ANGELS Yankees at a loss to explain why Angels give them trouble By Dylan Hernandez, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 22, 2007 (这记者名字真帅) 重点: 恐怖哦! 逆转猴很邪门, 连队长和大吉都被收买了 1. 当大吉正谈论天使队最近几季对洋基造成的麻烦时, 队长Jeter走过便把话题转向了逆 转猴。队长问大吉: "Jason, 这猴儿吓到你了吗?" 大吉笑了, 所以吓到了吗? "这猴 没吓到我, 但我将要绑架他!" 大吉一边说一边笑。 2. 天使队从1996年老托变成洋基总教练开始, 对上洋基的纪录是61胜54败, 是美联唯一 一只赢洋基胜率超过五成的。洋基在2002及2005於季後赛两度遭遇天使, 也是天使胜 出。洋基近32场遭遇天使输了21场, 近19场在洋基球场,天使是12胜7败, 本季天使总 教练Scoscia领军在洋基球场的六场比赛, 也拿下4胜, 包括5月洋基三场被清盘。老 托实在找不出理由可以解释这怪现象。老托说, 即使十年前天使没这麽强时, 也有一 一只专刺洋基的刺。就像以前他当红雀总教练时, 就是赢不了教士队。就是一物克一 物, 天使就是有自信赢洋基。老托也提到天使遇到红袜就是吃鳖, 近12季对上红袜天 使是47胜64败。 3. 天使克洋基不仅持续了好几季, 也适用在大吉还在运动家时分区的季後赛天使运动家 的遭遇战里, 大吉说: "天使这一型的好像就是专克我们存在的, 他们有Jimmy Edmonds, Tim Salmon 和 J. T. Snow, 这几个有大炮管。天使慢慢从大炮部队转型为更注重防御 性进攻, 打带跑及偷垒的型式。" 大吉认为这一型的就专治洋基这种专注於集中大炮轰 炸的球队, Torre则把天使这一型称为 "分散对手注意力" (让对手精神涣散), 老托说: "他们的打线没任何一个是没法得分的。" 4. 变成吃分小精灵的左外野手哥吉拉补充说: "你会感觉到天使队真的有研究过洋基队, 他们把整队的天份组合起来去执行比赛的战术, 特别是他们的投手, 不会犯错, 不会 自己搞砸。" (日本人後面说得真场面, 不爽投手猛保送送分就明说嘛!) 5. 特别是在天使球场, 近14场比赛包括季後赛的遭遇, 天使拿到了10胜4败。(这两天天使 的球猛找洞钻, 猴儿一定在球场下咒了) 6. 天使球场和大吉小时候看球时所记得的景况有很大的不同。大吉估计他, 老爸及弟弟 一季亲自到球场看天使比赛大约15次。他记得那时观众席没有这麽多天使的红色球衣, 天使球场不像今天这个样子, 也不是洋基造访时呈现的这种气氛。他认为这样很好, 尤其好些季後赛打得像肉搏战, 这些气氛也让球赛更有话题性。 7. 大吉觉得逆转猴也是一样, 他觉得那是大联盟里最好的一种花招, 他说他很喜欢逆转猴 的那些小短片, 他提到了在记分板上拨放的电影和影片里都插入了小猴儿的影像。 8. 大吉和队长说他们都很希望看看逆转猴在球赛的後几局怎麽被介绍出场, 队长说: "我们想要超前, 但每次他们把猴儿放在记分榜上时, 他们就开始得分, 我不知道我是 否该喜欢这猴儿!" Jason Giambi was talking about the trouble the Angels have given the New York Yankees in recent seasons when Derek Jeter walked by and steered the conversation toward the Rally Monkey. "Does the monkey scare you, Jason?" Jeter asked. Giambi laughed. So does it? "It doesn't scare me, but I'm going to kidnap him," Giambi said, still laughing. Like every joke, there is an element of truth behind this one. The Angels are 61-54 against the Yankees since 1996 the year Joe Torre became their manager -- making them the only American League team with a record over .500 against them in that span. The teams met in the division playoff series in 2002 and 2005, with the Angels advancing both times. The Angels have won 21 of their last 32 meetings and are 12-7 in their last 19 games at Yankee Stadium. Mike Scoscia's team took four of their six games in the Bronx this season, including three in a sweep in May. Torre couldn't provide much of an explanation. "Even when they were not as good 10 years ago, they were a thorn in our side," Torre said. "When I was managing the Cardinals, we couldn't win in San Diego. Just one of those things. The Angels are one of those teams that seems to have the confidence because they've had success." Torre noted that the Angels haven't fared nearly as well against the Boston Red Sox, against whom they are 47-64 over the last 12 seasons. The Angels' success when facing New York has not only transcended time, but also a shift in philosophy that Giambi noticed while playing for their divisional rival in Oakland. "They were kind of built like we are," Giambi said. " They had Jimmy Edmonds and [Tim] Salmon and J.T. [Snow]. They had power. They slowly made the transition to more of a defensive, hit-and-run, steal bags style." The new style is one that Giambi said matches up well with the Yankees' more power-centric approach and that Torre describes as "distracting." "There's no one in their lineup who won't run," Torre said. Added left fielder Hideki Matsui: "You get the feeling that they really study the Yankees. And they've assembled the talent to execute their game plans, particularly their pitchers. They don't make mistakes. They don't self-destruct." Particularly at Angel Stadium, where the home team is 10-4 in their last 14 games of the series, including the playoff contests. The scene at Angel Stadium is much different from the way Giambi remembers it when attending games while growing up in West Covina. Giambi estimates that he, his father and brother watched the Angels in person around 15 times a season. There weren't so many red shirts in the stands. The stadium wasn't what it is today. Nor was the atmosphere when the Yankees visited. "The fans really get into it because of the couple of playoff series we played head-to-head," Giambi said. "It makes it good for baseball." Giambi said he feels the same about the Rally Monkey, which he called the best gimmick in the league. "I love the skits," Giambi said, referring to the movie and television clips shown on the video scoreboard into which the monkey is inserted. Giambi and Jeter went as far to say they look forward to the late innings to see how the monkey will be introduced. "We want to be ahead, but any time they put that monkey on the board, they start scoring runs," Jeter said. "I don't know if I like that." [email protected] --

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