最近在板上翻了两篇Hughes投球机制的文章, 也把一些网站上球评的意见转给大家看, 但看到板上对Hughes的讨论, 实在令人摇头, 有必要这麽严苛吗? 看看以下这篇新闻吧! 重点: 这次的先发真的是洋基队Hughes的麻烦吗? 1. 近几年对上红袜投得不是很好的洋基选手, 就像芬威的Citgo标志一般令人容易想起 的不名誉名单, 就包括了Jeff Karstens, Jose Contrera及Chase Wright, 另外则是 　像Tim Redding如一场灾难的那些名不见经传的球员。(Citgo sign的典故可以自己 google一下) 2. Phil Hughes昨晚只投了三局即被换下场并以8比5输给红袜之後, 也上到了这个名单上 了。 这并不意味他会像其他这些先发投手逐渐失去光釆, 甚至连这样的一点的意思都 没有。但的确显示出本季过去这段时间, 大家是如何对Hughes和洋基其他的年轻投手 作预期和事实之间的检验。 3. 每个人都免不了过度要求这些洋基的选手。球迷, 媒体甚至高阶人员, 诸如Hank Steinbrenner。很少人的眼里还认为他们是年轻的球员－就更不用说负担更重的投 手了，既然他们是关键位置的球员，自然就认为他们就必须表现得跟资深的球员完全 一样。即使他们不算是有经验的球员也不能除外。Hughes昨晚首度遭遇红袜队时才只 有21岁，从24年前19岁的先发投手Jose Rijo以来, 他是在这个球场先发最年轻的洋基 投手。能让这个年纪的球员, 在这麽多目光的注意下还能够全身而退的唯一的理由, 就是他必须是一个完全不同的动物(或许必须是超级赛亚人)。 4. Ian Kennedy本季投得也有些差错, 当然他还会有更多的问题，张伯伦目前是稳定的好 表现，但总有一天在某些时候他也会出现跌跌撞撞的情况。 5. 这当然不是为Hughes昨晚投出的成绩找藉口，绝对不是这样。只是对他的批评也太过 份了点, 大家都基於某些的理由总是对Hughes设了非常高的期待。可能是他在小联盟 时的宰制能力，也或许他去年对上游击兵队时投出接近完美的比赛，在6又1/3局的投 球让对手一支安打也打不出去，直到他的腿筋拉伤改变了他整个球季的状况。或许就 是因为这样, 他必须让自己比同年纪的年轻人变得更成熟，但别忘了他不过是一个最 近才能够合法地为自己买一瓶啤酒的大男孩。 6. 同样地，他也被很多人认为他进到大联盟可以稳当地甚至很容易地拿下15胜, 也是玩 梦幻球队的人想要争相签下的对象，但现在很多人却是对他摇头叹息失望透顶。在目 光聚焦人群簇拥下, Hughes开季在洋基球场投得相当好，但之後这两次的先发却投得很 糟。Hughes表示: "现在是球季之初这样的状况也预期会出现，只是你就是不希望会连 续两场出现这样的状况。" 7. 在Hughes成长的过程中一直是红袜的球迷，他到Rhode Island拜访他的祖父母时有时 也去芬威球场看比赛。周日站在狭窄的客场球员休息室里，他被问到他对这古老的芬 　 威球场的感觉时表示: "我还小的时候觉得它非常的酷，但现在进到它的球员休息室里 ...感觉却不太是那麽一回事。" 8 人们不关心这个，可能只会去想像在他只投了两局多就被轰了七分(六分自责分)之後， 会对这球场产生什麽样的感想。他对15个打者投了65球，每局都让首位上场的球员上垒, 最後一局里投了四个人次却连一个出局数都拿不到，便被换了下场。 9. 实际上，Hughes原本连第一局都投不完，当Hughes对上Varitek时，Giardi已经让Ross Ohlendorf开始热身，那时球数是3坏0好，最後Hughes让Varitek看着球被三振。 10. 但是整场比赛完全都是他的错吗? 当然不是。如果不是Molina投出一个爆投，同时又 　　漏接了一球，如果不是洋基的打者对上状况不佳5局投了117球的松阪大辅，却无法让 他受到更大的伤害，这些状况如果不是同时发生事情恐怕也不会这麽糟。 11. 但大部份的错还是出在Hughes身上，只是他的情况还不是像一年前的Chase Wright 那样简直是一场灾难－这位已经被大家遗忘的左投手，被红袜连续四位打者轰出全垒 打。Hughes的情况还不是糟到接近这种状况。只是他的情况没有多好看，跟洋基所要 　　的差距实在太远, 这仍然是那种Hughes必须想办法忘掉的一个记忆。 12. 这只是三场先发, 现在只是四月, 还只是刚开始, 洋基会这麽说而且这也是事实。 Hughes本季最後还是会变成我们所要的那样，只是昨晚的表现跟我们的期望还差得远 呢! Is this the start of trouble for Yankees' Hughes? By Sam Borden ‧ Journal News columnist ‧ April 14, 2008 BOSTON - The list of Yankees pitchers who have been lit up like the Citgo sign at Fenway Park in recent years is not a particularly auspicious one: Jeff Karstens, Jose Contreras and Chase Wright come to mind, along with other more anonymous trainwrecks like Tim Redding. Phil Hughes goes on the list now, too, after failing to make it out of the third inning of last night's 8-5 loss to the Red Sox. It doesn't mean he's going to fade away like those other starters, doesn't mean that at all. It does mean it's past time for a reality check on what can fairly be expected from Hughes and the other young Yankee pitchers this season. Everyone is guilty of jumping ahead with these Yankees. Fans, media and even top executives such as Hank Steinbrenner. It is rare to see young players - let alone pitchers - in such crucial positions for the Yankees, so the natural inclination is to expect them to perform like the veterans who came before them. Except they're not veterans. Hughes was 21 when he took the ball last night for his first-ever start against the Red Sox. He was the youngest Yankees pitcher to start in this ballpark since 19-year-old Jose Rijo did it 24 years ago, and there is a reason that pitchers of that age rarely step into the harsh glare of this rivalry unscathed. It is a different animal. Ian Kennedy has been erratic already this season and will almost surely have more troubles; Joba Chamberlain has been consistently good, but even he figures to stumble at some point along the way. This isn't supposed to be an excuse for last night because Hughes was brutal. No way around it. But it stung a little more because Hughes, for some reason, had always felt a little bit more like a given. Maybe it was the minor-league domination or maybe it was the near-perfect game last year in Texas, the one where he was untouchable for 6 1/3 innings until a hamstring pull ended his night and derailed much of his season, too. Maybe it's just the way he carries himself with more maturity than the average person who only recently became legal to buy himself beer. Either way, Hughes always felt like the safer bet, like the one who was going to step into the majors and succeed right away. He was someone you talked about in terms of getting 15 wins, easy. He was someone you hoped to draft for your fantasy team. So far, there has been a lot of head-shaking with Hughes. A lot of eyes to the ground. A lot of walking around the mound. There was a solid opening start at Yankee Stadium, but then two awful ones, first in Kansas City and now last night's debacle in the Fens. "It's early in the year and it's going to happen," Hughes said. "You just don't like it to happen in back-to-back starts." Growing up, Hughes was part of a Red Sox family who visited grandparents in Rhode Island and made occasional trips to Fenway. Standing in the middle of the cramped visitors' clubhouse on Saturday, he was asked what he thought of the ancient ballpark and he said, "I thought it was really cool when I was young (but) now that I'm in this clubhouse ... not as much." One can only imagine how he feels about the field itself after getting knocked around for seven runs (six earned) and six hits in just two-plus innings. He threw 65 pitches to 15 batters. He put the leadoff man on base in each inning. He got pulled after failing to record an out through four hitters in his final frame. In truth, Hughes nearly didn't make it out of the first. Manager Joe Girardi had Ross Ohlendorf warming up as Hughes labored against Jason Varitek, already trailing 3-0, before finally getting the Boston catcher to strike out looking. Was it all his fault? It wasn't. Not when catcher Jose Molina makes a wild throw to second and has a passed ball, too, and not when the Yankees' hitters can't do more against Sox starter Daisuke Matzuzaka, who needed 117 pitches to get through five innings himself and probably would have gone to a full count if Wally the Green Monster had happened to stumble into the batter's box. It's still mostly on Hughes. He wasn't as much of a disaster as Wright was nearly one year ago, when the forgettable lefty served up home runs to four consecutive hitters. Hughes wasn't nearly as bad as that. It was still ugly. It was still nothing close to what the Yankees needed. It was still the kind of memory that Hughes will want to forget. It's only three starts. It's only April. It's only the beginning, the Yankees will say, and all of those things are true. In the end, Hughes may well end up being everything we expected this season. He just wasn't anywhere close to being it last night. Reach Sam Borden at [email protected]. --

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