TAMPA BAY RAYS 坦帕湾光芒队 Length of streak: 10 years of existence, 10 losing seasons 胜率未达五成的时间： 从球队建立以来的十个球季，胜率都没有超过五成 General managers: GMs Chuck LaMar 1998-2005 Andrew Friedman 2006- Five bad moves 五个不对的决策 1. Trading Bobby Abreu to the Phillies for Kevin Stocker. Management showed a keen eye for talent in picking a future star in Abreu during the 1997 expansion draft. The decision the same day to trade Abreu for Stocker, a light-hitting shortstop who lasted just three more years in the majors, didn't go quite so well. This is probably one of the 25 worst trades in major league history. 1. 将Bobby Abreu送至费城人队以获得Kevin Stocker 从管理阶层在1997年扩大选秀会上挑选出明日之星Bobby Abreu， 展现出来他们殷切期盼想要大物的心情。 同一天，一个将Bobby Abreu交易以获得一个没有power的游击手後来在大联盟也只再多打了 三年多的Kevin Stocker，就不是可以走的长远的决策了。 这可能是 大联盟历史上前25名最糟糕的交易之一。 2. Paying big bucks for Vinny Castilla and Greg Vaughn. Rather than wait for their farm system to bear fruit, the Rays added Castilla and Vaughn to a veteran core that already included Fred McGriff and Jose Canseco, hoping to replicate the success the Blake Street Bombers had in Colorado a few years earlier. One of those Bombers, Castilla, proved to be a lousy hitter at normal altitude, giving the Rays little return for their $13.5 million over two years. After hitting 95 homers the two previous seasons, Vaughn also slowed down considerably in Tampa, while costing the team more than $24 million over three years. 2. 付大量的钱给Vinny Castilla和Greg Vaughn 光芒队希望能够复制如几年前落矶队的Blake Street Bombers打线，在 原来已经有了Fred McGriff 和 Jose Canseco经验丰富老将核心中加入 了Castilla和Vaughn，而不是等待其农场里的果实成熟。 打线的其中 之一，Castilla，证明了他只是个一般、不好的打者，对於13.5M两年的 约，给予光芒队的只有些许的回馈。 在两季前总和95只全垒打的纪录後， 在坦帕湾的Vaughn也展现了些微下降的情况，这个情况之下，仍然花掉了 三年24M的钱。 3. Handing the keys to Chuck LaMar. Like Thrift in Baltimore, LaMar was respected as a shrewd talent evaluator for years (with the Braves) but was over his head as a general manager. Some of the players drafted and developed during his tenure, including Carl Crawford and B.J. Upton, look like potential stars. But there also were far too many misses for a team that constantly drafted in the top 5. That their expansion cousins in Arizona won three division titles and a World Series in their first five years of existence only makes things look worse. 3. 将管理的权力交至Chuck LaMar的手里 就像在巴尔的摩的Thrift一样，多年以来LaMar在勇士队时就是以一个 精明的球员天分评估者受到尊敬，但是当一个GM就已经超越他了理解的 范围了。 一些球员，包含了Carl Crawford和B.J. Upton，在他接管球 队的时期，选了进来并加以培育，这些球员看来起像有潜力的明星。 但是虽然经常性地拿到前五名的选秀顺位，仍然是有着许多离谱的失误。 他们在亚利桑那的远房亲戚在成军的五年内，三年分区冠军和一次的世界 冠军，这些表现只是让光芒队看起来更糟糕而已。 4. Trading Randy Winn to the Mariners for the right to negotiate with future manager Lou Piniella. Sweet Lou had garnered his share of success as a manager, and pursuing the Tampa native for the job made some sense. Still, giving up an above-average major league player for the right to throw millions of dollars at a manager was a move that typifies the team's existence under LaMar. Piniella did what he could, but the team still lost 285 games in his three years in the dugout. 4. 将Randy Winn交易至水手队以便於获得可以和未来教头 Lou Piniella协商的权利 Sweet Lou在当教头的部分已经获得了他部分的成功事蹟，并且也 让光芒队自然地想提供他工作成为了有点意义的一件事。 仍然， 为了得到可以向教头丢几百万元的权利，放弃掉高於联盟平均的球员， 是在LaMar接管光芒队时典型的举动。 Piniella做了他能做的事， 但是球队在他执教的三年内仍输掉了285场的比赛。 5. Signing a 30-year lease for Tropicana Field. The worst real estate deal since the sale of Manhattan for 24 bucks. The team has been trying to negotiate out of it and get a new stadium since the moment pen hit paper. 5. 对於Tropicana Field签下了三十年的租约 这是个自从24块钱买下曼哈顿後最糟糕的房地产交易。 自从签下 字的那刻起，球队一直尝试协商要逃离合约以便於获得新的球场。 Lowest moment: So many to choose from...maybe the time original owner Vince Naimoli allowed a local furniture store to set up a showroom at Tropicana Field, complete with dangling price tags. 球队最低潮的时候： 有这麽多可以选择…也许就是从原本老板Vince Naimoli允许当地 一家家具商店在球场建立了一个展示间吧，完结在挂上标价。 Favorite whipping boys: Vince Naimoli, Chuck LaMar, Greg Vaughn, Vinny Castilla, Jose Canseco, Ben Grieve, many pitchers too numerous to name. 最该打的小孩们： Vince Naimoli, Chuck LaMar, Greg Vaughn, Vinny Castilla, Jose Canseco, Ben Grieve, 太多投手以至於无法一一列出。 Notable quotable: "I believe it's a good idea. And the reason I believe it's a good idea is that there are some markets where I just don't think baseball works." --Naimoli, commenting on contraction in 2002. 值得注意的引用评论： 「我相信这是个好主意。 而且让我相信这是个好主意的理由是在於 有些市场是我原本想说棒球并非主流的地方。」 Naimoli说到。 在2002年对於合约的评论。 Hope for the future? More than almost any other team in baseball. Led by new owner Stuart Sternberg and a savvy collection of front-office decision makers, the Rays have gone from being a butt of jokes to a potential powerhouse. The Rays own the best collection of young talent in the game: Crawford, Upton, Carlos Peña, Evan Longoria, Scott Kazmir, James Shields and Matt Garza plus pitching prospects David Price, Wade Davis and Jacob McGee. Tampa still hasn't had a winning season. But once the first one happens, the Rays might not go back to losing for a long time. 未来的希望？ 他们所拥有的希望几乎是比任何一只球队都还要来的多的。 经由新老板 Stuart Sternberg和一群了解棒球的前线决策者们，光芒队正从笑话中的 笑柄转变成有潜力的团队。 光芒队有着一群比赛中最棒的年轻天才球员： Crawford, Upton, Carlos Peña, Evan Longoria, Scott Kazmir, James Shield和Matt Garza 再加投手大物David Price, Wade Davis and Jacob McGee。 光芒队仍然没有一个胜率超过五成的球季。 但是一 旦他们能够达成一次，他们可能在长时间内都不会再回到老路上了。 ETA for next winning season: 2008. 期待能够成功的下个球季：2008年 --

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