Hats off to Eflin's inspiring message Matt Breen, March 13, 2015, 1:08 AM CLEARWATER, Fla. - Before he plays his first game this spring, Phillies pitching prospect Zach Eflin will grab a black Sharpie and his red Phillies cap. The righthander will then flip the cap and write a message he has scribbled inside for the last two seasons. J-Ro临别赠礼 PHI的precious新秀投手 Zack Eflin 有个鲜为人知的小秘密 这两年 爱茯苓只要一拿到新的球帽 就会抓起麦克笔 在帽子的内缘里 潦草的写下一句勉励自己的讯息： I play to motivate, to inspire and to show that you can fulfill a dream with faith and dedication. 打球 是为了激励你 让你明白 只要坚持信念、专心致力 你的梦想就会实现！ The 20-year-old's faith and dedication helped him navigate through a life filled with hurt and loss. His older sister Ashley died in 1995 of leukemia. Candace, another older sister, is intellectually disabled from being deprived of oxygen at birth. Ashley's death drove Eflin's mother to alcoholism. Eflin said he and his mother rarely speak. 甭说费迷 我想就算是以前的教士球迷 大概从没听说过 爱茯苓的人生～是这般的命运多舛！ 茯苓二姊 1995年就因白血病去世 茯苓三姊 出生时因为脑部缺氧 造成了一定程度的智力障碍 二姊的死 对母亲打击过大 借酒浇愁之下 成了酗酒的酒鬼 进一步导致夫妻的离异... Eflin後来跟爸爸过活 自此很少见到母亲 更甭说说话了... "I want to inspire anybody. Anyone that has family issues," Eflin said. "The message is, you can do whatever you want. You can still fulfill a dream even when things are not going your way." 我希望藉着自己的范例 (未来的典范) 来激励人心： 纵然人生不顺遂 命运很舛 你依旧可以在今生实现自己的梦想！ The Phillies acquired Eflin this winter as part of the Jimmy Rollins trade. Baseball America regards Eflin as the organization's second-best pitching prospect. He went 10-7 last season with a 3.80 ERA and 93 strikeouts in 128 innings for San Diego's high-A affiliate. 道奇用从教士拿到的晶片 Eflin 加上Windle 向费城人换来传奇游击手 Jimmy Rollins Eflin一纳入费的麾下 立刻就挤身农田水利会的投手二哥！ Baseball, Eflin said, was an escape from his home life when he was young. His father, Larry, started coaching his Little League team when he was 5. They would spend nights at their Orlando ball field, taking batting practice and hitting grounders. 棒球 成了爱茯苓从小逃避家庭生活的不二法门 他与父亲很要好 爸爸从小就是他的少棒队教练 "It just stuck every day since then. It was an escape," Eflin said. "Whether it's baseball or it's reading, everyone has it. And I still have it. I still use it as my escape." 每个人都有逃避纾解压力的方法 而我的方法就是打棒球！ 一向都是。 The escape grew burdensome when Eflin was a sophomore at Hagerty High School in Oviedo, Fla. Frustrated with the team's workload, he came home from school and told his father he was quitting the team. 然而 这避风法门 在高中时却遇到了瓶颈 由於高中校队的练习份量过多过操 有天爱茯苓回家後 就跟爹说 俺不打球了！ "And I looked at him and said, 'OK,' " Larry Eflin said. 老爹没有劈头就骂 仅仅淡淡的说了声ＯＫ Eflin wanted to quit by texting his coach. His father said he had to tell his coach in person. After a few days, Larry Eflin asked his son if he talked to his coach yet. Eflin had not. When he finally walked into his coach's office, the coach told Eflin he was not quitting. Eflin agreed. He returned to the team. Two years later, Eflin was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the first round. Eflin只是传了简讯跟教练报告 老爹说酱不行 你得亲口跟他说才算数! 果然 几天後 Eflin亲自去跟总教练"递辞呈" 就顺利的获得"慰留" 要不是这位教头慰留有道 咱们今天就不会有这位新秀 Zack Eflin (抑或者说 来换这一肉的晶片 就不会是这一块 ) 两年後 圣地牙哥教士队 用第一轮的选秀权 选走了Ｅflin ！ "From that point on, I think what he understood was that I wasn't pushing him to do this. This was not me fulfilling my fantasy. This was all his, " Larry Eflin said. "That's the point where he changed to 'This is what I want to do.' And he started working hard at it." 老爹说 我就是要让孩子明了 我没有逼他打球 我没有逼儿子替老爸完成当年未实现的心愿! 这是你欢喜甘愿滴。 因为是自己甘之如饴 所以这孩子的打球态度就此积极起来！ Eflin spends the offseason at home in Orlando with his father and sister Candace. He said he could not be happier with how his life is. The father and son said they are more like best friends. Larry Eflin was a defensive tackle at Temple in the late 1970s under Wayne Hardin. He is the son of an Assembly of God pastor. His father was great, Larry Eflin said. But he was always a dad. Larry Eflin wanted to forge a different relationship with his children. He is still the father, Eflin said, but they interact more like friends. 老爹 Larry 年轻时 打美式足球的防守绊锋 老爹的老爹 是个基督教神召会的牧师 Larry说他爸爸感觉伟大极了 不过总是庄严的高高在上 Larry希望跟他的儿子Zack能不要重蹈覆辙 与其高高在上 Larry宁可跟儿子成为好捧油 "A dad is going to typically blow up the ego. 'Oh man, you're great.' That's not the way I approach it at all," Eflin said. "He told me he got to throw to some major-league batters. Sure, I was proud. But my conversation with him was, 'That's great experience. Now you know what it's like to throw to some of the big guys.' In a baseball situation, it's probably better me being a friend than me being the proud dad." 最近 Zack说 慢慢的有机会可以对决到大柠檬打者 我宁可当个朋友与他同分享 也不要当个骄傲的爸爸 好像可以到处说嘴炫耀.. After Eflin pens the message inside his hat, he will add the initials of his father and three sisters. AEE CVE LDE CBE Eflin在帽子内 写下文章开头的那句信息後 会再加上 父亲与三个姊妹 的姓名缩写 ， 包括已故的二姐 "I don't think they know. I don't tell too many people," he said. "If they did know, I think they would appreciate knowing that I think about them every inning before I go on the mound. It's just a special reminder of what family is to me and how I can use that mentality on the field." 爱茯苓说 我没跟他们(家人)提过 假如他们知道了 应该会很欣慰 我上投手丘时 心里面想的还是他们 Eflin said he wishes he were able to remember his sister Ashley. He was just a year old when she died. He has been told that he was her favorite sibling. He was always in her arms. She was a great person, he said. 爱茯苓说 真希望我能想得起～二姊在我眼中的模样 可惜 那时候才一岁 二姊就撒手走了 当然是记不住... 不过 他们都告诉我 我是她最爱的手足 她总是把我抱在怀里 QQ (谁乱丢洋葱? ) The loss eventually split his parents and caused him to lose touch with his mother. He said he misses "the sober mother." 我怀念那个不喝酒的妈妈 可惜已经回不去喏rz "At the end of the day, I'm not let down because I am where I am," Eflin said. "If that wouldn't have happened, I don't know if I'd be here right now. I believe everything happens for a reason. What could have happened could have been a benefit or it could not have been. That's the way I look at it." 塞翁失马焉知非福 假如没有这些崎岖的境遇 或许现在我Eflin不过是个默默无名的小老百姓 甭说是啥令人期待的新秀... His oldest sister, Brittany, 27, lives in Arizona, about a 30-minute drive from the spring training site of the San Diego Padres, where Eflin trained before he was traded to the Phillies. The location allowed the two of them to spend time together. Their father said Brittany Eflin was more like a mother to her brother and took ownership of him. 大姊 Brittany 住在亚历桑纳 教士春训时 他开车一下子就可以来找我 "She was able to drive down all the time," Eflin said. "She's kind of sour about the trade. Not too happy." 交易到费城人後 春训换到佛州清水基地 大姊心里不是很苏湖 (讲白一点 就是暗骂ooxx香蕉你的芭辣) Candace Eflin, 22, and Eflin's father are planning a trip to Clearwater next weekend. His sister was a fixture at Eflin's high school games but has seen her brother pitch just once since because of the distance from his minor-league teams. Despite her disability, Eflin's sister can hold a full conversation and read at a third-grade level. The siblings attended the same middle school and would ride the bus together. She started playing baseball when she was 7, going to the field with her father and brother. Larry Eflin said his daughter, a shortstop, has "a hell of an arm and a nice swing." 三姊虽然有智力障碍 不过所幸没有很严重 还能简单的说话 与 读写 .. 笨孔猜 可能就类似电影"大法官"里面 钢铁人的哥哥的儿子? 专玩八厘米胶卷的那位... "I try to be the best big brother - the best little brother, I should say - that I can be," he said. "I'm always there for her. We get along really well. We try to do as much things as we can do together." Eflin will likely begin the season at double-A Reading. A new hat will be there, awaiting an inscription. It's the next step on his journey to the big league, where he dreams of writing his message in a major-league cap. Eflin 预料也是会从ＡＡ读书队出发 跟 Aaron Nola 与 两位新捧油 Windle Lively 加上最近奋力想摔烂球探眼镜的"前超级新秀"Jesse Biddle 五人刚好组合成最坚强的先发自转圈 我说这读书队不拿冠军 鲜有是处 期待爱茯苓有朝一日 出现在市银公园场上 再让摄影机 近距离 take 一下他的新帽帽 ^.< -- David Brian Cone Mets KC Jays NYY BOS SP Ht: 6'1" Wt: 190 Bat: L Throw: R Born: 1-2-63 Kansas City YR Team W L ERA IP BB SO 1999.7.18 Perfect Game 94 Royals 16 5 2.94 171.2 54 132 1994 Cy Young Award 98 Yankees 20 7 3.55 207.2 59 209 1998 AL Wins Leader Ttl 14-Year 180 102 3.19 2590.0 985 2420 '90'91'92 StrikeOut King -- ※ 文章网址: https://webptt.com/cn.aspx?n=bbs/Phillies/M.1426266660.A.D8F.html ※ 编辑: Carreras (114.36.39.141), 03/14/2015 01:11:34