05/12/2008 5:15 PM ET Denbo remains even keel about bats Jays hitting coach not worried about early offensive woes By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com CLEVELAND -- Gary Denbo has proved to be one of the more elusive members of the Blue Jays' coaching staff. Hours spent studying hitters in the batting cage or breaking down footage in the film room are to blame. 打教 Gary Denbo 是蓝鸟教练团里行动较令人难捉摸的一位。他会花数小时在打击练习区内 研究打者或在影片室里研究录影带内容。 When Toronto's affable hitting coach does finally emerge from his areas of work, he is quick to smile and offer a friendly greeting. Denbo's easygoing persona does a good job of masking the inner frustration he's dealt with throughout the season's early going. Denbo 好相处、随和的个性相当程度地掩盖了他内心对於蓝鸟到目前为止的表现的沮丧。 Denbo was hired as the Jays' new hitting coach in October -- charged with the task of righting an offense that went awry last year. So far, Toronto's lineup has limped through this season's first 38 games, making Denbo's objective that much more difficult. Denbo 去年被请来强化蓝鸟走调的打线，但今年蓝鸟到目前为止的攻击表现让他的目标更显 得遥远。 Even so, worry seems the furthest thing from Denbo's mind. 尽管如此，Denbo 还是不担心。 "If I hadn't been through this before many times throughout the years," Denbo said, "it would probably be more frustrating for me." Denbo︰如果我是头一次经历这种事，那可能会让我更沮丧。 That doesn't mean that Toronto's enigmatic offense hasn't been a source of any frustration for Denbo. There are developments in the batter's box that show that the Blue Jays have bought into a "pass-the-baton" philosophy, getting on base often and drawing a healthy volume of walks to set the stage for the next batter 这并非意谓着蓝鸟谜般的打击不让 Denbo 觉得沮丧。蓝鸟打线已改变攻击模式，以接力上 垒的方式来替下位打者制造机会。 It's when Toronto has advanced all those baserunners to second and third base that the bats have come up empty at an alarming rate. Entering Monday's doubleheader against the Indians, the Jays had a Major League-worst .209 average with runners in scoring position. 令人沮丧的是人都已经在垒上了，甚至已经在门口了，下位打者却泄了…蓝鸟现在有着全联 盟最烂的得点圈打击率—0.209。 With runners simply on base, Toronto is ranked dead last in the American League with a .242 average. Part of the problem is that the Jays have grounded into a league-high 47 double players, entering Monday -- compared to 26 through 38 games a year ago. 垒上有人的打击率 .242 也是美联垫底。部分原因是蓝鸟以 47 次勇冠美联双杀打排行榜， 去年头 38 场也不过 26 支双杀打。 Toronto can consider itself fortunate that, while the club currently resides in last place in the AL East, it headed into Monday's game six games behind first- place Boston. That's a result of the Jays' dominant pitching staff, which has helped overcome some of the offensive woes. 蓝鸟值得庆幸的是尽管打线鸟到不行，但目前跟美联东区第一名只有六场胜差，但这是因为 有坚强的投手阵容。 "It's been a little frustrating," Denbo said, "because I think we've done a better job of executing good at-bats -- quality at-bats. At the same time, when we get those baserunners, we haven't been able to put the kind of at-bat together that allows us to get those runners in. Denbo︰有点沮丧，到目前为止我们每位打者在打击区的表现不错，但与此同时却无法串连 这些好表现。 "When you're in a stretch like this, where you're not scoring many runs, it's easy for our players to go up to the plate and try to shoulder the load and try to do more than they're capable of sometimes. That makes it worse." 当这变成常态时，我们的打者上打击区时有时候会想承担这攻下分数的重责而去多做一些自 己可以做的事，但这让情况变得更糟糕。 The quality at-bats that Denbo refers to are evident in the fact that the Jays entered Monday's game ranked fifth in the AL with a .332 on-base percentage and sixth with 138 walks. Those are improvements over last season, when Toronto had a .326 OBP and 128 walks through 38 games. Denbo 所谓的不错的攻击指的是蓝鸟的上垒率和保送数排名美联第五，比起去年同时期的表 现算有进步。 "We're just not hitting with runners in scoring position," Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi said. "It's pretty simple. We're drawing walks. We're on base. You look at the league leaders, we're up there in drawing walks. We just can't drive guys in with runners in scoring position. Ricciardi︰我们就只是有人在得点圈时打击差。我们可以等保送，也可以安打上垒。看看 保送排行榜上有多少我们蓝鸟的球员。我们就只是得点圈有人时无法送跑者回来得分。 "So, I think the guys put a lot more pressure on themselves and one guy passes it on to the next guy. Hopefully, it'll just break at some point." Ricciardi︰我认为球员给自己的压力太大了。又，打者把这压力一个个传到下位打者。希 望这个紧张现象能得到释放。 That's the hope that everyone from the front office down to the clubhouse is clinging to. 这是蓝鸟从上到下一致的冀望。 The Jays are still convinced that the group of hitters the team has assembled has the potential to be a good offensive group. While the lineup has fallen short of expectations thus far, Denbo and Ricciardi believe it's only a matter of time before the club's fortunes reverse. 蓝鸟依旧认为这是支可以提供强大火力的球队。Denbo 和 Ricciardi 都认为运气的反转只 是时间的问题而已。 "It's going to even out. It always does," Denbo said. "Good hitters go through rough stretches throughout the course of the season, but at the end of the season they usually end up close to where they've always ended up. Dendo︰好打者在球季进行时总会碰到低潮的时候，但到了季末时他们总是会缴出符合期待 的表现。 "I think over the course of the season, our offense is going to be better. It's going to be better." Denbo︰我们的攻击只会再好，不会再差了。 Denbo maintains that belief based on what he's seen from Toronto's hitters off the field. He spends the hours with them in the batting cage and helps them analyze video, and Denbo has not witnessed a lack of effort. Denbo 会这麽深信不疑是有原因的。他看到场上每位球员都很认真，在球员打击练习时他都 会在旁观看，也会跟着球员一起观看并分析比赛的影带。 "We're doing the right things in the early work in the batting cage," he said. "I know that. Our batting practices are sound, professional batting practices. They're executing the situations and swinging at good pitches. Denbo 赞赏球员们有相当棒且专业的打击练习，圆满完成每个假想情况，挥击好球。 "We've just got to take that approach into the game." 我们带着这精神上场比赛。 -- 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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