Just like that, Chien-Ming Wang doesn't seem so young anymore. 小王似乎不再年轻 He's always pitched well beyond his years, ever since arriving in the Bronx as a collected 25-year-old in 2005. But since he's become the ace of a staff that includes 21-year-old Phil Hughes and, now, 22-year-old Ian Kennedy, Wang has had to assume an even greater maturity. 从小王在2005年以25岁的年龄升上大联盟之後,他的表现超过了他的年龄水准 而他成为了轮值表中的ace(包括Hughes和Kennedy),所以他必须表现的更成熟 He's now a relatively elder statesman, trailing just Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte in years -- but pitching just as well, if not better, than both of them. 小王现在也是"老人"了,资历只比Clemens和Pettitte少 不过他的表现还是一样好,就算没有非常好,也不会输给其他人 And while Wang is still just 27, he's certainly not young. 小王27岁了,不算年轻了 "Not anymore, he isn't," said Yankees manager Joe Torre. "Our expectations of him are pretty high." "我们对他的期望非常高"老托说 Which means that when Wang takes the mound with a shot at a critical series sweep -- as he will against the Red Sox on Thursday afternoon -- the Yankees expect him to win. And why not? He's started 24 games, and the Yankees have lost just six of them -- only one per month for each of the last three months. He's already seen the Red Sox three times this year, and beaten them twice. 洋基期望小王在礼拜四的先发可以得胜,也可以帮助横扫红袜 而他在过去的24场先发只输了6场,过去的三个月,每月都只各输一场 本季面对红袜3次,而取得了2胜 Yet those three starts were all completed by June 1, and while games at that early stage of the year count just as much in the standings, they don't usually weigh as much on the psyche. A win -- and a sweep -- would push the Yankees almost as close to the Red Sox as they were a week and a half ago, whereas a loss would wash away half the work they completed in the first two games of the series. 这场胜利=>横扫,可以帮助洋基更靠近红袜一步 而且可以回到一个半礼拜前的场差,否则前两场胜利的优势将瞬间少掉一半 Thursday's task of taking down Red Sox starter Curt Schilling won't be easy -- but then again, neither was defeating Josh Beckett on Wednesday or Daisuke Matsuzaka the night before. 红袜派出的Schilling也是不好惹的 不过前两场的Beckett和Matsuzaka还不是一样被打败了 "Everyone you look at these three days is special," Torre said of the Boston rotation. "They've got some horses they can throw out there." "这三场比赛非常的特别重要"老托说 (这句不太会翻 horses?) Schilling remains a vital part of that stable, even as he ventures well past 40 years old. He's recovered from a three-game losing streak to now win two straight, and like Wang, he holds the hopes of his team on his shoulders. Schilling仍然是队上重要的人,即使他已经40岁了 他之前连输三场,而最近是二连胜 他跟小王一样,球队对他寄予很大的期望 There may ultimately be more hyped games to come, as the Yankees become more and more likely to train their sights on the American League Wild Card. But dismissing any game's importance at this time of year would be a critical mistake. 接下来会有很多精采的比赛,因为这将关系到洋基的外卡资格 所以每一场比赛都不能忽略他的重要性 "There's 30 games left," Torre said, "and we're going to try to go out there and win every one." "剩下30场比赛了"老托说 "要尽可能的赢得每一场" --

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