Re: Front-office face lift

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Jerry Dipoto 年齡: 38. 出身地: Toms River, N.J. Position: Director of Professional Scouting. 職銜：職業層級球探部長 Dipoto's decision to walk away from his playing career was made easy by what the doctors told him. Dipoto的球員生涯因醫生的診斷而告終。 "They said, 'If you keep doing this, you could wind up in a wheelchair,' " he said. 他說：「他們說，如果你繼續這樣，可能得在輪椅上度過餘生。」 Dipoto, who spent eight years in the major leagues, twice herniated a disk in his neck and had to retire during spring training of 2001 when doctors inserted a metal plate, along with a bone from his hip, into his spine. Dipoto的八年大聯盟生涯中，兩度在脖子上植入圓盤，2001年春天，醫師從他的屁股上的骨頭植入鐵片到脊椎後，被迫退休。 It didn't take him long to find a new gig. The day after he retired, Rockies GM Dan O'Dowd offered him a job with the club in which he worked in a number of different capacities. He knew quickly baseball operations was for him. 他退休後沒有清閒太久，辦理退休後的隔天，洛磯山隊的GM Dan O'Dowd雇用了他，在球團中先後擔任不同的工作，他很快便知道棒球經營很合他的胃口。 Also in the Colorado front office at the time was Byrnes, who first met Dipoto when the two were in the Cleveland organization together, Byrnes an intern and Dipoto a young pitcher. Byrnes當時也在洛磯山隊系統中，兩人第一次的相遇在笑臉人隊系統中，Byrnes是個實習生而Dipoto是個年輕投手。 When Byrnes left for Boston, he recruited Dipoto to join him as a scout. After two years with the Red Sox, Dipoto returned to Colorado before coming to Arizona. 當Byrnes前往波士頓時，曾邀請Dipoto擔任他的球探。兩年後，Dipoto離開波士頓回到科羅拉多，隨後進入亞歷桑那。 Ever since he was a kid, Dipoto says he's been something of a student of the game. That worked to his advantage as a pitcher who didn't have overpowering stuff. 自孩提時代，Dipoto說他就會從比賽中觀摩，這對沒有任何強力球質的他來說，成為一個項優點。 When talking about the parallels between pitching and scouting, his passion for the game is palpable. 當提到投球與當球探的相通處時，他對於球賽的熱情展露無遺。 "As a scout, that's what you're doing," he said. "You're picking out the deficiencies in a game. You're identifying the strengths. You're dissecting all the pieces and putting them back together, building the puzzle." 他說：「身為球探，你所要做的就是那些：挑出比賽中不好的部份，判斷己方的優勢，打散球隊的所有部份並重新將他們組合起來，像是拼拼圖一樣。」 Chad MacDonald 年齡: 35. 出身地: Arlington, Texas. Position: Assistant Director of Scouting. 職銜：球探部門助理部長 MacDonald doesn't have an Ivy League degree, but he has something he considers just as valuable. MacDonald並沒有常春藤學位，但他擁有相同價值的經歷。 "I had a Harvard education in baseball," he said. 他說：「我有如哈佛般良好的棒球教育。」 During high school and college, MacDonald spent parts of seven seasons as a batboy for his hometown Texas Rangers, seeing more than 500 games from a big-league dugout. 高中以及大學時代，MacDonald在七個球季中的部份時間擔任出身地球隊─德州遊騎兵隊的球僮，看過超過500場的大聯盟比賽。 "It was an eye opener," he said 他說：「這讓我大開眼界。」 After playing in college, he hooked on with the Rangers as a baseball operations assistant, helping in all phases, even throwing batting practice and charting pitches. 打過大學棒球後，他與遊騎兵隊搭上線，成為棒球經營部門的全方位助手，各種業務通吃，包括打擊練習的餵球以及投球紀錄。 In 1994, he moved to a similar position with Cleveland, where he befriended Byrnes, then an Indians intern. 1994年，他轉到克里夫蘭擔任類似的工作，在那裡他遇見稍後成為實習生的Byrnes。 "We were compatible," MacDonald said. "Two guys not making a whole lot of money , single, working a lot of hours. It was an instant friendship." MacDonald說：「我們很相似，當時兩個人都賺不多，單身，每天被操的跟牛一樣，我們一拍即合。」 But during the strike, MacDonald was let go and went back to Arlington, where he ran camps, clinics and a hitting facility. When Byrnes was promoted to Cleveland's scouting director, he rehired MacDonald as a scout. 但在罷工期間，MacDonald被解雇而回到阿靈頓，做過夏令營、診所以及打擊練習場等工作。當Byrnes升職為球探部長時，他重新起用MacDonald為球探。 MacDonald spent three years with the Indians and three years scouting for the Angels before Byrnes lured him to Arizona with a position that's a blend of scouting and player development. MacDonald在印地安人系統待了三年，又在天使系統待了三年，之後Byrnes請他到亞歷桑那擔任球探及球員發展部門的工作。 What MacDonald most enjoys about his new gig is the atmosphere. MacDonald對新工作最滿意的地方是工作氣氛。 "It's the interaction," he said. "It's seeing an idea come to fruition. It's trying to find a big leaguer in the draft, building a club, seeing how area scouts and cross-checkers work together. We've got a great group of guys." 他說：「這是一種交流，可以看到想法開花結果。在選秀中找尋未來的大聯盟球員，建立一支球隊，然後讓各區域球探與球探部門齊心協力。我們有一群很棒的傢伙。」之後還有兩個 XD -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.113.138.210