A month ago, I wasn't even paying attention to the National League West east of the Colorado River. Where did the Rockies come from? 问：一个月前我根本还没注意这只国联西区的球队，他们打哪来的啊？ From virtually nowhere, with one of the great stretch-drive runs in Major League history. Beginning on Sept. 16, when they were in fourth place in both the division and NL Wild Card standings, the Rockies won 13 of their last 14 regular-season games to force a one-game playoff with the San Diego Padres. They won that game, 9-8, by scoring three runs in the bottom of the 13th inning. 答：不打哪来的啦(巴头)！他们可是创造了大联盟历史上优秀的连胜纪录球队！从9月16 号还是分区及外卡排名第四开始，他们14场比赛赢了13场，最後和圣地牙哥教士队加赛厮 杀，结果在13局下半攻下3分，以9:8胜出。 Did that torrid drive take the starch out of them, empty their emotional tank? 问：酷热会消耗他们的精力，蒸发他们的意志吗？(注：看不懂的三小问题...) Hardly. The Rockies swept Philadephia in the NL Division Series, and did the same to Arizona in the NL Championship Series. 答：几乎不会。落矶在NLDS横扫费城人，然後在NLCS再度横扫响尾蛇。 Has that ever happened before? 问：这之前发生过吗？ No. Since the introduction of the best-of-five Division Series following the 1995 season, no team in either league has swept both series to qualify for the World Series. 答：没有过！从1995年开始分区五战三胜之後，从来没有一只球队可以在两个系列都把对 手剃光头打进世界大赛。 So the Rockies are the first team in Major League history to go 7-0 in the postseason? 问：所以落矶是大联盟史上第一支季後赛7胜0败的球队吗？ No. In 1976, the Cincinnati Reds swept the then-five-game NLCS from the Phillies and also swept the World Series from the New York Yankees for a 7-0 postseason. But when the World Series begins next week, the Rockies will have the opportunity to become the first team to start 8-0 in the postseason. 答：非也。1976年辛辛那提红人在NLCS三连胜击败费城人，然後四连胜击败纽约洋基(注： 当时季後赛只有两阶段)。但是今年的落矶有可能缔造季後赛开局8连胜的新纪录。 If I've got my math right, that's 21 wins in 22 games. Has there ever been such a streak in Major League Baseball? 问：落矶在22场中赢了21场，过去大联盟有这种连胜纪录吗？ Not at this time of the year. The 1935 Cubs won 21 straight and 23 of 24, and the 2002 Oakland A's won 20 straight and also 23 of 24. But sustaining such a streak through the postseason is something else. Closest to the Rockies' accomplishment were the 1960 Yankees, who closed out the regular season with 15 straight wins and 19 of 21 -- but they then dropped Game 1, and eventually the World Series itself, to the Pirates. 答：今年不是第一次。1935年小熊有过21连胜，24场比赛中赢了23场；2002年运动家有过 20连胜，并同样在24场比赛中赢了23场。不过能够连胜到季後赛又是另一回事。最接近落 矶今年记录的是1960年的洋基队，他们以15连胜结束例行赛，在21场中赢了19场，不过他 们季後赛(注：当时季後赛就是两联盟战绩最佳队伍对决，等同於世界大赛)第一场就凸槌 了，最後输给了海盗队。 Is five-time All-Star Todd Helton, the Rockies' only household name, still their top player? 问：五度入围明星赛的Helton，这个几乎代表落矶的选手(注：他从1997年开始就待在落 矶了)，还是队上的牛逼吗？ Helton contributed mightily to his first postseason team, hitting .320 with 17 homers and 91 RBIs, but the Rockies' big gun is Matt Holliday. Holliday is a prime MVP candidate after leading the league with a .340 average and 136 RBIs, while also hitting 36 homers. 答：Helton在例行赛交出3成2的打击率、17支全垒打、91分打点，但落矶今年最大的一把 枪却是Matt Holliday。有资格拿下国联MVP的好乐迪先生在例行赛有3成40的打击率、136 分打点(注：MLB官网资料库是137分)及36支红不让。 Anyone else I should know about? 问：我还应该留意哪些选手？ This is a very deep team. Third baseman Garrett Atkins and right fielder Brad Hawpe also drove in 100-plus runs. And Troy Tulowitzki just missed, with 99. 答：这是一支深不可测的球队。三垒手Atkins和右外野手Hawpe也都有超过100分打点的表 现(Atkins/111、Hawpe/116)，而凸洛威司机也有99分打点。 Tulo-what-itzki? 问：凸洛—哇三小—司机？ You better remember that name. He is the rookie shortstop who just turned 23, a 6-foot-3 guy who fields even better than he hits. Cal Ripken Jr. says he does everything as well as he did and one thing even better -- throw on the run. The Hall of Famer is right; Tulowitzki makes off-balance throws better and stronger than anyone in memory. 答：你最好记住他的名字。他今年23岁，6尺3寸高(约188公分)，是守备比打击还要好的 菜鸟游击手。小瑞普肯曾称赞土洛几乎和他一样优秀，接球後移动传球的功夫甚至更好。 这位名人堂选手的话的确中肯，Tulowitzki在重心偏离的传球往往传得更好更杀。 With all that talent, why did it take the Rockies so long to make a move? 问：有这麽多好货，怎麽落矶到季末才发挥呢？ Through mid-September, the Colorado staff had an ERA of 4.45. Since Sept. 16, that figure is 2.80. It always comes down to pitching, and the Rockies have received huge contributions from a pair of youngsters added late to the mix, 23-year-old Ubaldo Jimenez and 21-year-old Franklin Morales. 答：球季开始到九月中，落矶团队防御率是4.45，9月16日开始，这个数字是2.80。这个 数字主要功臣是两位後来加入的年轻投手：23岁的Jimenez和21岁的Morales。(注： Jimenez在9/16之後的表现：3GS、1W、16.2IP、4.86ERA、Morales在9/16之後的表现： 3GS、2W、17IP、1.59ERA) Does the pitching staff have an ace, the kind of undisputed No. 1 that is needed to set the tone? 问：落矶里有没有Ace等级的大物值得留意？ Yes, and he is left-hander Jeff Francis, who tied the club record with his 17 wins, then won the opening games of both the Division Series and the Championship Series. 答：有滴，就是左投Francis。他本季追平了队史最多胜场纪录(17胜)，并且在NLDS和NLCS 都拿下了首场胜。 So the Rockies are totally dependent on Francis and the rest of their rotation? 问：看来落矶是靠Francis了...那其他的先发呢？ Not exactly. They have a one-for-all, all-for-one staff. In fact, during their current phenomenal run, 10 different pitchers have contributed wins to that ongoing 21-1 run. 答：这麽说就不尽然啦，落矶是那种看似不可怕，但随时都有人跳出来的球队(注：翻得 不好，原文比较传神)。事实上在他们季末的21胜中是分别由10位投手拿下的胜投。 Have the Rockies appeared in the postseason before? 问：落矶之前曾在季後赛亮相吗？ Once, in 1995, actually the first year of the Division Series. In only their third season of existence, they qualified as the NL Wild Card team, but lost the Division Series in four games to the eventual World Series champion Atlanta Braves. 答：只有1995年那一次。那是落矶成军的第三年，是以外卡资格进入季後赛，最後在分区 系列赛输给了当年世界大赛冠军勇士队。 Making the playoffs in only their third season is pretty impressive, but how had the franchise fared since? 问：哇，成军第三年就打季後赛看来挺厉害，那他们之後的表现呢？ Not too well. This season has been a real breakthrough. In fact, the Rockies had never won more than 83 games until this season, when they tied for the NL high with 90 victories. 答：不算太好，直到今年算是落矶的大跃进。事实上在今年之前该队在例行赛从没超过83 胜，但今年却拿下了90胜，与响尾蛇并列国联最多胜。 Did they gradually improve to this level? 问：他们是慢慢进步到今年这样子的吗？ Not quite. This has been a case of pure sudden impact. Colorado had finished with a losing record in each of the last six seasons. 答：也称不上。这真的是突如其来的进步。他们过去六个球季连五成胜率都不到。 So all they needed was a manager who could make a difference? This Clint Hurdle guy came in to turn them into winners? 问：干嘛不一次说完呢...那看来应该就是总教练Clint Hurdle的功劳吧！ Yes, but hardly instantly. Hurdle has managed the Rockies since early in the 2002 season, when he replaced Buddy Bell. But Hurdle began this season a cumulative 84 games under .500 as Rockies manager. 答：对，不过这也不是说变就变的。Hurdle在2002年初取代Bell职掌兵符，而在今年球季 的前86场比赛也只拿下刚好5成的胜率。(注：2007年7月6日时) OK, so the Rockies didn't have much team history. How about individual achievements? 问：好吧，看来落矶的历史没什麽可以挖的...那个人表现呢？ Plenty. But all of it on the offensive side, due to, and enhancing, Colorado's reputation as a thin-air hitters' haven. In their 15 seasons, the Rockies have had six batting champs (Andres Galarraga in 1993, Larry Walker in 1998-99 and 2001, Helton in 2000, and Holliday in 2007), three home-run kings (Dante Bichette in 1995, Galarraga in 1996 and Walker in 1997) and seven RBI champs (Bichette in 1995, Galarraga in 1996-97, Helton in 2000, Preston Wilson in 2003, Vinny Castilla in 2004 and Holliday in 2007). 答：这就有一堆可以说的啦！不过几乎都跟他们的打击有关。落矶主场向来有打击者天堂 之称，在过去的15个球季，落矶有六届的打击王(大猫Galarraga/1993；Walker/1998、 1999、2001；Helton/2000；Holliday/2007)、三位选手拿过全垒打王(Bichette/1995； Galarraga/1996；Walker/1997)、七届的打点王(Bichette/1995；Galarraga/1996、 1997；Helton/2000；Wilson/2003；Castilla/2004；Holliday/2007) What is most refreshing about having a team like the Rockies in the World Series? 问：像落矶这种球队，到底有什麽新鲜的东西呢？ They continue the Fall Classic's rank as the most democratic, most accessible ultimate event in any sport. Colorado, in fact, is the ninth different NL team in the World Series in 10 years, a stretch during which only the 2004 and '06 St. Louis Cardinals repeated. Including the AL, 15 different teams have appeared in the last 10 World Series. 答：他们在秋季经典的表现是最戏剧性、最有可能缔造记录的。事实上落矶是国联近10年 来第九支晋级世界大赛的队伍，这当中唯一的重复是2004年和2006年的红雀。若把美联算 在内，过去10年的世界大赛出现了15只不同的队伍。 And to make it as a Wild Card, that has to be pretty unusual, no? 问：对一只外卡球队来说，这称的上是传奇了吧！ On the contrary, the 13 World Series since Commissioner Bud Selig introduced the element in 1995 have included a total of nine Wild Card entries. Each of the last six Classics have included a Wild Card team, sometimes two (2002, Angels vs. Giants). 答：正好相反。从大联盟有外卡制度以来的13年来，总共有9只外卡球队打入WS。过去六 年都有外卡球队晋级世界大赛，2002年甚至是两只外卡球队对决。(注：2003年的马林鱼、 2004年的红袜、2005年的太空人、2006年的老虎) 原文网址：http://0rz.tw/5b3ed，作者：Tom Singer --------- 翻得有点赶，错误之处请指教～ -- You can check out any time you like But you can never leave --

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