http://0rz.net/061Dz Yanks' rotation now has power trio It has become fashionable for baseball people to equate a team's chances of playing - and winning - in October with the Big Three of their starting rotation. Gotta have three potentially dominant starters, they say, and indeed the Mets' drive to make a deadline trade is fueled by their concern over who will start Game 3 of the playoffs. 对於十月的季後赛的胜负来说，一支球队拥有三大强投已经成为一种流行。为了要有三巨 头，大都会队在交易结束前确实需要第三号强投。 Funny, nobody has talked much about the current Yankee rotation in terms of a Big Three, but maybe it's time. 有趣，居然没人提起洋基的三巨头，但现在是时候了。 Mike Mussina has been on that level all season, Randy Johnson seems to putting together the same second-half resurgence that carried the Yankees past the Red Sox last year and perhaps most significant, Chien-Ming Wang is looking more and more like an ace every day. Moose总是维持高档，巨怪似乎又回到去年下半季解决红袜的实力，但或许最重要的是小王 一天比一天更像ace了。 His dazzling two-hit shutout of the Devil Rays last night was proof just how good Wang can be when he can harness the explosive movement on his power sinker and throw it for strikes. 昨晚两安打完封了魔鬼鱼已经证明小王是多麽的强，尤其当他拥有爆炸性轨迹的强力伸卡 球，并投出好球。 After all, he recorded 18 ground-ball outs in the 6-0 victory, which basically meant he overmatched the D-Rays with his sinker. It was a game that may vault Wang into the spotlight, but he's 12-4 this season, so it's not as if this was a breakthrough performance. 毕竟，在六比零中，18个滚地球出局已说明他用他的伸卡球击败小鱼。这场球也许使小王 成为焦点，但由於他本季已12胜4败，所以似乎这场不像是个突破。 In fact, the Yankees talk about him as if they expect it. 事实上，洋基球员提到他就像他们所期待的。 "He's got the best stuff of anyone in the rotation," Jorge Posada said last night. "And I don't say that for nothing. He's that good." 候黑说道：他的球的本质在投手轮值中是最好的，我可不是随便说说的，他真的非常好。 Joe Torre, who has been touting Wang as much for his poise as anything since he was called up last year, marveled at how hard his ball sinks in the strike zone. 在小王去年上大联盟时就觉得他相当沉稳的老拖，也赞叹他的重型伸卡球。 "He's throwing it 95-96 miles an hour," said Torre, "so it's like hitting a shot-put, it's such a heavy ball." 老拖说：他丢时速95-96哩的伸卡，那打者就像在推铅球一样，相当的重。 Torre says there's no doubt in his mind that Wang has pitched his way onto the same level with Mussina and Johnson, which is why he was making a case for having a Big Three that compares favorably with most around the American League. 老拖又说：在他心中毫无疑问的小王已经和Moose、巨怪同等重要了。这也为什麽洋基三 巨头已可和美联其他球队比较了。 "I can't think of many other teams who have had three guys that have been as good as Randy, Moose and Wang," Torre said. "When I talk about our pitching, I talk about those three guys as a group." 老拖说：我想不到其他球队有像巨怪、Moose、小王这样三大强投了，当我提到投手，我 总是提到他们三个。 Torre was quickly asked if he was saying his Big Three was as good as that of any team in the league. 老拖很快被问到队上的三巨头和其他球队的比较。 "Not anybody," Torre said, "but a lot of teams would like to have three guys as consistent as these guys have been." "并非每个人，但很多球队一定想要有三个稳定的投手。" All right, so let's match them up with the best Big Threes in the AL at the moment: 好，那就来比吧。 Twins: Johan Santana, Francisco Liriano, Brad Radke. 双城：山老大，小李，瑞基 Tigers: Kenny Rogers, Justin Verlander, Jeremy Bonderman. 老虎：老罗杰，韦兰德，包大人 White Sox: Jose Contreras, Jon Garland, Freddy Garcia. 白袜：康崔拉屎，贾兰，贾西亚 Red Sox: Curt Schilling, Josh Beckett, Jon Lester. 红袜：席林姐，贝基特，拉斯特 Blue Jays: Roy Halladay, A.J. Burnett, Ted Lilly. 蓝鸟：好乐迪，保奈特，莉莉姐 Angels: John Lackey, Ervin Santana, Bartolo Colon. 天使：拉基，小山塔那，酷龙 A's: Rich Harden, Barry Zito, Dan Haren. 绿帽：哈丹，鸡头，哈伦 For the moment, Santana and Liriano put the Twins in a class by themselves. Otherwise, if you're choosing a Big Three, you can at least make an argument for the Yankees over the others, largely because Wang seems to be getting better all the time. 现在，山老大和小李将双城带了起来。但是，当你选择三巨头时，你至少同意洋基和其他 队比也不逊色，主因是小王表现越来越好。 After an uneven first couple of months, Wang has had only one bad start over his last 10, and that wasn't horrible as he gave up five runs in 5 1/3 innings in a 5-2 loss in Cleveland. Overall in those 10 starts he is 7-2 with a 2.68 ERA. 在不稳定的开季後，近10场比赛中，小王只有一场表现较差，那是输给2:5输给笑脸人投了 五又三分之一局。整体来说，这10场他的战蹟7胜2负，自责分率2.68。 At this point, in fact, ranking the Yankees' Big Three may depend more on Johnson than Wang. If you believe Johnson will continue to at least resemble his old Big Unit self in the coming weeks, then it's easy to put the Yankees up there with just about anybody. 就现在来说，其实三巨头排名起来，依赖巨怪还是比小王来的多。假如你相信巨怪可以维 持他的巨怪本色的话，那洋基就比其他队的三巨头来的优。 The Yankees surely want to believe. Gary Sheffield has watched from a distance, as he recovers from wrist surgery, and for what it's worth, he believes the Yankees are playing at their highest level of the season, largely because Johnson has found his old form. 雨刷男(手术复原中)看了这场比赛，和其他的洋基球员都相信，洋基会打出高水准的一季 ，主因是真正的巨怪回来了。 "Looking at him now," Sheffield said yesterday, "it looks like he's found that arm slot for his slider. If he has a good slider, he can still be dominant, and that's the key for us because everybody expects him to win every time he takes the mound. 老薛说：看看巨怪，假如他可以丢出好的滑球，他就依然可以主宰比赛，而这对我们也说 很主要，因为大家都期待他每次上场都可以赢球。 "When you put Mussina and Wang in there, we're getting the kind of pitching that everybody was hoping for. The way those guys are pitching, it allows hitters to relax when they step to the plate, and things happen." 当你也把Moose、小王摆进来，这就是我们想要的投手阵容。当他们投球时，打者都可以 放松心情，胜利就自然来。 It doesn't mean the Yankees suddenly have solved all of their pitching issues , as the problems in the No. 4 and 5 spots pose the question of whether the Yankees have enough depth in their rotation to win a pennant race. 不过这也不代表洋基解决了投手的问题，尤其是第四、五号投手常常摆烂，这也使得洋基 是否能赢得最後冠军的因素。 If they do get to the postseason, however, their Big Three might just be good enough to match up with anyone. You couldn't have suggested such a thing even a month ago. 你可能在一个月前不会想到，假如到了季後赛，洋基的三巨头可以跟其他队一较长短。 --

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