[新聞] Johnny has come lately: Damon feeling just fine in NY

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Johnny has come lately: Damon feeling just fine in NY By Steve Buckley Boston Herald General Sports Columnist 重點: 強尼近來狀況不錯: 大門在紐約感覺就是讚。Johnny be good! Johnny Go! 1. 目前已經很少人會談到紅襪隊在強尼大門脫逃到紐約時, 紅襪是什麼都做不到只會笨拙地做事後的填補。一年前, 波士頓城內當然還有很多憤慨的聲音。那時大門為洋基的球隊帶來了不計一切去求勝, 活力及團隊的精神，然而他的繼任者玉米碎片(Coco Crisp) 卻不是被踢出紅襪打線就是表現得與他的位置很不相襯。但隨著今年球季紅襪在美聯東區將洋基遠遠拋在腦後, 以及Crisp接了很多美技的球, 同時顯露出他亮麗的打擊能力後, 讓紅襪隊認為買來他還算是首選, 目前已經很少或沒有再提起大門了。而且, 不管怎樣, 大門今年球季已經損傷了很多, 已經無法打出很多安打, 現在實質上已經移出到左外野, 把中外野讓給了Melky Cabrera。 2. 所以當紅襪過去秀場的偶像替洋基展現出炮火, 在七局對著松阪打出兩分全壘打, 使洋基昨晚在主場以5比3贏過紅襪時, 一個地方性的記者對大門說, 咦, 他近來似乎真的像是個比較快樂的傢伙了。大門有點吃驚地頓了一下, 露出一個健美男人的笑容說: "你說什麼, 難道之前我是個悲情的傢伙(感歎聲)!" (的確連ptt的鄉民都覺得你之前是個悲情的傢伙) 3. 嗯, 或許不是那樣, 但明顯的是昨天在他的置物櫃面對記者的大門, 是那個和譪可親, 笑容滿面, '美好時光的強尼', 已經從季初他疼痛的腿經常發作中回復回來, 展現出不同於季初全新面貌的形象。就算是總教練Torre也注意到這件事, 說在這場比賽後: "大門真的有好的肢體語言, 實際上他感覺好多了。完全顯示他的狀況回來了, 他每天打起來是精力充沛, 他再來大部份的時間會上場打球。現在輪到松井需要照護他的膝蓋, 所以大門可能會比先前更多時間守左外野。" 4. 那些在大門在紅襪隊時追隨他的球迷,都知道大門是個打球奮不顧身的球員, 一個即使他的身體都抗議想要休息時, 他都打得很勤奮。這還是沒有改變, 除了殘酷的事實就是, 本季他需日日夜夜擔心他不能上到老托叔叔的打線名單上。在這樣的情況下, 他沒法成為球隊活力的來源, 而必須尷尬地扮演休息區的領導角色。所以你會退縮一點, 內斂一點, 然後你變成一個悲慘的傢伙(唉....)。大門說: "你知道的, 那是很尷尬的, 你知道你沒法上去做每個人期待你能做的事。而且誰知道我需要多久的休息, 但希望每件事的發生都有理由, 可以讓我們有很好的機會的感覺可以延伸下去, 不管我們後面兩場對紅襪的比賽可打得多好。"大門繼續說: "我來到這個聯盟總是有這樣的感覺, 我可以追到飛球的落點, 而當你傷了本季前三或四個月後, 你就開始擔憂作不不到了。但Joe做得很棒的是讓我休息,讓我的腿得到休養, 而這時是個緊要的關鍵時刻。" (不知大門是任何事都往正面看, 還是不枉是個場面話大師, 把功勞全都歸給老托。) 5. 大門可能將一直遭受紅襪球迷的噓聲, 那是他們的權利。他們過去的英雄魯莽地為了加入洋基而離開了紅襪隊, 顯然是個無法饒恕的原罪。即使虐狗,殺狗的Michael Vick 都有比Johnny Damon有更好的機會被波士頓球迷溫情接受。大門說他可以寬心面對, 因為, 他昨晚說: "我已經在紐約找到家了。" (PS: Vick是亞特蘭大獵鷹明星四分衛, 警方發現他從2001年,就開始飼養並訓練大型鬥牛犬,而每次鬥狗活動都能帶來數千美元的收入,不過他對於輸掉的鬥狗,就會以溺水,勒斃,槍決,電擊等方式結束牠們的生命,並埋在後院的樹間,手段相當殘忍。大門竟會比他還不受波士頓歡迎, 雖然是誇飾, 但也真是有夠慘...) 6. 但有時候人們回到家心情卻是悲慘的, 這就是大門季初很多晚上遇到的情況。但現在大門, 他在左外野先發的打擊率是0.435, 他的肢體語言說明了一切, 他再也不悲慘了。 Wednesday, August 29, 2007 - Updated: 05:04 AM EST NEW YORK - Funny how there hasn’t been much talk this season about how the Red Sox botched things by standing idly by as Johnny Damon made his escape to New York. A year ago, sure, there was a lot of outrage in Boston. Damon brought hustle, spark and an esprit de corps to the Yankee clubhouse, while his replacement in center field for the Red Sox, Coco Crisp, was either out of the lineup or just out of place. But with the Red Sox distancing themselves from the Yankees in the American League East this season, and with Crisp making all those great catches and showing flashes of the offensive shine that inspired the Sox to acquire him in the first place, there has been little or no Damon talk. And, anyway, Damon has been hurt a lot this season, and hasn’t hit much, and now he is literally out in left field, having ceded center field to Melky Cabrera. So when Boston’s one-time matinee idol powered the Yankees, on the strength of a two-run homer off Daisuke Matsuzaka in the seventh inning, to a 5-3 victory over the Red Sox last night at the Stadium, one of the local reporters put it to Damon that, gee, he sure seems a happier guy these days. Damon paused for a beat, and then, sporting a healthy man’s smile, said, “What are you saying, I was a miserable (expletive) before?” Well, perhaps not that, but it’s clear that the amiable, laughing, ‘ Goodtime Johnny’ who was holding court in front of his locker late last night is a new and improved model from earlier this season, back when those aching legs were barking all the time. Even Yankees manager Joe Torre has taken note of this, saying after the game, “He’s had real good body language. Physically he feels much better. And it’s really showing up, and he’s all in this thing. He’s pumped about playing every day, and he will play most of the time, now with (Hideki) Matsui nursing the knee, he’ll probably get more outfield time than he did earlier.” Red Sox fans who followed Damon during his Boston days know him as a gamer, a guy who played hard even when his body was screaming for a respite. This has not changed, other than the sobering reality that there have been days and nights this season when he simply couldn’t will himself onto Uncle Joe’s lineup card. Under these circumstances, it’s hard to be the life of the party, awkward to play the role of clubhouse leader. So you retreat a little, pull back. You become a miserable (expletive). “You know, it’s awful when you know you can’t go out there and do what everyone expects you to,” Damon said. “And who knows how long of a break I needed, but hopefully everything happens for a reason, and coming down the stretch I feel real good about our chances, regardless of how well we do against the Red Sox these next two games. “When I came into this league,” he said, “always there was the feeling that I could chase down fly balls, and when you’re hurt the first three or four months of the season, you start to worry. But Joe did a great job resting me, getting my legs under me, and this is crunchtime.” Damon probably will always be booed by Red Sox [team stats] fans, and that’s their right. Their one-time hero had the temerity to leave Boston in order to take up residence in the Bronx, apparently an unpardonable sin. It's as though Michael Vick has a better chance of getting warmly received in Boston than Johnny Damon. Damon can deal with it, because, as he said last night, “I have found a home in New York.” But sometimes people come home miserable. Such was the case with Damon on too many nights earlier this season. Now he is hitting - in 15 starts in left field he has hit .435 - and the body language says it all. He is miserable no more. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 220.132.198.21

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