小报的报导果然精采多了 重点：气得七窍生烟的Hank Steinbrenner发的火几乎可以烧掉几条桥 1. 你应该要了解，当Hank Steinbrenner这个身份其实不太好当，他老爸把洋基过往的荣 耀交托到他的手上，但是看看洋基的战蹟却在五成上下打滚。而长期以来像擦鞋童一 样，身份是来陪打的球队－位於他家乡Tampa Bay的光芒队，却意外的爬到了美联东区 的首位。 2. 这令他难堪，使他感到挫折感，而且彻底地让他恼怒。结果，让这位大老板的儿子最近 开始学起他夸张老爸过去的样，脱口猛力批击球队的不是。虽然他怒火抨击的主力是对 准了拿到大笔钞票表现却不佳的球员，但是隐藏在他批评底下直接对准的目标却是球队 的总经理Brian Cashman。 (注：去年Hank曾提到想和Cashman续约，但Cashman表示等到季後再说，已经有谣传他可能 会去国民或费城人队。) 3. 这是周三当我到Tampa和他问候时，这位新的"重炮Hank"想要对我说的是: "你觉得那 些光芒球员怎麽样?" 他说: "光芒队现在在这里已经写下美好的棒球故事，虽然他们一 场比赛只吸引到16,000名观众在吸引球迷上还是很糟。但是他们却打得比洋基队好太多 了。我了解这个球季到了某个时候我们的战蹟就会开始提昇，但是现在除了王建民、 Rivera、Jeter、松井秀喜、Damon和Mussina，其他那些人在我多给他一些时间去恢复 状况，结果还是对我们一点帮助都没有 (Fxxk 消音)。" 4. "让我感到困扰的是，这些完全为我和我弟弟工作的家伙，他们赚的钱全都比我们俩兄 弟还多。这就是让我感到最为抓狂的地方。但是我还是相信他们的状况会苏醒过来， 我们就是等等看今年後续的发展会怎麽样。假如他们状况没有回复过来那就是必须作 些改变的时候了。我就会清理掉这五年来所犯的错误，让球队呈现它应该发展的样子 。" (注: www.waswatching.com真是宝。他给这段话的注解是，从2003年来的错误是什麽? Tony Womack? Jeff Weaver? Miguel Cairo? Esteban Loaiza? Enrique Wilson? Kevin Brown? Wil Nieves? Randy Johnson? Bubba Crosby? Jaret Wright? Doug Mientkiewicz? Javier Vazquez? 这些错误不是都已经清掉了吗? 那再来要清掉的错 误是Kei Igawa? Carl Pavano? Jason Giambi?) 4. 他是没有说出更多有关於他曾经不太情愿地想要反驳Cashman的想法，因为Cashman总经 理对年轻的球员－Phil Hughes和Ian Kennedy－的信赖，使得洋基队去年冬天退出了 Johan Santana的交易案。Hank也没有谈到想把Joba Chamberlain拉到先发轮值里的想 法。我想现在每一个人都早已非常清楚他对这些议题的想法是什麽。但是明天晚上 Santana却要穿上大都会制服在今年地铁系列战首场在洋基球场登板先发，这会不会再 度点燃Hank心中挫败的怒火呢? 5. Hank强调: "绝对不会，现在大都会队也没有打得很好，虽然我相信随着球赛增加他们 可以打出好的战蹟的。我不会把这个系列赛看成对两队相当关键的赛事，而是认为现在 这时候我们就必须开始赢球，而不仅仅是对上大都会队而已。的确现在我们球队的状况 不是100%，我们少掉了A-Rod和Posada两支大棒子，但是同时其他的球员就应该挺身而 出帮助球队拉抬战蹟。我们的牛棚已经很优秀，而吓死人的! Rivera则展现出他棒球生 涯中最佳的状况，目前先发投手的状况也还不赖，有着表现相当杰出的王建民。但是假 如你一场比赛只能够得一两分而已，这麽杰出的投手表现都会变得不够好。" 6. 不知为何，我有一种感觉最近几场Andy Pettitte无法安然度过第四局已经引起Hank特 别的关注。如果Pettitte的情况持续这样下去，可能会成为下一个引发Hank怒气的引爆 点。还记得吗，去年12月在Nashville冬天会议的前夕，Pettitte宣布了他要回到洋基 队，这也进一步促使Cashman不想去追寻Santana的交易。虽然他们都没有明言，但这样 的推论是显而易见的: 1千6百万，他们给Pettitte的是王牌投手的薪资，在球队薪水总 额已经负担不起付出更多的薪资去找另外一位投手。 7. Hank表示: "我不知道Pettitte发生了什麽事。我认为他仍然有他的自信 － 他甚至还 提到明年还想回来继续投球。现在，我真的很关心整支球队的状况。" 8. 我设法去告诉他球季现在还早，去年这个时候洋基队打得比现在还糟了很多，这番话 似乎有点减缓了他的怒气。他表示: "现在美联球队除了红袜和天使两支强队还是打得 很好以外，目前的战蹟可以说是上下错乱了。光芒队如何呢? 他们是真的打得不错，他 们有很多好的年轻球员，但是还是有一些球队每年的战蹟都好不到那去，我不认为这些 球队有能力一直赢下去。光芒队是已经非常好了，但是他们的球场是盖在海湾错误的那 　　一边。让人去那里看球变成是件痛苦的事。" 9. 这可能是为什麽直到周三晚上Hank Steinbrenner都没有去看洋基－光芒系列战的原因， 但其他的原因会是什麽呢? Steaming Hank Steinbrenner lights fire while threatening to burn some bridges Bill Madden Thursday, May 15th 2008, 9:21 AM You have to understand, it's not easy being Hank Steinbrenner, entrusted with restoring his dad's Yankees to their past glory, looking at the standings and seeing them wallowing around .500 while, of all people, those longstanding baseball doormats, his hometown Tampa Bay Rays, are in first place. It's embarrassing. It's frustrating, and, well, it's downright annoying. And, so, the Son of Boss is lashing out all over the place these days, much the way his bombastic father used to do, but while the brunt of his anger is vented at his underperforming moneyed players, his veiled criticism appears directly aimed at the general manager, Brian Cashman. This is what the new "Hammerin' Hank" had to say to me Wednesday when I reached him in Tampa with the greeting: "How 'bout those Rays!": "They're a great story down here right now," he said, "although it's terrible that they're only drawing only 16,000 a game. They're playing a lot better than us, that's for sure. I know we're gonna come on at some point in this season, but right now, other than (Chien-Ming) Wang, (Mariano) Rivera, (Derek) Jeter, (Hideki) Matsui, (Johnny) Damon and (Mike) Mussina, after I got on him a little, we're not doing jack (bleep). "What bothers me is that these guys are all working for me and my brother and they're all making more money than we are. That's what makes me mad. But while I'm confident they'll come around, we'll just have to wait and see what happens this year. And if they don't come around then changes will have to be made. I've just got to clean up the mistakes of the last five years and make us what we should be." He didn't say anything more about having reluctantly deferred to Cashman on walking away from the Johan Santana deal last winter because of the GM's faith in the young kids, Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy. Or about wanting Joba Chamberlain in the starting rotation. I think, by now, everyone pretty much knows how he feels about those issues. But with Santana slated to pitch at Yankee Stadium tomorrow night - in a Mets uniform - in the opener of the first Subway Series of the season, does that figure to rekindle his lingering frustration? "No," insisted Hank. "The Mets aren't doing that well, either, although I believe they, too, will get it going. I don't look at this series as critical for either team, other than to say we need to start winning games, period, not just against the Mets. Right now, we're not 100%. We're missing A-Rod and we're missing Posada and those are two big bats, but at the same time, these other guys need to start picking us up. Our bullpen has been excellent. Heck, Rivera's having the best year of his life so far and the starting pitching's been okay, with Wang being outstanding. But it's no good if you're scoring 1-2 runs a game." Somehow, I got the feeling that Andy Pettitte's inability to get past the fourth inning of late has got Hank particularly concerned and that, if it continues, this could be his next boiling-over point. Remember, it was Pettitte declaring he wanted to come back on the eve of the winter meetings in Nashville last December that was used by Cashman as the impetus for not pursuing the Santana deal. Although unstated, the inference was clear: At $16 million, Pettitte would serve as the Yankees' ace and there wasn't room in the payroll for another starter earning even more. "I don't know what's wrong with Pettitte," Hank said. "I think he still has his confidence - he's even talked about coming back next year. Right now, I'm really concerned about the whole team." I tried to tell him that it's still very early and that the Yankees were in a lot worse shape this time last year. That seemed to assuage him somewhat. "It is a topsy-turvy American League right now, with the exception of the Red Sox and the Angels," he said. "The Rays? They're for real. They've got a lot of good young kids. There always seems to be teams coming out of nowhere every year. I don't think they're ready to win it all, though and it's been terrific for Tampa Bay, although they built that ballpark (Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg) on the wrong side of the bay. It's a pain in the butt going over there." Which is probably why, until Wednesday night, Hank Steinbrenner hadn't been attending the Yankees-Rays series. What other reason could there be? [email protected] --

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