昨日国民@大都会 7局下半，Jared Young炸了一发阳春炮之後， 当然少不了主场传统庆祝──大苹果+烟火。 但可能是操控室忘了要降回去、还是升降机又故障了？ 主审 Charlie Ramos　在国民中继 Bird 投了两颗坏球後暂停， (主播室：challenge coming here ? Maybe not ) 主审朝应该是球场监控方向挥挥手，接着比向打者之眼处。 Ramos: " CAN WE GET RID OF THE APPLE PLEASE ". (讲完抿嘴偷笑) (主播室大笑~) 大都会队的比赛因苹果而短暂暂停……，然後苹果也正常、顺利地降下去了。 CAN WE GET RID OF THE APPLE PLEASE @JomboyMedia There was an apple delay in the Mets game https://x.com/JomboyMedia/status/2088754369126699272 ig分流 https://www.instagram.com/reels/DcE9wbhhSrZ/ ※ ※ ※ Home Run Apple a beloved Mets tradition Anthony DiComo https://www.mlb.com/news/mets-home-run-apple-history 纽约大都会全垒打大苹果的一些小趣闻 Shea Stadium旧的那颗，现在在Citi Field外面。 NEW YORK -- About halfway through Citi Field’s inaugural season, a horror unfolded. 纽约──大约在大都会球场（Citi Field）首个赛季进行到一半时，一场惨剧发生了。 Fernando Tatis Sr., then a utilityman for the Mets, hit a pinch-hit homer over the fence in left. “Cue the Apple!” Mets play-by-play man Gary Cohen exclaimed on air, expecting the sculpture beyond the center-field wall to rise as usual. But the Apple did not rise. Was it broken? Was it stuck? Thousands around the stadium began booing to the puzzlement of Tatis, as “We want Apple!” chants echoed around the ballpark. 当时效力於大都会队的工具人 Fernando Tatis Sr. 击出了一支越过左外野大墙的代打全 垒打。「升起苹果！」大都会队赛事主播（play-by-play man）Gary Cohen 在播报中兴奋 喊道，期待中外野墙外的雕像能如往常般升起。然而，苹果却没有升起来。是坏了吗？还 是卡住了？球场内数以万计的球迷开始发出嘘声，让 Fernando Tatis Sr. 感到困惑不解 ，而「我们要苹果！」的喊声也在整个球场回荡。 Such is the popularity of the Home Run Apple, a sculpture that has become as much a part of franchise lore as the skyline logo or Mr. Met. 这就是全垒打苹果的受欢迎程度，这座雕像已经与天际线标志或大都会先生（Mr. Met） 一样，成为球队历史传奇不可或缺的一部分。 “The Mets have a very unique history that’s fun,” said Brendan McKeon, the sculpture’s current operator. “The ‘Meet the Mets’ song, Shea Stadium, Casey Stengel from back in the day … the Apple just plays into all that.” 「大都会队拥有非常独特且有趣的历史，」这座雕像现任的操作员 Brendan McKeon 表示 。「〈Meet the Mets〉这首歌、谢亚球场（Shea Stadium）、当年 Casey Stengel 的岁 月……全垒打苹果正好融入了所有这一切。」 McKeon is the Mets’ director of production technology, with in-game responsibilities revolving around scoreboard graphics and data. He is one of about 15 employees who sit in the control room during games, but McKeon became the primary Apple operator simply because his workspace happens to be closest to the push button. Before each game, Citi Field workers power on the Apple via another control room in center field. From that point, it’s McKeon ’s job to direct it north or south, using a button that’s kept under lock and key. The Apple typically stays up from the end of batting practice until the start of the game, then down unless a home run is hit; otherwise, it would affect the batter’s eye in center field. Brendan McKeon 是大都会队的转播制作技术总监（director of production technology ），比赛期间的职责围绕着计分板图形与数据。他是比赛期间坐在控制室内的 15 名员工 之一，但 Brendan McKeon 会成为苹果主要操作员，纯粹是因为他的工作位子刚好距离按 钮最近。每场比赛前，大都会球场（Citi Field）的工作人员会透过中外野的另一个控制 室开启苹果的电源。从那时起，Brendan McKeon 的工作就是用一个上锁保存的按钮来控 制它的升降。苹果通常从打击练习结束一直保持升起状态，直到比赛开始，之後便保持下 降，除非击出全垒打；否则会影响中外野打者的视觉背景（batter's eye）。 So it has gone for more than four decades in Flushing, where a mechanical piece of fruit has become an institution. The original Apple dates to 1980, shortly after original owner Joan Payson’s family sold the team to a group led by Nelson Doubleday. Over the previous seven years, the Mets had failed to finish within 10 games of first place, much to their financial detriment; in 1979, their attendance fell under 1 million for the first time since the team’s inaugural season at the Polo Grounds. To combat flagging interest, Doubleday hired prominent advertising executive Jerry Della Femina, who created the slogan, “The Magic is Back.” 四十多年来，在法拉盛（Flushing）这片土地上，这颗机械水果已经成为一种代表性的标 志。最早的苹果可追溯至 1980 年，就在原球队持有者 Joan Payson 的家族将球队卖给 由 Nelson Doubleday 领导的财团之後不久。在过去的七年中，大都会队未能将落後第一 名的胜差缩小至 10 场以内，这在财务上造成了巨大的损失；1979 年，他们的进场人数更 是自球队在波洛球场（Polo Grounds）首季以来首度跌破 100 万人。为了挽救低迷的关注 度，Nelson Doubleday 聘请了知名广告高阶主管 Jerry Della Femina，打造出「魔法回 来了（The Magic is Back）」这个口号。 The Home Run Apple, which was the brainchild of longtime Mets executive Al Harazin, became a centerpiece of that campaign. At Shea Stadium, the Mets encased it in an oversized top hat with the script phrase “Mets Magic” emblazoned upon it. (The effect was meant to evoke a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat.) It was not until years later that the Mets altered the lettering to read “HOME RUN” in all caps. 全垒打苹果是由资深大都会队高阶主管 Al Harazin 所构想出来的，并成为该宣传活动的 核心。在谢亚球场（Shea Stadium），大都会队将它装在一个巨大的高顶礼帽中，上面印 有手写体的「Mets Magic」字样。（这效果旨在让人联想到魔术师从帽子里拉出一只兔子 。）直到多年後，大都会队才将字样改为全大写的「HOME RUN（全垒打）」。 When they moved to Citi Field in 2009, team officials -- acting on the recommendation of a fan survey -- commissioned a new apple nearly twice as tall, while ditching the magician’s hat, the lettering and a light installation that flashed during home runs. The old Apple received a permanent resting place outside the park. 当他们於 2009 年搬迁至大都会球场（Citi Field）时，球队高层根据球迷调查的建议， 订制了一颗高度近乎两倍的新苹果，同时舍弃了魔术师帽子、字样以及在全垒打期间闪烁 的灯光装置。旧苹果则在球场外获得了一个永久的展示落脚处。 https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/private/t_16x9/t_w1536/mlb/pmdhod48jp4yqcikzpii.jpg https://shorturl.at/lfvx0 “It was something the fans liked,” director of alumni relations Jay Horwitz said. “It was part of our history. It was relevant to Shea. They just wanted to have Shea be a part of Citi Field.” 「那是球迷们喜欢的东西，」校友关系总监（director of alumni relations）Jay Horwitz 说。「那是我们历史的一部分，与谢亚球场（Shea Stadium）息息相关。他们只 是希望让谢亚球场（Shea Stadium）成为大都会球场（Citi Field）的一部分。」 “The kids absolutely love it,” added longtime Mets radio voice Howie Rose. “When a Met hits a home run, they want to see that apple come up. I can see it right in front of me [from the booth]. When that apple comes up, they’re paying attention and they’re smiling.” 「孩子们绝对爱死它了，」资深大都会队广播播报员 Howie Rose 补充道。「当大都会队 球员击出全垒打时，他们想看到那颗苹果升起来。我［从播报室］就能在正前方看到它。 当那颗苹果升起时，他们都在全神贯注地看着，脸上带着笑容。」 In those ways, the Apple serves as a form of nostalgia, evoking some of the most famous homers in Shea Stadium history: Mike Piazza’s post-9/11 shot, for example, or Robin Ventura’s “grand slam single.” 在这些方面，苹果充当了一种怀旧的载体，唤起了谢亚球场（Shea Stadium）历史上一些 最着名的全垒打：例如 Mike Piazza 在 911 事件後的致胜一击，或是 Robin Ventura 的「满贯一垒安打（grand slam single）」。 At various points in history, the sculpture itself has even played a starring role. When the collapse of a 500-pound beam at Yankee Stadium forced the Yankees to play a home game at Shea Stadium in 1998, it gave Darryl Strawberry -- a longtime Met who had cued the Apple 123 times over eight seasons with the team -- another chance to summon it. 在历史上的不同时期，这座雕像本身甚至扮演过主角。1998 年，洋基球场（Yankee Stadium）一根 500 磅重的钢梁塌陷，迫使洋基队在谢亚球场（Shea Stadium）进行一场 主场比赛，这给了 Darryl Strawberry──一位在效力大都会队的八个赛季中曾 123 次 引出苹果的资深大都会队球员──另一次召唤它的机会。 “That definitely was a good memory,” Strawberry said after the game, “ because I’ve seen it a lot of times.” 「那绝对是一段美好的回忆，」Darryl Strawberry 在赛後表示，「因为我看过它无数次 了。」 The Apple again generated headlines following its 2009 malfunction, which led to a quick upgrade. At that time, the Apple’s hydraulics required around two minutes to reset, preventing it from rising when Tatis homered three pitches after Brian Schneider went deep. Following the season, the Mets installed an improved mechanism that resets in about 30 seconds. 在 2009 年发生故障後，苹果再次登上头条新闻，这促成了一次快速升级。当时，苹果液 压系统需要大约两分钟才能重置，导致在 Brian Schneider 击出全垒打的三球後，当 Fernando Tatis Sr. 接着击出全垒打时，苹果无法顺利升起。在该赛季结束後，大都会 队安装了一套改进後的机构，重置时间缩短至约 30 秒。 Six years later, the Apple received a more cosmetic makeover when Travis d’ Arnaud clanged a homer off it during Game 1 of the 2015 National League Championship Series. (Hitting the Apple requires an impressive poke of about 430 feet or more.) 六年後，当 Travis d’Arnaud 在 2015 年国家联盟冠军赛（National League Championship Series）第一战将全垒打球直接砸中苹果时，这座苹果经历了一次偏向装 饰性质的外观改造。（要击中苹果需要大约 430 英尺以上的惊人击球距离。） The next day, as a joke, former COO Jeff Wilpon directed stadium workers to install an oversized bandage on the spot d’Arnaud hit. 隔天，作为一个幽默玩笑，前营运长（COO）Jeff Wilpon 指示球场工作人员在 Travis d ’Arnaud 击中的位置贴上了一张超大号的OK绷。 https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/private/t_16x9/t_w1536/mlb/xbjdlfyolewesgu8ck38.jpg https://shorturl.at/CoxdF Fans loved the imagery, just as they loved the original Apple enough to convince ownership to bring it to Citi. Now, the Mets have two items in their fruit basket: the old Apple, which has become a meeting place for fans between the 7 Line subway exit and the ballpark’s main entrance, and the new one in its traditional spot in center field. 球迷们非常喜欢这个幽默的意象，就像他们深爱着原版苹果、甚至成功说服球队高层将它 带到大都会球场（Citi Field）一样。现在，大都会队的水果篮里有两样宝物：旧苹果已 经成为球迷在 7 号线（7 Line）地铁出口与球场主入口之间的相聚地点，而新苹果则稳居 於中外野的传统位置。 “It’s just part of Mets lore,” McKeon said. “It might seem silly to the outsider, but I think to a Mets fan, it fits right in.” 「这就是大都会队传奇故事的一部分，」Brendan McKeon 说。「在外人看来可能有点幼 稚，但我觉得对大都会队球迷来说，这一切再合适不过了。」 --

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