09/06/2007 5:07 PM ET Lind ready to apply early lessons Major League struggles were first in his professional career By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com This past July, Adam Lind cleaned out his Blue Jays locker and packed his bags, preparing for a trip back to the Minor Leagues. Before Lind exited the clubhouse, though, Toronto's Frank Thomas walked over to him and offered some words of encouragement. 七月的时候 Lind 收拾置物柜准备向 AAA 报到。当他要走出休息室时，Thomas 走向他，跟 他说了些鼓励的话。 Maybe Lind's batting average wasn't as impressive as it was while he tore through Toronto's farm system, but Thomas saw the outfielder's swing. That was enough for the 39-year-old veteran to remind Lind that baseball's biggest stage would have room for the rookie soon enough. 也许 Lind 的打击率不像他杀遍小联盟时那般的好，但 Thomas 注意的是 Lind 的挥击动作 这足以让这位沙场老将提醒後生小辈 Lind 这个棒球比赛最好的舞台在不久的将来会有他挥 洒的空间。 "When I got sent down, Frank told me, 'Hey, you're a big leaguer now,'" said Lind, leaning against a railing at Fenway Park in Boston earlier this week. "That really stuck with me. If he says that to me, then obviously I have the ability to play here, because he's seen quite a bit. That meant a lot, coming from him." Lind 说他那时要被送下去时，Thomas 告诉他︰嘿，你现在是个大联盟选手了喔。那句话我 记忆深刻。如果他会这麽对我说，那就明显地表示我有能力在大联盟生存，因为他阅人无数 他对我说的话对我意义重大。 With that, Lind headed back to Triple-A Syracuse to sort through what went wrong in his three-month stint with the Blue Jays. For the first time in his professional career, Lind struggled to consistently wield a potent bat, and reminding himself that he still belonged at the highest level proved difficult during his persistent woes. 他带着这句鼓励的话去 AAA 搞清楚在这三个月的大联盟之旅到底哪里出错了。这是他职业 生涯头一次在打击方面表现不佳，而这也提醒他持续不好的表现证明了要站稳大联盟很困难 ，需要更努力。 Now, the 24-year-old Lind, who grew up watching Thomas belt homers for the Chicago White Sox from nearby Anderson, Ind., has realized that his inconsistent season can be a powerful learning tool. Lind believes his rough initial tour in the big leagues will help him when tough times inevitably return down the road in his career. 现在这位现年 24 岁，从小就看着 Thomas 打全垒打的 Lind 了解到他这个表现起起伏伏的 球季可以是个非常好的学习机会。他相信今年球季前三个月的大联盟之旅将可以帮助他在未 来长远的职业生涯中度过无可避免的低潮时期。 "Of course, I would've rather not had to go through this," Lind said. "But it's all part of being young -- dealing with struggling. The thing I need to gain from this is what you have to do to get yourself out of the slump, and to always keep your confidence no matter what. You have to remind yourself that you can still hit, regardless of the situation that you're going through." Lind︰当然，我宁愿不要经历这样的起伏，但这就是年轻人会经历的事–面对低潮–啊~ 我 要做的就是自己走出低潮，而且要时时刻刻保持信心。你必须提醒自己，不管你正经历怎样 的状况，你依然可以掌握打击。 Lind was the obvious choice to be promoted in April when Blue Jays left fielder Reed Johnson landed on the disabled list following surgery to repair a herniated disc in his back. Between stints at Double-A and Triple-A in 2006, Lind posted a .319 average with 24 home runs and 89 RBIs, earning the Eastern League's Player of the Year honor along the way. 当 RJ 在四月去动手术缺席後，Lind 在那时候是顶替左外野的最佳人选。2006 年 Lind 快 速地经历 AA 和 AAA，缴出 .319 的打击率，24 支全垒打，89 分打点，并获得 AA 东部联 盟的年度最有价值球员。 Last September, Lind was called up from the Minors and he promptly hit .367 in 18 games, and he tied a Blue Jays rookie record with 15 hits in his first 10 games in the Majors. So the left-handed hitter was the natural pick to fill in until Johnson returned, but that didn't mean Toronto manager John Gibbons didn't anticipate an adjustment period for Lind. 去年九月 Lind 被叫上大联盟後在 18 场比赛中缴出 .367 的打击率，并追平队史上新秀在 大联盟的前十场比赛中的安打数，共 15 支安打。所以 Lind 是 RJ 受伤後罪理所当然的替 补人选，但这并不表示总教头 Gibbons 没预期到 Lind 会有一段适应期。 "You don't expect him to come up here and hit .350," Gibbons said. "That just doesn't happen. The big leagues, it's the tester. You get knocked down, and the good ones figure it out. He's one of those guys who will figure it out. You never want to see [initial struggles ] happen, but you almost come to expect it." Gibbons︰你不会期待他上来後缴出 .350 的高打击率，那不可能会发生。大联盟是一个试 验所。当你被比下去了，好的球员会去了解个中道理。他便是属於这类的球员。你不会想看 到他的低潮发生，但出来打球的总会遇到。 Lind, who had never hit below .310 at any professional level, got off to a decent start in the big leagues in April, posting a .288 average. Over the following two months, though, he hit just .205 as pitchers began to notice his propensity for chasing high fastballs. By the time Johnson was ready to be activated July 6, Lind's average had dipped to .230 -- an unprecedented low point for Toronto's top prospect. 在今年之前，Lind 职业生涯中的每个阶层打击率不曾低於 .310。今年球季的头一个月他的 表现不错，但接下来的两个月被对方识破他会追打高吊球後，表现就相当凄惨。到了 RJ 快 归队的时候，他的打击率只有 .230，是这位蓝鸟顶级新秀职业生涯中前所未有的新低点。 "It was all part of learning the strike zone," Lind said. "In the Minor Leagues, they'll throw that high fastball, but they're only throwing it about 88 mph. Up here, it's like 95. That's a little different. Every day, you never get a slouch pitcher. In the Minors, you might go two or three weeks without seeing a big league pitcher." Lind︰这是学习判断好球带的一个环节。在小联盟投手也会丢高吊球，但那是 88 MPH 的速 球，大联盟的高吊球是 95 MPH 的速球。那是不一样的地方。在大联盟你不会碰到鸟投，但 在小联盟你可能两三周才会碰到一个大联盟级的投手。 Back with Triple-A Syracuse, Lind said it took more than a month before he finally felt right at the plate again. He put in hours of work with his swing, but it wasn't until consecutive games against Ottawa on Aug. 23 and 24 that Lind -- a third-round pick by the Jays in the 2004 First-Year Player Draft -- returned to form. 回到 AAA 後，Lind 花了大概一个多月才找回正确的击球感。尽管他每天花数小时挥棒，直 到 8/23，8/24 对上 Ottawa 的两场比赛中，他才找回以前的自己。 Over that two-game stretch, he went 6-for-6 for the Chiefs, launched a pair of home runs and collected five RBIs. Thinking about that outburst brings a smile to Lind's face, because that's when he finally felt like the weight of his season-long issues was immediately hoisted off his shoulders. 那两场比赛他 6 打数 6 安打，包含 2 支全垒打，5 分打点。一想到那两场的暴发，Lind 的脸上就挂满笑容，因为直到那时他才觉得卸下了整个球季出轨表现的重担。 "I struggled the first few weeks," Lind said. "I just kept swinging and swinging and swinging, trying to find that groove and working with the coaches. Then, one day it just clicked and I got that feeling back. My swing finally came back. It was back to the regular me." Lind︰回到小联盟的前几个星期表现依旧一样不好，我就一直练习挥棒，试着找出熟悉的感 觉，并寻求教练的指导。然後，就在某天，ㄧㄝˊ，那感觉神奇地回来了。我终於找回以前 的我了。 So, when rosters expanded Sept. 1, it was back to the big leagues for Lind, who will likely be in the running for an Opening Day job with the Jays next season. In the sixth inning against the Red Sox on Monday, he stepped into the batter's box at Fenway Park -- one year and one day removed from his Major League debut at the same ballpark. 所以九月扩编後，Lind 就被叫上来了。他将努力争取进入明年开季的 25 人名单。在星期 一对红袜的比赛中，他站进这一年又一天前他大联盟初登场时战的打击区–红袜芬威球场的 打击区。 Lind wasted no time in drilling a 2-2 fastball from Boston's Javy Lopez up the middle for a run-scoring single, displaying the swing that has carried him quickly up the organizational ranks. Lind 在两好两坏後用让他快速升上大联盟的挥击打出代有一分打点的一垒安打。 "The bottom line is the kid can hit," Gibbons said. Just ask Thomas. Gibbons︰最重要的是这孩子真的能打 去问问 Thomas 就知道 -- 你给我一种感觉 奇特的感觉 一时之间我遗失了语言 除非是『三月不揭的春帷』才让我留下足以酿酒的眼泪 你笑的一厢情愿 绝版的明信片 恍惚置我於诸神的纪元 谁不在等待他的贝德丽采 清秀的佳人在日落尽处重现 如果你柔情的双眼悬挂在天边 我愿是容纳你笔直光线的深邃 即使在世纪末以前极短的时间 我也要散尽所有力气雄雄为你搏一回 --

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