来源: The Mercury News 网址: http://tinyurl.com/yam9a5pe How Aaron Judge’s small town prepared him for the Big Apple 来自小镇的Aaron Judge如何征服大苹果 LINDEN — Here amid the walnut trees and cherry orchards, driving directions are easy. There are no stoplights. The lone pizza joint is next to the post office, which is across the street from the library. Linden小镇，到处是胡桃树跟樱桃园，开车没什麽复杂的路，甚至没红绿灯。一家小披萨 店开在邮局隔壁，路的对面是图书馆。 “Sneeze and you’ll miss it,” one Linden native said. 「开车打个喷嚏可能就开过去了，」一个Linden小镇居民说。 Aaron Judge’s hometown isn’t even a town. It’s technically listed as a census-designated place, with a population of 1,784 (as of 2010). Aaron Judge的家乡根本算不上是一个镇，他只是存在人口普查上用的，2010年人口数也才 1784人。 This tiny San Joaquin County community, 15 miles outside of Stockton, managed to produce the biggest thing in baseball, literally and figuratively. 这个加州Linden小镇，距最近的大城Stockton约15英里，却产出了棒球史上的大物。 And when Judge, the 6-foot-7, 282-pound New York Yankees slugger, won the Home Run Derby on Monday night, on the eve of his first All-Star Game, his neighbors took as much pride in his polite television interview as they did in his gargantuan home runs. 当6尺7寸，282磅纽约洋基队大炮Aaron Judge在赢得全垒打大赛之後，在参加明星赛之前 接受电视访问的时候，他的邻居深感与有荣焉。 “It’s a small town, and everyone here is humble. We say ‘please’ and ‘ thank you’ and we don’t act rude to each other,” said Shawn Summers, who played football with Judge at Linden High School. 「这是一个小镇，每个人都很有礼貌。我们会说"请"跟"谢谢"，我们不会跟人粗鲁的。」 一个跟Judge在高中打美式足球的同学说到。 Judge, 25, was born and raised here. Judge，今年25岁，出生而且在Linden小镇长大。 Presumably, Judge was also a little kid here, although no one on here Tuesday recalled anything about Judge being little. 想像一下，Judge是个小男孩，虽然在星期二那天没人想到Judge小男孩的样子。 “He was 6-foot-6 and playing wide receiver,” Mark Miller, his Linden High School football coach said. “The other team would have some little 5-foot-nuthin’ cornerback trying to guard him. It should have been illegal, but it wasn’t.” 「他那时候是六尺六寸，打接球员，」Judge的高中美式足球教练说到，「敌队要防守他的 是个五尺的角卫。这应该要算大欺小违规的，但规则上不是。」 Judge is still making everybody else look puny. In winning the Home Run Derby in Miami on Monday night, the right-handed hitter walloped 47 home runs during the course of three rounds. Many of them had orchard-clearing distance: StatCast measured the combined length of his homers at 3.9 miles. 到现在Judge还是让其他人看起来像小只佬。在全垒打大赛，他三轮扛了47发，很多是打到 场外去的，StatCase统计他的全垒打总计飞行距离是3.9英里。 Judge’s barrage included a 513-foot showstopper, the longest home run by any player in the competition. The exit velocity of that blast was 118 mph. 他的全垒打最强的是一发飞了513英尺，是全垒打大赛纪录上最远的一支，打击出去的飞行 速度是时速118英里。 The entrance velocity into Linden, through Highway 26, is 40 mph speed limit. It’s a well-worn path these days because of what Linden’s native son is doing. It’s not just what he’s accomplished as a rookie (Judge leads the majors with 30 homers) it’s also where he plays. New York is the media capital of the world, and pesky scribes can’t get enough of the record-setting rookie. 开车进Linden的速限是40英里。 Linden的路快被踏烂了，就是因为Judge。不只是因为他菜鸟时的好表现(在季赛全垒打数 目领先)，而且是因为他在大苹果打球。纽约，世界媒体的中心，当然不会放过任何有关 Judge的新闻。 As a result, this town known for its cherry festival is getting its fill of the Big Apple. So many reporters have called or visited here in recent months that even the supermarket checkers at Rinaldi’s are feeling overexposed. Nancy, who no longer gives her last name, said Tuesday that this was her third interview about Judge. They treasure Aaron here, but they are also protective of the Judge family privacy. 因此，小镇今年的樱桃季活动就充满了满坑满谷的纽约人。太多记者在这几个月造访这个 小镇，连小镇超市收银员都觉得曝光过度。一位现在连姓都不给的收银员说，这已经是她 这个月第三次访问惹。他们保护Judge，也要保护Judge家庭的隐私。 Nancy’s become the go-to source because her daughter played tee-ball with Judge and the kids grew up through school together. So in this exclusive middle-aisle interview, Nancy cut to the chase: “He’s always been super nice and we’re really, really proud of him.” 这个不愿意给姓的收银员变成大家必访的对象，因为她的女儿跟Judge在学校打乐乐棒球。 「Judge人超好，我们大家都以他为荣。」 It helps that Judge is also proud of where he came from. He returns to Linden often. A New York Daily News story recently quoted the right fielder describing his home as if it were a Jimmy Stewart movie set. Judge自己也以他的出身为荣，他常常回Linden小镇，纽约新闻报纸才说Judge描述他的家 乡像电影场景。 “Everywhere you go, you see someone you know on the corner,” Judge said. “ That was the cool thing about growing up there is I knew everybody. Everybody was my friend, everybody was looking out for each other and there’s no better place to grow up.” 「你到哪个地方，你都会看到你认识的人，」Judge说到，「那实在很酷，成长在一个地 方，而且认识每一个人，每个人都是你的朋友，每个人都关心每个人，没有比在这长大更 好的地方了。」 John Pile, who lives across the street from the Judge family, remembers that the kid was always playing something in the yard. Pointing over to the Judge homestead, he said he most remembers the dribble-dribble-swish when Aaron was shooting hoops in his driveway. Judge对门的邻居说，记得Judge小时候在草坪玩，他最记得Judge在车道那边打篮球时，运 球跟射球的模样。 Judge was a three-sport star at Linden High, where he played football (and set the school record with 17 touchdowns), basketball (a team-high 18.2 points) and baseball (where he augmented his power at the plate with an 0.65 ERA as a pitcher). Judge在Linden小镇高中是三栖明星球员：美式足球(学校17次达阵纪录保持人)，篮球(球 队平均每场得分18.2分)跟棒球(他除了打得好，他当投手自责分是0.65) Pile said that when New York was in town to play the A’s in mid-June, the Linden native managed to zip home for a coveted dinner date — a booth at Pizza Plus with a couple of Yankees teammates in tow. Judge的对门邻居爆料说，六月中当洋基到客场打运动家的时候，Judge偷溜回家吃晚饭-- 在当地的披萨店，还拉了几个洋基的球员。 “It’s unbelievable,” Pile said. “From a small community like this to see a kid do so well. He’s such a humble kid. He’s so level-headed. His mother and father were both school teachers and they did a good job on him.” 「这真的太不可思议，」邻居说，「我们这样一个超小镇出了一个这样好的球员。他是一 个谦虚的小孩，平易近人，他的爸妈是学校的老师，他们真的把他教的很好。」 Linden went to see him in Oakland, too. The local booster club chartered a bus to take a group out to the Coliseum for a weekend game. Linden小镇Judge应援团曾经去奥克兰看Judge比赛。某个周末他们开了一个巴士一路开到 奥克兰。 “When the bus was full, they could have filled another one,” Miller, the football coach said “But so many people drove down there in cars that they filled up a whole section out in right field — a whole section. 「一台巴士塞满了人，其实再一台也会满。」高中美式足球教练说到。「但是有更多的是 自己开车一路到奥克兰，我们整整塞满右外野一区的看台，整整一区!」 “And between innings, (Judge) would sometimes come and throw the ball he was playing catch with into the Linden crowd. He doesn’t forget his roots. He’s just … my gosh.” 「在换局的空档，Judge有时候会跑来打招呼，把球丢给我们。他真真正正是不忘本的人， 他真的是.....我的老天鹅~」 In an alternate universe, Judge could have been playing at the Coliseum all the time. The A’s drafted him out of high school in the 31st round of the 2010 draft. But Judge opted to attend Fresno State instead. 或许在不同的时空，Judge其实可能会替运动家打球的。运动家在2010年高中选秀以31轮 选到Judge，但是後来Judge选择去Fresno州大打球。 Summers, his old football teammate, said Judge always valued education, which makes sense. Residents here are quick to praise the work Wayne and Patty Judge did with their son. Both are teachers and active members of the community. Judge的足球队友说Judge对於教育非常重视，这也合理，因为他的双亲都是老师，在社区 也是非常活跃。 “His parents are just good people,” Miller, the football coach said. “ Aaron Judge, to me, is what professional sports should be like. What positive thing to represent Linden. You couldn’t have asked for a better ambassador.” 「他的父母都是好人，」足球教练说，「对我来说，Judge就是一个职业运动选手应该有的 样子，做为Linden的代表再好不过了，再也找不到更好的Linden代言人。」 The Yankees wound up getting Judge with the 32nd overall pick in the 2013 draft, throwing a curveball to a community long loyal to the Giants and A’s. Now, there are New York jerseys popping up around Linden. 洋基在2013年选秀以32顺位选了Judge，让这个加州Linden小镇转了一个弯，原本是支持旧 金山巨人跟奥克兰运动家的，现在，这个小镇四处都可看到洋基的球衣。 Over at Rinaldi’s, the supermarket founded in 1948, there are now TVs above the registers so that customers can keep an eye on their favorite player. 现在在Linden小镇的超市柜台上面有电视播放，让顾客可以随时看到他们最爱的球员。 Heck, even the umpires here love him. 甚至，连裁判都爱他。 “He’s one of the favorite kids I’ve ever dealt with,” said Stephen Roberson, a regional sportswriter who also officiated games on weekends. “ Just first class, no attitude, no ego. It’s just an amazing story.” 「他是我最喜欢的小孩们的其中之一，」一个当地的运动记者，周末也帮忙当裁判说到， 「一等一的球员，不会难搞，不会自大，就是一个传奇故事。」 -- 全世界记者都一样，甚麽都能挖.... --

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