoffs 喔。一樣來看例句：
These three games are going to decide whether we can make it to the playoffs this year.（這三場比賽將會決定我們是否能挺進今年的季後賽。）
The Grizzlies lost in four straight games to the Spurs in the 2013 NBA playoffs.（在 2013 年的 NBA 季後賽中，灰熊隊以直落四敗給了馬刺隊。）
Many TV shows have been making use of virtual audiences since the outbreak of the pandemic.（自從疫情爆發以來，很多電視節目都開始使用虛擬觀眾的方法。）
而這次的奧運也有採用遠端加油的方式：
The International Olympic Committee introduced a new virtual audience concept—the fans can cheer on athletes at home through the Internet.（國際奧運協會採納了新的虛擬觀眾的概念－－粉絲可以透過網路，在家替運動員加油。）
