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A-Rod in right state of mind this October By HOWIE RUMBERG (AP) – 3 hours ago 這篇美聯社記者的外電，用一些數據討論阿肉如何在十月保有好成績；因為許多數字各位版友都很熟了，就擇要翻譯 NEW YORK — With runners on first and second in the 12th inning early Sunday, the "A-Rod!" chants started swelling at Yankee Stadium. Only thing is, All-Star Mark Teixeira was still at-bat. My how things have changed for Alex Rodriguez. 當上一戰的第十二局、一二壘有人時，鐵爺在還在打擊，觀眾卻大喊阿肉之名。別忘了，此時全明星球員鐵爺還在打擊喔。 In postseasons past, New York Yankees fans were merciless as Rodriguez foundered. Now they're fawning over him — even while an MVP candidate is taking his swings. So far this October belongs to Rodriguez, and the Yankees have ridden their troubled slugger within two wins from his first trip to the World Series — and New York's first since 2003. 過去，洋基球迷慣常在阿肉打不好時無情嘲笑。但現在，他們卻極其討好他──即使鐵爺這位有望角逐MVP的強打正在打擊，還是一樣高呼他的名字。現在洋基擺脫以往不振的季後賽打擊，阿肉更是獨領風騷，十月幾乎都他在玩；只剩兩場，洋基就可打進03年來第一次的世界大賽。 "I know you guys are probably looking for something profound," Rodriguez said. "I mean, I'm just in a good place. I'm seeing the ball and I'm hitting it. I mean, that's about it." Rodriguez's latest feat: a tying homer in the 11th inning in Game 2 of the American League championship series. The Yankees went on to win the wet, sloppy game, beating the Los Angeles Angels 4-3 in 13 innings to take a two-game lead in the best-of-seven series. Game 3 is Monday in sunny Anaheim with the Yankees' Andy Pettitte and the Angels' Jered Weaver getting the start. "我想大家可能都在深入討論我這轟的奧妙之處，"阿肉說，"其實，就是球甜，我看得準，打得也順，就這樣而已啦!" 這轟是他最新的功績。 "I just kept yelling, 'He did it again! He did it again!'" Teixeira said of his reaction from the dugout. Teixeira is right. Rodriguez keeps doing it. The homer was his third of the playoffs, all coming in the seventh inning or later and all tying the game. 鐵爺說，他在休息區看到這球，簡直不敢相信。"他又辦到了!他又辦到了!" 鐵爺說對了，阿肉一再"辦到"，目前季後賽三轟都在七局後，都是追平轟。 After going 8 for 59 (.136) in the playoffs dating to 2004 — 0 for 18 with runners in scoring position — A-Rod has quashed the questions about his mental makeup for another postseason in New York, emphatically. Much like Barry Bonds, who had a breakout October for the Giants in 2002 with eight homers and a World Series loss to the Angels after years of glaring failures, Rodriguez is on a tear. 阿肉剛克服之前的季後賽打擊斷層。和BB爺很像的是，BB爺的季後賽打擊也糟了很久，直到02年的十月，他大怒灌八轟，打進世界大賽後惜敗給天使。但比起他，阿肉現在還在前進當中。 He has at least one hit and an RBI in all five games this postseason, all New York victories, and has played superb defense. Rodriguez went 5 for 11 with two homers and six RBIs in a three-game sweep of the Twins in the division series. While he has only two hits in the LCS, he still appears comfortable at the plate, driving the ball the opposite way. 這幾場季後賽，阿肉平均每場一打點，洋基則是五戰全勝。他除了打擊，守備也精湛。儘管美聯冠軍賽他目前只有兩安，他每次上來打擊還是神態輕鬆，全力往反方向揮。 "He's getting hits, that's the bottom line," Derek Jeter said. "He's basically taking what he did in the regular season and carrying it over to the postseason." Rodriguez's season got off to a dreadful start and that might have been the best thing could have happened to him. 基特稱讚他，說他把季賽的輕鬆打帶到季後賽來。本季阿肉歸隊時經歷一段低潮，現在這一切對他而言再好不過。 "I think going back to me in spring training. It was a rough one," Rodriguez said. "I thought making things simple was the best thing for me." After admitting to steroid use and holding a bizarrely orchestrated press conference, Rodriguez had hip surgery that kept him away from the team until early May. But he returned with a new outlook that has kept the drama on the field. He hit a three-run homer on his first pitch of the season May 8 and hit a grand slam on the last to give him 30 homers and 100 RBIs. "讓事情變簡單，對我來說最好。"阿肉說。儘管他經歷禁藥風波、臀部手術，五月回到球隊的他還是用全新的面貌打每一場球。他本季開始於五月八號，面對的第一球就轟，是顆三分彈；本季最後一球他則是滿貫砲，三十轟一百打點一次搞定。 "It's almost to the point we know he has it," Nick Swisher said of his late-inning hits. "This is 2009. He's having a great year." If the Angels are going to rally from the 2-0 deficit not only are they going to have to figure out how to stop Rodriguez, who has 37 homers and 82 RBIs in 349 at-bats at Angel Stadium, but they are going to have to get back to playing the sound fundamental baseball that helped them win 97 games. Los Angeles made five errors in two games in chilly New York, the most glaring being Maicer Izturis' error in the 13th that gave the Yankees the win. They are also batting .154, with Chone Figgins, Bobby Abreu and Vladimir Guerrero a combined 3 for 27 (.111) with one RBI. "大家都知道，他就是能在這時開轟。"史威許說。"今年是2009。他正盡情揮灑這一年。" 天使也許要想一想，如何防堵這位在天使球場349打數裡灌進37轟82打點的男人。不過，天使還是可以繼續使用幫助他們贏了本季97場比賽的小球。只是，天使目前的失誤不像是支玩小球的球隊。 "That's very uncharacteristic of this team. This is not our baseball. We're not playing up to our capabilities right now," Torii Hunter said. "Offensively and defensively, man, we need to come through a little more." Manager Mike Scioscia is confident the Angels can turn it around. "We're going back home," he said. "The momentum in this series can swing in a heartbeat." -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 82.139.87.223 ※ 編輯: nyknyy20 來自: 82.139.87.223 (10/19 08:49)