※ 引述《yyhong68 (come every now and then)》之铭言： : Yanks Count on Wang's Cool Amid Heat : By TYLER KEPNER : Published: September 29, 2005 战况激烈＠洋基倚赖王的沈着 记者Tyler Kepner 纽约时报2005年 Ｙ月ＲＹ日电 : BALTIMORE, Sept. 28 - It was 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, and Chien-Ming Wang : was already in full uniform. He was one of the first Yankees in the : clubhouse, and the Fox network needed him for a promo. It was yet another : example of something that seemed implausible six months ago. : "Before the year, you see the starting pitchers for the Yankees and you say, : 'If they're healthy, there's no way these guys are coming up there,' " : said Wil Nieves, the catcher for Class AAA Columbus this season. "But you : never know. If someone got injured, Wang was ready down there. He just : needed a chance." 时间是星期三下午三点半，王建民已经穿着洋基制服到球场待命，他是最早到的 球员之一，＠Fox电视台想请他拍个宣传短片。这在半年前根本是件不可能的事。 三A哥伦布快艇的捕手Wil Nieves说：「你在年初看到洋基的先发阵容时一定会想： 只要这些人无病无痛，三A这些选手根本上不去。但是谁知道呢？如果有人受伤， 王已经有了万全准备，他只需要机会。」 : A series of injuries - first to Jaret Wright, then to Kevin Brown and : Carl Pavano - cleared a path for Wang, who quickly proved he had staying : power. He has been so impressive that the Yankees will eagerly give him : the ball Friday against the Boston Red Sox in a game of enormous importance. : Wang has never been to Fenway Park, much less pitched there. He is still : subject to rookie hazing; after his start last Sunday, the veterans made : him dress in a female cheerleader's outfit. But there was no hesitation : about letting him start Friday. 一连串的伤兵出现，先是Wright, 然後是Brown和Pavano，替王建民开了一条路， 他很快证明自己有留在大联盟的实力。他的表现如此杰出，於是洋基给了他星期五 对波士顿红袜先发的机会，这是一场非常重要的比赛。 王建民从来没到过芬威球场，更别提在那里投过球了。而且他仍然是个菜鸟， 星期天先发过後，他被老鸟们捉弄，穿上女生啦啦队服。但是大家都肯定他有能力 在星期五的比赛先发。 : "You find yourself in the dugout, and you're not worried at all when he's : pitching," Manager Joe Torre said. "That's the only thing I can go on." : Wang is 8-4 this season, with a 4.02 earned run average in 17 games - : 16 starts. He missed two months with shoulder inflammation but has : become progressively sharper since his return Sept. 8. He has given up : 5 runs in 15 innings in his past two starts. Torre表示：「你在休息区里看他投球时完全不用担心，我只能不断地这麽说。」 王本季成绩八胜四败、17场出赛16场先发，防御率4.02。他因为肩膀发炎缺阵 两个月，但自9月8号归队後投球越见犀利，过去两场先发他主投15局失5分。 : "Win or lose Friday, he's shown that nothing really fazes him," catcher Jorge : Posada said. "That's why he's in the rotation. The way he conducts himself : and goes about his business, it's good to see. We're confident in him." : At 25, with no career starts against Boston, Wang may be in the perfect : position for such a critical start. Wright, who is now in the Yankees' : bullpen, can relate. 捕手Posada说：「不论星期五是胜是负，王显然毫无所惧。这正是他留在先发轮值 的原因。看他总是有条不紊做好自己的工作，我们对他很有信心。」 现年25岁的王从来不曾对红袜先发过，在这个关键时刻先发对王来说或许是最好的 形势。目前在洋基牛棚的Wright过去也有类似经验。 : Wright was 21 - also with just 16 career regular-season starts - when the : Cleveland Indians named him the starter for Game 7 of the 1997 World Series. : It was a heady assignment, but Wright said he was not intimidated. He : carried a one-hit shutout into the seventh inning. : "It's just happening so fast, and you're just kind of riding it," Wright : said. "It's not something you think about, because you don't really know : any different. You just think that's the way it's supposed to be." : Wright, who would have won if the Florida Marlins had not rallied against : Jose Mesa in the ninth, remembered feeling no pressure. He felt : invincible, he said, because all he had known was success. : "Your confidence is so high," Wright said. "There's never been a valley." : Wang's story is different, because the two-month layoff was an obvious : setback in his splendid season. But Wright said he sensed that Wang was : always relaxed and comfortable. 1997年，当克里夫兰印地安人指派Wright担任世界大赛第七战先发时，他年仅21岁、 只有16次季赛先发的经验。这是个令人兴奋的任务，莱特说他并没有被吓倒。他投出 七局仅被打一只安打的成绩。「一切发生得太快了，你只能顺势而为。你根本无暇 去思考，也不知道这和平时有何差别，只觉得事情本来就该如此。」莱特原本有机会 取得胜投，如果不是马林鱼队在九局击垮了Jose Mesa的话。莱特说他当时完全不觉得 有压力，他觉得自己战无不胜、而且深信自己一定会成功。「你会觉得信心满满， 绝对不会有低潮。」莱特如是说。 王建民的故事有一点点不同，因伤停赛两个月是他这个璀璨的菜鸟球季一个明显的 挫折，但莱特说他觉得王一直都保持着怡然自在的态度。 : There is another reason to believe in him, Wright said. Wang's sinker is : exceptional, as Wright learned while they recovered from their injuries : this summer. : "He came down to Tampa, and we started playing catch, and he had the : heaviest ball that I've ever played catch with, as far as sinkers," : Wright said. "If you could teach everyone what you need to make a ball : that heavy, then everybody would do it. That's such a valuable pitch, : and he throws an absolute bowling ball." : The pitch has been dropping better than ever lately. In Wang's past : two starts, he has gotten 35 of 45 outs on ground balls. Two starts ago, : he fielded nine grounders himself, two shy of the one-game assists : record for a pitcher. 莱特说，还有另外一个理由可以证明王是可以仰赖的，那就是王犀利的沈球（伸卡）。 莱特在今年夏天他们一起复健时发现这点。 「王来到坦帕湾，我们一起做传接球练习，就我所接过的沈球来说，王的球质 是最重的。如果你可以教会别人怎麽把球投得这麽重，那一定人人都想学。 这是一个非常有利的武器，而且王简直像是在投保龄球。」 最近王的这项球路更有威力了。在过去两场先发里，45个出局数有35个都是滚地球 出局。其中一场他自己有九次助杀，仅差两次就平了大联盟投手单场助杀的纪录。 : "The reason for his success is his power sinker, 96 miles an hour," Posada : said. "I caught him in spring training against Houston, and I remember he : threw a sinker in to Jeff Bagwell. Bagwell stepped out and said, 'Oh boy.' : "That's the thing that told me how good this kid could be. We had a lot : of pitchers back then, and we still didn't know if it was going to happen, : but I knew he was going to be up here during the year." Pasada表示：「王成功的要素在於他时速高达96英里的强力沈球。我在春训对 太空人的热身赛中担任他的捕手，我还记得当他对Jeff Bagwell投出沈球时， Bagwell跳开说了句'Oh boy'，那时我就知道这小子有多强。那时我们投手人员 充足，也不晓得他会不会有机会，但我知道他今年一定会上来。」 : Now he is up and thriving at the most critical time. Wang, a native of : Taiwan who speaks little English in interviews, said he was "excited" : about Friday's start and had not asked his teammates what to expect. : "Just go to Boston and see," Wang said. 如今王在关键时刻挺身而出，这位来自台湾的投手在访谈中说的英文不多， 只表示对星期五先发感到「兴奋」，他也没有特别请教队友注意事项， 「到波士顿看了就知道」王这麽说。 : The sights will all be there for him Friday - the raucous fans hovering : above the bullpen before the game, the cramped clubhouse and dugout, : the deep and powerful Boston lineup. : Wang will absorb it, and the Yankees will take their chances. They do : not expect the biggest start of his life to change him. : "Nothing seems to bother him," General Manager Brian Cashman said. : "He's unflappable." 这一切都会在星期五等着他：牛棚上方喧哗的观众、狭窄的球场和休息区，还有 红袜队的超强打线。王将要承担这一切，而洋基队也决定要冒这个险。洋基不觉得 这场生涯最重要的先发会影响到王建民。 「没有什麽事会困扰他，」总经理Cashman如是说：「他总是那麽稳定沈着。」 : http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/29/sports/baseball/29pins.html --

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