A major league dream 大联盟的梦 There's a reason that the "stranger in a strange land" motif is applied often in literature, stage and film. It works. The theme carries weight because, at one time or another, we've all gone to unfamiliar places and found ourselves in the middle of an environment we knew little about. But the risk is often worth taking. There's usually a motivating factor. 到新的地方追寻梦想的危险是值得的, 也是动力的来源 Take Sheng-An Kuo, whose dream of playing baseball began as a 10-year-old in Tainan, Taiwan. It's a dream that has taken him thousands of miles away from the comforts of home after the Colorado Rockies signed him to a free agent contract in January that included a bonus reported to be between $150,000-$200,000. 从十岁开始打棒球的郭胜安, 和落矶签了15万到20万的合约, 离家千哩追寻梦想 In his eyes, the journey will be well worth it. 从他的眼中可以看出这个旅程是值得的 "I was very interested in baseball. Growing up I would watch Taiwanese professionals on television. I wanted to be like that," Kuo said through his translator, Martin Chen, who will accompany Kuo and travel with the team this season. "If you play baseball, the major leagues are the highest level. That would be my dream." 透过马丁陈的翻译, 郭说: 从小我就很爱棒球, 常常看种花职棒, 如果要打棒球, 大联盟是最高的殿堂, 也是我的梦想 Every dream begins with one step, and Kuo took a big one in his professional debut Tuesday in a 10-4 win at Nat Bailey Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia. Armed with a low-90s fastball, a solid curve and an effective changeup, he made it through the first two innings throwing strikes and keeping the ball down in the zone. 每个梦想都有开始的第一步, 郭的第一步在星期二的初登板中很成功的赢得比赛 比赛内容(略) The 6-foot-2 right-hander struggled a bit through the next three innings, however, losing command of his offspeed pitches as Vancouver took a 4-2 lead in the fifth inning. "Early in the game he wasn't intimidated. It was his first start in the Northwest League and he went out there and threw strikes," said Dust Devils manager Freddie Ocasio. "Then he lost it. He stopped using his fastball, and the game plan got away from him and the catcher (Lars Davis), but it was the first time they worked together." 总教练说: 郭很好胆, 第一次的先发在刚开始丢了很多好球, 但是, 慢慢的他失去控制, 不再丢快速球, 所以, 比赛不再由 郭和捕手来控制, 不过, 这是他们第一次的配合而已 Kuo left after five innings, but because Tri-Cities scored four runs in the top of the sixth, Kuo picked up his first pro win. He's hoping to collect a few more of those this year but mostly wants to improve his overall strength as a pitcher. 郭虽然只投完五局在落後时下场, 但是六局队友的四分支援, 郭拿下职业生涯首胜 但是, 郭希望今年能再进化 "It's not about just physical numbers," said Kuo, who has two no-hitters to his credit -- including one for Taiwan in the 2000 Pony League World Series semifinals against Puerto Rico. "I want to get used to the environment and move up to the next level." 郭说: 不只是那些数字而已, 我想习惯这样的环境然後进到下个阶段 Kuo was also a high-school teammate of former Dust Devil Ching-Lung Lo, who now plays at Double-A Tulsa. Kuo said he and Lo got a chance to connect during spring training, but doesn't get to talk to him much during the season. 郭说他和罗小龙有机会在春训的时候有接触, 不过, 球季开打後就没聊过天了 All in all, Ocasio has been impressed with Kuo's ability to find the strike zone with all his pitches, but it's his efforts in another realm that have endeared him to his coaches and teammates. 总教练对郭的投球很满意, 但是郭另一个很重要的事情是跟教练和队友打成一片 "I applaud Kuo for learning English and his ability to communicate. I've been there, not knowing the language," said Doug Linton, who pitched in Taiwan for six months in 2005 with the Uni-President Lions. 前统一狮的投手现在是投手教练的 Linton 说: 对於郭学习英文和沟通的能力, 我要给他拍拍手, 因为我能了解在不会语言的地方的感觉 Kuo admits the language barrier can be a big one, but he has made every attempt to forge ahead and use the skills he has to communicate with teammates and coaches. 郭承认语言是一个沟通障碍, 但是, 他尝试用各样的方法和教练, 队友沟通 "The barrier is there," he said. "Sometimes it works to use your hands to show something. Sometimes I get by with poor English. Both ways still work, sometimes." 郭说:沟通障碍是在那儿没错, 有时候我用手势来表示，有时候用简单的英文字来 表示, 两种方法有时候可以沟通 Linton said that Kuo has an even temperament that never wavers even when he's in trouble on the mound. 投手教练说:郭的性情很平稳, 就算是他在投手丘上遇到问题, 也不会动摇他 "You think nothing is going to faze him. That's what he showed all through extended (spring training)," Linton said. 投手教练又说:你不用去担心他什麽, 这就是他在延长春训表现出来的 Davis, a friendly but vocal catcher, got a taste of the difficulties Kuo will face this year. 捕手 Davis 很友善但是很直的说郭今年会遇到的问题 "The first time I went out to the mound I was nervous because I didn't know how to talk to him," Davis said. "He was smiling about it, but he knew what I was trying to say. We had to use some body language. 他说: 当第一次我走上投手丘我很紧张, 因为我不知道要怎麽和他沟通, 他笑笑的看着我, 他知道我要说的是什麽意思, 我们必需使用一些肢体语言来沟通 "He's a great teammate and a great control pitcher." 他说: 他是很棒的队友也是控制力很好的投手 Kuo, a gentle, quiet sort, manages to keep in touch with his family in Taiwan on a regular basis. In between e-mails, though, he has been a model teammate and so far appears to be a fan of the Pacific Northwest. 郭的人格特质和他常常透过 emails 和家人联络的种种, 已经成为队友间的 榜样, 呈现在西北联盟的球迷之中 "It's a very nice environment," he said. 郭说: 这是很好的一个环境 It's not much of a coincidence to find out, either, that Kuo is a big fan of the "007" movie series. Because Kuo, like James Bond, intends to bring his best when it counts. 很巧合的, 郭很爱看 007 系列电影, 他就像 James Bond 一样, 当在需要他的时候, 他能把他最好的拿出来表现一下 Source: http://0rz.tw/142Kz 不负责随便翻, 今晚美国西部时间7:15pm, 郭胜安在主场开幕战先发! 继续为他加油喔! --

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