It can happen in a hurry. 事情可能发生的很迅速。 Growing up in Seattle, one of few stars I watched on the Mariners during the 1980s (when the team had a losing record every season) was a first baseman named Alvin Davis, the American League's rookie of the year in 1984. In 1989, Davis was second in the AL in OPS. He fell off some in 1990 and by 1991 he hit .221. In two seasons, he had gone from one of the best hitters in baseball to a guy who couldn't get around on a big league fastball. After a cameo with the Angels in 1992, he was finished, done at age 31. 我生长於西雅图，一垒手Alvin Davis是我在1980年代注意的少数西雅图水手队(当时每季 战绩败多胜少)的明星球员之一，他是1984年美国联盟的新人王。在1989年时 Davis在美 联的OPS项目上排名第二。1990年成绩稍微下滑，1991年更只打出.211的打击率。仅仅两 个球季，Davis就从联盟最佳打者之一退步到无法应付大联盟投手的快速球。1992年球季 在天使队担任替补球员，球季结束後以31岁的年龄退休。 Jim Edmonds' fall was more traditional and predictable. He'll turn 38 years old in June. He's battled nagging injuries throughout his career. He's been in slow decline since his monster 2004 season, when he hit .301 with 42 home runs and helped the Cardinals reach the World Series. Last season, he was a below-average hitter for the first time since his rookie season (other than an injury-plagued 1999). The Padres gambled that he had something left in the tank, acquiring the four-time All-Star for a minor leaguer, but after hitting .178 with 24 strikeouts and only three extra-base hits in 90 at-bats, they decided Edmonds had met Father Time and released him over the weekend. Jim Edmonds的衰退较为有迹可循，他在六月将满38岁。他的职业生涯都在对抗不断的伤 痛。大爆发的2004年球季，Edmonds打出了.301打击率与42支全垒打，并且帮助红雀打进 世界大赛冠军，自此之後，成绩逐年下滑。上个球季，是Edmonds自新人球季以来首度打 击率低於联盟平均(不包含受伤势困扰的1999年)。教士队压宝Edmonds的身手还在，於是 以一名小联盟球员将这位四度入选明星赛的球员交易过来，但是当Edmonds在90个打数中 只打出三支长打，打击率.178，并吞下24次三振後，教士队认为他已经到了生涯末期，并 在周末将他释出了。 The Cubs are reportedly interesting in signing Edmonds, to see if he has a last gasp remaining. I hope he does; the Cubs could use some punch in center field with Felix Pie disappointing and I've always enjoyed watching Edmonds, even if his trademark diving catches in center field did often appear a bit, umm, overdramatic. 据报导，小熊队有兴趣签下Edmonds，看看他的状况是否有机会好转。我希望如此;小熊队 可藉此刺激一下表现令人感到失望的Felix Pie，尽管Edmonds的招牌扑接有时显的有些 ...嗯，太戏剧化了，但是我仍然很享受观赏Edmonds打球。 Edmonds has been one of the most underrated players of his generation. While known for his eight Gold Gloves he was also a terrific hitter, reaching a .385 or better on-base percentage six straight seasons with St. Louis and hitting 30 or more homers five times (twice hitting 42). Edmonds一直是最被低估的球员之一。除了八届金手套奖以外，他也是一名可怕的打者， 在圣路易红雀队时，连续六个球季上垒率超过.385，并且曾五度打出超过30支全垒打(两 度42支)。 Edmonds had been a very good player for the Angels from 1995 through 1998, hitting at least .290 with 25 home runs each season. But shoulder problems limited him to 55 games and a .250 average in 1999 and with Edmonds facing free agency after the 2000 season, the Cardinals acquired him in spring training for Kent Bottenfield and Adam Kennedy. 1995至1998年球季，待在天使队的Edmonds是位很棒的选手，每个球季皆打出至少.290打 击率与25支全垒打。但是肩膀的伤势使他在 1999年球季只出赛了55场，打击率.250，并 将於2000年球季後成为自由球员，红雀队在春训时以Kent Bottenfield与Adam Kennedy将 他交易过来。 The Cardinals knew they were acquiring a talented player, albeit one whose effort had been questioned at times by teammates. "He can definitely play the game when he wants to," Angels pitcher Chuck Finley once said. "Jimmy's biggest problem is Jimmy." The Cardinals definitely didn't expect that Edmonds would begin one of the great stretches of play by any center fielder in major league history. 红雀队知道他是一名有天份的球员，尽管他的成就数度被队友质疑。"他一定有办法上场 比赛，如果他想的话"，天使队投手Chuck Finley曾表示:"Jimmy最大的问题就是他自己" 。红雀队当然没料到Edmonds将开始大联盟史上中外野手最佳表现的时期之一。 Check out this list of five-year peaks for some Hall of Fame center fielders, plus a few others. RC is runs created over that five-year span and RCAP is runs created above position (compared to an average center fielder for that time period, taken from Lee Sinins' baseball-encyclopedia.com). 看看这份包含了一些名人堂球员中外野手的连五年生涯高峰的名单。RC是指五年内创造的 得分，RCAP则是高於相同位置球员所创造的得分(与同时期中外野手平均相比，节录自 Lee Sinins的baseball-encyclopedia.com网站)。 HR RBI RUNS AVG OBP SLG RC RCAP Mickey Mantle, 1954-1958 192 522 630 .325 .451 .618 777 453 Ty Cobb, 1910-1914 29 425 511 .397 .462 .567 716 353 Joe DiMaggio, 1937-1941 169 691 603 .350 .420 .638 759 351 Hack Wilson, 1926-1930 177 708 586 .331 .419 .612 712 295 Willie Mays, 1961-1965 226 690 613 .308 .387 .606 682 287 JIM EDMONDS, 2000-2004 181 501 511 .298 .410 .593 614 279 Tris Speaker, 1912-1916 19 399 541 .359 .443 .504 665 276 Ken Griffey Jr., 1996-2000 249 685 593 .290 .382 .604 686 253 Duke Snider, 1953-1957 207 585 581 .311 .407 .618 693 245 Bernie Williams, 1996-2000 131 535 540 .324 .410 .551 604 235 Larry Doby, 1950-1954 138 503 484 .286 .399 .513 560 213 Dale Murphy, 1982-1986 174 524 545 .288 .376 .522 598 176 Earl Averill, 1930-1934 125 591 569 .320 .395 .546 668 163 Kirby Puckett, 1986-1990 77 481 481 .331 .370 .507 561 146 Cesar Cedeno, 1972-1976 104 400 466 .298 .365 .485 499 146 Andre Dawson, 1979-1983 121 439 468 .296 .341 .507 491 131 Richie Ashburn, 1951-55 11 245 497 .321 .407 .403 534 100 Andruw Jones, 2002-2006 192 558 479 .266 .352 .524 523 96 Gold Gloves aren't listed, but Edmonds was voted one all five seasons. The Cardinals made the playoffs four of those five seasons. With Edmonds' combo of power, batting average, on-base ability and defense, I'm comfortable saying it was one of the 10 best five-year stretches any center fielder has put together. 金手套没有列出来，但是Edmonds在五个球季中皆获得金手套，红雀队在其中的四个球季 打进季後赛。综合Edmonds的火力，打击率，上垒能力与防守，我可以说这是所有中外野 手中，十个最佳的五年生涯高峰之一。 Now, I am not suggesting lining up Edmonds against the likes of Mays, Griffey and Snider makes him a Hall of Famer. He got a late start to his career -- his first full season didn't come until he was 25 -- and his last good season came at 35, so his career totals will likely fall short of Cooperstown status. 现在我不建议将Edmonds放入Mays，Griffey与Snider这些名人堂或准名人堂球员的行列。 他的职业生涯起步比较晚 -- 直到25岁才有第一个完整的球季 -- 最後一个表现优异的球 季则是在35岁时，所以他的生涯成绩还不足以达到名人堂的水准。 But it was a heck of a run. In fact, the attitude toward Edmonds eventually shifted from the criticism he received earlier in his career to the image of a gamer who often played hurt. After he made a spectacular catch against the Mets in the 2006 National League Championship Series, crashing into the wall to haul down a long drive from Jose Reyes, Ian O'Connor wrote in USA Today how Edmonds was the last player left in the clubhouse after the game, "alone with his battered body, surrounded by vacant stalls and the ghostly images of Cardinals jerseys suspended in air. Everything must've hurt. His head. His wrist. His foot. His feelings." 事实上，对Edmonds的看法最後会转移到他的生涯早期因很常在比赛中受伤而被批评。在 2006年国联冠军系列赛面对大都会队时，Edmonds 为了接Jose Reyes的深远飞球而撞上墙 ，最後完成了这个不可思议的接杀後，Ian O'Connor在今日美国报上写道Edmonds在比赛 结束後独自留在休息室的情形，"拖着受到撞击的身体，四周的座位空无一人，空气中漂 浮着如鬼影般的红雀球衣，所有的一切一定已经对他造成伤害。他的头，他的手腕，他的 脚，他的感觉。" Edmonds told O'Connor that "I've heard a lot of sarcastic comments about me diving too much. I've just had a lot of negativity in my career, and I really don't give a damn. As long as the guys on my team appreciate what I do, that's all that matters to me." Edmonds告诉O'Connor:"我有听到一些关於我太常扑球的批评。我的生涯中已经有很多负 面的批评了，我真的一点也不在意，只要我的队友能欣赏我做的事就够了，那是我唯一在 意的。" Edmonds was underappreciated, maybe not by Cardinals fans, but certainly by many others. For one thing, he was a clutch postseason performer (.277 BAA/.365 OBP/.523 SLG in 61 playoff games). 除了红雀队的球迷以外，Edmonds不太被其他的球迷所欣赏，只因他在季後赛的成绩优异 (61场比赛.277打击率/.365上垒率/.523长打率) But he'll mostly be remembered for one of the great catches in baseball history. 但是他会因大联盟史上最伟大的接杀之一而永远被球迷所记得。 Here's hoping he has a few more good ones left in him. 这里祝福他还能有些好表现。 http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=schoenfield/080513 -- Gary says... http://www.gary711.net http://gary711.idv.st --

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