※ [本文转录自 CLHu 看板] 作者: mayday2242 (Gary) 看板: CLHu 标题: [外电] Dodgers' Hu tries to deal with role as backup 时间: Wed Apr 23 06:46:31 2008 Infielder, a starter throughout his minor league career, says the transition has been difficult. By Dylan Hernandez, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer April 22, 2008 CINCINNATI -- Chin-lung Hu started Monday's game the way he started 15 previous games -- on the bench. The role of utility infielder is one that is completely unfamiliar to Hu, the Dodgers' minor league player of the year, and something the team's coaching staff didn't expect him to fill. But injuries to the likes of Andy LaRoche and Tony Abreu forced the lifelong everyday player into being included on the opening-day roster to be a late-inning defensive replacement, pinch-hitter or pinch-runner. Monday, he took over for Jeff Kent at second base in the sixth inning. Hu admits the transition has been difficult. "I'm used to being a starting player," he said. "Right now, I need to change my thinking. It's just kind of different, you know?" Manager Joe Torre acknowledged that Hu, a shortstop who is backing up the two middle infield positions, isn't the ideal utility player because of the difficulty he has playing third base. Torre said the arrangement might also not be ideal for Hu, who is 24 years old and could be playing every day at triple-A Las Vegas. "I still think he'll get something out of this," Torre said. "Is this going to retard his progress? I don't know." Hu said what he finds most difficult in the role is hitting because he rarely sees live pitching. Noticing that Hu appeared to be bothered by his low average, third base coach Larry Bowa made it a point to talk to him Friday in Atlanta and tell him to forget what he was batting. Hu was hitting .200 at the time. Larry Bowa 指导Hu "Joe can put you up to hit right now," Bowa said he told Hu. "He could hit and run with you, ask you to bunt, ask you to steal a base, go from first to third; he can put you at short, second or third." Said Bowa: "To me, that's very valuable. I just named five things he could do to help the team win. Sometimes they get caught up in the numbers. That's not what this is about." Bowa"我觉得Hu非常的有价值,我可以随便讲五件事情他可以帮助球队赢球 From the start of spring training, Hu has taken extra grounders from Bowa almost daily. On the day of every home game, Bowa said, Hu is at the ballpark at 1:30 p.m. to work with him. 从春训开始,胡就一直和Bowa练习接滚地球 而在主场的比赛当天,胡总会在下午 1:30开始和他接球 Hu said Bowa has especially helped him learning how to play second base, the position he could inherit next season if the Dodgers re-sign shortstop Rafael Furcal and lose Kent to retirement. "He's a sponge," Bowa said. "This kid's not going to be a utility player. As his career unfolds, he's probably going to be an everyday player unless something happens to him physically." -------------------------------------- 因为道奇要开始比赛了 所以只做个非常简短的翻译 文章连结: http://0rz.tw/613XK --

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