重点: Sheff和老托结怨始末 1. 你是否期待Sheffied会道歉呢? 你是否又期待他来纽约继续嘴炮说些他在洋基的老 八卦呢? 2. 对Sheff而言往日恩怨很难得会随风而逝, 周二回到洋基球场, 只是重申他在HBO的 节目中所发的牢骚, 其中提到托瑞及他在洋基的日子。他说洋基高层唯一想签他的 是大老板Steinbrenner, 在洋基的日子他觉得被乌云笼罩, 但自己知道如何打出一 片天。 3. 他在节目中提到老托对於非裔美籍的球员是黑白两样情时, 变成了报纸头条, 当记 者提到那Jeter时, 他说Jeter又不是全黑的。Sheff和Jeter是队友似乎有很好的情 谊, Jeter在赛前不愿碰触这话题, 说应该让这无聊的议题快点结束。Jeter被问道 和Sheff是不是好朋友时, 说不想碰这话题, 那是否会跟Sheff握手呢? 则说为什麽 不。问Sheff会不会怕失掉朋友, Sheff说他朋友交得又更多了, 不怕再失掉一些。 4. 昨晚比赛Sheff因A-Rod的失误上垒後, 和Jeter简短地聊了一下, 两人之间没什麽 问题。赛後Jeter说他跟任何人都没什麽问题, 他是万人迷嘛。赛前因知道老虎球 员感染到感冒病菌, 在队医建议下, 洋基球员并没有亲善地和老虎队员互动。 5. Sheff第一次上场打击时被球迷嘘到不行, 说他提到Jeter不是全黑的事情, 对Jeter 并没有任何贬损, 说自己也有个半黑的儿子, 如果这样说Jeter有任何恶意的话, 岂不也在眨损自己的儿子。(怎麽Jeter被比成了他儿子, 若东方人大概要抓狂了) 6. 他说每次他说到在洋基跟某些人和球队有些嫌隙时, 大家总会用Jeter来曲解他的话, Jeter是洋基队重要的图像, 他不可能让人待他像Shawn Chacon和Gary Sheffield相 同的方式 (怎麽又拉个Chacon出来了), Jeter的地位比现金人和老托都来得大, 这 才是他的意思。 7. 他在一天前告诉纽约时报说他不是说Torre有种族歧视(种族主义者), 而是老托很喜 欢在全队面前责骂非裔美籍的球员 (看不出来老托会在全队前骂人), 草莓先生( Darryl Strawberry)曾在1996-99年间时在洋基打球, 当Sheff第一次控诉这件事时, 草莓先生强力地帮老托说话 (怎麽黑草莓先生都没这种感觉)。 Sheff说他说的是他在洋基时发生的事, 还说媒体不过跟草莓先生谈了15秒, 就用这些 话来验证他话的真假, 草莓先生又没提什麽可佐证的线索。 8. 那现在的总教练Jim Leyland呢? Sheff说他是个很真诚的人, 对球员有赏有罚, 两样 都有。Torre的政策一样是不对Sheff的嘴炮回应, 他说不会随媒体起舞的, 因为这话 题不知到那里才会结束。 9. Kenny Loften在洋基的一个球季时很少有上场的机会, 他说他不认为Torre在球队的 决策是受到种族的影响。现金人说他很高兴Sheff和Lofton说Torre不是个种族主义的 人, 但不愿深论。依Sheff的说法, 他在2003年以FA加入洋基队时, 队上的意见是分 歧的, 现金人和老托比较想签Guerrero, 因为他年轻且守备比较好, 是大老板以3年三 千九百万的合约让他来到了洋基队。 第一年他的成绩吓吓叫, 那年Guerrero拿到美联MVP,他则是第二名。那年Sheff和 Torre, 至少在公开场合上, 让大家看到的是相互欣赏的。但物换星移, Sheff却说他在 洋基的第一年, 现金人和Torre仍然整年都在谈Guerrero。 (难怪NY, NJ一些报纸专跑洋基的记者, 都对Sheff谈起现金人和Torre比较喜欢 Guerrero的事毫无印象。) 10. 2005年6月13日洋基在圣路易和红雀队输了一场烂比赛後, 发飙的老托对一些 球员怒骂, 包括Sheffield, 因为那场比赛他的守备看起来漫不经心, 两人的关系才 开始产生嫌隙。去年, Chacon和华盛顿国民队赛後, Torre公开地说Chacon表现不佳。 但Torre也公开说过很多球员表现不好, 包括了各种背景(有黑有白), 有些还被归类 为他的最爱, 包括在2000年在亚特兰大对上勇士难看地输掉时, 他也公开说Roger Clemens, Jeff Nelson, Paul O'Neil表现不好。 11. Sheff去年因腕关节受伤休息了大半季, 九月他回来後, 洋基已经找了Bobby Abreu守 右外野, 因此要他去守一垒。Sheff季後赛打得不好, 让Torre做了最後一刻的决定, 让Sheff板凳让Bernie Williams先发, 触怒了Sheffield。 12. 和洋基合约结束後, 现金人行使优先权签下了Sheff, 但要求他在2007年守一垒, 但 Sheff拒绝了, 现金人便把他交易到老虎队去交换Prospects。他跟老虎的约还多签 了两年 (共三年)。他臭屁地说, 这个约应该再也看不到了, 他已经38岁且缺席了一 年, 还谈到了加了薪水的三年合约, 而且这个约没透过经纪人是他自己谈的。 Sheffield: Grudge & Jury Comments On Torre, Yanks Stand By DOM AMORE | Courant Staff Writer August 17, 2007 sources from www.courant.com NEW YORK - Did you expect Gary Sheffield to apologize? Did you expect him to come to New York and talk about the good old times? Bygones rarely become bygones with Sheffield, and he returned Thursday to Yankee Stadium only reiterating the grievances he has aired about manager Joe Torre and the three years he spent with the Yankees. "The only one who wanted me here was George Steinbrenner," Sheffield said. "I had that cloud over me the whole time. But I know how to perform with a cloud over me." Sheffield, tucked into a corner of the visitors clubhouse, came in with the Tigers, to whom the Yankees traded him in November. A month ago, Sheffield made headlines when he said African American players were treated differently by the Yankees, and by manager Joe Torre. When asked about Derek Jeter's treatment, Sheffield retorted, "He's not all-the-way black." Jeter and Sheffield, who seemed to have a close relationship as teammates, hadn't spoken since those remarks, and Jeter would not touch them before the game Thursday. "I'm not getting into that stuff," Jeter snapped. "That's a dead issue, let it die." Asked if he still considered Sheffield a friend, Jeter said the same thing. "I'm not getting into that stuff." Would he shake Sheffield's hand? "Why wouldn't I?" Jeter said. Said Sheffield: "I don't worry about losing friends. I got enough friends, what do I need more friends for?" Sheffield went 0-for-3 with two walks in the Tigers' 8-5 victory. He reached on Alex Rodriguez's error in the first and scored on Carlos Guillen's grand slam. Sheffield said after the game that he chatted briefly with Jeter and that things were "cool" between them. "I have no problems with anybody," Jeter said after the game. The Yankees did not do much fraternizing with the Tigers before the game, but they knew several Detroit players have contracted a virus and were advised by team doctors to avoid it. Sheffield, who was booed when he came to bat in the first, said he meant nothing derogatory in what he said about Jeter. "Was that the first time you found out he was half black?" Sheffield asked a reporter. "Do you know I have a son like that? If I were talking badly about Jeter, I'd be talking about my son. "You see, when I have an issue with someone with the Yankees, or the Yankee organization, they always include Jeter to distort what I say. Derek Jeter is an icon. He's not going to be treated the same way as Shawn Chacon or Gary Sheffield. He's bigger than Brian Cashman, he's bigger than Joe Torre. ... That's what I meant." Sheffield told the New York Times a day earlier that he was not calling Torre a racist. Implicit in his remarks, though, is the charge that Torre was more apt to upbraid an African American player before the entire team. Darryl Strawberry, who played for Torre in 1996-99, strongly defended Torre against those charges when Sheffield first made them. "All I know is what happened while I was here," Sheffield said. "You get Darryl Strawberry to talk for 15 seconds and you use that to validate things, you don't have a clue what's going on." Asked what he liked about his current manager, Jim Leyland, Sheffield said, "He's real. You get it both sides, the positive and negative, but he's always real with you." Torre continued his policy of not responding to Sheffield. "I'd rather not go there," he said. "I wouldn't know where to end that conversation." NEW YORK - Kenny Lofton, who rarely played during his one season in with the Yankees, told the New York Daily News last week that he did not believe Torre's decisions were motivated by race. "I was happy to see Kenny Lofton and Gary Sheffield say Joe Torre was not a racist," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said. "I'll leave it at that." When Sheffield joined the Yankees as a free agent after the 2003 season, there was division in the organization. Cashman and Torre both preferred signing Vladimir Guerrero, who was younger and a better defensive player, to a long-term contract. Steinbrenner, who has always followed he careers of Tampa-area players, signed Sheffield to a three-year, $39 million contract. Sheffield had a strong first year, finishing runner-up to Guerrero for MVP, and he and Torre, at least publicly, expressed mutual admiration. Now, Sheffield says Torre and Cashman continued to talk about Guerrero thoughout his first year. On June 13, 2005, after the Yankees lost a sloppy game in St. Louis, an enraged Torre screamed at several players, including Sheffield, who played defense with nonchalant fashion that night. Their relationship appeared to sour after that. Last season, Torre aired out Chacon after a lackluster performance in Washington. However, Torre has aired out many players, of various backgrounds, even players perceived as his favorites, including Roger Clemens, Jeff Nelson and Paul O'Neill after a sloppy loss in Atlanta in 2000. Sheffield missed most of last season with a wrist injury. By the time he came back in September, the Yankees had Bobby Abreu in right field and tried to make Sheffield a first baseman. Sheffield did not play well in the playoffs, and when Torre made a last-minute change, benching him for Bernie Williams in Game 3, Sheffield fumed. After the Tigers finished off the Yankees, Cashman picked up a contract option to retain Sheffield, but when he said he did not want to play first base in 2007, the Yankees traded him for prospects. Sheffield then got a two-year extension on his contract from the Tigers. "You'll never see that again, trust me," said Sheffield, who negotiates without an agent. "I'm 38 years old, coming off a year when I didn't play, and I get three years and I get a raise." Contact Dom Amore at [email protected]. --

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