※ [本文转录自 A-Rod 看板] 作者: chanword (chanword) 看板: A-Rod 标题: [译文] Seeds of A-Rod's this season were sown in winter workout 时间: Tue Sep 11 20:38:00 2007 　　　　　看到好几篇新闻都提到小明在去年冬天帮A-Rod自主训练， 　　　　　刚好看到这篇报导，描述了一些他们自主训练的状况。 　　　　　（我承认，我比较喜欢这些小故事 orz） Seeds of A-Rod's monster season for Yankees were sown in winter workouts A-Rod 神般的球季乃根植於去年冬天的努力 By PETER ABRAHAM THE JOURNAL NEWS 2007.9.11 TORONTO - The first text message would arrive at 5:15 a.m., the phone nearly vibrating off a bedside table as Doug Mientkiewicz tried to sleep at his home in Coral Gables, Fla., last winter. 去年冬天，当小明在 佛罗里达 Coral Gables自己家睡觉时，一通简讯进来，手机 几乎要被振离床头柜了，第一通简讯是早晨5：15分 "What are you doing?" 「哈罗，你在作啥？」 It was Alex Rodriguez, prodding Mientkiewicz to come work out with him at the University of Miami. 是 Alex Rodrigugez。要小明到迈阿密大学跟他碰面练球。 "Meet me at the field." 「球场见嘿。」 Mientkiewicz is not opposed to getting up early when it means a day of deep-sea fishing or playing with his 2-year-old son. But taking grounders as the sun comes up? 小明是不抗拒这麽早起床啦，不过前提是要准备去海钓或者陪他2岁儿子玩耍，但 竟然是要他像太阳公公这麽早起然後去丢滚地球？ "I knew this winter he was a man on a mission," said Mientkiewicz, who played his senior season of high school with Rodriguez and joined him again this year with the Yankees. "He always works hard, but this time he had a scowl on his face. He wanted to prove a lot of people wrong, and I think he's doing that." 「我知道这个冬天他有计画，」曾是A-Rod高中的队友，而这年也加入洋基的小明这 麽说：「他总是很努力，但这次（低潮）他多半皱眉沈着脸。他想要证明某些人（的 批评）是错的，我认为他做到了。」 Rodriguez was named the American League player of the week yesterday after hitting seven home runs in seven games. It is the precursor to what surely will be his third American League MVP award in five years. Rodriguez is hitting .318 with 52 home runs, 140 RBI and 132 runs scored. A-Rod在七场比赛里击出7轰，昨天他被选为美联本周最佳球员。这毫无问题地预示 着：A-Rod将会取得他近五年的第三座美联MVP。他目前打击率.318，52 HR，140 RBIs 以及132分得分。 "The game is not that easy," Mientkiewicz said. "It's not normal what he's doing." 「棒球比赛并不是那麽容易的，」小明说：「但他所展现的真可说是非比寻常。」 The seeds of a special season were sown on those winter mornings when Rodriguez would unlock the gates at Alex Rodriguez Park, the $4 million facility he donated to Miami five years ago. 本季的辉煌全部种因於那些冬天的早晨。那些早晨A-Rod都会打开以他为名的 Alex Rodriguez球场大门，到球场练球。他在五年前曾捐助4百万美金给迈阿密 大学，所以这球场以他为名。 "Alex literally has the keys to the place," Hurricanes baseball coach Jim Morris said. "In the winter, he's usually out there before anybody else shows up." 「Alex有这地方的钥匙，」Hurricanes球队教练Morris这麽说：「在那冬天，他总 是在别人出现前，就已在场上练球。」 Rodriguez was driven by what he considered a sub-par 2006 season that was punctuated by going 1 for 14 with no RBI in a four-game loss against Detroit in the first round of the playoffs. A-Rod被大低潮的2006球季所驱策着。2006年季後赛第一轮对上底特律的四场，他 14打数只敲出1安，没任何打点。 "We all talked after Game 4 in Detroit. I pretty much knew I had a checklist of things to do, and I went to work on them right away," he said. 他说：「在底特律第四场後，我们有所讨论。我相当清楚我自己有很多问题得改善， 而後我努力将这些问题改正。」 According to Mientkiewicz, Rodriguez is motivated more by failure than success. 根据小明的说法，比起成功，A-Rod更容易因失败而有强大动机。 "He remembers a lot and he remembers the feeling he had last year," the first baseman said. "He pushes himself so hard to do this. I think if you ask him, this is what he envisioned." 「他会去想起很多事，会记起去年他曾有的那种不好的感受，」这位一垒手这麽说 ：「他努力驱策自己来缴出更好的成绩。我想如果你问他，他会回答这是他所想 要的（努力结果）。」 The Yankees have 19 games remaining starting tonight in Toronto. Rodriguez has a chance to break the American League record of 61 home runs by Roger Maris in 1961. He also could become the first Yankee to drive in 150 runs since Joe DiMaggio had 155 in 1948. 包括今晚在多伦多这场洋基还有19场球赛。A-Rod是有机会打破 Maris 61支 HR 的美联记录。他也有可能成为 DiMaggio 1948年拿到155分打点，第一位达到150 分打点的洋基人。 The last Yankee to score to 140 runs was Rickey Henderson, who had 146 in 1985. Before that you have to go back to DiMaggio, who scored 151 times in 1937. 上一位得到140分得分的洋基球员是 Rickey Henderson，他在1985年拿到146分。 在他之前就得回溯到 DiMaggio 他在1937年得到151分。 Rodriguez could join Jimmie Foxx, Babe Ruth, Sammy Sosa and Hack Wilson as the only players in history to hit .320 with 55 homers, 145 RBI and 140 runs scored. A-Rod也可能加入.320打击率，55发HR，145RBIs，140得分的俱乐部，历史上只 有Jimmie Foxx，Babe Ruth，Sammy Sosa 及Hack Wilson四人。 Other than Sosa - whose accomplishments are blemished by the suspicion of steroids use - there hasn't been such a season since 1932. 除了Sosa（Sosa的成就因疑有类固醇的使用而染上了污点），从1932年来，都没有人 有过这样的球季。 For Rodriguez, runs scored and RBI are the statistics he finds most meaningful. 对A-Rod而言，得分跟打点是他认为最有意义的纪录。 "That's what helps you win," he said. "You need runs to win. I heard Hank Aaron say that once and I always remembered that." 「因为这些能帮你赢得球赛，」他说：「你需要分数赢球。我曾听过Hank Aaron 这麽说过，我牢牢记得。」 This week will be a challenge. Rodriguez has hit only .243 with one home run in 10 games against Toronto this season. The Yankees then travel to Boston and are scheduled to face Daisuke Matsuzaka, Josh Beckett and Curt Schilling. 这周将是个挑战。本季A-Rod对多伦多蓝鸟10场比赛中，只缴出.243打击率，1发 全垒打。紧接着洋基会开拔至Boston，表定将会面对松阪大辅、北极、席林姐。 "It's easier to get up for those games because those are two good teams that give us trouble," Rodriguez said. A-Rod说：「这几场球将都会是激战，因为他们都是会让我们陷入苦战的好球队。」 Mientkiewicz and Rodriguez had dinner in Kansas City last week, and already there was talk of when they would start working out once the season was over. 上礼拜，小明跟A-Rod一起在堪萨斯市一起吃晚餐，他们谈到，当这球季结束， 他们会再一次一起自主训练。 "He's talking about not taking any time off," Mientkiewicz said. "No matter how far we go, he wants to start up the next week. He never stops trying to get better, and that's what makes him great." 「他提到不想浪费时间，」小明说：「不论我们已经完成多少，他总是希望下周 都能更振作、更努力。他试图展现更佳的成绩绝不自满於现况，而这造就他的 伟大。」 --

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