卡拉OK麻吉 斋藤歌神对决潘尼 【联合晚报╱特约记者吴意政/综合报导】 一支麦克风，让一位39岁的内敛日本人，与一位30岁的豪迈乡村大男孩，成为了一 对让人无法连想在一块儿的莫逆之交。 也由於这份难能可贵的情谊，加上可能是上天的安排，促成了两人在红袜继续当队 友；他们就是斋藤隆与潘尼。 那是2006年的道奇春训营，当时斋藤才刚到美国，人生地不熟且语言不通，斋藤在 球队里非常孤单，直到潘尼主动上前与他聊天。 言语不通 用唱的啦 「那时我是唯一的日本人，根本不知道该做什麽，是个全新的环境。第一个跟我说 话的球员就是潘尼，我们也是从那时开始认识的。」斋藤说。 起初，他们透过一位翻译聊聊彼此的嗜好与兴趣，但想当然尔的，来自不同国度与 背景的两人实在很难有交集。斋藤是位典型的日本人，心思缜密，话不多；潘尼来 自奥克拉荷马州，厚实的身材与粗犷外表，散发着浓厚的乡村气息。 潘尼谈到喜欢打猎，斋藤说他除了棒球几乎没什麽娱乐，不过话才说完，斋藤想起 在日本时很喜欢唱卡拉OK，潘尼於是立刻跟斋藤说，那不如一起去找个可以唱歌的 地方吧。 点披头四「Hey Jude」超high 两人来到一间餐厅酒吧，恰巧已有不少道奇球员在里面。斋藤走到餐厅中央拿起麦 克风，像个职业驻唱歌手般地立刻高歌，斋藤点了披头四的经典名曲「Hey Jude」， 当唱到「na na na」时，全场大合唱high到最高点。 从那一晚起，斋藤与新环境、新队友再也没有隔阂，一场有如命中注定般的跨国情 谊就此展开，音符成为他们的共同语言。 「他那时就这麽毫不犹豫地拿起麦克风唱 歌，而且唱得太棒了，」潘尼说。 两人在道奇共度了三年时光，成为最好的朋友。很巧的，两人去年均因伤相继被道 奇放弃，不愿再与他们续约。不久，红袜先签下潘尼，且由於红袜知晓他与斋藤的 深厚交情，遂询问潘尼是否也该把斋藤签来。 潘尼对好友的能力当然无庸置疑，力荐斋藤，极力促成两人能继续当队友，而这也 应该正是潘尼的心愿。红袜则很贴心地把两人的置物柜安排在隔壁。 这些年来，他们去了无数次的卡拉OK，不过他们还没试过一起打猎。 「希望今年球 季结束後我可以带他去一趟奥克拉荷马州，如果他愿意的话。我希望可以带他去体 验一番，也去看看我生长的地方，」潘尼说。 不过，潘尼可能得先找找老家附近有没有卡拉OK。 【2009/03/27 联合晚报】 http://udn.com/NEWS/SPORTS/SPO5/4814022.shtml ======================================================================== http://www.projo.com/redsox/content/red_sox_karaoke_0325.6ea125cb.html Unlikely friends, Penny and Saito make beautiful music together 06:02 PM EDT on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 By DAN BARBARISI, Journal Sports Writer FORT MYERS, Fla. –– It was a nice spring night in 2006 at a bar in Vero Beach, Fla., the old site of Los Angeles Dodgers spring training, when Takashi Saito grabbed a microphone and queued up a Beatles song, and Brad Penny laughed his way into a lasting friendship. The pair had just met. The Japanese reliever had signed with the Dodgers straight from Japan that winter. He knew no English, and very little about America. He felt very alone in the Dodgers clubhouse. Until Penny came over and talked to him. “I was the only Japanese down there. In that time, I didn’t know what to do. It was a new environment. The first big-leaguer who talked to me was Penny. That ’s how we got to know each other,” Saito said. They started chatting about hobbies and interests, through a translator. It certainly didn’t look like there would be any common ground. Penny is the archetype of the big Oklahoma boy, 6’4” and 260 pounds of bearded bulk, and at the time, 27 years old. Saito was 36 then, refined, genial and thoughtful, and seemingly very quiet. Penny liked to hunt. Saito said he didn’t do much but baseball. Wait, he said, he did sing a lot of karaoke, when he was back in Japan. Penny immediately told Saito they were going out to find a microphone and do some singing. They went to a restaurant/bar with some of the other players. There was the microphone set up in the middle of the room. Saito didn’t need much prompting. He sauntered up to the mic, asked for ‘Hey Jude,’ and started to belt it out –– ‘na na na’s’ and everything –– to the delight of his new teammates. “He went on and got up there, and he was awesome,” Penny said. After they had all laughed about it, Penny realized that there might be more to this quiet new guy than met the eye. It was the beginning of a friendship that has now spanned two cities and countless karaoke joints. “He’s hilarious, he’s a funny guy, he’s a great friend, and I’m glad I’ve gotten to play with him. It’s a joy,” Penny said. Ultimate-Fighting obsessed Oklahoman and the thin, elegant Japanese, joking together at their lockers. Appearances, of course, are just that. As Penny learned that Saito was more gregarious than he initially seemed, Saito quickly figured out that Penny was a softer individual that he first realized –– when not firing away with his compound hunting bow, of course. “He looks really tough, but he has sensitive elements to his character,” Saito said. After three years together in Los Angeles, Penny and Saito came to Boston together this winter. The Red Sox have assigned the two pitchers lockers next to each other, and they can often be seen chuckling about the usual clubhouse antics going on around them. The Red Sox knew about their friendship, and when they were about to sign Penny, they asked him about whether they should also grab Saito. Penny told them how amazed he had been at Saito’s intelligence, his pride, and his will to win. “When he’s healthy, he’s one of the best I’ve seen,” Penny said. “I love to hand the ball over to him.” He told the team about how they first met, and the commitment Saito displayed to learn English. Saito’s English is now strong enough that he can talk easily with his teammates without a translator, but uses one for his formal interviews. “He’s been great from the get-go. Wanted to learn English, really put forth the effort,” Penny said. “He really took it seriously. You’d see him studying in his locker.” Their two backgrounds also meant they learned two different styles of baseball, and two methods of preparation. The Japanese throw and run much more than their American counterparts, who try to conserve energy and minimize wear and tear on the arm. Saito initially had a tough time making that switch. “I remember talking to him, he was having trouble adjusting to how we do things. They throw so much more over there, and the workouts are so different,” Penny said. But Saito resolved to do things the American way, and changed his routine dramatically, with periodic advice from Penny. advice. “Sometimes he asks me what to do about specific situations,” Saito said. Now that they’re on their new club together, Penny has made sure the other Red Sox have hung out with Saito and gotten to know him. There has, of course, been some karaoke involved. “Oh, yeah, oh yeah, it’s incredible. He did it the other night for me and Beckett,” Penny said. While the two have clearly Saito’s passion for karaoke, they haven’t yet teamed up for Penny’s hobby, hunting. Penny has tried to get Saito to come hunting with him, but thus far Saito hasn’ t gotten past holding the bow. Penny is about to press the issue, however, and invite Saito on a trip to his hometown of Broken Arrow, Okla., where hunting will presumably be a prerequisite. “I think I’m going to bring him to Oklahoma next offseason, if he’s willing to come. I’d like to take him out there, just show him where I’m from,” Penny said. And, presumably, to check out the best karaoke joints in Broken Arrow. -- ╭ 这篇文章让你觉得？═════════════════════════╮ ║ by ycat ║y ║ ──+ ︵ ︵ . .！ ˇ ˇ ╲ ╱ ˇˇ || ◣ ◢║c ║￣﹀￣ ￣▽￣ ▄ ▇△▇ ≧﹏≦b ￣︶￣y ￣–￣ 皿 ║a ║ 新奇 温馨 夸张 难过 实用 高兴 无聊 生气 ║t ╰══════════════════════════════════ ╯ --

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