throw smoke

Verb

slang

(baseball, slang) To consistently pitch fastballs that are difficult to hit.

Japanese Meaning

野球のスラング表現で、打者が打ちにくい速球を安定して投げることを意味する

When he's on, he can throw smoke for nine innings, leaving batters guessing the whole game.

調子が良ければ、9イニングを通して打ちにくい速球を投げ続け、打者を最後まで翻弄する。

Sense（1）

(baseball, slang) To consistently pitch fastballs that are difficult to hit.

He has been throwing smoke all game.

throws smoke

（ present singular third-person ）

throwing smoke

（ participle present ）

threw smoke

（ past ）

thrown smoke

（ participle past ）