[外電] Dodgers' Hu tries to deal with role as backup

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Infielder, a starter throughout his minor league career, says the transition has been difficult. By Dylan Hernandez, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer April 22, 2008 CINCINNATI -- Chin-lung Hu started Monday's game the way he started 15 previous games -- on the bench. The role of utility infielder is one that is completely unfamiliar to Hu, the Dodgers' minor league player of the year, and something the team's coaching staff didn't expect him to fill. But injuries to the likes of Andy LaRoche and Tony Abreu forced the lifelong everyday player into being included on the opening-day roster to be a late-inning defensive replacement, pinch-hitter or pinch-runner. Monday, he took over for Jeff Kent at second base in the sixth inning. Hu admits the transition has been difficult. "I'm used to being a starting player," he said. "Right now, I need to change my thinking. It's just kind of different, you know?" Manager Joe Torre acknowledged that Hu, a shortstop who is backing up the two middle infield positions, isn't the ideal utility player because of the difficulty he has playing third base. Torre said the arrangement might also not be ideal for Hu, who is 24 years old and could be playing every day at triple-A Las Vegas. "I still think he'll get something out of this," Torre said. "Is this going to retard his progress? I don't know." Hu said what he finds most difficult in the role is hitting because he rarely sees live pitching. Noticing that Hu appeared to be bothered by his low average, third base coach Larry Bowa made it a point to talk to him Friday in Atlanta and tell him to forget what he was batting. Hu was hitting .200 at the time. Larry Bowa 指導Hu "Joe can put you up to hit right now," Bowa said he told Hu. "He could hit and run with you, ask you to bunt, ask you to steal a base, go from first to third; he can put you at short, second or third." Said Bowa: "To me, that's very valuable. I just named five things he could do to help the team win. Sometimes they get caught up in the numbers. That's not what this is about." Bowa"我覺得Hu非常的有價值,我可以隨便講五件事情他可以幫助球隊贏球 From the start of spring training, Hu has taken extra grounders from Bowa almost daily. On the day of every home game, Bowa said, Hu is at the ballpark at 1:30 p.m. to work with him. 從春訓開始,胡就一直和Bowa練習接滾地球而在主場的比賽當天,胡總會在下午 1:30開始和他接球 Hu said Bowa has especially helped him learning how to play second base, the position he could inherit next season if the Dodgers re-sign shortstop Rafael Furcal and lose Kent to retirement. "He's a sponge," Bowa said. "This kid's not going to be a utility player. As his career unfolds, he's probably going to be an everyday player unless something happens to him physically." -------------------------------------- 因為道奇要開始比賽了所以只做個非常簡短的翻譯文章連結: http://0rz.tw/613XK -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 71.130.10.136