http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/The-Code-Ten-unwritten-baseball-rules-you-mig?urn=mlb,238853 http://tinyurl.com/2e8gwx8 这篇有些打者提供的观点 The 'Code': Ten unwritten baseball rules you might not know By Jason Turbow Ed. note: Jason Turbow is author of the new, critically-acclaimed book "The Baseball Codes." It's available for purchase through the book's Web site. Last month, when A's pitcher Dallas Braden(notes) called out Alex Rodriguez (notes) for cutting across the Oakland Coliseum mound, the country was informed of a small slice of baseball's Code that had lain mostly dormant in recent memory. A-Rod事件再度提起。 It was only one of a litany of unwritten rules that covers major leaguers' actions, designed essentially to preserve a baseline level of respect between competitors. They constitute the moral fabric of the game. 这只是众多不见於MLB正式规定里非正式规定之一。这些规定的用意主要是为了维护 对竞争对手最基本的尊敬。他们点出了这球赛最基本的道德观。 The best known of these rules tells players not to steal a base when their team holds a big lead in the late innings of a game. Others include barring overt displays of exuberance in all but the most extreme circumstances; the hitter who watches his own home runs is the most egregious of violators in this category. 最为众人所知晓的，就是在比赛尾声球队大幅领先的时候绝对不盗垒。其他的包含 不过份的臭屁。最严重的就是过度「欣赏」自己打出的全垒打。 Many fans have heard of these rules (Alex Rodriguez himself was unaware of one) . Some sections of the Code, however, fly under the radar (even for baseball insiders, to judge by the number of people within the game who had never heard the rule about restraint from crossing the pitcher's mound). So, without further delay, here are 10 of baseball's more obscure unwritten rules: 许多球迷都听过这些规定（A-Rod似乎至少不曾听过其中一条）。有些规定是鲜为人知 。所以，在这里提供十条不为人知的规定。 1. Don't swing at the first pitch after back-to-back home runs 当一个投手已经被夯出背靠背之後，他投的第一球绝不挥棒 This is a matter of courtesy, respect for a pitcher who is clearly struggling , offering just a sliver of daylight with which to regain his senses. When Yankees rookie Chase Wright(notes) gave up back-to-back-to-back-to-back homers against Boston in 2007, the guys who hit numbers three and four — Mike Lowell(notes) and Jason Varitek(notes) — each watched a pitch before taking a cut. "Let him know, okay, I'm not swinging," said Hal McRae. "I know you're out there trying to do a job, and I have to do a job — but you've just given up back-to-back home runs. So I take the first pitch." 这是风度的问题。对一个明显有问题的投手，让给他一丝的希望让他重新振奋。当洋基 菜鸟投手Wright被夯出背靠背靠背靠背的时候，当时第三和第四位打全垒打的打者， Lowell和Varitek，都至少看了一球才挥棒的。 McRae说「让他知道，这球，我不挥棒」「你在那里做你的工作，而我也有我的工作。但 是你已经被夯了背靠背，所以第一球我不挥。」 2. Don't work the count when your team is up or down by a lot 无论你的球队是输很多或是赢很多，不要太要求选球 This is true for both pitchers and hitters. Nobody wants to see the fifth guy on a bullpen's depth chart nibbling on the corners in the late innings of a blowout. Similarly, hitters are expected to swing at anything close. It's an effort to quickly and efficiently end a lopsided contest. 这适用於投手和打者。没有人想看牛棚第五号救援投手在一场已经差距很大的比赛里一直 投边边角角的球。相同的，打者也被预期只要看似好球的球都要挥。大家都应该致力於快 速有效率的解决这场胜负已定的比赛。 3. When hit by a pitch, don't rub the mark. 被球K到，别去揉被打到的地方 This one is all about intimidation or lack thereof. It's a hitter's way of elling the pitcher that his best shot — intentional or otherwise —didn't hurt. Pete Rose made a point of sprinting to first base after being hit, to ensure that he stripped all satisfaction from the pitcher. "It's a macho thing, like a fighter who gets clocked in the mouth and shakes his head like it didn't hurt him," said Rich Donnelly. "But believe me, it hurts." Lou Brock was the only hitter Sandy Koufax ever threw at intentionally, and despite the fact that his shoulder was fractured by the pitch, forcing him from the game, never once did he rub the spot. The Washington Post once reported that Don Baylor "was hit by 267 pitches yet never rubbed, even once. Of course, several of the balls had to be hospitalized." 这比较像是心里战术。这是打者告诉投手你的全力一击，不论故意与否，没有伤到我的 方法。Rose被打到之後永远都是快跑到一垒，用这方式来抹杀投手任何可能的满足感。 Donnelly说「这是男人天性。就上个被正中嘴巴的斗士，甩一甩头假装什麽事情都没发生 。但是我告诉你，很痛的。」 Brock是Koufax唯一故意K到的打者，而且虽然他被K到肩膀骨折致使他因伤下场，他不曾 去处碰被K到的地方。华盛顿邮报曾报导说Baylor「被267球K到过，但从来不曾揉过被K 到的地方。尤其其中有几球甚至造成他住院。」 4. Don't stand on the dirt cutout at home plate while a pitcher is warming up 当投手热身时，别站在本垒附近那个泥土圈里 Just as Braden dismissed A-Rod's attempt to enter his sacred space, the area around the plate is meant only for the hitter, and then only when it's time for him to hit. Should a pitcher be getting loose before an at-bat, it's strictly off-limits. "I stay as far away from the cutout as I can when the pitcher is warming up," said Ken Griffey Jr.(notes) "If they could, they should put the on-deck circle in left field to make me happy. I don't want anything to do with messing with the pitcher when he's getting ready." 就如同Braden因为A-Rod侵犯他的神圣空间而大发脾气，本垒附近空间只属於打者的，并 且是当轮到他打击的时候。如果在打击之前投手正在热身，那绝对是禁止进入的区域。 Junior说「如果可以的话，他们把打击准备区放到左外野的话，我会最高兴。我不想和 一个正在热身的投手有任何瓜葛。 5. Don't walk in front of a catcher or umpire when getting into batter's box 进入打击区时，不要从裁判或捕手前面走过去 This is respect, pure and simple. If the line from your dugout to the batter's box takes you between the pitcher and the catcher, walk around. Like the A-Rod incident, you'll likely never hear about this one until a player is called out for brazenly violating it. 这规定很简单。单纯的出自於敬意。如果休息室到打击出的直线路线经过投手与捕手中 间，绕过去。就如同A-Rod事件一样，除非真的有人这样子做被K，不然你不会听说有这 一条的。 6. Don't help the opposition make a play (bracing them from falling into the dugout, etc.) 绝对不要帮助别队球员（例如在休息室附近接球的时候去扶他们以免他们跌倒） In 1998, Dodgers left fielder Matt Luke braced Arizona's Andy Fox as the third baseman staggered into the Los Angeles dugout while chasing a pop fly. He knew the Code, but he had also been Fox's roommate in multiple levels of the Yankees' minor-league system, and was so tight with him that Fox had served as an usher in his wedding. Even then, he had his limits. "I waited until he made the play," said Luke in the Riverside Press Enterprise. "I wanted to prevent an injury. We're competing out there, and not for one second do I want to help the opposition." 1998年，躲人左外野手Luke曾经扶了当时为了街高飞球而冲到LA休息室附近的ARI三垒手 Fox一把。他知道这个规定，但是他和Fox曾经在洋基小联盟里当了许久的室友。甚至还是 Fox婚礼的招待原。尽管如此，他仍严守本分。Luke说「我等到他已经接到球了，才去扶 他。我不想让他受伤。我们两个球队在比赛，所以我不曾有一分一秒想要帮他接到球。」 7. Relievers take it easy when facing other relievers 当对方救援投手站进打击区时，投球的救援投手不会太刁难他 The caveat to this piece of the Code is that for the most part, relievers don't step to the plate in close games, which gives their counterparts on the opposing team some leeway in their approach. "You'd probably give them all fastballs," said Dave LaRoche. "It was just a professional courtesy type of thing. Here it is — I'll give you a chance to hit it if you can." 主要原因是因为救援投手鲜少有机会在战况激烈的比赛中站上打击区。LaRoche说「大概 全都是直球吧」「这是职业风度。我给你机会，你本事就打打看」 8. Follow the umpire's Code when addressing them on the field. 在场上跟裁判讲话也是有规定的 This is a book in itself. How one talks to umpires goes a long way toward getting favorable calls, or at least not getting thrown out of a game. ("That call was horse----" is generally acceptable; "You're horse----" is never acceptable.) Some savvy teams go so far as to post headshots and bios in the clubhouse for the umps working that day's game, so that players can butter them up a bit. Still, there are ways to express anger without getting tossed. After umpire Shag Crawford called Dick Groat out on a play at second base, Groat told him, "You're still the second best umpire in the league." Then he added that the other 19 umpires were tied for first. 这部份可以单独出书了。跟裁判讲话的方式会影响到是有会得到有利判决，或是否会被 驱逐出场。例如 你这判决太狗屎了 通常是被接受的，但是 你这狗屎 是永远都不被接 受的。有些球队甚是至会把裁判的大头照跟基本履历贴在球队休息室里，这样球员可以 更了解裁判，也有共多空间可以拍马屁。 当然，仍然存在有方法让你表达你的愤怒但是不被驱逐出场。在裁判Crawford判Groat 在二垒出局之後，Groat跟他说「你仍然只是全联盟第二好的裁判」然後他又附注「 其他19名裁判并列第一」 9. Pitchers stay in the dugout at least until the end of the inning in which they get pulled 投手至少要待在休息室待到你被换下来的那局结束为止 This is purely about respect for one's teammates. "I know you're having a tough day, but give your teammates the respect to stay out here until the end of the inning," said Sean Casey(notes). "You don't want to show that you think the game's already lost." 这是为了尊重你的队友。Casey说「我知道你今天可能投的很糟，但是至少待到那局结束 再离开，至少要尊重你的队友。你不想表现出这场球赛已经输掉的行为」 10. Pitchers never show up their fielders 投手绝不怪罪自己的野手 This doesn't happen frequently, but when it does, players notice. One pitcher who made a habit of excessive body language on the mound was Gaylord Perry, who would put his hands on his hips and stare down fielders who made errors behind him. "That bothered me because nobody glared at him if he gave up a home run or something like that," said Dave Nelson, Perry's teammate on the Rangers. "I always felt like I deserved the same respect because I'm out there busting my butt just like he is, and if I make an error, it wasn't because I was doing it on purpose." Perry's teammate in Cleveland, Oscar Gamble, had a different take: "If you don't do right, if you miss a ball you should have caught, you expect the fans to boo you," he said. "And this fan, Gaylord, was a player. That's the way I looked at it." Perry, however, was occasionally able to find his fielders innocent of wrongdoing. Once, after shortstop Todd Cruz fielded a grounder and air-mailed the ball into the stands, Perry withheld judgment. "Too much stuff on the ball ," he said after the game. 这不常发生，但是发生的时球员都会注意到。Perry就是一名习惯用太超过的身体语言 的投手。他会双手插腰并且瞪着刚犯失误的野手。 Nelson，Perry在条子的队友说「这很困扰我。因为没有人在他被夯全垒打或怎样的时候 去瞪他。我觉得我应该得到相同的尊重。我跟他一样都在为球队卖命。如果我失误了，不 是因为我故意失误的。」 Gamble，Perry在CIN的队友有另外的看法「如果我失误了，没接到一个该接到的球， 你会预期球迷嘘你。而这个嘘你的球迷，Perry，是个球员（双关 player可解为球员，也 可解为认真投入於比赛的球员）。这是我的看法。」 虽然如此，Perry也常常帮自己的野手辩解。有一次，游击手Cruz接了一个滚地球但是爆 传传到观众席里。Perry没有发怒。赛後他说「球上太多东西了（大概滑手吧）。」 --

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