[新聞] Hughes Honed New Pitch in Summer

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1.Hughes練新球種 2.Hank 發表文章談論對分區的看法，對於道奇屬於國聯西區而可進季後賽有點看法，認為他們那區較弱，不用贏太多場就能進季後，還包括2006年的紅雀，可是本報導拿出2000年洋基進季後的戰績反駁。（本段有翻譯） 3.Torre的基金會在十一月有個聚會，許多1998年的洋基成員都會參加： Coach Don Zimmer, Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada, Andy Pettitte, Chuck Knoblauch, Scott Brosius, David Cone, Paul O’Neill, David Wells and Homer Bush 4.松井的手術成功 5.星期天在洋基球場有18個人因竊盜或損害物品，2人跑到場上而被捕，洋基認為重要物品應該沒被偷，但還在清查。 Hughes Honed New Pitch in Summer By TYLER KEPNER and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT Published: September 23, 2008 TORONTO — Phil Hughes will start for the Yankees for the eighth and final time this season on Wednesday, and if he earns his first victory, it would be nothing more than a consolation prize. Having one victory or none will not make much difference in how he remembers a lost year. “It would be nice, but at the same time, I don’t think one win is really what I expected out of myself or anybody else expected,” said Hughes, who threw four innings in a no-decision last Wednesday. “I think it will still be, definitely, a negative year.” But Hughes, 22, went on to say that it was not a total loss. While recovering from a fractured rib he sustained at the end of April, Hughes had a summer to work on developing a cutter. He threw a slider in high school, but shelved it when the Yankees encouraged him to throw curveballs instead. This pitch is harder than his old slider, Hughes said, and he adds it to a repertory of fastball, curveball and changeup. “When you’re asked to go through a lineup as a starter three or four times, you need different looks,” Manager Joe Girardi said. “There are very few guys that can do it with two pitches. You can do it with three and, if you have four, it’s real important. Sometimes adding a pitch is a pitch that can get you over the top. He throws a lot of strikes with it.” Hughes, who is 0-4 with a 7.96 earned run average, will continue refining his pitches next month as he builds up innings in the Arizona Fall League. His injury has limited him to just 61 2/3 professional innings this season, but Hughes said he hoped that with six weeks in Arizona he could push that total over 100. HANK HAS OPINIONS The former Yankees manager Joe Torre was not mentioned during Sunday’s ceremony for the closing of Yankee Stadium, and on Tuesday his new team, the Dodgers, took a more direct swipe from the Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner. Hank有話說：洋基前總教練並沒有在星期天的儀式中被提及，但星期二他的球隊卻被洋基的共同副主席Hank的話攻擊。 Steinbrenner was not present Sunday and attended no more than three games at Yankee Stadium this season. His younger brother, Hal, was a more hands-on presence with General Manager Brian Cashman and Manager Joe Girardi. But Hank Steinbrenner has strong opinions, as he explained in a guest column for the Sporting News. Hank星期天並沒有出席而且本季在洋基球場出席不超過三場。他的弟弟Hal跟 Cashman與Girardi比較多互動。但是Hank是個愛發表意見的人，就像他在 Sporting News當guest專欄作家。 Declaring that “The A.L. East is never weak,” Steinbrenner said his biggest problem is the divisional setup. The Yankees started play Tuesday with an 85-71 record, four games better than Torre’s Dodgers in the National League West. Yet Torre is in first place and the Yankees are far from a playoff spot. 表明「美聯東區是個永遠堅強的分區」他說他最大的問題是分區是怎麼劃分的。洋基星期二比賽前是85剩71敗，比國聯西區道奇好上四場。但道奇是國聯西區龍頭，洋基卻是沒有季後賽的位置。 “I’m happy for Joe, but you have to compare the divisions and the competition,” Steinbrenner wrote. “What if the Yankees finish the season with more wins than the Dodgers but the Dodgers make the playoffs? Does that make the Dodgers a better team? No.” 「我替Joe感到高興，但是你一定要比較不同的分區及競爭，如果球季結束洋基比道奇贏更多比賽，但道奇進季後賽，就樣說道奇是個比較好的球隊？不是。」 Hank如此寫。 Steinbrenner cited the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals, who won just 83 games in the regular season but rallied in October to win the World Series. Hank Steinbrenner 提到2006年的紅雀隊，那年例行賽只贏了83場，但是進季後並贏得世界大賽。 “People will say the Cardinals were the best team because they won the World Series,” Steinbrenner wrote. “Well, no, they weren’t. They just got hot at the right time. They didn’t even belong in the playoffs. And neither does a team from the N.L. West this season.” 「人們會說紅雀是個最好的球隊因為他們贏了世界大賽」Hank寫到「但他們不是，他們只是在適時的有好表現，他們甚至不該進季後賽，同時今年國聯西區的球隊也是一樣。」 It is worth noting that the Yankees’ last championship team, in 2000, won only 87 games in the regular season but qualified for the playoffs because there was nobody better in the A.L. East. The second-place team in the Central that season, the Cleveland Indians, won 90 games but missed the playoffs. 但洋基在2000年最後一次拿冠軍時，在例行賽只贏了87場，但進季後賽，只是因為美聯東區沒有其他隊比他們好，那年中區的第二名印地安人隊，贏了90場卻沒打進季後。 A CHAMPIONSHIP REUNION Speaking of Joe Torre, he will gather the Yankees’ 1998 championship team for a reunion on Nov. 7 at his annual Safe At Home Foundation gala, to be held at Chelsea Piers. Coach Don Zimmer, Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada, Andy Pettitte, Chuck Knoblauch, Scott Brosius, David Cone, Paul O’Neill, David Wells and Homer Bush are scheduled to attend. MATSUI’S SURGERY GOES WELL According to Joe Girardi, Hideki Matsui’s surgery on his left knee was completed without complications on Monday. Matsui had an operation on his right knee last Nov. 14, and he said Sunday that he would benefit from having this operation earlier. “First of all, it’s the same procedure I had on my right knee, and I have a month and a half or two months of a head start,” Matsui said through an interpreter. “I think I’ll be in much better condition that I was when I came in this spring.” Matsui played only 21 games in left field this season and 66 as the designated hitter, but Girardi said he expected him to have no restrictions next season. FINAL STADIUM ARRESTS Eighteen people were arrested at Yankee Stadium on Sunday for criminal mischief or possession of stolen property, the police said Tuesday. Two others were arrested for running on the field. “So far, we don’t think anything significant was stolen but we are still checking,” Lonn A. Trost, the Yankees’ chief operating officer, said. MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT http://tinyurl.com/4apmue -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.109.23.17

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