[翻譯] Ｅflin的球帽與人生

看板Phillies作者Carreras (古典愛樂)時間9年前 (2015/03/14 01:11)推噓1(1推 0噓 2→)

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Hats off to Eflin's inspiring message Matt Breen, March 13, 2015, 1:08 AM CLEARWATER, Fla. - Before he plays his first game this spring, Phillies pitching prospect Zach Eflin will grab a black Sharpie and his red Phillies cap. The righthander will then flip the cap and write a message he has scribbled inside for the last two seasons. J-Ro臨別贈禮 PHI的precious新秀投手 Zack Eflin 有個鮮為人知的小祕密這兩年愛茯苓只要一拿到新的球帽就會抓起麥克筆在帽子的內緣裡潦草的寫下一句勉勵自己的訊息： I play to motivate, to inspire and to show that you can fulfill a dream with faith and dedication. 打球是為了激勵你讓你明白只要堅持信念、專心致力你的夢想就會實現！ The 20-year-old's faith and dedication helped him navigate through a life filled with hurt and loss. His older sister Ashley died in 1995 of leukemia. Candace, another older sister, is intellectually disabled from being deprived of oxygen at birth. Ashley's death drove Eflin's mother to alcoholism. Eflin said he and his mother rarely speak. 甭說費迷我想就算是以前的教士球迷大概從沒聽說過愛茯苓的人生～是這般的命運多舛！茯苓二姊 1995年就因白血病去世茯苓三姊出生時因為腦部缺氧造成了一定程度的智力障礙二姊的死對母親打擊過大借酒澆愁之下成了酗酒的酒鬼進一步導致夫妻的離異... Eflin後來跟爸爸過活自此很少見到母親更甭說說話了... "I want to inspire anybody. Anyone that has family issues," Eflin said. "The message is, you can do whatever you want. You can still fulfill a dream even when things are not going your way." 我希望藉著自己的範例 (未來的典範) 來激勵人心：縱然人生不順遂命運很舛你依舊可以在今生實現自己的夢想！ The Phillies acquired Eflin this winter as part of the Jimmy Rollins trade. Baseball America regards Eflin as the organization's second-best pitching prospect. He went 10-7 last season with a 3.80 ERA and 93 strikeouts in 128 innings for San Diego's high-A affiliate. 道奇用從教士拿到的晶片 Eflin 加上Windle 向費城人換來傳奇游擊手 Jimmy Rollins Eflin一納入費的麾下立刻就擠身農田水利會的投手二哥！ Baseball, Eflin said, was an escape from his home life when he was young. His father, Larry, started coaching his Little League team when he was 5. They would spend nights at their Orlando ball field, taking batting practice and hitting grounders. 棒球成了愛茯苓從小逃避家庭生活的不二法門他與父親很要好爸爸從小就是他的少棒隊教練 "It just stuck every day since then. It was an escape," Eflin said. "Whether it's baseball or it's reading, everyone has it. And I still have it. I still use it as my escape." 每個人都有逃避紓解壓力的方法而我的方法就是打棒球！一向都是。 The escape grew burdensome when Eflin was a sophomore at Hagerty High School in Oviedo, Fla. Frustrated with the team's workload, he came home from school and told his father he was quitting the team. 然而這避風法門在高中時卻遇到了瓶頸由於高中校隊的練習份量過多過操有天愛茯苓回家後就跟爹說俺不打球了！ "And I looked at him and said, 'OK,' " Larry Eflin said. 老爹沒有劈頭就罵僅僅淡淡的說了聲ＯＫ Eflin wanted to quit by texting his coach. His father said he had to tell his coach in person. After a few days, Larry Eflin asked his son if he talked to his coach yet. Eflin had not. When he finally walked into his coach's office, the coach told Eflin he was not quitting. Eflin agreed. He returned to the team. Two years later, Eflin was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the first round. Eflin只是傳了簡訊跟教練報告老爹說醬不行你得親口跟他說才算數! 果然幾天後 Eflin親自去跟總教練"遞辭呈" 就順利的獲得"慰留" 要不是這位教頭慰留有道咱們今天就不會有這位新秀 Zack Eflin (抑或者說來換這一肉的晶片就不會是這一塊 ) 兩年後聖地牙哥教士隊用第一輪的選秀權選走了Ｅflin ！ "From that point on, I think what he understood was that I wasn't pushing him to do this. This was not me fulfilling my fantasy. This was all his, " Larry Eflin said. "That's the point where he changed to 'This is what I want to do.' And he started working hard at it." 老爹說我就是要讓孩子明瞭我沒有逼他打球我沒有逼兒子替老爸完成當年未實現的心願! 這是你歡喜甘願滴。因為是自己甘之如飴所以這孩子的打球態度就此積極起來！ Eflin spends the offseason at home in Orlando with his father and sister Candace. He said he could not be happier with how his life is. The father and son said they are more like best friends. Larry Eflin was a defensive tackle at Temple in the late 1970s under Wayne Hardin. He is the son of an Assembly of God pastor. His father was great, Larry Eflin said. But he was always a dad. Larry Eflin wanted to forge a different relationship with his children. He is still the father, Eflin said, but they interact more like friends. 老爹 Larry 年輕時打美式足球的防守絆鋒老爹的老爹是個基督教神召會的牧師 Larry說他爸爸感覺偉大極了不過總是莊嚴的高高在上 Larry希望跟他的兒子Zack能不要重蹈覆轍與其高高在上 Larry寧可跟兒子成為好捧油 "A dad is going to typically blow up the ego. 'Oh man, you're great.' That's not the way I approach it at all," Eflin said. "He told me he got to throw to some major-league batters. Sure, I was proud. But my conversation with him was, 'That's great experience. Now you know what it's like to throw to some of the big guys.' In a baseball situation, it's probably better me being a friend than me being the proud dad." 最近 Zack說慢慢的有機會可以對決到大檸檬打者我寧可當個朋友與他同分享也不要當個驕傲的爸爸好像可以到處說嘴炫耀.. After Eflin pens the message inside his hat, he will add the initials of his father and three sisters. AEE CVE LDE CBE Eflin在帽子內寫下文章開頭的那句信息後會再加上父親與三個姊妹的姓名縮寫，包括已故的二姐 "I don't think they know. I don't tell too many people," he said. "If they did know, I think they would appreciate knowing that I think about them every inning before I go on the mound. It's just a special reminder of what family is to me and how I can use that mentality on the field." 愛茯苓說我沒跟他們(家人)提過假如他們知道了應該會很欣慰我上投手丘時心裡面想的還是他們 Eflin said he wishes he were able to remember his sister Ashley. He was just a year old when she died. He has been told that he was her favorite sibling. He was always in her arms. She was a great person, he said. 愛茯苓說真希望我能想得起～二姊在我眼中的模樣可惜那時候才一歲二姊就撒手走了當然是記不住... 不過他們都告訴我我是她最愛的手足她總是把我抱在懷裡 QQ (誰亂丟洋蔥? ) The loss eventually split his parents and caused him to lose touch with his mother. He said he misses "the sober mother." 我懷念那個不喝酒的媽媽可惜已經回不去喏rz "At the end of the day, I'm not let down because I am where I am," Eflin said. "If that wouldn't have happened, I don't know if I'd be here right now. I believe everything happens for a reason. What could have happened could have been a benefit or it could not have been. That's the way I look at it." 塞翁失馬焉知非福假如沒有這些崎嶇的境遇或許現在我Eflin不過是個默默無名的小老百姓甭說是啥令人期待的新秀... His oldest sister, Brittany, 27, lives in Arizona, about a 30-minute drive from the spring training site of the San Diego Padres, where Eflin trained before he was traded to the Phillies. The location allowed the two of them to spend time together. Their father said Brittany Eflin was more like a mother to her brother and took ownership of him. 大姊 Brittany 住在亞歷桑納教士春訓時他開車一下子就可以來找我 "She was able to drive down all the time," Eflin said. "She's kind of sour about the trade. Not too happy." 交易到費城人後春訓換到佛州清水基地大姊心裡不是很蘇湖 (講白一點就是暗罵ooxx香蕉你的芭辣) Candace Eflin, 22, and Eflin's father are planning a trip to Clearwater next weekend. His sister was a fixture at Eflin's high school games but has seen her brother pitch just once since because of the distance from his minor-league teams. Despite her disability, Eflin's sister can hold a full conversation and read at a third-grade level. The siblings attended the same middle school and would ride the bus together. She started playing baseball when she was 7, going to the field with her father and brother. Larry Eflin said his daughter, a shortstop, has "a hell of an arm and a nice swing." 三姊雖然有智力障礙不過所幸沒有很嚴重還能簡單的說話與讀寫 .. 笨孔猜可能就類似電影"大法官"裡面鋼鐵人的哥哥的兒子? 專玩八厘米膠卷的那位... "I try to be the best big brother - the best little brother, I should say - that I can be," he said. "I'm always there for her. We get along really well. We try to do as much things as we can do together." Eflin will likely begin the season at double-A Reading. A new hat will be there, awaiting an inscription. It's the next step on his journey to the big league, where he dreams of writing his message in a major-league cap. Eflin 預料也是會從ＡＡ讀書隊出發跟 Aaron Nola 與兩位新捧油 Windle Lively 加上最近奮力想摔爛球探眼鏡的"前超級新秀"Jesse Biddle 五人剛好組合成最堅強的先發自轉圈我說這讀書隊不拿冠軍鮮有是處期待愛茯苓有朝一日出現在市銀公園場上再讓攝影機近距離 take 一下他的新帽帽 ^.< -- David Brian Cone Mets KC Jays NYY BOS SP Ht: 6'1" Wt: 190 Bat: L Throw: R Born: 1-2-63 Kansas City YR Team W L ERA IP BB SO 1999.7.18 Perfect Game 94 Royals 16 5 2.94 171.2 54 132 1994 Cy Young Award 98 Yankees 20 7 3.55 207.2 59 209 1998 AL Wins Leader Ttl 14-Year 180 102 3.19 2590.0 985 2420 '90'91'92 StrikeOut King -- ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Phillies/M.1426266660.A.D8F.html ※ 編輯: Carreras (114.36.39.141), 03/14/2015 01:11:34