[新聞] Quieting White Sox, Mussina Shows He …

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Quieting White Sox, Mussina Shows He Still Has It 降伏白襪，Mussina寶刀未老 CHICAGO — Mike Mussina was 22 when he made his major league debut here in 1991. He learned right away a lesson that would define his career: sometimes, a pitcher can do only so much. 在1991年Mike Mussina22歲時，他在芝加哥展開了他的大聯盟生涯。他立刻學到了足以反映他投手生涯的一課:出來投的，遲早會爆的。 Mussina was brilliant that day, firing 124 pitches. One of them went for a homer, by Frank Thomas. It was the only run of the game. Mussina had pitched well and almost won, the first of many "almost" moments over the next 17 seasons. Mussina當天投了124球，表現相當亮眼。被Frank Thomas擊出的那支全壘打是他當天唯一的失分。Mussina投得相當好，也差點贏了比賽(那場0比1輸芝加哥白襪隊)，而這也開啟了他生涯記錄上一連串的"差一點"。 Mussina has almost won a championship, almost won a Cy Young award, almost pitched a perfect game, almost won 20 games. But he has never done any of those things, and now that he is 39, the knee-jerk reflex is to pronounce him finished when he pitches poorly. Mussina差一點就拿到冠軍，差一點就贏得賽揚獎，差一點就投出完全比賽，差一點就拿到20勝。只可惜失之毫厘，差之千里。他現今39歲，曾有幾次投差時興起隱退的念頭。 Yet Mussina showed on Wednesday that he has not pitched this long by accident. He silenced the Chicago White Sox for seven innings and led the Yankees to a 6-4 victory, the 252nd of his career, one more than the Hall of Famer Bob Gibson. 然而星期三的比賽Mussina證明了他能一路投到現在不是僥倖的。他在七局投球中壓制了白襪打者，並帶領洋基以6比4獲勝。這同時也是他生涯第252勝，剛好超越名人堂的Bob Gibson。 “If you throw bad games, they doubt you; that’s part of it,” Mussina said. “When you pass 35 years old, every time you step on the mound and give up two hits in an inning, they doubt you. That’s just how it is. I’m glad I’m still able to go out there and pitch.” Mussina說:每當我投差了，人們就會懷疑我的能耐，而比賽就是這麼現實。過了35歲，每當我上場，一局內被敲個兩支安打，懷疑的聲音又會出現，這就是現實的殘酷。但我很高興我今天仍屹立在球場上。 Mussina did not precisely mimic Jamie Moyer, the veteran Philadelphia left-hander, as the co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner suggested in an interview Sunday. But he found a way, as Chicago Manager Ozzie Guillen said, using a darting fastball and a changeup to hold the White Sox to four hits, a walk and two runs. Mussina並沒照Hank Steinbrenner的建議刻意去模仿費城人隊老將Jamie Moyer的投法，而是用自己的方法贏得比賽。白襪總教練Ozzie Guillen說:他用了刁鑽的快速球跟變速球讓我們只能打出四支安打，得到兩分。 “He was changing speeds — 85 to 48 it felt like,” Chicago’s Nick Swisher said. “He had his game on.” 白襪的Nick Swisher說:他利用速差掌控了全場，感覺差距有85哩到48哩那麼大。 Mussina did not throw as many curveballs as usual but showed excellent command of his fastball. Mussina並不像平常那樣投一堆曲球，而是善用他狀況很好的快速球。 “For just about everybody — except Moyer — everything works off your fastball,” Mussina said. “If you can’t make the other team respect it at all, location-wise or movement, even the best of-speed stuff isn’t going to be successful.” Mussina說:除了Moyer以外，其他投手的任何球路都要搭配快速球才會產生威力。如果速球沒有精準的控球或是明顯的位移，打者根本不會怕你，就算你有再好的變化球也不會威多久。 With Brian Bruney unavailable with a foot injury and Joba Chamberlain having worked the night before, Mariano Rivera recorded the final five outs for his sixth save. It was Rivera’s first five-out save since last July 18. 當遇上Brian Bruney因傷缺陣與Joba Chamberlain休息日時，Mariano Rivera就得提早上場。今天他解決了5個人次才拿下他的第六次救援，上次提早上陣是去年的7月18日。 Rivera has thrown nine scoreless innings this season. “He has been as effective as he’s ever been,” Manager Joe Girardi said. Rivera本季投了九局尚無失分。教練Joe Girardi說:他就跟往常一樣犀利。 Rivera is an obvious future Hall of Famer, and Mussina is no sure thing. But passing Gibson was a milestone he could cherish. Rivera是準名人堂的選手，但Mussina就還要拼一下了。至少超越名人堂的Gibson對他而言是個值得珍視的里程碑。 “Bob Gibson’s a pretty big name,” Mussina said. “Whitey Ford is a pretty big name. There are some guys I’ve been able to get by that are pretty well known and have done a lot for this game. I’m just lucky people keep giving me the chance to pitch.” Mussina說:Bob Gibson是個了不起的人物，Whitey Ford也是個了不起的人物，我只能勉強比上他們。他們都是有頭有臉並為了比賽做出很多貢獻的人。我很幸運能有機會繼續投球。 Jorge Posada went 4 for 5 with three doubles for the Yankees, who used the same lineup in consecutive games for the first time since April 2 and 3. The offense rapped 10 hits and 6 runs in five and a third innings off the White Sox’Javier Vazquez. Jorge Posada本日5次打擊擊出4支安打，包括3支二壘安打。洋基也延續4月2日與3相同的打線來打這次的系列賽。洋基打線在五局內就擊出了10支安打，從白襪投手Javier Vazquez手中得到6分。 The way Mussina was pitching, that was enough. He allowed only two runners past first base, on bases-empty homers by Joe Crede and Carlos Quentin. Swisher struck out on a changeup to end the fifth, and Orlando Cabrera whiffed on another changeup, well above the strike zone, to lead off the sixth. Mussina目前的投球策略足以應付比賽。他只讓兩個人上過得點圈，在壘上無人時被Joe Crede與Carlos Quentin各擊出一支陽春彈。第五局以一顆變速球三振掉Swisher結束，而第六局一開始再用一顆好球帶上方的變速球來使Orlando Cabrera揮空。 Mussina was rolling, and the meaty middle of the order for the White Sox — Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Jermaine Dye and A. J. Pierzynski — went 1 for 12 with an infield single. 接著Mussina持續發威，而白襪接下來的打者12個打數只擊出了1支一壘安打。 Girardi let Mussina face one last batter after a mix-up on the mound. Posada had tried to say “Nothing’s wrong,” but actually told Girardi, “He’s got nothing.” Girardi started to signal for the bullpen before Posada corrected himself. 在第七局一陣亂流後，Girardi讓Mussina來面對最後一個出局數。Posada本來要跟Girardi 說Mussina還可以撐下去時，卻告訴Girardi他可能快不行了。在Posada收回話前， Girardi卻已叫牛棚開始熱身了。 Mussina finished with 101 pitches. He exceeded 100 just twice last season. “I only got 100 twice last year? Wow,” Mussina said. “I must be getting old.” Mussina這場比賽投了101球。他上季只有兩場比賽投超過100球。當他聽到時，他說:喔? 真的嗎?我去年只有兩場比賽投超過100球喔? 那我可能是老了吧! 來源New York Times: http://0rz.tw/233X8 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.112.252.224

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