[譯文] Alex's Timeline (2)

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1989-1993: The High School Years Ironically, Alex almost quit playing baseball altogether as high school approached. He wanted to focus on basketball. His mom urged him to not give up on baseball, but Alex's sights were set firmly on the court. He attended ninth grade at Christopher Columbus High School in Miami, and played Varsity basketball as a freshman. Alex transferred to Westminster Christian High for his sophomore year. He still continued to play basketball at Westminster, and he became the starting quarterback of the football team as well. In fact, Alex was highly regarded as a top recruit by many top college football programs. 諷刺地是Alex在要上高中時幾乎完全放棄了打棒球，因為他迷上了籃球，羅媽媽還勸Alex不要放棄棒球，不過小羅的焦點早堅決地放在籃球場上了。他就讀Miami Christopher Columbus高中時還參加了Varsity籃球隊。二年級時轉學到Westminster Christian高中，仍然持續在打籃球，另外他也成為了橄欖球隊的四分衛，事實上，Alex當時已經被許多頂級的橄欖球隊所相中。 The baseball coach at Westminster was Rich Hofman, and once Alex saw his winning program, his appetite and passion for baseball returned. Alex became the starting shortstop at Westminster his sophomore year. 在Westminster的棒球教練名叫Rich Hofman，在一次偶然的機會下，Alex看見Rich帶領球隊獲獎的情形，他對棒球的慾望及熱情又重新燃燒起來，隨即成為了Westminster的游擊手。 He earned All-American honors his junior year, when he batted .477 with six home runs, 52 runs scored and 42 stolen bases. Westminster, led by Coach Hofman, went on to win the high school national championship. In his senior year at Westminster in 1993, Alex was regarded as the top prospect in the country, and met those expectations when he hit .505 with nine home runs, 36 RBIs and stole 35 bases in just 33 games. He was a first team prep All-American, and was selected as the USA Baseball Junior Player of the year and the Gatorade National Baseball Student Athlete of the Year. Alex三年級時繳出了打擊率0.477、6支全壘打、52分得分、42次盜壘得成績時，他獲得了全美的榮譽，Westminster在Hofman的帶領之下也贏得了全國高中冠軍。1993年也是Alex在 Westminster的最後一年，Alex被認為是全國最被期待的球員，他僅花了33場比賽就繳出了打擊率0.505、9支全壘打、36分打點、35次盜壘的成績。他入選全美預備第一隊，並獲選美國少年棒球年度最佳球員及Gatorade國家棒球年度學生運動員獎。 June 3, 1993: First Overall Draft Pick Alex signed a letter of intent to play at the University of Miami. He was selected as the No. 1 overall draft pick in 1993, however, and signed with the Seattle Mariners instead. Alex簽了一份Miami大學打球的合約。1993年成為為選秀狀元，簽給了西雅圖水手隊。 1994: First Professional Season In his first four months of professional baseball, Alex advanced from Single-A Appleton to Double-A Jacksonville, and he was called up by the Seattle Mariners in July. He made his Major League debut at age 18 on July 8. He started 17 games at shortstop before being optioned to Triple-A Calgary for the rest of the season. He then played winter ball in the Dominican League for Escogido. 職業生涯前四個月，Alex從1A的Appleton到2A的Jacksonville，接著在7月時被水手隊叫上大聯盟，18歲那年7月8日首次在MLB亮相，僅先發17場守游擊位置後就回到3A Calgary直到球季結束。隨後參加多明尼加冬季棒球聯盟的Escogido隊比賽。 1995: Back and Forth Between Tacoma and Seattle Alex found himself shuttling between the Seattle Mariners and Triple-A Tacoma all season. He had four stints with the Mariners, totaling 48 games. He hit his first Major League home run on June 12, off Kansas City's Tom Gordon. He got his first taste of postseason play as part of the Mariners' roster for both the American League Division Series and the American League Championship Series. Alex整季一直在3A Tacomac和水手隊之間上上下下，總計出賽48場。他的首轟出現在6月12 日出戰皇家隊時從Tom Gordon手中擊出的。他也首次參加了水手隊在美聯分區系列賽跟冠軍系列的季後賽。 1996: First full Major League Season In Alex's first full Major League season as Seattle's starting shortstop, he was the American League batting champion, hitting .358 with 35 homers and 123 RBIs. He also led the American League in runs scored (141), doubles (54) and total bases (379). He was selected to his first All-Star Game, and was both the Sporting News and Associated Press Major League Player of the Year. He narrowly missed winning the AL MVP, finishing second by just three points. He won his first AL Silver Slugger Award. Alex第一個完整球季是在水手隊當游擊手，該年奪下了美聯打擊王，繳出0.358打擊率、35 轟、123分打點的成績單。得分(141)、二壘安打(54)及壘打數(379)也都是美聯第一，也第一次獲選參加明星賽，另外還獲得Sporting News及Associated Press大聯盟年度最佳球員。但卻以3票之差錯失掉美聯MVP的資格，不過他贏得了第一個美聯銀棒獎。 1997: First All-Star Start Alex becomes the first Mariners player to hit for the cycle in a nine-inning game on June 5 at Detroit. In July, he was voted to start his first All-Star Game as the American League shortstop. In 141 games, Alex batted .300 with 23 home runs and 84 RBIs. Alex 6月5號在底特律成為第一個水手隊打者在正規9局比賽內完成完全打擊的人。7月時，他首次被票選當明星賽的先發游擊手，該年141場出賽，他繳出了3成打擊率、23支全壘打、 84分打點。 1998: 40-40 Club In 1998, Alex became the third player in Major League Baseball history to enter the prestigious 40-40 club. He hit 42 home runs and stole 46 bases while batting .310. He collected a career high 213 hits and picked up his second American League Silver Slugger Award. 1998年Alex成為美國職棒大聯盟歷史上第三位進入40-40俱樂部的球員，當年他打出42發全壘打及46次盜壘，打擊率0.310。他還打出了生涯新高的213支安打，奪得第2個銀棒獎。 1999: Injury Doesn't Slow Alex Despite missing 32 games after tearing cartilage in his left knee in April, Alex went on to hit 42 homers and post 111 RBIs. He won his third American League Silver Slugger Award at shortstop. 儘管因為四月左膝軟骨撕裂傷而錯失掉32場比賽，他還是繳出了42發全壘打及111分打點。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 163.29.239.250 ※ 編輯: power0727 來自: 163.29.239.250 (06/26 01:58)