Re: [外電] Wang-o-Rama: All Hail the King?

看板CMWang (王建民 - 大樹哥)作者Sabel (金貝貝)時間18年前 (2007/09/05 15:17)推噓11(11推 0噓 21→)

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他在原文之後又加了一段： More power to them and to the king. But if they are true Yankees fans, they should be concerned about– not celebrating– the fact that king of Taiwan is the Yanks stopper, because it could be an indicator that the Bombers are going to war without a true #1, and in the playoffs they won't be able to produce 7 runs a game. And if they love the game itself, they'll have to dig a little deeper to find the Santanas, Sabathias, and Zambranos that the Taiwanese media fail to cover as they fall over themselves rushing to hail the King of Formosa. 看來他對於台灣球迷跟媒體猛捧王覺得很感冒喔。 : ※ 引述《akainorei (我是Babyface澳客)》之銘言： : : 剛剛看到, 應該沒OP : : http://eastwindupchronicle.com/?p=45 : : First off, a fair assessment of Wang’s ability has to point to stats beyond : : his W-L record. Wang’s win totals are highly inflated due to an inordinate : : amount of run support—nearly 7 runs per game (6.8)—and excellent defensive : : support (The Yankee defense behind Wang, didn’t allow an unearned run in 47 : : consecutive innings, the longest such streak for a Yankee pitcher since the : : Elias Sports Bureau began tracking the stat in 1913). Every time Wang takes : : the hill the Yanks spot him 7 runs and never make any errors. This is a : : recipe for putting up a lot of wins regardless of who is on the mound. : : Or, to quote a Seattle Mariners scout in Taiwan who tried to sign Wang before : : he ended up on the Yankees, “take Wang off the Yankees and put him on a : : weak-hitting team, and he’s a .500 pitcher”. : : Wang has other attributes that suggest that some of the fawning over his : : performance thus far might not be warranted yet. This year, left-handed : : hitters are hitting .283 against him. Since the All-Star break this year, : : Wang the king has put up a respectable 7-2 record, but has an average E.R.A. : : (4.50) and hitters are opposing hitters are hitting .296. Due to his high : : ground ball percentage, a lot of these runs get cancelled out in double : : plays, but putting that many runners on base could be a recipe for trouble : : come playoff time. : : In fact, Wang’s stats this year are eerily similar to those put up by Greg : : Maddux at age 41, whom most statisticians and fans would describe as having a : : decent but unspectacular season in the twilight of his career. Maddux is : : regarded as the Padres #3 starter, certainly not their ace at this point. : : While it might not be the only factor in the equation, the extra 2 runs per : : game Wang receives in run support from the Bronx Bomber offense surely plays : : a big part in the 6 game difference in the win column: : : Wang 166.1IP, 16 wins, 6 losses, 3.79 ERA, 86 K’s, 45BB’s, 1.27 WHIP : : Maddux 168.2IP, 10 wins, 9 losses, 3.79 ERA, 89 K’s, 21BB’s, 1.20 WHIP : : That’s not to say Wang doesn’t have the capability to be a true ace, in : : fact, he’s nearly there. With the league’s best sinker that Yankees : : pitching coach Ron Guidry compares to trying to hit a shot put, and a 96 MPH : : heater, there’s no denying the talent is in place. He’s young, he’s : : already won a ton of games, and has room to grow. But he’s not all the way : : there yet, and often times this gets lost in the shuffle as the Taiwanese : : media clamors to put up yet another full-page spread singing his praises. : : __________________ : : More important than these statistical comparisons, the Taiwanese media, : : notorious for fabricating news stories and desperate to sensationalize : : anything they can in order to gain ratings–more than the unassuming Wang : : himself– can be blamed for the premature overhyping of the man of the hour. : : In Wang you have a highly marketable, good looking, reputable celebrity that’ : : s tailor made to sell papers and merchandise. : : But in the end, Taiwanese baseball fans, who might care more about the game : : itself with exposure to different teams, lose out in the end due to the : : disproportionate amount of airtime lavished upon Wang at this early stage in : : his career. They almost never get to see NL teams. They don’t get to see : : Pujols, Santana, Hanley, or even Bonds. This deprives them of the joy of : : seeing all the game’s stars, the thrill of pennant races, the ability to : : view baseball from a more objective perspective, and the perspective to see : : Wang within the greater overall context of the game. : : Because of Wang’s success in pinstripes, Taiwanese fans have almost without : : exception embraced the Yankees as their favorite team. From an overall : : standpoint, if what matters to Taiwanese fans is that Wang has put Taiwan on : : the map and given them something to cheer for after a long day at the : : factory, that’s great. : : 真是中肯又帶點殘酷的報導 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 125.229.163.185

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