Torre turns down Yankee offer BY MARK FEINSAND and CORKY SIEMASZKO DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS It's the end of an era. 托瑞时代的终结 Yankee skipper Joe Torre rejected a one-year, "performance-based," $5 million contract to return as manager of the Bronx Bombers on Thursday, ending a historic run in which he took the team to four World Championships and 12 straight playoff appearances. 托瑞拒绝了「以衡量表现为基础」的薪资合约内容， 也为曾经带兵进入四次世界大赛以及12次季後赛的卓着过往划下句点。 The end came after a face-to-face showdown in Tampa with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, in which The Boss refused to sweeten an offer Torre felt he could not accept. 面对面的最後摊牌，大老板拒绝给托瑞甜头，老教头於焉拒绝。 The 67-year-old Torre, looking defiant but tired, returned in darkness to his home in Harrison, Westchester County, where he was met by a gang of photographers, flashes popping at machine-gun speed. 67岁的托瑞，看似泰然却疲倦，黑夜中返回住家，被一群记者堵到，镁光灯闪个没完没了 "It's been fun," Torre's wife, Ali, said after her husband walked into the house. "It's always difficult to say goodbye, but there's always hello." 在托瑞回到家之後， 他的妻子Ali说「这挺有意思的」。「道别总是很难，然而见面也是如此」 As Torre slammed the door on prospects he might return to run the team he has managed since being hired in 1995, Yankees President Randy Levine said he was ready to find someone else to fill Torre's big shoes. "It is now time for the New York Yankees to move forward," Levine said. 在各方预期托瑞应该会重新执掌兵符的期待之下，在托瑞的啪嗒一声关上门後，宣告破局 Randy Levine表示他已经在寻找新的适任人选：「是时候了，现在该是洋基往前迈进的 时间了」 Tributes to Torre, the first New Yorker to manage the Yankees, began pouring in as word of his refusal to bend to Steinbrenner's will rocked the sports world. 一直以来备受尊崇的托瑞，第一个执掌洋基兵符的纽约客，拒绝了大老板，震撼了运动界 (谢谢版友指正 此处改为纽约客 Torre在布鲁克林出生) "This is a very sad day for anybody who is a Yankee fan," said Yankee fan-in-chief Rudy Giuliani. "Joe Torre was what I think athletes would describe as a class guy. Somebody who transcended baseball." 同样身为洋基迷的前纽约市长Rudy Giuliani说： 「对任何洋基迷而言，这是非常糟糕的一天」「乔在我心目中，是非常出色的运动员」。 Mayor Bloomberg lauded Torre as a "great New Yorker who brought historic leadership and excitement - and incredible success - to the Bronx for the past 12 seasons." 现任纽约市长Mayor Bloomberg则赞许托瑞是一个 「在过去12季里头，为洋基带来领导风范，惊喜以及不可思议的胜利的伟大纽约客」 Torre's fierce rival, Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona, added, "I think you're going to hear people in baseball, every area of baseball, say very, very kind, respectful things about Joe the next couple days, and they're all deserved." 甚至，世仇红袜教练粉抠男也说了：「接下来的几天，我相信不管是棒坛人士， 或是任何有棒球的地方，你会听见人们谈论对於托瑞的尊崇之情」。 他们这麽做是应该的。 Torre's fate had been hanging in the balance for 10 days, since the Yanks were bounced out of the first round of the playoffs for the third straight year. 连续三年被挡在季後赛第一轮门外。 托瑞的命运，过去十天当中，一直处在踌躇不决里头。 During that time, speculation abounded that bench coach Don Mattingly, Yankees broadcaster Joe Girardi or other baseball stalwarts such as Cardinals manager Tony La Russa and ex-Mets manager Bobby Valentine might replace Torre. 在这段期间，一些人选浮上台面：有这个人...这个人...还有那个人... Torre had been offered a one-year deal that would have boosted his pay to $8 million if the team made it to the World Series. He flew to Tampa to try to get Steinbrenner to agree to a two-year deal. 托瑞飞到坦帕，为自己争取两年约。 "Everybody in this room, including The Boss, wanted him back," Cashman said. But Steinbrenner wouldn't budge and Torre stood up, shook his hand and left, sources told the Daily News. 现金人说：「每个在房间里头的人，都想要托瑞回来，也包括老板」 不过大老板并不会因此让步。托瑞站起身，摇摇手然後离开。　 The offer was a substantial pay cut for Torre, who made $7.5 million in the final year of his three-year, $19.2 million contract - and was the highest-paid manager in Major League Baseball. 最後一年$7.5M的薪资，三年总共$19.2M的合约，过去一直是大联盟薪资最高的教练 如今面临砍薪。 "Joe Torre turned down that offer," Levine said after Torre flew back home. 在托瑞飞回家後，Levine说：「托瑞拒绝了这项合约内容」。 Asked why, Levine said, "We're going to let Joe speak for himself." Torre is set to do just that today at a 2 p.m. press conference in Rye. 询问原因，Levine接着说：「我们让托瑞自己说」 Levine explained the thinking behind their "performance-based" contract offer. Levine接着解释「以衡量表现为基础」的合约内容，是怎麽样的一个想法。 "We all have the same goal and that goal wasn't met," he said. "We thought we needed to go to a performance-based model." 「我们都有共同的目标，然而这个目标却未能达成」所以我们需要这样一个模式来达成 Levine said the Yanks' failure to reach the World Series was "not one person's fault. ... It was collectively all of our faults." Levine也说了：「未能打进世界大赛不仅仅是一个人的错」，「这是我们共同的责任」 Levine also said the offer was "very fair" and "clearly was at the top of the market." 他说「这项合约非常公平，而且很显然依旧是市场最高行情」 Torre did not lose his cool during the talks. 托瑞在讨论过程中并没有失去冷静 "Joe was very respectful," Levine said. "He was the dignified man he has been. There was no acrimony, we had an open discussion and he declined the offer." 他很值得尊敬，一如往常的尊贵优雅，过程中没有激烈交锋，只有开放性的讨论。 但最终他婉拒了合约。 Superagent Scott Boras, who represents Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez, said Torre had no choice. 超级经纪人波拉斯说：「托瑞别无选择」 "It is ... near impossible to accept a salary cut," Boras told The Associated Press. "Successful people can afford their principles." 波拉斯告诉AP记者：「几乎是不可能去接受砍薪资的合约」，「成功之人坚守原则」 Torre has been the Bombers' manager longer than anybody except the legendary Casey Stengel - and the first to guide the Yanks to 12 straight postseason appearances. When Torre succeeded Buck Showalter, the Yankees had not won the World Series since 1978. Few expected the Brooklyn-born Torre to do much better. The Daily News greeted him with the headline, "CLUELESS JOE." 除了传奇的Casey Stengel之外，托瑞几乎是洋基最久的教头，他同时也是带领洋基12次 进入季後赛的人。 (下面此句感谢版友指正 Torre接任Buck Showalter之职位) 在接替Buck Showalter成为洋基教头之际，洋基从1978年之後都没拿过世界冠军了， 很少人期待布鲁克林出身的托瑞能够做的多好，每日新闻报甚至用「愚蠢的乔」这样的 头条标语来迎接他。 Torre proved everybody wrong. With a mixture of off-field stoicism and on-field success, he kept the meddling Steinbrenner at bay. 但托瑞证明了，真正愚蠢的是其他人。 融合了场下的坚忍和场上的成功，他让大老板不再管东管西。 Torre also inspired many men to take better care of themselves by going public with his prostate-cancer battle. 托瑞对抗前列腺癌的奋斗，也鼓舞了很多人，提醒他们好好善待自己。 Torre's end was foretold last year when he was nearly fired after the Yanks were ousted from the Division Series - despite having the most expensive payroll in baseball. 托瑞的下台，其实早在去年洋基被拒於分区系列赛大门外，快要被炒鱿鱼时就有迹可循。 Just before the Yankees fell to the Cleveland Indians last week, Steinbrenner made it clear that Torre's head was on the block. At the meeting with Torre yesterday, the 77-year-old team owner let his sons, Hank and Hal, do the talking. 上星期输给印地安人之後，大老板就很清楚的烙狠话了。 这次的会谈讨论，就交给两个儿子来进行 "The objective of the Yankees since the '20s has been to win the championship every year," Hank Steinbrenner said. "None of us think we can win the championship every year, but that's the goal." 从20世纪以来，洋基的目标一直都是要拿下每年的世界冠军，虽然我们之中没有人可以 确信每年都一定可以夺冠，但这就是我们的目标。 Torre's exit also puts the future of possibly departing Yankees Alex Rodriguez, Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada in doubt. 托瑞的离开，衍生诸多的问题： Alex Rodriguez，Mariano Rivera和Jorge Posada的去留。 from:nydaily Thank you，Torre! ※ 编辑: numblife 来自: 61.223.228.123 (10/19 13:57) 已修改 谢谢楼上:) ※ 编辑: numblife 来自: 59.116.2.70 (10/19 19:12)