By Joe Strauss ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 04/06/2008 Quitting was no option for Washington 放弃不是华盛顿的选择 The interesting thing about Rico Washington isn't that he needed 1,134 minor-league games or 3,980 at-bats to reach the major leagues two months before celebrating his 30th birthday. 有关Rico Washington有趣的事情并不是他需要1134场小联盟比赛,或是3980次打击才 能上到大联盟,在庆祝他30岁生日之前. It's that he never contemplated giving up. 真正的原因是他从来没有放弃 "I've never looked at it as 'why not me?'" Washington said before Friday's series opener against the Washington Nationals. "I'm wearing a jersey. I've got an opportunity to play the game. No matter what your situation is, you have a chance. "我从来没在意过为什麽不是我?" 在对上国民队系列赛前, Washington这样说着," 我穿着球衣,我已经得到机会来打比赛.不论你的处境是怎样,你都有了一个机会" "Yes, I know a lot of guys who got bitter about it, but that's not the right mindset. You're paid to play baseball no matter what level you're on. Why not make the best of it?" "是的,我知道很多人觉得小联盟很苦,但这不是正确的心态,不论你在什麽层级,你 都付出了心力,那为什麽不做到最好呢?" If the Cardinals media guide is as an ardent fan's bible, then Washington must be Job. He spent 11 seasons riding buses and flying commercial to and from Erie, Augusta, Hickory, Lynchburg, Altoona, Mobile, Montgomery, Springfield and Memphis. He divorced and remarried. Four years ago, Washington lost his mother and example in life, Annie Marie Washington. 如果红雀的media guide是球迷的圣经,那麽Washington一定是圣经里的故事人物约 伯,他花了11个球季搭公车和搭经济舱在Erie,Augusta,Hickory,Lynchburg,Altoona ,Mobile,Montgomery,Springfield,Memphis这些地方飞来飞去,他离婚又结婚,四年 前他失去了母亲以及生活中的榜样,Annie Marie Washington. Said infielder Aaron Miles: "I know there are so many guys I've played with didn't wait it out. He had the conviction to stick with it." 内野手Aaron Miles说着"我知道有很多我共事过的选手不会让机会流失,Washington 也有同样的信念抓住机会" "He's done his time," reliever Russ Springer said. "He must love the game, which is why it was so neat to be with him when he found out he had made it." "是时候了"後援投手Russ Springer 说着"他一定很享受比赛,当他发现他已经上大联 盟,他就会知道为啥一切是多麽的美好" Last June at Memphis, Washington tore cartilage in his left knee, needed surgery, rehabilitated and returned just in time to suffer a broken cheek in an ugly Sept. 1 collision with Springfield left fielder Amaury Marti. 去年六月在Memphis,Washington在springfield时和左外野手Amaury Marti碰撞,而导 致左膝软骨撕裂,需要手术,复健,以及能够即时回到球场上. "He paid 10 years of dues," manager Tony La Russa reminded Friday. "How many guys who have a chance to be on your ballclub have played for 10 or 11 years in the minor leagues? And he can play." "他已经花了10年的时间了"总教练Tony La Russa 星期五回忆着,"有多少人有这样的 机会,在你的球队在小联盟,奋战了10或11年?"而他做到了. A lifetime .279 hitter, Washington batted .263 at Springfield and .315 at Memphis last season before becoming the first minor-league free agent to re-up with the organization last Nov. 14. There was no need to wait. He had been doing that his entire career. 生涯2成79打击率,Washington去年在springfield队打出了AVG.263,而去年球季在成 为小联盟第一个自由球员前在Memphis队则是AVG.315,不需要等待太久,在他整个职业 生涯中,他已经完成上大联盟的梦. The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Washington in the 10th round in 1997. He was born in Milledgeville, Ga., the same town that produced former All-Star outfielder Rondell White, and later moved to Gray, Ga. 1997年,海盗队在第10轮选秀中签下了 Washington ,他出生於Milledgeville, Ga,这 里也出产明星外野手Rondell White,随後搬到了Gray, Ga. Third base remains Washington's primary position, but he also has played outfield and attempted catching. 三垒是 Washington 的主要位置,但他也守外野以及蹲捕 The Cardinals rate his arm as above average and his glove as no worse than major-league average. But generously listed at 5 feet 9 with only three seasons of more than 10 home runs, he has a skill set that was perceived as a poor fit for a traditional power-producing position. 红雀评估他的臂力在平均之上,他的防守也不逊於大联盟平均,但在这麽多五尺9的球 员里, Washington 只有3个球季全垒打破10只,他有能力,但你知道不适合把他放在传 统盛产power的位置. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story /0CE012136991A05386257423000A39D4?OpenDocument原文出处 --

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