http://tinyurl.com/3wxon4f It was just over a month ago in St. Louis when the Blue Jays were in town for a three-game Interleague series. A young Cardinals centre fielder by the name of Colby Rasmus walked to the plate for his ninth-inning at-bat after Arencibia had checked into the game as Toronto's catcher the inning prior. "Hey, man, you going to come play with us one day?" questioned Arencibia with a chuckle from behind the plate. 一个月前当我们去红鸟那边当客人的时候， 阿轮在本垒版上面问了站上打击区的螺丝： 「喂～你会不会有天跑来我们这边打球阿？」 Rasmus flashed a smile and shrugged it off, digging his left cleat into the dirt as he readied to face then-Toronto closer Frank Francisco with his team down by one. Francisco delivered a 95-mph fastball up in the zone -- a hitter's delight -- and Rasmus got a hold of it, rocketing it to right field with his classic smooth swing. But as has been the case in this hard-luck season for Rasmus, the ball hung up just long enough for Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista to track it down and catch it on the run, leaving Rasmus with a 1-for-4 on the night. Little did Rasmus know, just a month later he would be wearing the same uniform as Arencibia and Bautista, and turning to them for advice. "I was just messing around," Arencibia said of his chirp to Rasmus last month, "but then the trade happened and now he happens to be on our team." 螺丝笑笑的耸耸肩就去认真打球了 结果勒，一个月後，螺丝真的跑过来我们家了! 後来阿轮又说： 「阿～那个只是闲聊阿。阿可是後来他真的被交易了，还是来我们家。」 Yes, much to Arencibia's surprise, Rasmus is today a member of the Blue Jays, acquired last week from the Cardinals and expected to be a part of the franchise's core for several years to come. Arencibia, in his rookie season, has been the unofficial ambassador thus far, helping Rasmus get accustomed to life with the club in Toronto. Arencibia and John Jay -- a teammate of Rasmus' in St. Louis -- are best friends, both growing up playing baseball in the Miami area. They work out together in the offseason, and Jay had told Arencibia about Rasmus' exceptional talent years before he became a Blue Jay. "He told me he's a great kid and an unbelievable player," Arencibia said. "He said he's got ability through the roof." 所以阿轮也很讶异，螺丝真的跑过来了！ 最近都是阿轮在带螺丝到处闲晃观光。 阿轮跟红鸟的酱杰是死党，都是在迈阿密长大的，然後一起打球很久了。 酱杰一年前就有跟阿轮提过螺丝，说他是个很棒的球员。 「他跟偶说，螺丝很棒，有能力穿过天花板。」 Bautista -- an American League MVP Award candidate -- has been lending his hand, too, offering hitting advice to Rasmus as he faces AL pitching regularly for the first time in his career. "Jose has been talking with me about some things that I think are going to help me," Rasmus said. "And J.P. has kind of made me feel welcome and tried to relax me a little bit, which has helped." 螺丝说：「包大哥跟我说了一些东西我觉得会帮助我，然後阿轮一直尝 试的让我放松。」 ....中间略过一部份 "It's a lot different," Rasmus said of the clubhouse atmosphere in Toronto vs. St. Louis. "Maybe a little less pressure-packed." 螺丝说：「这边不大一样，恩～ 比较没有那麽多压力。」 .....在略过一部份 Arencibia is one of those guys and has taken Rasmus under his wing in these tentative first days, showing him the ropes in Toronto's clubhouse and helping him take the edge off. Rasmus was admittedly nervous upon arriving in Toronto, and although he had only spoken to Arencibia once before -- at home plate in St. Louis -- he was at least somewhat of a familiar face. "I knew him only a little bit, but it helped," Rasmus said. "Not knowing anybody, not knowing the coaches, I just wanted to make a good first impression." 对於这个刚刚换皮毛，红色的换成蓝色的小朋友，最近都躲在阿轮的翅膀底下。 都是阿轮带着螺丝到处走走看看，螺丝刚过来这个陌生环境的时候很紧张，都 没认识什麽人，只有在本垒版上跟阿轮聊过一句。 螺丝说：「我只认识他一点点，不过有帮助，其他人我都不认识，教练也不认 识。我只是想要给大家一个好映像而已。」 (编按. 拉着阿轮衣角躲在後面害羞的说。) Rasmus' nerves carried over to the plate, where he started his Blue Jays career 0-for-13 with six strikeouts. He finally showed signs of coming into his own Sunday, with a pair of hits and two RBIs in a 7-3 win against the Rangers. "Those first couple days, it was definitely a little nerve-wracking. I wasn't able to do some of the stuff I wanted to do," Rasmus said after Sunday's game, "but today I felt a lot better. Hopefully that will continue." 螺丝也把害羞紧张带到球场上去了，然後打了0-13。星期天终於有不错的表现。 螺丝说：「一开始的前几天，我超紧张的。紧张到我都没办法做我想做的事情， 不过今天还不错，希望可以继续。」 For Rasmus, the past is in the past and the present is getting better as the Blue Jays head out on the road for a week away from the media spotlight in Toronto. Now all he has to do is play. 在我们家， 螺丝害羞没有关系，我们家本来就是荒郊野外所以也没人注意， 他只要打球就好。 --

※ 发信站: 批踢踢实业坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 58.34.153.184 是阿，这边我是故意这样翻的 :P ※ 编辑: Rzepczynski 来自: 58.34.47.127 (08/02 18:04)