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http://www.azcentral.com/sports/diamondbacks/articles/0310dbprice0310.html New coach impresses pitchers Price quickly gets to know D-Backs staff 新教練影響了投手們 Price很快漸漸瞭解了響尾蛇隊 Bob McManaman The Arizona Republic Mar. 10, 2006 12:00 AM To understand how quickly - and deeply - Bryan Price dived right into his new job as Diamondbacks pitching coach, you need to talk to some of the pitchers in the system. 為了要快速而且深入的瞭解， Price剛埋進了他這個新的響尾蛇投手教練的工作，你必須要和這整個系統裡面的投手聊一聊。 It takes only a second to figure out where Price stands in most of their eyes. "He's been unbelievable," right-hander Brandon Webb said. "He called me up after he got the job and - I hate to admit this - but since I didn't recognize the number, I blew it off and didn't answer the phone. 而我們只需要幾秒，就可以知道 Price在這些人的眼中在哪裡。「他非常棒，」右投 Webb 這樣說。「他在他得到這個工作之後沒幾多久就打電話給我 ---- 而我不想承認的是 ---- 因為我不知道那個電話是誰，所以我根本不鳥他然後沒回。」 "But after I listened to the message, I called him right away. We talk all the time and I can't wait for the season to start, so we can talk and get to know each other even more." 「不過當我聽了留言之後，我馬上回電了。我們講了很久，而且我很希望球季快點開始，所以我們可以快點讓彼此互相瞭解。」 After spending the past 17 seasons in the Seattle Mariners' system, the last six as the big-league pitching coach, he was lured to Arizona by his good friend, Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin. Within days, Price requested and reviewed videotape of every pitcher who would be reporting to spring training. 在水手隊的系統裡面待了超過 17 年，最後六年是大聯盟的投教之後，他被響尾蛇的總教練，他的好朋友 Bob Melvin 延攬到響尾蛇來。在幾天之內， Price要到並且看過了所有會參加春訓的投手們的影帶。 In between, he took the time to call every one of them to introduce himself, discuss the upcoming season, talk about expectations and to basically be a friend. The better he understands the pitchers in the organization, the easier it will be to improve upon last season's team ERA (4.84), which ranked 14th in the National League. 在這之中，他了點時間打電話給每個人自我介紹，討論下個球季，還有在基本上是朋友的立場上講了些下一季的期望。越是瞭解整個系統裡面的投手，越能夠讓去年的 4.84 防禦率變好，這樣的數據在國聯排第 14。 "I've never had a pitching coach do that before," right-hander Claudio Vargas said of the chats with Price on the phone. "That made me feel pretty good, sort of special, you know?" 「我從來沒有遇過一個投手教練會這樣幹的。」右投 Vargas 對於投教的電話這樣表示。「他讓我感到很不錯，有點特別，懂嗎？」 Left-hander Brad Halsey and right-hander Dustin Nippert said almost the exact same thing. Ditto with veteran Russ Ortiz, and he trained under the man considered to be the Cy Young of pitching coaches - Leo Mazzone, the longtime brains behind the Atlanta Braves' staff, who now is with the Baltimore Orioles. 左投 Halsey 和右投 Nippert同樣也提到了差不多的感覺。同樣的還有老將 Ortiz，被稱為投教界的賽揚的 Mazzone教過球，Mazzone 現在在金鶯，過去是勇士教練群裡面的首腦。 "We've been able to work real well together," Ortiz said of Price. "He said to me, 'I'm going to be totally honest with you and I want you to be totally honest with me. Let's not beat around the bush.' That's what I love. That's something Leo always said, too." 「我們會一起共事的非常好。」 Ortiz提到 Price。「他對我說，『我會完全對你誠實，而我希望你也是。讓我們不要互相猜疑吧。』這正是我想要的，這也是當年 Leo Mazzone說的。」 Price is still trying to climb inside the minds of his pitchers to learn everything he can. So far, they've all seemed to let him explore as he gains their trust. To maximize his time in camp, he's called early staff workout sessions to learn about the pitchers in closer-knit groups. "It gives me a chance to get to know them and talk about what I feel their strengths and weaknesses are and what they think their strengths and weaknesses are," Price said. "That's probably been the most valuable time I've spent here so far." Price 仍然試著想要爬進這些投手的心理面，並且試著學習每件事。目前為止，他們似乎讓他能夠探索，而他也能夠博得他們的信任。為了要增加他在春訓營的時間，他找了大家一起先來練，試著把投手們變成個感情更好的團隊。 Price 說：「這給我一個能夠瞭解他們，還有討論我覺得他們的優點和缺點的機會。」這可能是我在這裡目前為止最有價值的時間。」 Melvin knew the value he could get out of Price after spending the 2003 and '04 seasons with him in Seattle as the Mariners' manager. No one will say it, but the decision to let Mark Davis go as pitching coach after last season wasn't so much because of anything Davis did. It was because Melvin sensed he could pry Price away from the Mariners. 在 2003 年和 04年在水手當總教練和他一起工作之後，Melvin知道 Price 的價值。沒人會說出來，但是 Mark Davis 在季末沒續聘，和他去年到底在投手教練的位置上做了什其實沒什麼關係。重點是 Melvin 知道他可以把 Price 從水手隊挖過來。 "Mark Davis did a very credible job for us last year," Melvin said. "But Bryan has a lot of experience. . . . For me, he's the best." 「Davis去年為隊上做的不錯，」Melvin說。「不過 Bryan有很多經驗... 對我來說，他是最好的。」 To illustrate his point, Melvin said Price doesn't play favorites. "He makes everybody feel the same. Everybody gets treated the same," he said. "The last guy here is treated as well as the first guy." 為了描繪他的說法， Melvin 說 Price不會只用他的愛將。「他讓每個人感覺都一樣。每個人的對待都一樣。」他說。「第一個人和最後一個人的對待都一樣。」 Talk to the pitchers, and they all seem to agree. Left-hander Randy Choate, a non-roster invitee trying to win a spot in the bullpen, has been impressed with Price from the start. So has closer Jose Valverde. And everyone from Nippert to Brandon Lyon. 和投手談到這點的時候，他們似乎全部都同意。左投 Randy Choat，他是今年訓練營不在名單內但被邀請來的球員，想要在牛棚裡面討口飯吃，從一開始就為 Price的表現感到讚賞。同樣的情況也發生在 Valverde,還有 Nipper, Lyon。 All of them have said Price has already helped them in one way or another, from isolating a problem with their mechanics to just being a positive influence and making sure they stay prepared and focused. "He just makes you feel important," Halsey said. "It doesn't take long for you to realize that his goals are the same as your goals. As much as we want to become better pitchers, he's trying to make us better pitchers. 他們都說 Price已經在某種程度上幫助了他們，從點出他們投球機制上的問題到只有積極的影響他們要保持準備好以及專注。 "That's what you want, somebody who's there to diagnose anything that might be going wrong, a guy that wants to help you improve yourself because that only helps the entire team." 「這就是你想要的，有些人在那邊診斷哪些部分可能會錯掉，一個人在那邊可以讓你自己增進，因為這樣才能夠讓整個球隊更好。」 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 203.204.129.89