[新聞] Henderson、Rice加入名人堂家族

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〈MLB〉Henderson、Rice加入名人堂家族週一, 07/27/2009 - 10:17 — 曹玉烱又到了每年一度的棒球盛事─名人堂入主儀式，這次的新成員分別是史上盜壘王 Rickey Henderson、紅襪名將Jim Rice、與前洋基名將Joe Gordon。現年50歲的Henderson，大聯盟25年間先後效力9支不同球隊，生涯打擊率2成79、上壘率4成01、長打率4成19，曾10度入選全明星賽、1990年獲美聯年度MVP。而14 06次盜壘、2295分、81支首打席全壘打皆是大聯盟紀錄，2190次保送則僅次於 Barry Bonds。Henderson曾有3個球季盜壘超過百次，1982年的130次更被喻為S級難度。而如外界所預料，他以運動家球員身分進入名人堂。現年55歲的Rice大聯盟16年全待在紅襪，總成績為2成98打擊率、382支全壘打、14 51分打點、上壘率3成52、長打率5成02。曾8度入選全明星賽、1978年獲美聯年度 MVP、3度美聯全壘打王、7個球季打擊率超過3成。他是史上唯一連續3個球季(1977 -79)全壘打至少35支且安打至少200支的球員。 Gordon是經由名人堂資深委員會(Veteran's Committee)所挑選，擔任二壘手的 Gordon在1938至1950年間先後待過洋基與印地安人，橫跨世界大戰時代，於1978年去世，享年63歲。 Gordon生涯11年總成績為2成68打擊率、253支全壘打、975分打點、89次盜壘。 Gordon曾9度入選全明星賽、獲1942年美聯MVP。Gordon當時曾被稱作是「閃光(Flash )」，不過他也是美聯史上首位單季20轟的二壘手、共計7次之多，且還保有美聯二壘手生涯246支全壘打的紀錄。在這個年度的儀式充滿了感謝與感動，當然妙語如珠的Henderson先是正經表示：「我的球員生涯至此正式結束，現在則被列為史上最偉大的球員之列，此時此刻我相當謙卑。」不過他隨即有佳作演出：「我的夢想其實是加入奧克蘭突擊者，成為美式足球員，不過我媽認為我會受傷，所以要我打棒球，她一定預知到會有這一刻。」雖然Henderson是首年即高票入選，第15年才驚險過關的Rice完全不以為意：「我從來不將15年的過程視作是煎熬，重點在於我還是得到我想要的。對於能與史上偉大球員並列我很敬畏，但我又無法想像我已躋身棒球員的夢想殿堂，這實在很難體會。」名人堂尾聲則是Gordon的女兒Judy Gordon上台發表感言，而這或許是這次儀式的最感人時刻。「我們都認為Cooperstown與棒球名人堂是我父親最終能安息、也是值得被榮耀與紀念之處。」Judy Gordon聲淚俱下地表示。 2009.07.27.Tsna.http://www.tsna.com.tw/?q=node/5025 === http://tinyurl.com/mbfrsu Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson Are Now Baseball Hall of Famers Before Sunday afternoon, Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson were just Baseball Hall of Fame inductees. By about 2:30 PM, they were officially members of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown as they were inducted on Sunday afternoon in front of 51 Hall of Famers, numerous friends and guests and a crowd of around 21,000. Joe Gordon was the first to be inducted, then Rice followed by Henderson. After their speeches, Tony Kubek was presented with the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcast excellence and Nick Peters wrapped the ceremony after receiving the J.G. Spink Taylor Award for excellence in baseball writing. Rice will have his number retired in a ceremony on Tuesday night, July 28th before his Boston Red Sox take on the Oakland A’s. === http://tinyurl.com/lfh8zm Sugar, spice and everything Rice By Ian Browne / MLB.com / 07/26/09 6:44 PM ET Above all else, Boston legend grateful upon Hall induction COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Jim Rice, a towering presence for all those years in the middle of the Boston Red Sox's batting order, stood up on the stage as an official Hall of Famer on Sunday afternoon and showcased none of that fear that led to his eventual landing place among baseball's best. There were no war stories of Green Monster mashes, or the gaudy numbers he produced for over a decade. Instead, what Rice displayed was the gentle side of himself that was always there -- but could have been counterproductive if used on a baseball field. Rice let his adoring public in during a thoughtful speech of just over 10 minutes. Along with all-time stolen base king Rickey Henderson, a man he played countless games against, and also the late Joe Gordon, Rice entered what he referred to as baseball's pinnacle. As a boisterous Red Sox fan bellowed out amid the crowd, "U da man, Jim," Rice had a perfect jumping off point for his speech -- the one he had been crafting since January. "No, I am a husband called 'Rice,'" said the erstwhile right-handed slugger. "I'm a father called 'Dad.' I'm a brother called 'Ed.' I'm an uncle called 'Uncle Ed.' I'm a grandfather called 'Papa.' I'm a friend that doesn't call -- some of my friends know that. Finally, I do mean finally -- I am Jim Rice, called a baseball Hall of Famer." Yes, finally. It took until Rice's 15th and final year on the Baseball Writers Association of America ballot to gain the requisite 75 percent of the votes. But Rice couldn't have been any more enthusiastic if he had been a first-ballot Hall of Famer like the two legendary left fielders who preceded him in Boston -- Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski. "To me, it doesn't matter that I got called this year vs. my first eligible year," said Rice. "What matters is that I got here." And what exactly did that feel like? Rice managed to come up with a dead-on baseball analogy. "What it feels like most is being welcomed at home plate after hitting a walk-off home run," said Rice. "You find yourself incorporating the same phrases over and over. 'We made it, we made it, we made it.' And suddenly you think, 'Where's my wife?' And I really don't think I would have gotten the newsflash while watching my favorite soap opera, the Young and the Restless, at 12:30. And that's what I was doing. [Hall of Fame president] Jeff [Idelson] called and I was watching the Young and the Restless." But Rice is no longer restless, and neither is his wife of the past 37 years, Corine, or his former teammates who thought the honor was long overdue -- not to mention the typical large throng of Red Sox Nation that came out to see his big day. Given Cooperstown's reasonably close proximity to Fenway Park -- roughly a four-hour drive -- it was hardly stunning that there were roars of "Let's Go Red Sox" when Rice took the stage. Then, for several minutes, the left fielder spoke of what it took for him to get to the Red Sox. He went back to his Anderson, S.C., roots, citing high school coach John Wesley Moore, who taught him fundamentals, and an American Legion coach named Olin Saylors, who urged him to play during the summers. The Jim Rice story might have moved to Nebraska for a football scholarship instead of a pro baseball career with the Red Sox if not for what those men did for his baseball development. "My coach John Moore, he played a lot of college ball," said Rice. "He was the type of mentor who told you had to do the fundamentals of baseball and it was only one way, it was the right way. So the things that he taught me as far as being able to inside/out a ball, as far as hitting the cutoff man, throwing to the right bases, doing the small things, how to elevate the ball, how to get a flyball with a man on second or third, that's the way I was taught. If you know anything about me, even when I got to the big leagues, I didn't change." Instead, he just kept growing into his enormous power, finding more mentors behind the scenes. "Mace Brown and Sam Mele, I really thank those guys for signing me," Rice said. "Rac Slider took me under his arm when he was my instructional league manager." "Don Zimmer, he believed in me -- he was my mentor. Zim was more of a manager and a father figure to me. Johnny Pesky was my personal hitting instructor. Don Zimmer, my manager at the time, told Pesky to stay with me day and night. He took me under his wing, kept me grounded, and we could always talk. And he's still with me today. And, of course, a good friend of mine, Cecil Cooper, my roomie, my ace, my buddy, my friend until the end." Cooper couldn't be on hand. He was managing the Houston Astros on Sunday. But several of Rice's former teammates cheered him on, including Yaz, Dennis Eckersley, Wade Boggs, Carlton Fisk and Dwight Evans. Rice took it all in and embraced everything about the day. It was a far cry from the player who was known for being terse with the media. As Rice would later point out, now he is a media member himself, serving as a studio analyst for NESN during Red Sox pregame and postgame shows. "By now, you may be wondering how I got such a notorious reputation with the media," Rice said. "Well, you see, the media often asked me questions about my [teammates]. I refused to be the media's mouthpiece. Of course, my stance didn't win me any media friends. I came to Boston and played professional baseball, and that's what I did. I did it well. So I retired in '89." And it was a career that left him fulfilled. "In the Minor Leagues, I went from being Ed Rice to being Jim Rice," said Rice. "I was a quiet leader, not a follower. I played through the pain and I suffered. No regrets. Well, maybe those last few at-bats in 1989 where I saw my .300 [career] average slip to .298 -- that I do regret." But those two points, as it turned out, would not keep Rice out of Cooperstown. His plaque, which was read by MLB Commissioner Bud Selig, summarized some of his accomplishments, including, "With titanic strength and an innate ability to hit to all fields, hit .298 with 382 homers, 1,451 runs batted in, the only player ever with three straight 35-home run and 200-hit seasons. Hit 20 or more home runs 11 times and totaled eight 100-RBI seasons." Rice closed out the day with appreciative awe. "Here we are in 2009 and I'm standing amongst baseball elite in front of my family, friends and fans, proudly accepting baseball's pinnacle achievement," said Rice. "I can't think of anyone I'd rather be than to be right here, right now, with you and you. Thank you." -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 118.160.70.240 ※ 編輯: Belladonaa 來自: 118.160.70.240 (07/27 17:08)