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有點長...挑些重點大意翻一下－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－ ※ 引述《PerryRod (Partridge)》之銘言： : From: http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pusports/local_story_113093911?page=0 : With homer barrage, A-Rod turns jeers to cheers 全壘打火力四射，A-Rod轉噓聲為歡呼 : Associated Press : Gloucester Daily Times : NEW YORK - Alex Rodriguez walked into the Yankees clubhouse, changed from : street clothes into uniform, grabbed a bat and hustled off to the batting : cage, never taking off the white earphones playing his music. When he got : back to his locker, he quickly moved into the trainer's room, then across the : back of the clubhouse to the players' lounge. : He wanted to talk as little as possible about what he's doing on the field, : one of the great starts in major league history. : A couple of hours later, for the second time in an 11-game span, he homered : with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to turn a loss into a : victory, taking a wild run around the bases at Yankee Stadium, arms raised, : smile showing off all those pearly white teeth, as fans screamed his name. : Finally, they're lauding him, not lambasting him. 這邊略述了A-Rod在11場比賽中兩度再見轟的壯舉。 : For the first time, Rodriguez might be living up to the expectations created : when he signed a record $252 million, 10-year contract with the Texas Rangers : before the 2001 season. 終於....終於...A-Rod證明了他的兩億五千兩百萬合約不是個笑話。 : Going into Saturday's game at Fenway Park, A-Rod was a Hot Rod, leading the : major leagues with 12 homers and 30 RBIs. He was batting .371 and his home : run pace matched Mike Schmidt in 1976 for the fastest in major league history. : Now, Yankees fans aren't dwelling on A-Rod's postseason failures of 2005 and : 2006. He's turned the jeers to cheers, gotten people discussing whether he'll : eventually succeed Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds as the career home run leader. : He has 476 homers at age 31. A-Rod現在是根「熱棒」。以12支全壘打，30打點領先群雄。打擊率.371。轟全壘打的速度與1976年的Mike Schmidt並列史上最快。他31歲，生涯全壘打數476支。洋基球迷似乎已經把他05,06球季的季後賽悽慘表現拋到九霄雲外了。大家現在忙著討論A-Rod締造傳奇，超越Aaron和Bonds的可能。 : "I haven't seen anything like it before. It's like everything he hits is a : home run," Yankees captain Derek Jeter said. "I can't relate because I can't : do it. It's one of the waves you hope you can ride for a long time." Jeter如是說：「我從來沒看過這種事。現在好像他一揮棒就會是全壘打。我不知道外星人附身是啥感覺，因為我無法締造這種壯舉。這就像是衝浪時遇上一個難得的大浪，你希望它能一直持續不退。」 : The new, trimmer A-Rod even has his walkoff routine down as he flies around : the bases, slapping third-base coach Larry Bowa, flipping off his helmet and : getting mobbed by teammates as he approaches home plate. 這裡形容本球季比較精瘦的A-Rod再見轟之後和跑壘教練擊掌、丟頭盔、被隊友在本壘圍毆等瘋瘋癲顛的舉止。 : "It kind of goes back to when you're 9, 10 years old, making a jackass out of : yourself when you're running around the bases, but you can't help yourself," : Rodriguez said. A-Rod：「好像回到了九歲十歲。一邊跑壘一邊起肖，無法控制自己。」 : With a grand slam against Baltimore on April 7 and Thursday's three-run homer : against Cleveland, Rodriguez became the first player to twice hit homers that : turned losses into victories with one out remaining over such a short span : since the Brooklyn Dodgers' Dolph Camilli did it over seven games on Aug. 15 : and 23, 1942, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. 最近的兩次逆轉再見轟是繼Brooklyn Dodgers的Camilli之後，最快達成的連續紀錄。 : These cool April afternoons have been so different from the dark days of : winter. Following A-Rod's second straight postseason flop last October, there : was another offseason of discontent in the Bronx. Did Jeter need to embrace : A-Rod? Would Rodriguez exercise the opt-out clause in his contract after the : 2007 season to escape the unrelenting pressure and microscope of the Yankees, : where the only lasting statistic is World Series rings? 這個四月真是氣象一新，跟去年以及前年季後賽的慘澹氣氛大不相同。當然。Jeter與A-Rod關係轉淡、2007年之後的逃脫條款、以及A-Rod飽受洋基球迷噓聲、和如何拿下世界大賽冠軍仍是問題。 : Rodriguez spoke with his agent, Scott Boras, about what he should be doing. : Since he arrived at spring training, A-Rod has appeared far happier than : during his first three seasons with the Yankees. 跟剛到洋基的前三季比起來，這次開季A-Rod心情似乎開朗許多。 : "People keep wanting to know Alex Rodriguez, and my point was, they don't : need to know Alex Rodriguez," Boras said. "Your job is to perform as a : baseball player. What people need to know about you, you can choose to not : tell them or tell them. Don't feel any obligation to hold up a standard where : you have to be something off the field. Your job is to perform on the field." : Has he ever. A-Rod的經紀人表示你們球迷管人家場下如何表現，場上表現才重要。 : "He's showing his athletic ability. He's not concerned about making a : mistake," teammate Johnny Damon said. "He already knows he works harder than : anyone. He's put together better than anyone. So he's kind of just letting : his athletic ability take over." 囧尼如是說：「他表現了他的運動天賦。他並不擔心犯錯。他知道他比誰都努力，而且也比誰都棒。只要他展現他的天賦，一切就搞定啦。」 : From manager Joe Torre to general manager Brian Cashman to teammates, they : all say Rodriguez has been more at peace with himself since spring training. : On his first day at Legends Field, he dropped the pretense that he and Jeter : were still buddies away from the ballpark. He acknowledged that he liked : having the biggest contract. At some level, the narcissism that every top : athlete must have won out over the need to please. 現金人和托瑞爺也說這季的A-Rod個性上比較穩定。A-Rod不再假裝。他承認他和隊長的場下關係不再像以往如膠似漆，A-Rod也承認他手握最肥合約的感覺很爽。 : "Just enjoying myself. I just wanted to come back and enjoy myself, : regardless of what happens, just enjoy it as much as I can," he said this : week. "Sometimes you try to force things and manipulate things. This game is : too hard to try to do all that." A-Rod：「無論發生什麼事，享受自己就對了。」「有時你會想操弄、掌控事情的走向，但你不可能面面俱到。」 : Rodriguez won the AL MVP award for the second time in 2005 but he rarely : appeared comfortable last year. Fans booed him repeatedly, especially for his : 24 errors. It was front-page news when he sunbathed shirtless on a hot day in : Central Park last July, then made three errors that night against Seattle. 過去因為失誤連連，A-Rod飽受噓聲。去年七月有一次他白天在中央公園打赤膊曬太陽結果當晚對水手隊的比賽失誤了三次，這件事還成了頭條新聞。 : His contract, the demands of Yankees fans and A-Rod's standards for himself : made it seem as though he walked to home plate with the Empire State Building : on one shoulder and the Statue of Liberty on the other. 因為簽了一份肥約，A-Rod每次站上打擊區就背負著球迷的巨大期待。彷彿肩上扛著自由女神像和帝國大廈一樣。 : A big September left him with a .290 batting average, 35 homers and 121 RBIs, : but then he went 1-for-14 against Detroit in the Yankees' first-round playoff : loss, dropping him to 4-for-41 (.098) without an RBI in his last 12 : postseason games dating to 2004. 這邊重述了A-Rod去年對老虎首輪十四打席一安打的的慘不忍睹記錄。 : Rodriguez lost 12-14 pounds during the offseason and currently weights about : 225, according to Boras. Kevin Long, the Yankees' new hitting coach, went to : Rodriguez's Miami home and worked with him in A-Rod's batting cage. They : shortened his swing, examined video, tried to cut down on upper- and : lower-body movement, worked on trying to swing less forcefully and with a : more technical approach. A-Rod本季不僅減重。還修改了打擊姿勢。縮短揮棒動作，減少上下肢移動，改用技巧打擊，而非猛力重揮。 : A-Rod also concentrated on trying not to dwell on previous at-bats when he : goes up to the plate. He struck out his first two times up Wednesday and : Thursday, then homered later both days. Cleveland, ahead 6-5, had the option : of intentionally walking him in the series finale. 心態上也有所調整，被三振就被三振，不要一直耿耿於懷，下一打席全壘打照轟。 : "In years past, maybe I would've outthought myself in that situation, with : men on second and third. But I just wanted to see the ball and put a good : swing on it and just trust what I saw," Rodriguez said. A-Rod:「在思想上超越自己。管他二壘有人、三壘有人。我只管看好球、好好揮棒。」 : In a way, by not trying as hard to be liked, Rodriguez is being appreciated : more. After homering for the fourth straight game, he gave brusque answers in : a live interview with the Yankees' own YES Network at the Metrodome in : Minneapolis, as if he couldn't wait to rush off. After Wednesday's game, he : was almost out the clubhouse door without talking to the media before Yankees : media relations director Jason Zillo intercepted him. A-Rod不再試著討好別人，但這似乎使他更受人喜歡。他不像以往那麼討好媒體，常常順性而為。 : "Certainly what we talked about is that media, the fans, everybody responds : to the player that is performing," Boras said. "The truth of it is, if a : player performs well, we know what the fans are going to do. If a player : doesn't perform well, we know what the fans are going to do." : For now, the fans are on his side. But A-Rod knows better than most how : quickly that can change. A-Rod的經紀人：「每個人都會品評球員表現。球員打得好，球迷樂翻天。打不好，球迷就噓。」 A-Rod似乎已經看破這一點了。 : "He's endured a lot, the fact that every day there was questions about him : and what's wrong," Torre said. "Sort of nice to see him leave a man at third : base and not have somebody ask you about it." : Mr. April : Alex Rodriguez statistics each year through April 30, as compiled by the : Elias Sports Bureau (2007 through April 20): : Year G AB R H HR BI BA : 1996 Sea 16 58 12 17 3 15 .293 : 1997 Sea 27 120 22 40 4 19 .333 : 1998 Sea 26 120 23 38 9 19 .317 : 1999 Sea 2 6 1 0 0 0 .000 : 2000 Sea 23 79 27 28 8 26 .354 : 2001 Tex 25 93 22 29 7 21 .312 : 2002 Tex 25 98 20 30 9 28 .306 : 2003 Tex 26 107 23 38 9 23 .355 : 2004 NYY 21 91 13 23 4 7 .253 : 2005 NYY 24 102 20 31 9 27 .304 : 2006 NYY 23 86 22 23 5 16 .267 : 2007 NYY 15 62 20 23 12 30 .371 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 59.117.37.119