From:North Jersey News Klap: Torre confident in Wang Torre对王建民有信心 Wednesday, October 5, 2005 运动专栏记者BOB KLAPISCH ANAHEIM, Calif. - In a season of gambles, hunches and occasional in-the-dark guessing - not the least of which was swapping out Tony Womack for Robinson Cano - the Yankees have never been as far out on a limb as they are tonight, when Chien- Ming Wang starts Game 2 of the AL Division Series over Shawn Chacon. 在一整季的赌注、想法、偶而的摸黑猜测，其中包含把 Tony Womack剔除放进Robinson Cano这件事，洋基队 从来没有比今晚更战战兢兢，就在王建民即将在美国联 盟分区决赛第二场先发的今天，更别提他还是取代Shawn Chacon获得这个资格。 There are a million questions that accompany Joe Torre's choice, starting with the most obvious one: Why is the manager trusting a rookie who's barely pitched a half-season, instead of the more successful Chacon? 关於Joe Torre的决定可能有几百万个问题需要解答，第一个 会是：为什麽一位总教练选择只出赛半季的菜鸟，而不是 表现更优的Chacon？ Wasn't it Torre himself who saw a "jittery" Wang on Friday against the Red Sox? Didn't the right-hander issue a season- high six walks during the Yankees' biggest series of the year? 在对上红袜的那场比赛，Torre还没见识够王建民面对 关键比赛可能出现的脱线演出吗？他不正是在本季最关 键性的比赛中投出六次保送的那个右投手吗？ If Wang felt squeezed by the tentacles of regular-season pressure, the Yankees can only wonder what's in store for his first-ever postseason start. What's more, with the Yankees using Wang, Chacon will be pushed back to Game 4 on Saturday, 10 days removed from his last start. 如果正规赛的压力就已经让王建民动摇，那这位投手季後 赛的首次先发还有什麽值得期待？更别提这样一来，Chacon 将会在距离上次先发十天之後才再度上场，也就是周六 的第四战。 It's a strangely counter-intuitive move by Torre, who understands why he's being questioned, if not openly second- guessed. But the manager continued to profess his faith in Wang, whom he says "has reestablished himself as the pitcher he was before he got hurt. 对於Torre来说，这是个充满「直觉」的想法，而他本人 完全了解这样做会引来哪些质疑、猜测。但是，Torre继续 展现他对王建民的信心，他说到：（王建民）已经回复 到受伤前的身手，那种大联盟投手的身手。 "That was probably the thing that carried the most weight: He was a main part of our rotation for the longer time," Torre said before Game 1 on Tuesday. "And demeanor-wise, we didn't think it was going to be a problem." Torre在第一战前说到：而（那种身手）正是决定性的关键， 他一直是战力中不可或缺的一环。 Torre also pointed out the Angels have never faced Wang and are more likely to struggle with the right-hander's most devastating weapon: below-average arm speed that masks the movement of a 92-mph sinker. Torre也指出天使队从来没有跟王建民交手，很可能会受制 於王建民的王牌武器：从有点慢的、会混淆球儿动态的手臂 投出的９２mph伸卡球。 To anyone who's never stood in the box against Wang, that late, downward trajectory is practically a mirage. Jorge Posada said, "To me, [Wang] has the best movement on the staff, [with] the way the ball just sneaks up on you." Jorge Posada说：对於没有真正站在打击区与王建民对决的打 者来说，球在最後的下坠幅度几乎像是幻影。我个人认为， （王建民）的球在投手群中有最棒的动线，球就这样窜进你 身边。 Still, the Yankees are asking a lot of a 25-year-old pitcher who can barely summon the emotional energy to smile. Wang is polite enough, teammates say, but he's low-key to the point of being absent. That much was evident Tuesday when he sat before a roomful of reporters, unable to speak more than a sentence or two because of his limited English. 不过，对於这位几乎用尽全身感情才能露出微笑２５岁 的投手，洋基还是有很多要求。根据队友的说法，王建民 够有礼貌，但是低调到几乎没有存在感。这件事情在周二 最为明显，面对着满屋子的记者，英文能力勉强ＯＫ的他， 竟然只能丢出一两句回话。 Curiously, the Yankees chose not to provide an interpreter for Wang, despite their willingness to do so for Hideki Matsui in his first two years in New York and, before that, for the Spanish-speaking Orlando Hernandez and Jose Contreras. 奇怪的是，洋基没有派翻译给王建民，但是却安排翻译 在前两年陪着松井秀喜，有同样待遇的包含Orlando Hernandez 和Jose Contreras。 "We think his English is fine," is what general manager Brian Cashman has said more than once this summer. But left on his own, Wang could only mutter a few broken phrases about his "100 percent comeback" from a partially torn rotator cuff earlier this year. 球队总经理Brian Cashman不只一次说：我们觉得他的英文 还ＯＫ。但是，没有翻译在旁，对於自己从肩膀拉伤且发炎 的伤势中完全复原这事，王建民竟然只能用破破的句子说出 一点点看法。 When someone asked if he was nervous about facing the Angels tonight, Wang said, "Behind me there are a lot of good players. I don't get nervous." 有记者问起对上天使是否紧张，他说：有那麽多优秀队友 挺我，没什麽好紧张。 In a way, the Yankees prefer their big-game starters to be this removed from pressure, although anyone who says he knows what's in Wang's head and heart as he steps to the mound tonight is fibbing. 有可能，洋基希望先发投手都能这麽自在的面对压力。 不过，任何人如果胆敢说他知道王建民在投手丘上想些 什麽，那应该也是在虎烂。 So if Torre can't base his decision on Wang's state of mind, can it be a stats-driven choice? Not really, since Chacon is more successful at keeping runners close. His quick, slide-step move discourages most everyone from trying to steal. Those who do pay for the late jump: There were only six stolen base attempts against Chacon, three of which failed. 如果，Torre没办法了解王建民的心理状态来做出安排， 那派他上场是根据数据吗？那可不一定。因为Chacon 凭着他敏捷的投球动作更能牵制跑者，让人打消盗垒 的念头。看看数据，面对Chacon，只有六个人盗垒， 而且，其中三个人喇赛。 The more deliberate Wang, with a slower, heavier-limbed delivery, is less likely to contain the running game. Of the 13 attempted steals against Wang this season, nine were successful. 而投球动作比较慢、肢体动作大的王建民，比较难对跑者 产生威胁。面对王建民，１３个盗垒者有９个成功。 That's a huge factor in the Angels' favor, considering they rely on AL base-stealing champion Chone Figgins to fuel an offense that led the league in swipes with 162. 这件事情放到天使队身上可就不得了，这支球队可 是把美联盗垒王Chone Figgins的身手当成攻击火力 在用，全队有１６２次盗垒成功，居美联首位。 If Wang can't keep Figgins off the bases, it could be a long night for Posada, no matter how impressive Wang's sinker might be. That's one reason the Yankees are leaning so heavily on their offense. Otherwise, in a low-scoring game, one run - even one stolen base - could rule the night. 不管王建民的伸卡多棒，如果王建民不能让Figgins乖乖 的待在垒包上，Posada大概要度过漫长的一夜。这也是 为什麽洋基如此需要火力支援，不然，要是比赛演变成 低比分拉锯，一分甚至是一次成功盗垒可能就会决定 一切。 Of course, Torre isn't the kind of manager to publicly burden his players with single-game pressure, especially not a rookie like Wang. But Torre is no dummy, either; he knows the Yankees' fate rests on the two leaps of faith he's made this week. 当然，Torre不是把赢球压力在大家面前往球员身上倒的 教练，特别当我们谈的是一位菜鸟投手王建民。但是， Torre也不是笨蛋，他知道这个礼拜以来自己的两次 （带着信心的）赌注将会决定洋基本季的命运。 Wang is one of them. But even before that, Torre was betting Mike Mussina would be pain free in Game 1, despite his inability to get out of the second against the Orioles last week. 对於王建民的安排是其中之一，而赌Mike Mussina可以 无痛无伤的在第一场出赛是另一个，即使上周伤势才让 他在对金莺的比赛中，提前在第二局就失五分出场。 Mussina may or may be suffering from a bad elbow, but he still made Torre look smart Tuesday night: The right-hander shut out the Angels for 52/3 innings, relying more on his curveball and splitter than a fastball. Obviously, no one complained. Mussina可能会因为手肘伤痛吃上苦头，但在周二比赛中 他还是让Torre看起来像是个老谋深算的教头，大部分靠着 curvebal、 splitter而非快速球，这位右投手压制了天使的火 力长达五又三分之二局，没有人能不满意。 In retrospect, holding out Mussina on Sunday cost the Yankees the home-field advantage, but Torre indeed guessed right about the payoff from extra rest. 算起来，把Mussina排在周六出战会让洋基牺牲掉一场 主场优势，但是Torre赌对了，（替Mussina）赚到一点 点休息的时间。 If Wang can follow up by staying robot-cool, the Yankees might just plow through the Angels, after all, and more importantly, avoid that greatest nightmare of the Division Series: having to make a second West Coast trip to play Game 5. 如果，王建民可以跟在Mussina後面拿出那张扑克脸沉稳 的出赛，洋基可能会击败天使。毕竟，没人想要在分区决赛 中打到第五战，这真的是让人抓狂的情节，不只第二次离家 ，还得在别人场子上决胜。 作者E-mail: [email protected] 翻译也分流．．Orz　偶的速度还是慢了一点啊 --

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