“Their style is different,” Rollins said. “A lot of things they do, you know, we will get criticized for if we did them back home during the regular season. But that’s the way they play. They don’t worry about the big things. They do things right. And if there is anything that we can take away from what we’ve seen is to take advantage of another team’s mistakes.”
>>771 翻訳の問題っつーか、コイツの発言、英語版の記事でもサイトによって解釈が三つに分かれていて非常に分かりにくいんだが、the big thingsは その前を読めば何を指すかわかるよ。
“They were fundamentally sound,” U.S. shortstop Jimmy Rollins said of the Japanese last night. “They took advantage of mistakes, didn't worry about trying to drive the ball out of the ballpark. And when you put the ball in play, you can find some holes . . .
“Their style is different. A lot of things they do, you know, we will get criticized for if we did them back home during the regular season. But that's the way they play. They don't worry about the big things. They do things right, and if there is anything we can take away from what've seen, (it's) to take advantage of another team's mistakes.
というわけで、the big things=trying to drive the ball out of the ballpark
“Their style is different,” Rollins said. “A lot of things they do, you know, we will get criticized for if we did them back home during the regular season. But that’s the way they play. They don’t worry about the big things. They do things right. And if there is anything that we can take away from what we’ve seen is to take advantage of another team’s mistakes.”
American shortstop Jimmy Rollins appreciated Japan’s adherence to fundamentals. But he remained skeptical of specific style issues that he insisted would not go over well in the big leagues.
“They play with passion. And we play with passion, but they just wear theirs on their sleeve. Their style is different. We would get criticized for if we did them back home during the regular season,” Rollins said. “For example, when they get the hits, they flip the bats. I am fine with it, which is fine. I actually like it. But in American baseball, you do that and you’d get people throwing at you. You’d rub people the wrong way because they’d think you were styling, showboating.”