[譯文] Yankees "A-Rod" hits 500th career homer

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NEW YORK (AFP) - Alex Rodriguez, seen as the player most likely to one day surpass Barry Bonds in the US Major League Baseball home run chase, blasted the 500th homer of his career here Saturday at Yankee Stadium. 被視為最有機會在往後大聯盟全壘打追逐戰中超越BB爺的A-Rod,在禮拜六的洋基球場擊出它生涯的第500支全壘打 The New York Yankees star, a two-time American League Most Valuable Player, had come to the plate for 28 at-bats since hitting his 499th homer off Kansas City's Gil Meche on July 25 until smashing the milestone homer. 2屆美聯最有價值球員的A-Rod,自7/25從Gil Meche手中擊出第499號以來經過了28個打數才轟出達成個人里程碑的全壘打 Rodriguez, who ended a career-worst 0-for-22 slump Thursday, belted the first offering from Kansas pitcher Kyle Davies over the left-field wall for his league-best 36th homer of the season. 歷經生涯最糟22打數沒有安打的低潮後，面對皇家投手Kyle Davies投出的第一球就送到左外野大牆之外，這也是目前本季大聯盟最多的36支全壘打。 Hesitating in the batter's box, Rodriguez made sure the ball did not land foul and began a stroll around the bases with his hands in the air as the crowd cheered. 球打出去後A-Rod在打擊區內懷疑是否出界，直到確定球在界內之後舉起雙手接受球迷的喝采。 Rodriguez, just eight days past his 32nd birthday, became the youngest US major leaguer to reach 500 homers and enhanced the notion that he will rescue the all-time home run record from the controversy-mired quest of Bonds. 才剛過32歲生日8天的A-Rod，成為大聯盟最年輕500轟的打者，並且提高對他超越 Bonds受到爭議的全壘打紀錄的信念。 "It's a great achievement, no doubt," Yankees manager Joe Torre said earlier this week as Rodriguez approached the mark. "I look at it as a stop off on the way to greater things." Torre說:毫無疑問，這是一個偉大的成就。 Rodriguez has played primarily in a doping-test era, unlike Bonds, and his odds of taking the mark one day appear good if injury does not scuttle the bid since the 500th came in his 1,855th game. 跟Bonds不一樣，A-Rod開始打球時就已經是有藥檢的時代。1855場500轟之後，只要不受傷勢太多的影響，他有機會追逐Bonds的紀錄。 Only Babe Ruth, in 1,740 games, and Mark McGwire, in 1,639 appearances, hit 500 homers in fewer games. 只有Ruth和McGwire用比A-Rod還少的場數達成500轟的紀錄。 Rodriguez became the 22nd major leaguer to reach the 500-homer mark and surpassed the prior youngest mark of 32 years and 338 days by Jimmie Foxx. A-Rod成為大聯盟第22位500轟俱樂部的成員，並打破Jimmie Foxx原先保持最年輕32歲338天的紀錄。 Rodriguez also became only the third player to reach 500 in a Yankees uniform. Ruth did it on August 11, 1929, against Cleveland's Willis Hudlin, while Mickey Mantle reached the mark off Baltimore's Stu Miller on May 14, 1967. A-Rod同時是僅有的三位穿著洋基制服達到500轟的球員之一。 Rodriguez is also one of only three players to hit 100 home runs for three different teams, having hit 189 for Seattle, 156 with Texas and 155 for New York. Reggie Jackson (Oakland, New York Yankees, Angels) and Darrell Evans (Atlanta, San Francisco, and Detroit) are the others. A-Rod也是僅有的三個各為三支不同球隊打出100支全壘打的球員之一，在西雅圖189支德州156支紐約155支 Such numbers have made Rodriguez one of the most feared hitters in the game. 這樣的數據讓A-Rod成為比賽中最可怕的打者之一。 Davies certainly learned his lesson. Facing Rodriguez again in the bottom of the third inning Saturday, he walked him. Davies確實有學到教訓，在三局下半在一次面對A-Rod的時候，把A-Rod保送上一壘。 But the Yankees went on to crush the Royals 16-8. Rodriguez finished with three hits and three runs scored for the Yankees, who have won 22 of their last 31 games. 但洋基仍以16：8的比數大勝皇家，贏了近31場比賽中的22場。這場比賽A-Rod 有三支安打，三次得分的表現。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 59.121.91.140