Re: [新聞] Yankees' revival led by Rodriguez

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※ 引述《chanword (chanword)》之銘言： : Yankees' revival led by Rodriguez : ---On historic pace, third baseman pulls club out of early funk : --Mike Bauman : NEW YORK -- One thing has become increasingly clear: If the Yankees : do not succeed this season, it is going to be very difficult to blame : Alex Rodriguez. 有件事越來越清楚了：假如今年洋基最後還是輸了，也很難責怪到A-Rod頭上。 : After an otherworldly April and a merely mortal May, A-Rod is back on : top in June. He drove in 18 runs in the first 10 days of the month, as : many RBIs as any player had in that span in the last 57 seasons. And : since then, he hasn't exactly flatlined. 在超凡的四月以及平凡的五月之後，A-Rod在六月重回顛峰。他在6月的前10 天就貢獻18分打點，18分打點幾乎就是過去57個球季許多球員在前三個月的打點數。從六月上旬以來，他的棒子完全沒有冷卻的跡象。 : Rodriguez kept up the pace over this Subway Series weekend. On Sunday : night in the 2007 Series finale, he set the tone with a first-inning, : two-run home run. He added another RBI with a sacrifice fly in the third, : as the Yankees won the second half of the Series with an 8-2 victory over : the Mets. Rodriguez also doubled later, but he was leading off an inning, : and no further RBIs were available at the time. A-Rod在這週末的地鐵大戰系列維持他的步調，在週日晚上，系列戰的最後一戰，他在第一局就轟出二分全打壘，為此賽作了定調，在第三局，以一個犧牲高飛打又多取得一分打點。此戰洋基最終以八比二獲得勝利，贏得第二次系列戰，與大都會的跨聯盟比賽為3勝3負平手。後面一次的打席，A-Rod也敲出一支二壘安打，但那是那局一開始的打席，所以最後並沒有打點入帳。 : After the evening's work, Rodriguez had 27 home runs and 73 RBIs. 在週日晚上的比賽後，A-rod成績為27支全壘打及73分打點。 : "That's a pretty good season already," Yankees center fielder Johnny Damon : said. "And there's no sign of him slowing down. The guy's amazing." 洋基中外野手--囧尼大門說：「這已經是個相當精彩的成績，不過，沒有任何跡象顯示他的成績表現會減緩，這傢伙真是驚人。」 : Any number of players, putting up the numbers over a season that : Alex Rodriguez has in mid-June, would be calling their agents, putting in : motion requests for renegotiations of their contracts. A-rod到六月中的表現，很可能是任何一位球員整季的成績，而這個帳面數字已足以讓經紀人去尋求一張肥約了。 : But in this case, 60 percent of the season remains. Rodriguez is on a pace : for 65 home runs. That's gaudy, but even more substantially, he is on a : pace for 177 RBIs. That would put him in Mr. Hack Wilson's general : record-setting neighborhood. It would be work of true historical value. 但目前還有六成的的球季，按照他這速度，將會打出65支全壘打，這可能有點太歡樂，但更有可能的是達到177分打點。如果成真，他將與Hack Wilson的紀錄為鄰。 : It should also be duly reported that Rodriguez made a diving play to his left : in the second inning to take a hit away from Carlos Delgado. As much as : Chien-Ming Wang's relentless work on the mound made victory possible for : the Yankees on Sunday night, A-Rod's performance helped to make certain : that Wang's performance would not be in vain. 值得記上一筆的是他在第二局向左撲接Delgado所敲出來的強勁滾地球。這個週日夜晚，隨著王建民在投手丘上"頗殺"(XD諸多精彩）的表現，洋基已朝向此戰的勝利，而A-Rod的表現更確保王的努力不會白忙一場。 : It is possible that as stunning as A-Rod's April was -- 14 home runs, : 34 RBIs -- it did not receive the usual level of acclaim because at the : time, there was so much gnashing of teeth about the Yankees' early-season : struggles. Or, as Rodriguez put it on Sunday night, "April was OK, but we : weren't winning games, so it was kind of hard to enjoy it." A-rod四月驚人的成績(14支HR，34RBI)並沒獲得通常該有的喝采，因為當時球隊正掙扎於開季階段的低潮，獲得的只是咬牙切齒的詈責。A-rod說：「四月是不錯，但我們沒贏球，所以那很難高興得起來。」 : Now we are apparently in an entirely different era within the 2007 season. : The Yankees have won 11 of their last 12 games and 14 of their last 17. : Alex Rodriguez has been inescapably at the core of the Yankees' revival. : Even if he does not keep up this stratospheric run-production pace, it is : obvious that Rodriguez is on his way to a truly superior season, the kind : of season that is within the reach of only a few hitters, even in the : contemporary game. 現在我們是在2007年球季裡一個截然不同的時期，洋基在最近12場比賽中贏了11場， 17場中贏了14場，而A-rod正扮演洋基復甦的核心角色。縱使A-rod無法維持高打點的狀態，但還是很明顯的，他正朝向一個超越紀錄的球季。 : It may be time to dispense with the baggage that has accompanied Rodriguez : around the Bronx for the last three-plus seasons, even when he was winning : an American League Most Valuable Player Award in 2005. 過去三年多在Bronx，即使在2005年獲得美聯MVP，A-rod總有許多精神壓力，此時或許正是他卸下這精神壓力的時候了。 : Does it matter that he is not beloved by one and all, in the fan base, in : the media, in the clubhouse? Not at this pace, it shouldn't. And at 177 RBIs, : it couldn't. 不被球迷，或媒體，甚至球團喜愛很重要嗎？如果表現平平，那理所當然地這些都不重要，但當你可能會有整季177 RBIs的預期成績，可能就更無關緊要了。 : Does it matter that he is not considered by some to be a "true Yankee"? : And, by the way, who gets to make that call? Apparently being baseball's : most talented all-around player does not get you in the front door in this : category. But if at first you are not considered a "true Yankee" is there : a court of appeals somewhere to which you can take your case in hopes of : achieving true Yankee-ness? 有些人認為他並不算是"貨真價實的洋基人"，但這很要緊嗎？而且誰來判斷？一個棒球史上最具有天賦的球員竟走不進"洋基人"這門檻。何況如果真的不被認為是"貨真價實的洋基人"，那哪裡可以找到一個法庭來爭取獲得洋基人的本質？ : It may be that Alex Rodriguez can achieve monumental things and still never : satisfy people. That is the one and only downside of receiving baseball's : richest contract, $252 million. The money has set Alex Rodriguez apart, : and not always in a particularly positive way. No one is going to feel : sorry for him. No one should feel sorry for him. But what kind of production : would justify that kind of money? Maybe 80 home runs? Perhaps 200 RBIs? : And the next year, does he have to hit 81 home runs and drive in 201 to : prove that he's not losing his edge? A-rod或許能獲得一些輝煌的紀錄，但可能一樣無法取悅球迷。這是史上最大合約252M不利的另一面，這筆龐大金額，總使A-Rod無法站在有利的立場，沒有人會對他覺得抱歉，也沒有人覺得"應該"要對他有歉疚之感。但是哪種成績才能適合這樣的金額？80發HR？或者200 RBIs？以及第二年他得打出81發HR、 201 RBIs來證明他有這價值？ : In the end, the career of Alex Rodriguez, for widespread validation, : would require the one item that has been absent so far -- a World : Series championship. And one man, no matter how talented, does not : get there alone. 到最後，A-rod的職業生涯想要獲得廣泛的認同的話，他還是得取得他目前仍欠缺的一項成績：世界冠軍。一個棒球員無論再怎麼有天賦有才能，也無法獨自贏得世界冠軍。 : For now, Alex Rodriguez is doing everything humanly possible to get : the New York Yankees to that level. And the understanding that he can't : do it alone actually helps him achieve these astounding numbers. 目前來看，A-Rod正竭盡所能地促使洋基隊提升到這個水準，他瞭解到一個人是無法獲得勝利的，而這樣的體會反而幫助他取得目前驚豔的成績。 : In May, Rodriguez said, "I wasn't slumping. I was getting myself out." : By that, he meant that he was expanding the strike zone, attempting to : do too much himself, and in so doing, achieving less than he could have : achieved. 在五月的時候，A-rod說：「我並非狀況不好，而是我讓自己出局了。」他意指當時他擴大了好球帶，想讓自己有更多的嘗試，而在這樣的嘗試之下，他並沒達到他所預期的結果。 : Back to being more selective, Rodriguez is back to being more sensational. : He describes a recent at-bat, a walk with the bases loaded against the : Pirates, and concludes: : "I was as proud of that at-bat as any home run. You have to trust your : teammates." A-rod回復他原本精細的選球，同時也更加敏略。他敘述他最近一次對海盜隊的打席，當時他獲得保送，形成滿壘，他總結說：「我為這次打席感到驕傲，就像打出任何一支全壘打一樣的驕傲，因為你得相信你的隊友。」 : Those are the words of someone who has found a balance between his own : unparalleled talents and the requirements of a group undertaking. Things : are looking up again for the Yankees, but their direction is still uphill. : If this is another season that does not end with the seemingly necessary : championship, the finger of blame is going have to point in a direction : that does not include Alex Rodriguez. 此處的說法，可以說是他在他無人可比的天賦及團隊戰績的責任之間取得了一種平衡。對洋基人來說，整個情況似乎再度有了希望，但仍然是困難的。假如這又是一個不可能取得冠軍的球季，那麼這次萬夫所指的方向也不會指向A-Rod。 : --Mike Bauman : ----------------------------------------------------- : 官網的 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 61.59.232.185