[新聞] A-Rod and Half Brother Are Worlds Apart

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來點不一樣的新聞 A-Rod and Half Brother Are Worlds Apart 阿肉同父異母的兄弟不同世界的兩個人 http://0rz.tw/a734p (有圖有真相) Lt. Col. Victor Rodriguez, Alex Rodriguez’s half brother, at Langley Air Force Base, where he is based. Victor and Alex were reunited in 2003 after not seeing each other in 23 years. Victor Rodriguez是阿肉同父異母的哥哥，他在維吉尼亞州蘭利空軍基地服務， 23年未見，他和阿肉在2003年再度重聚。 By JACK CURRY 1).雖然是阿肉的兄弟，不過非常少人會叫他為V-ROD，大家態度會很恭敬，會看場合　而定。他是授勳的軍官，並且可望在12月時晉升為陸軍上校，負責審查超過100億　的新式武器計畫。他走向我，看起來是那麼的有禮貌，有紀律甚至是一絲不茍的。 2).阿肉穿的是洋基的條紋衫，正追逐著季後賽門票跟最有價值球員。而他兄弟Victor 則是穿著空軍基地的迷彩制服，掌管著軍用物料政策。 3).待在洋基至今已四個球季了，即使是關於阿肉最枝微末節的小事，也會變成球迷　關心的話題。"阿肉"這個名字也成了棒球界無人不知曉的名字。然而他有個哥哥在美國軍事單位擔任要職，而且兩人在23年後重逢建立起關係，這件事卻鮮為人知。 4).在空軍戰鬥指揮部裡頭負責傳統(非核)武器的長官，他說他的工作就是確保標準化的產量，以及分配無誤。最終就是要讓這些軍備到達該到的地方：　像是伊朗，阿富汗。 5).阿肉說了句極度感人的場面話: 如果把我跟他比，我只能說他做的事比我做的還要更令人欽佩許多。 (場面話大概跟魔人學的) 6).接著哥哥Victor也來了段場面話: 在一路變成"洋基仔"的過程中，這壓力實在太大了，換做是我，我真的辦不到。我就是我，我能夠在人群面前做真正的我，人們對我就是直接了當而不掩飾。 7).坐在餐廳中，棕眼和修剪整齊服貼的黑髮，帶著一貫穩定的節奏，談論小他15歲而富有盛名的弟弟。同一個父親所生，外表雖不太相像，確有著相似的品德。當他們回答問題時，總是會先仔細思量一番，如果他們給了一些比較熱烈的答案，會習慣性的往前傾。 8).阿肉說，他們的78歲老父親，對於兩個兒子的長久分離，比起兩個兒子自己的態度，顯得更為小心翼翼。阿肉和哥哥是在2003年的一場比賽中重聚，當時阿肉還在　遊騎兵。想想年齡上的差距，以及兩個在不同家庭成長的孩子，多少有些疏離是　可以理解的。 9).哥哥Victor擁有理工科技學士學位和人力資源管理碩士學位，他在1986年任命空軍　軍官，並在海軍陸戰隊開始了他的軍旅生涯。曾在土耳其，埃及，義大利跟德國駐軍，也參與過沙烏地阿拉伯的軍事行動。曾經使用CPR急救，救活了同僚的兒子而接受表揚。 10).已婚，育有四名子女，即使人不在前線，還是一樣的謹慎小心。阿肉的太太C-Rod說，她大嫂(Mona Rodriguez)曾經告訴過她：　即使大半夜的Victor爬起來跟她說再見，她也不能夠問他"你要去哪裡"。幸好總是能夠在三壘找到阿肉，這個地方可是他又再一次締造完美球季的地方。雖然一年前的今天，他被噓的很慘。不過今年球季結束後，他就是自由球員了。從十七歲之後就不再打棒球的Victor笑著說，我不曉得阿肉下一季在哪打球。(別想套我) "多麼政治正確的回答，是吧？"　 Victor說.... 　　 Very few people call him V-Rod. Hardly anyone does, actually. Those who use that nickname with Lt. Col. Victor M. Rodriguez do so cautiously. “They do it in a very respectful way,” Rodriguez said. “They find the right occasion and the right context.” Rodriguez is a decorated officer in the Air Force who is expected to be promoted to colonel in December. He oversees the requirements on more than $10 billion in new weapons programs. He comes across as polite, disciplined and meticulous. He is also Alex Rodriguez’s half brother. While Alex wears a pinstriped uniform for the Yankees and pursues a playoff berth and another Most Valuable Player award, Victor wears a camouflage uniform at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Va., and manages munitions policies. After nearly four seasons in New York, even the most trivial details of Alex Rodriguez’s life have become known to fans. The nickname A-Rod has become a common part of the baseball vernacular. And yet the fact that he has an older half brother with a significant role in the United States military is not widely known, nor is the fact that they have established a relationship after not seeing each other for 23 years. As chief of conventional munitions for the Air Combat Command, Victor Rodriguez said it was his job to make sure that the standards for the production and allotment of munitions were consistent, a job that ultimately helps position the weaponry in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Alex Rodriguez said, “If you put my career against his career, I think what he’s been able to do in his career is far more impressive.” But Victor Rodriguez, playing the compliment game as well as Alex, said that his half brother was “made of steel” and that he could not withstand the pressure that he endures while trying to succeed in the pressurized cauldron that comes with being a Yankee. “I’m really the reflection of the people I have worked with,” Victor, 47, said. “People have essentially loaned me their backs so I could climb.” Sitting in an empty lunch room on the sprawling Langley base last month, Victor Rodriguez, who has expressive brown eyes and tightly cropped black hair on the sides of his head, spoke in the same cadence as his far more famous half brother, who is 15 years younger. The men share the same father, but they do not look much alike. They do have similar mannerisms. When they answer questions, they usually ponder them before responding. Words are chosen carefully. If they provide animated answers, they tend to lean forward. Alex Rodriguez said Victor Sr., their 78-year-old father, whom both sons have been estranged from for long stretches of their lives, is even more circumspect than the two half brothers. For Alex and Victor, the effort to build a relationship began when they met at a game in Texas in August 2003, when Alex was playing for the Texas Rangers. “Unfortunately, our life paths went different ways,” Alex said of their long separation until that point. Considering their age gap, and the fact that they were raised in different families, the separation seems understandable. Victor Rodriguez owns bachelor ’s degrees in mathematics and industrial technology and a master’s degree in human-resource management. He was commissioned an officer in the Air Force in 1986 after beginning his military career in the Marine Corps. He has been stationed in Turkey, Egypt, Italy and Germany, and has done military work in Saudi Arabia. And he has been cited for using CPR to revive a military colleague’s son who was convulsing. Married, with four children, he is discreet in describing his military responsibilities, which have not included front-line combat. But Cynthia Rodriguez, Alex’s wife, said Mona Rodriguez, Victor’s wife, told her that Victor sometimes “gets up in the middle of the night, says goodbye to her and she can’t ask where he’s going.” Alex Rodriguez, meanwhile, can usually be found at third base, where he is having one of the best seasons of his remarkable career. Still, he was heavily booed by Yankees fans a year ago, when he struggled, and he could opt to leave the Yankees as a free agent after this season. Victor Rodriguez, who stopped playing baseball when he was 17, laughed and said he had no clue where Alex would play next season. “How is that for a politically correct answer?” he said. 有錯請指正:) 來源 http://www.nytimes.com/ -- ※ 編輯: numblife 來自: 59.116.13.169 (09/04 14:36)

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