Clemens sweepstakes officially begin Rocket's agent says his client will make decision this month By Alyson Footer / MLB.com Clemens 争夺战正式展开 Rocket 的经纪人表示他的客户将在这个月作出决定 HOUSTON -- If Roger Clemens decides he does indeed want to pitch in 2007 and if he had to pick a team today, based on the requirements he has placed on the interested parties, he'd go to the Red Sox. 休士顿 -- 假如 Roger Clemens 真的想在 2007 年投球，而且今天他就得选择球队的话 ，根据他对有兴趣的队伍所提出的条件，他会加入红袜队。 After all, the Red Sox are in first place in their division, they're third in the American League in runs scored and their pitching? Second lowest ERA in the league. 毕竟红袜队是分区的冠军，他们的得分排名在美联的第三位，至於他们的投手战力呢？ 他们拥有排名全联盟第二低的自责失分。 The other two suitors, the Yankees and Astros, well, they're not doing so well. Both are in last place in their respective divisions, with 14 losses apiece. The Astros have won 10 games, the Yankees nine. The Astros' problem is offense, the Yankees, pitching. 其他的争夺者洋基以及太空人，他们并没有太好的表现。他们两队都在分区殿底，并分别 拥有 14 败。太空人赢了 10 场，而洋基赢了九场。太空人的问题在攻击，而洋基的问题 在投手。 But according to Clemens' agent, Randy Hendricks, no team is out of the running. 但根据 Clemens 的经纪人 Randy Hendricks，没有任何一支球队已经被淘汰。 "The three original teams are all being considered seriously," Hendricks said via e-mail. ＂那三个原先预定的球队都会被审慎的评估。＂Hendricks 透过电子邮件表示。 The calendar has flipped to May, officially marking the Clemens sweepstakes open for business. Clemens will decide, according to Hendricks, "sometime during the month of May, but certainly, not very soon." Of course, he first has to decide whether he wants to pitch, and while Clemens is playing coy, few in the industry believe he'll retire. 现在已经是五月了，而 Clemens 争夺战正式展开。根据 Hendricks，Clemens 会在＂五 月，不过当然不是马上＂作出他的决定。毫无疑问的，他要先决定是否还想继续投球， 虽然 Clemens 从未作出声明，但有些人相信他会退休。 Last year, Clemens signed on May 31. It's likely the same ETA can be expected this year. 去年，Clemens 在五月 31 日签约。而今年应该也会在相同的时间点。 Astros owner Drayton McLane recently had a brief conversation with Randy and Alan Hendricks, and while McLane hasn't talked to Clemens in a few weeks, he's certainly keeping tabs on the Rocket. Clemens spent much of Spring Training in Kissimmee, Fla., throwing batting practice to and working out with the Astros' Minor Leaguers. When the regular season began, he made a handful of trips to Lexington, where his son, Koby, is a third baseman for the Class A Legends. 太空人老板 Drayton McLane 最近与 Randy 及 Alan Hendricks 有过简短的交谈，虽然 McLane 已经有数周没有提及 Clemens，但他一定还打着 Rocket 的主意。Clemens 在佛 罗里达的 Kissimmee 花了不少的时间春训，与太空人小联盟的球员作投打练习以及健身 。当季赛开始时，他去了莱星顿市几趟，他的儿子 Koby 是那里小联盟球队的三垒手。 Clemens hasn't made his desire to pitch in '07 official, but if he does agree to stave off retirement for a fourth year, his suitors will not have to worry that he may not be in proper shape. Clemens' workout regimen is as strenuous as ever, and according to Hendricks, Clemens' nagging aches and pains from the past -- groin, back, hamstring -- are not an issue. Clemens 还没有正式决定他是否要在 '07 继续投球，不过一旦他要复出，球队不需担心 他的状况。Clemens 的训练跟以前一样的繁重，而根据 Hendricks 表示，困扰 Clemens 的痼疾 -- 鼠奚部，背部，脚部肌腱 -- 完全没有问题。 "He feels very good physically," Hendricks said. "He will be accelerating the intensity of his workouts soon." Hendricks 说，＂他觉得身体状况非常好，他将会很快的加重他的训练量。＂ But first things first. Clemens has to inform the interested parties that he will pitch this year. 但回归到原点。Clemens 必须先告诉有兴趣的球队他今年要投球。 "We had a brief conversation with Randy about Roger," McLane said. "I said, No. 1, that Roger and Debbie [Clemens' wife] need to make up their minds. He's 44, he'll be 45 during the season [Aug. 4]. He's still a power pitcher and he needs to determine physically that he can do it. McLane 说，＂我们与 Randy 稍微谈过 Roger，我说，首先 Roger 和 Debbie [Clemens 的闪光] 要做出决定。他已经 44 岁了，而季中就要成为 45 岁 [八月 4 日]。他仍然 是位强力投手，而他必须判断他的体力可以负荷。＂ "[Hendricks] said that they are having conversations and hopefully, sometime by mid-May, Roger will give word. We're not negotiating and to my knowledge, no other teams are negotiating. [His agents] said there's no point until we know what Roger wants." ＂[Hendricks] 说他们正在讨论，希望在五月中 Roger 就会有所定论。我们还没有协商 ，而且就我所知，没有任何一队有所接洽。[他的经纪人] 说在知道 Roger 想要什麽之 前，一切免谈。＂ McLane is confident about the Astros' chances to sign Rocket, despite the club's slow start. The Red Sox and Yankees haven't said whether they would afford Clemens the perks he has with the Astros, namely, skipping road trips when he's not pitching. 就算太空人开季战绩不佳，McLane 仍对签下 Rocket 非常有信心。红袜及洋基还没有对 Clemens 提出像太空人一样的条件，太空人可以让 Clemens 在不用出赛时不需跟球队一 起到客场。 But if Clemens signs with New York or Boston, it's likely he wouldn't be able to spend time during the season in Lexington with Koby, which has been a huge selling point for the Rocket since Koby was drafted in 2005. 但若是 Clemens 与纽约或者波士顿签约的话，他可能无法与在莱星顿市的 Koby 在季中 相聚，这也是 Koby 在 2005 年被选中後 Rocket 最关心的一点。 The other issue, of course, is money. Last year, Clemens signed for $22,000,002 and was paid a little over $12 million for a shortened season that began on June 22. Assuming Clemens begins this season around the same time, and assuming he's not going to accept a pay cut, McLane will have to exceed the $100 million mark in payroll for the second year in a row. The Astros' Opening Day payroll was just under $88 million. 而另一个话题，当然，是钱。去年，Clemens 签下了 $22,000,002 的合约，而由於六月 22 日才开始的缩短球季，他实际获得约一千两百万美金。假如 Clemens 在差不多的时 间点开始这个球季，并且他不接受减薪，McLane 将要连续两年付出超过一亿美金的薪水 。太空人开季的薪资总额是八千八百万。 McLane is confident that the Astros will be competitive with their bid for Rocket's services. He also doesn't seem to be worried that the Yankees and Red Sox would knock the Astros out of competition with a bidding war only those two teams can afford. McLane 对太空人开给 Rocket 的条件很有信心。他似乎对洋基及红袜可能的漫天喊价 而把太空人挤出竞争行列的可能性完全不在意。 "I certainly hope not," McLane said. "I don't think so. I think [Clemens' agents] know reasonably where we are." McLane 说，＂我当然不希望，我也不认为会如此。我想 [Clemens 的经纪人] 了解我们 合理的底限。＂ What is reasonable? 怎样是合理的？ "I don't know," McLane said. "You saw what it was last year and this is a year farther down the road. Whether that will be less, the same or more, we haven't gotten that far." McLane 说，＂我不知道，你也看到去年发生什麽事了，而今年只是更进一步罢了。无论 这件事会怎麽发展，我们现在还没进行到那种程度。＂ McLane, who will likely be the sole negotiator on the Astros' behalf when the bidding begins, likes his club's chances to land the Rocket for a fourth year. McLane 可能是太空人在竞争开始後唯一的协商者，对自己球队第四年签下 Rocket 抱持 着正面的态度。 "Randy has assured us that we are in the mix," he said. "The big decision is the one that Roger and Debbie need to make. He needs to let Randy and Alan know and then we'll sit down and talk. I think Roger feels there's something that hasn't been accomplished here that needs to be. 他说，＂Randy 保证我们在竞争行列之中，而最大的决定要由 Roger 及 Debbie 选择。 他要让 Randy 和 Alan 知道，然後我们再坐下来详谈。我想 Roger 觉得这里有需要完成 的事还没有完成。＂ "I think he really feels a part of the Houston Astros. I said to him all along, he helped us get to the World Series and now we need to get back to the World Series and win it. I think he really, really wants to be a part of that." ＂我想他认为自己是休士顿太空人的一份子。我曾单独跟他谈到，他帮助我们进入世界大 赛，而我们需要再返回世界大赛并且获得胜利。我想他真的真的想要参与其中。＂ Alyson Footer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. Alyson Footer 是 MLB.com 的记者。这篇报导的版权并不受限於大联盟及其球队。 --

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