Jeter came close to cleaning up http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080511&content_id=2680393&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy DETROIT -- Think of it this way -- Derek Jeter has homered in 20 percent of his last five at-bats. 这麽想吧, 基特最近的五次打击有20%是全垒打! Of course, that wasn't manager Joe Girardi's justification for writing Jeter's name in the cleanup spot for Sunday's washed-out game at Comerica Park, which would have been his second career appearance as the Yankees' No. 4 batter. But after Jeter went deep in the first inning on Saturday, ending a string of 184 homerless at-bats to begin the season, it was easy to make the connection. 当然这不是教头吉拉迪把基特的名字填在cleanup spot的原因 如果这场比赛没有因下雨而延赛的话 将是基特生涯第二次担任洋基的第四棒 在基特周六第一局敲出全垒打结束开季来连续184次无全垒打打击之後 大家很容易会把两件事联想在一起 "He hits one home run and now he's a cleanup hitter?" Mike Mussina said. "他打了一支全垒打 就可以当清垒的?" 穆帅说 "He couldn't justify the move until I hit a home run," Jeter said. "我打了全垒打之後 他(吉拉迪)才有正当理由做这个调动" 基特说 In actuality, Girardi wanted to give Hideki Matsui a day off, and thought Jeter -- not exactly a prototypical power threat -- was a good option to dig in fourth against Tigers lefty Nate Robertson. Plus, Girardi had thoughts about Detroit's bullpen. 实际上,吉拉迪是想让松井休息一天 他觉得基特虽然不是典型的长打威胁 排在第四棒 对付老虎左投Nate Robertson却是不错的选择 而且老虎队的牛棚也在吉拉迪的考量内 "It's a little different," Girardi said. "You hate being in situations where you stack your lefties and they have left-handed relievers. They have [Bobby] Seay and [Clay] Rapada, and it's just a way to change it up a little bit. It forces them to pitch a little bit different. He's not the conventional fourth hitter, but he's very good in RBI situations and he's always been good. He's going to hit wherever we put him." Jeter, batting .330 (36-for-109) with five doubles, one homer and 17 RBIs since rejoining the Yankees' lineup on April 14 after missing six games due to injury, tended to agree. 基特自从4月14日归队以来 打击率三成三 (109之36) 有5支二安 1支全垒打 17打点 他觉得吉拉迪说的很有道理 "He's probably right," Jeter said. "I'm not going to do anything different ... besides try to hit home runs now." "他应该是对的" 基特说 "我不会改变什麽... 除了会开始努力去打垒打以外" Jeter's only big league tour of duty in the cleanup spot came on July 10, 1999, against the Mets at Shea Stadium, where Jeter went 0-for-4 with an intentional walk. The 9-8 Mets victory was memorable in New York circles not for Jeter's performance, but instead a two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning by pinch-hitter Matt Franco, who briefly became a household name by victimizing closer Mariano Rivera. Sunday's rainout in Detroit made a return to the cleanup spot a moot point, and Girardi said not to expect Jeter back in the four-hole on Monday, when the Yankees open a four-game series at Tropicana Field. Just to deliver one last rib, Girardi presented Jeter with the lineup card as the Yankees were packing their bags on Sunday. 吉拉迪说他星期一不会把队长排在第四棒 为了再补最後一刀 吉拉迪还把棒次卡送给队长做纪念 Jeter scribbled a tongue-in-cheek message on the card, and he brought it right back to the manager's office. 基特在卡上画了一些开玩笑的话之後又把卡放回吉拉迪的办公室 "He knew it was going to rain," Jeter said. "他早知道会下雨" 队长说 ---- 原来这一切都是为了让大家开心啊 吉拉迪真是佛心来着 --

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