只翻译 Papi 第一人称叙述的部分。 Papi talk: Red Sox slugger tells all in book with Herald’s Massarotti Source: http://0rz.tw/532H6 ...... By the end of that spring (of 1999), I think I was talking to my pop on the phone almost every night. I was down, bro. I didn’t know what to do. A couple of days before the Twins sent me back to Triple A, my pop called me and said, “Stay there, I’ll be there in a couple of hours.” I was confused. I said to him, “Where are you, Pop?” He told me he was at the Miami airport. He already had flown over from the Dominican (Republic) and he was going to drive to Fort Myers because he wanted to see me and talk to me. He must have known it was serious, that I needed his help. He was always good at reading me. 在（1999 年）春天结束的时候，我想我几乎每个晚上都在和我老爸讲电话。老 兄，我觉得很不爽。我不知道要怎麽办。在 Twins 把我送回 Triple A 之前几 天，我老爸打了通电话给我，＂待在那里，我再几个小时就会到。＂我觉得很奇 怪。我对他说，＂老爸，你在哪里？＂他告诉我他正在 Miami 机场。他老早就 从 Dominican (Republic) 飞过来了，并且他正要开车到 Fort Myers，只因为 他想要看看我并跟我聊聊。他一定知道这件事情很重要，而且我需要他的帮助。 他总是那麽的了解我。 A couple of days after my pop arrived, I got called into (Tom Kelly’s) office and the Twins told me I was going back to Triple A, that they were giving the first baseman’s job to Doug Mientkiewicz. I was devastated. I was pissed off, upset, you name it. I didn’t know what to think, where to go, what to say. The Twins told me I could have a couple of days to get my things together before I reported to the team, but I was so (expletive) that I wanted to tell them to go to hell. I didn’t want to report at all. I wanted to quit. I thought I belonged in the big leagues and I couldn’t believe they were sending me back. 在我老爸来之後几天，我被叫到（Tom Kelly 的）办公室，Twins 告诉我我必须 回到 Triple A，而一垒手的位置将交给 Doug Mientkiewicz。我几乎快崩溃了 。我十分的生气，不安，随便你怎麽说。我不知道该怎麽想，我不知道该去哪， 我不知道该说什麽。Twins 告诉我我可以先休息几天调整身心，然後再去跟球队 报到，但我只想叫他们下地狱。我完全不想去报到。我不想打球了。我认为我是 属於大联盟的，我不敢相信他们竟然把我送回小联盟。 When I walked out of the clubhouse that morning, my pop was there waiting for me. He took me by the arm and he said, “Hey, let’s go have breakfast,” and we went to this diner not far from my condo on Summerlin (Road). He let me yell for a while, and then he started cracking jokes. Ten minutes after we sat down, my pop had me laughing. 当我走出球团的那个早晨，我老爸就在那里等着我。他抓着我的手说，＂嘿，我 们去吃早餐吧。＂我们去了 Summerlin（路名）上的餐厅，就在我公寓附近而已 。他听我怒吼了一阵子，然後他开始说笑话。在我们坐下後十分钟，我老爸就让 我笑了出来。 The next day, I was still in bed when my pop knocked on my bedroom door. He wasn’t going to let me cry about it. He stuck his head in the room and told me, plain and simple: “Time to go to work.” I got my (expletive) together and went to the ballpark, and I think the Twins were surprised I showed up. I think they thought I would take couple of days, get my head together, then come back. I didn’t waste any time. As soon as I got to minor league camp, I remember hitting three home runs in a game against the Cincinnati Reds -- one to left field, one to center, one to right. My pop was there to watch. My pop always taught me to hit to all fields, and that’s something I’m still good at now. He taught me to do everything. After camp, I spent almost the whole year in Triple A and hit .315 with 30 homers and 110 RBIs, my best year in the minors. I was killin’ again. The Twins called me up in September -- I should have been there earlier -- and I really didn’t play too much. I don’t think I had a hit in 20 at-bats, but I wasn’t too upset. I did what I had to do to get back there. 隔天，我老爸来敲我房门的时候我还在呼呼大睡。他并不打算让我在那自怨自艾 。他把头探进来，然後简单明了的说，＂该干活了。＂我调整好身心後便去了球 场，我想 Twins 一定很讶异我来了。我猜他们一定觉得我需要休息几天，理一 理头绪，然後才能再踏进球场。我没有浪费任何时间。在我到达小联盟训练营後 ，我记得我立刻在面对 Cincinnati Reds 的比赛中敲了三支全垒打－－一支在 左边，一支在中间，一支在右边。我老爸就在场边。我老爸总是教我要能把球打 到任何方向，而我想我从以前到现在都做的很好。他教我做所有的事。在训练营 後，我在 Triple A 待了一整年，并缴出了打击率 .315 及 30 支全垒打和 110 分打点的成绩，而这是我在小联盟表现最佳的一年。我又在屠杀了。Twins 在九 月把我叫上大联盟－－我早就该在那里了－－不过我没有太多上场的机会。我想 我在 20 个打数里没有敲出任何安打，但我不太担心。我做到我该做的，并且我 回到大联盟了。 After that year, I never really went back to the minors again. But when I look back now and think about what I could have done, how lucky was I? I was pissed off the Twins were sending me back. I was convinced they didn’t like me. I was ready to quit and walk away from baseball -- for good -- and the only thing that stopped me was that my pop was there to calm me down, to talk to me, to straighten me out. My main man gave me good advice. But what if my pop wasn’t there? What if I had walked out? What happens to someone who doesn ’t have parents like that, who care for their kids, who really talk to them and straighten them out and point them in the right direction? 在那年之後，我就没有再回到小联盟了。但每当我想到过去，以及想到我曾经作 的决定，我总是想，我到底有多幸运呀？当 Twins 送我回小联盟的时候，我实 在是气炸了。我认为他们不喜欢我。我决定不打棒球了－－永远不打了－－而阻 止我的是我的老爸，他就在那里，让我平静下来，跟我聊天，帮我理清方向。我 生命中最重要的人给了我忠告。但如果我老爸不在那里的话？如果我放弃棒球的 话？如果有人没有这种父母的话，谁来关心这些孩子，谁来帮他们理清头绪，谁 来帮他们指引方向？ I was lucky, bro. 老兄，我真的很幸运。 Like I’ve said a million times, my main man took care of me. 就像我一直说的，那个人总是在照料着我。 ...... （休息一下......(￣▽￣＃)﹏﹏） --

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