原文出处： http://0rz.net/5e1c4 -- Do you remember what happened with the Pistons on April 27, 1984? 你还记得'84年4月27日活塞队发生了什麽事吗？ You might not. But Eddie Rivero does. 你可能不记得了，但E.Rivero肯定记得。 Rivero is a former Pistons locker-room attendant with mild cerebral palsy whose extraordinary ability to remember obscure sports facts and dates could make even a Bad Boy's jaw drop. Rivero是一位曾在活塞球员休息室担任服务人员工作的轻微脑性麻痹患者，而他对於 运动界那些难记而琐碎的数据及日期的惊人记忆功夫，就连活塞球员都自叹弗如。 Example: "So, Eddie, what happened on April 27, 1984?" 例如："所以Eddie，'84年4月27日发生了什麽事呢？" Answer: "That's the night Isiah Thomas scored 16 points in the last 94 seconds to tie the Knicks in the playoff game that we lost, 127-123, in overtime. And the Tigers lost to the Indians, 8-4, in 19 innings." 答："那一晚运球教科书笑笑汤在季後赛与尼克的比赛中，於比赛时间最终94秒内狂拉 尾盘独得16分，帮助球队追平尼克，不过很可惜，活塞在延长赛仍以123比127吞下败仗。 而底特律老虎则是和克里夫兰印地安人鏖战至第19局才以4比8败北。" Today, instead of cleaning up after the players and preparing their lockers with a fresh set of towels and uniforms, Rivero provides the Pistons coaches with statistics about opposing players' tendencies. 时至今日，Rivero已不再从事球员休息室的赛前准备和赛後整理等工作，而专责为活 塞教练团提供一些关於敌队球员的特殊专长、癖好的统计数据。 If you want to know the percentage of time LeBron James drives right, drives left or pulls up for a jumper, Eddie is the man to ask. 如果你想知道LBJ从右边切入、左边切入或是急停跳投的机率分别有多高，问Eddie就 对了。 Doug Collins was the first Pistons coach to request statistical assistance from Rivero, during the 1996-97 season. Since Collins' tenure, Rivero has provided information for every subsequent coaching staff. 头一位向Rivero索取这些统计数据以为参考的活塞教练是D.Collins，当时是'96-'97 球季。自Collins这麽做以来，Rivero就一直为接下来每一任教练团队提供这些相关数据。 "Eddie has such a brilliant memory, so I asked him if he would chart different things and he fell into this nice little niche," said Collins, now a TNT basketball analyst who always looks for Rivero when he comes to town. "He just lives and dies with the Pistons every night and he's just a special guy. It's people like Eddie who are never seen and yet they make organizations great." 每次Rivero到城里总希望能和他小聚的现任TNT篮球球评Collins说"Eddie拥有过人的 记忆能力，所以我问他是否能把那些比较特别的东西图表化，而他就此一头栽入这个适合 自己且有趣又实用的工作之中。他每晚都与活塞共存亡，真的是一个很特别的人。像Eddie 这种怪咖，我这辈子都没见过，而他确实也让球队变得更好。" In 2002, Rivero had stopped working as a locker-room attendant, exhausted after being diagnosed with sarcoidosis, an inflammation that produces tiny lumps of cells in various organs in the body. '02年Rivero停止了球员休息室服务人员的工作，他的体力在被诊断出患有肉状瘤病後 就变得越来越差，那种病会使得人体许多组织中都长出小细胞肿瘤并导致发炎。 John Hammond, Pistons vice president of basketball operations, wanted to help Rivero, and decided to employ the Pontiac native's unique abilities in the newly created position of "basketball information specialist." 活塞的副篮球事务总裁J.Hammond为了帮助Rivero，所以决定要聘请这位密西根州庞蒂 亚克市土生土长的杰出人才来出任前所未有的篮球资讯专家职务。 "Physically it had become pretty hard for Eddie to do that kind of work" as a locker-room attendant, Hammond said, "so we all put our heads together to find out what would be workable for Eddie that we could utilize and he would enjoy. As it has turned out, it's been a very positive experience for Eddie, the coaches, and the team. ... 就球员休息室服务人员而言，Hammond说"以Eddie的身体状况来说，要他继续从事这份 工作可说是强人所难。所以我们群策群力试图找出有什麽工作是Eddie能够胜任且对球团也 有帮助的，而当结果讨论出来时，很肯定地，这对Eddie本人、教练团及整支球队都是相当 具有正面意义的经验。 "The facts Eddie provides is helpful to the players and coaches. He just bombards us with different information." "Eddie所提供的数据球员和教练们都很受用，不管你需要什麽样的资料，他都能满足 你五花八门的需求。" Rivero spends 40 hours a week reviewing game tape at his cubicle at the Palace. Rivero每个星期会花上40个小时的时间窝在宫殿球场的专属小房间回顾比赛录影带。 "When I first started watching the game videos I could only track one player at a time but now I can do five," said Rivero, 46, who creates individual reports on each opposing player. He also keeps track of the plus and minus statistics for each Pistons player and the different units after substitutions. During home games Rivero usually sits mid-court at press row or occasionally with his wife, Joyce, in the stands. 46岁的Rivero说"当我刚开始观看比赛影片时，我一次只能掌握一个球员的动态，但现 在我已经能同时注意到五个。"他为每一位敌队球员建立个人资料库，也同时记录掌握每一 位活塞球员正面和负面的统计数据，及每次球员轮替後有什麽不一样的表现。活塞在主场 出赛时，Rivero通常都坐在中场的记者席或偶而会和他的老婆Joyce一起坐在观众席。 "Although it can be a tedious process, I really enjoy what I'm doing because you're in the game and a part of it," said Rivero, who also does the same work for the Detroit Shock. 同时也为底特律震动队做同样工作的Rivero说"尽管这是个冗长乏味的过程，我还是很 享受这份工作，因为我能藉此能参与球赛并成为其中的一部分。" Rivero's mutual love affair with the Pistons began in 1980, when he was hired as a custodian at the Silverdome. Four years later he became a locker-room attendant and a fixture with Pistons players, who would often joke with him and test him on his basketball facts. Rivero和活塞的不解情缘自'80年就结下了，当时他被聘为银顶球场的保管人。四年後 他变成了球员休息室的服务人员，并成为活塞球员的开心果兼篮球相关数据搜寻电脑。 "I would see Eddie in the morning while I worked out and he would come up with these fast facts or tell you what happened with the Pistons, Tigers and Red Wings on a certain date years ago," said Tom Wilson, Pistons CEO and president. "He has this special gift and despite a few challenges in his life, he is the nicest and most loyal guy you could ever have. You love being around him." 活塞执行长兼总裁T.Wilson说"从好几年前开始，每天早上当我在进行体能训练时就会 看到Eddie，他会提供我一些最新最快的统计数据，有时则会直接告诉你最近活塞、老虎或 红翼在哪一天发生了些什麽事。" Thomas, who played for the Pistons from 1981-94, became so fond of Rivero that one year he paid Rivero's health insurance premium. '81-'94效力於活塞的笑笑汤非常热爱Rivero这个朋友，所以他有一年为Rivero付清了 全额的医疗险。 "Our championship teams used to have these great conversations with Eddie. The information he was coming up with was right and helpful," said Thomas, now the New York Knicks' president. "It doesn't surprise me that the Pistons are using him to keep track of players' tendencies. But the first thing everybody respects about Eddie is that he is such a good person." 现为纽约尼克总管的笑笑汤说"我们那支总冠军球队过去很习惯和Eddie交谈，他所提 供的资讯对我们来说是既正确又有帮助的。活塞聘请他来记录掌握球员的各项特殊专长及 癖好，我一点都不讶异。不过每个人尊重Eddie的第一个原因和上述的无关，而是因为他 真的是一个好人(译按：发卡的时间又到了 Congratulations！ XDDD)。" During games at the Silverdome, Rivero also began feeding information to Pistons broadcaster George Blaha's statistician, Joe Abramson. He would keep track of things such as a team's runs or how much the Pistons scored after a certain substitution. 在银顶球场举办的比赛中，Rivero也开始为活塞广播员G.Blaha的统计员J.Abramson提 供资料，他记录掌握了如一支球队的进攻次数总共有几次或活塞在某次球员轮替後得了多 少分等数据。 "Eddie gave us some stuff that nobody even thought of," Abramson said. "A lot of people are using plus and minus stats, but Eddie was doing it before anybody else years and years ago." Abramson说"Eddie给了我们一些某些人甚至想都没想过的数据，很多人现在会使用正 面和负面等统计数据，但Eddie在好几年好几年以前就开始纪录掌握这些数据了。" Blaha also recognized Rivero's abilities early on. Blaha早些时候也表示认同Rivero的才能。 "I discovered he could do most anything with numbers and that he could really tell what was going on in a game," said Blaha, who still sometimes turns to Rivero during games for information. 有时候仍会向Rivero要一些关於比赛的资讯的Blaha说"我发现他称得上是数据魔人， 跟比赛数据有关的资讯他可说是无所不知无所不晓，而且他真的能巨细靡遗地告诉你一场 比赛里面所有发生过的大大小小事情。" Rivero is appreciative of the opportunity he has received from the Pistons. Rivero很感激活塞对於他的赏赐。 "I'm very grateful for the many people who have been so caring over the years and for what I'm able to do," he said. 他说"对於这些年来一直很照顾我以及发现我的才能的许多人，我实在相当感激。" "What I learned from the players is not to give up and to always do your best. I'm just a little part of the organization. The players do all the hard work." "我从球员身上学到的最重要的两件事就是不要轻言放弃，而且随时准备好全力以赴。 我只是这个球团的一个小螺丝钉，球员们坚持不懈的拼战精神才是这支球队最重要的资产 。" --

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