我真的很喜欢这个系列文...... 翻译几句跟之前没重复，我觉得不错的。 有错请指正0.0 : You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have : a lot of little boy in you, too. : -Roy Campanella 当一个职棒球员你必须是个男子汉，同时保有最初的童真。 : When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field : and it's one big glove. : -Vance Law 当你低潮的时候，外野看起来就像一个超巨大的手套。 (当你有观念时也是) : Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the : other team controls the ball. : -Ken Harrelson, Sports Illustrated, 6 September 1976 棒球是我所知的运动中，唯一由防守方持球的。 : If a horse can't eat it, I don't want to play on it. : -Dick Allen, on artificial turf, 1970 如果马不能吃，我就不想在上面打球。　(讨厌人工草皮?) : Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. : If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get : you off. : -Bill Veeck 棒球是这个失序的世界中唯一理性的事物。当你三好球时，连最棒的律师也救不了你。 : Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really : appreciated. : -Author Unknown 棒球是牺牲真正被赞扬的地方。　(真的吗?那大家怎麽那麽讨厌点点点...) : I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life : are good friends and a good bullpen. : -Bob Lemon, 1981 我的结论：人生中最重要的是好朋友，和好的牛棚。　(Santana想必很认同) : Sandy's fastball was so fast, some batters would start to swing as he : was on his way to the mound. : -Jim Murray, on Sandy Koufax Sandy的速球快到爆炸，有些打者在他上投手丘的途中就挥棒了。 : I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting : practice. : -Casey Stengel, 1967 我是一个如此危险的打者，连打击练习时都被故意四坏保送。 : A critic once characterized baseball as six minutes of action crammed : into two-and-one-half hours. : -Ray Fitzgerald, in Boston Glove, 1970 一个批评家曾说：棒球是把六分钟的动作，塞到两个半小时中。 : There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and : Willie Shakespeare. : -Tallulah Bankhead 这世上曾有过两个天才。Willie Mays跟威廉莎士比亚。(660 Hr，史上排名第四) : Baseball fans love numbers. They love to swirl them around their : mouths like Bordeaux wine. : -Pat Conroy 棒球迷热爱数字。他们会把数据像波尔多葡萄酒一样品尝。(献给版上专业的 版友们) : Baseball? It's just a game - as simple as a ball and a bat. Yet, as : complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. It's a sport, business - : and sometimes even religion. : -Ernie Harwell, 棒球是一支棒子和一颗球的简单游戏，也是整个美国精神的象徵。它是运动，是 生意，也是一种信仰。 : Why does everybody stand up and sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" : when they're already there? : -Larry Anderson 为什麽已经在球场中的人要高唱 "带我去看球赛"？ : I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that : the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the : price of the seats. : -Bill Veeck 二十年来我发现：对球赛的知识多寡，和他所坐位置的票价成反比。 : I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the : ball and started trying to make them hit it. : -Sandy Koufax 当我从试图让打者挥空棒，变成让打者击中球时，我就成为了一个优秀的投手。 : Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing. : -Warren Spahn 打击是节奏，投球是去扰乱这种节奏。 : Don't forget to swing hard, in case you hit the ball. : -Woodie Held 别忘记要随时奋力一击，以防你不小心打中球。 (Sexson的信念??) : A baseball game is twice as much fun if you're seeing it on the : company's time. : -William C. Feather 在公司偷看球赛有两倍的乐趣。 (这次奥运应该很多人很认同) : Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man : has ever come to perfection. : -Red Smith 本垒板和一垒间的九十尺，也许是一个男人最接近完美的距离。 (Ichiro内安魂) : The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game. : The second-greatest feeling is to lose a major league game. : -Chuck Tanner 世界上最爽的是赢一场大联盟比赛。第二爽的是输一场大联盟比赛。 : Baseball is a ballet without music. Drama without words. : -Ernie Harwell 棒球是没有音乐的芭蕾，没有台词的戏剧。　(所以常常有剧场?) : You know you're pitching well when the batters look as bad as you do : at the plate. : -Duke Snider 当打者的打击看起来和你一样鸟蛋的时候，你就知道投了一场好球。 : It actually giggles at you as it goes by. : -Rick Monday, on Phil Niekro's knuckleball 当它经过的时候彷佛在嘲笑你。 (形容Phil Niekro的蝴蝶球) : Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but : not everything. : -Toby Harrah, 1983 棒球数据就像比基尼女孩，她露了很多，但不是全部。 : Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed : mothers and cheating on your income tax. : -Mike Royko 讨厌洋基邪恶帝国就像苹果派、未婚妈妈、和逃漏税一样，非常的美式风格。 : Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you : have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same : width. : -Bill Veeck 棒球是给一般人的运动。想打篮球你必须有7尺6寸高，想打美式足球你则必须有 那麽宽。 : "You can't hit what you can't see." : -Walter Johnson 看不到，一定打不到。 : "Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning, you got off : to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a : slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking." : -Gene Mauch, Phillies manager 当你季初表现不好，你是慢热。季中表现不好，你是陷入低潮。季末还表现不好 ，那你真可悲。 : "The best thing about being a Yankee is getting to watch Reggie Jackson : play every day. The worst thing about being a Yankee? Getting to watch : Reggie Jackson play every day." : -Graig Nettles 当洋基球员最棒的是能看Reggie Jackson打球。最糟的也一样。 : "You don't face Ryan without your rest. He's the only guy I go against : that makes me go to bed before midnight." : -Reggie Jackson 没有充足的休息，你无法面对Ryan。他是唯一能让我提早上床的人。 : "Throwing people out of a game is like learning to ride a bicycle - : once you get the hang of it, it can be a lot of fun." : -Ron Luciano, umpire 把人赶出球场就像学骑脚踏车。当你学会了，你会觉得超爽。 (某裁判名言@@)　 : "The hitter asks the owner to give him a big raise so he can go : somewhere he's never been, and the owner says, 'You mean third base.'" : -Henny Youngman, comedian 某打者要求老板给他加薪，让他能去从未去过的地方玩。老板回答他： "你是说三垒吗？" : "I don't want them to forget Ruth. I just want them to remember me!" : -Hank Aaron 我没有要他们忘了贝比鲁斯。我只是要他们记得我! (汉克阿伦) : "Umpire's heaven is a place where he works third base every game. : Home is where the heartache is." : -Ron Luciano, umpire 裁判的天堂就是每天都能当三垒审的地方。本垒是心痛之处。(是婊人的地方吧) : "There were times last year when people looked at the scoreboard and : thought my batting average was the temperature." : -Buck Martinez, on his . 162 performance 去年人们看着记分板，还以为我的打击率是当时的气温。 : "If I had my career to play over, one thing I'd do differently is : swing more. Those 1,200 walks I got - nobody remembers them." : -Pee Wee Reese 如果让职业生涯重来一次，我会做更多挥击。没有人会记得我得到的1200次保送。 : "The only people I ever felt intimidated by in my whole life were Bob : Gibson and my daddy." : -Dusty Baker 一生中曾经让我感到害怕的人，是Bob Gibson和我老爸。 : "Fans don't boo nobodies." : -Reggie Jackson 球迷不会嘘无名小卒。 : "One of my goals in life was to be surrounded by unpretentious, rich : young men. Then I bought the Braves and I was surrounded by : twenty-five of them." : -Ted Turner, owner 我的人生目标是被谦逊又有钱的年轻人围绕。所以我买下勇士队，於是我有了 25个这样的人。 : "Baseball is dull only to dull minds." -Red Smith, sportswriter 只有死脑袋的人会觉得棒球无聊。 : "I couldn't see well enough to play when I was a boy, so they gave me : a special job - they made me the umpire." : -Harry S. Truman, thirty-third president of the United States 我小时候因为看不清楚无法打球。所以他们让我当裁判。 : "The ball is smaller, the planets are in line, the hole in the ozone : layer is bigger, and so is Juan Gonzalez." : -Terry Mulholland, on why more home runs are being hit these days 球比地球小多了，Juan Gonzalez这个漏洞却跟臭氧层破洞一样大。 : "The only way I'm going to win a Gold Glove is with a can of spray : paint." : -Reggie Jackson, on his fielding skills 我想拿到金手套的唯一方法，是去弄一罐金色喷漆。(Reggie Jackson守备很差吗?) : "Most coaches remain anonymous until they screw up. If a third base : coach goes the entire season without being interviewed after a game, : it means he had a perfect season." : -Jay Johnstone 教练在他搞砸比赛之前都是没没无名的。如果一个三垒教练整季都没被赛後访问， 那表示他有一个完美的球季。　(献给红中) : "All I remember about my wedding day in 1967 is that the Cubs lost a : double-header." : -George F. Will 我对我1967年的婚礼唯一的记忆，是小熊队在双重赛中输球。 : "I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I : like to live as big as I can." : -Babe Ruth 我总是挥大棒。不是轰一支大的，就是挥棒落空。我喜欢这样豪迈地活着。 : "Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa." : -Casey Stengel, manager 强投永远能压制强打，反之亦然。 : "I knew it would ruin my arm. But one year of 25-7 is worth five of 15-15." : -Steve Stone, Orioles pitcher, on his Cy Young season 我知道我的手可能会废了，但投出一年25胜7败，总比投五年15胜15败还要值得。 : "There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last : time. I owe him my best." : -Joe DiMaggio 可能会有某个孩子是第一次，或最後一次看我比赛。我要给他们最好的表现。 : "Any umpire who claims he has never missed a play is . . . well, : an umpire." : -Ron Luciano, umpire" 一个说自己从未误判的裁判......就只是个裁判。 : "This winter I'm working out every day, throwing at a wall. I'm 11-0 : against the wall." : -Jim Bouton 整个冬天我都跑去朝墙壁投球。我跟墙壁之间已经11胜0败了。 : "Baseball isn't keeping up with science. Satellites are sending accurate : signals from outer space to earth, but coaches still have trouble : transmitting signals from third base to home." : -Ellis Clary 棒球并未随科技发展而进步。人造卫星都能从太空发送正确的讯号，但教练始终 无法对本垒板传达正确的暗号。 : "I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, 'Go foul. Go : foul.'" : -Lefty Gomez 我职业生涯中常常跟球对话。我大喊着 "快出界！快出界！" : "See that fella over there? He's 20 years old. In 10 years, he's got : a chance to be a star. Now that fella over there, he's 20 years old, : too. In 10 years he's got a chance to be 30." : -Casey Stengel 看到那家伙没？他20岁，10年後会变成大明星。还有那家伙，他也20岁， 10年後他会变成30岁。 --

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