Re: [外電] CNN網站大幅報導小王(真的滿大的)

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In 1998 Wang enrolled at the Taipei Physical Education College, about the same time Taiwanese-born Chin-hui Tsao was turning the heads of the Colorado Rockies, who would sign the righthanded pitcher in October 1999. By Wang's second year of college, he began showing a low-90s fastball, which caught the attention of the Seattle Mariners, who offered Wang a $1 million signing bonus in May 2000. "The first time we saw him in a nine-inning game," says Mariners scout Jamey Storvick, "he threw harder as the game went along. That's one thing we liked: He took it to another level in pressure situations." Seattle, however, didn't know that Yankees scout John Cox and team international scouting director Gordon Blakeley had seen Wang pitch in a college tournament in Taipei. Just as Wang was about to sign with Seattle, with him and his family sitting at home in Tainan wearing Mariners caps, New York swooped in with a $1.9 million offer. "While we knew Tsao could be a star," Yu says, "Wang never had a great game in high school or college like him. People in Taiwan were surprised [the Yankees] gave him so much money. No one thought he could be a star." 王建民在1998年進入台北體院就讀。就在同時，同樣來自台灣的曹錦輝也進入了Colorado Rockies，並在1999年10月以右投手的身分登錄。在王建民大二的時候，他開始有能力投出90mile出頭的快速球而獲得了西雅圖水手隊的注意，並打算以一百萬美元的簽約金簽下他。"我們第一次看到他的時候是在一個他完投的比賽，隨著比賽的進行，我們發現到他越投越賣力，而這就是我們所想要的：能在壓力下變更強的能力。"水手的球探Jamey Storvick說。然而，水手隊並不知道洋基的球探John Cox和Gordon Blaleley已經在台北的大專錦標賽看過王建民的表現。正當王建民和他的家人開心的在他們台南的家中帶著水手隊的帽子，準備和水手簽約時，洋基立刻提供了一百九十萬美元簽約金的條件。"曹錦輝有潛力成為一個明星，而王卻不曾在高中及大學時期有過像曹一樣令人印象深刻的表現。台灣的人們很驚訝洋基給了王那麼一大筆的簽約金，當時根本就沒人認為他將來會成為一個球星。"Yu說。冏沒時間了，只能先翻一段，真是不好意思orz.. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 220.129.239.241 ※ 編輯: david5401 來自: 220.129.239.241 (04/17 22:20)