※ [本文转录自 Matsuzaka_18 看板] 作者: noctem (noctem) 看板: Matsuzaka_18 标题: [翻译] Less Power, More Glory 时间: Sat Oct 6 13:58:40 2007 这篇应该是比赛之前出来的。 http://news.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view.bg?articleid=1036130 Less power, more glory That’s plan for Dice-K By Rob Bradford / Baseball Friday, October 5, 2007 - Updated 17h ago The analysis was nothing new to the Red Sox [team stats] pitching staff. “As you get power- and velocity-oriented, you begin to lose feel for the secondary and offspeed pitches,” said pitching coach John Farrell. “There was a little bit of a mindset that he had to go harder, harder and harder to get through that.” 对红袜的投手群们来说，这种分析并不新鲜。 「当你太倚赖力量和球速，你会失去对次要球种和变化球的感觉，」投手教练 John Farrell 说。「这时候他会有一点需要投用力一点、更用力一点、再用力 一点才能撑过的心态。」 The words had floated through the air throughout Josh Beckett [stats]’s first season with the Red Sox. But this year they apply to someone else. Josh Beckett 在红袜的第一个球季，就有这种说法了。不过，今年这对 另一个投手也适用。 In case you haven’t noticed, this year’s Daisuke Matsuzaka is last year’s Beckett. 如果你还没注意到：今年的松坂大辅就是去年的 Beckett. “There was the urge of going harder rather than staying with an approach of staying with all of his pitches,” Farrell said of tonight’s starter, “including his offspeed.” 「他会有更用力投、而不是用现有的方法好好投现有球种的倾向，」Farrell 这麽说今晚的先发，「即使变化球他也这样投。」 Sound familiar? For Beckett, last year’s battle to integrate his offspeed stuff in key situations was well-documented. And it all stemmed from the same kind of unfamiliarity that Matsuzaka has endured this year, starting with getting on the same page with catcher Jason Varitek [stats]. 听起来好像很熟悉吗？ 对 Beckett 来说，去年他把变化球应用在关键状况的挣扎过程已经被报导 了不少。一切始於松坂今年也面对到的不熟悉，从同意捕手 Jason Varitek 的配球开始。 “I see how much work he puts into that stuff,” Beckett said in spring training regarding his work with Varitek in ’06. “It’s one of those deals where you want to trust him, and I wish I would have done that more often because I probably would have thrown more curveballs in different counts. I almost felt like I was cheating myself by not saying anything.” 「我看得到他做了多少努力，」Beckett 春训期间谈到他与 Varitek 在 06 年的合作时说。「这是你必须相信他的情形，而我希望我当时有多听他一点。 如果那样，我可能会在不同球数的情况下多投一些 curveball。我觉得如果 我不讲就是骗自己。」（？） This year, Beckett made a point of relying on offspeed pitches in pivotal spots. For instance, he threw just two more pitches to left-handed hitters this season than last year, but went with 106 more curveballs to lefties. 今年，Beckett 在关键时刻更靠他的变化球。比如说，本球季他对左打者 只比去年多投了两球（？），但对左打者多投了 106 个 curveball. （？）指的是平均多花两球解决左打者吗？ The Red Sox made sure Matsuzaka didn’t wait until his second year to make necessary changes. Following his Sept. 8 debacle against Baltimore, in which he surrendered eight runs over 2 2/3innings, the Sox made it clear that throwing the curveball during tough times had to become a priority. 红袜希望松坂不要等到第二年才开始改变。从他九月八日对金莺投出 2 2/3 局失八分的比赛之後，红袜清楚表示在危急时刻要以投 curveball 为优先。 “We talked with him and ’Tek to formulate a little bit of a game plan,” Farrell said. “His work sessions between starts became where he would throw his curveball a little bit more to regain some of that feeling and consistency with it. 「我们和他以及 Tek 谈了谈，并拟了一个攻略计画，」Farrell 说。「他 在出赛之间的练投中会多练些 curveball，以便抓到球感和稳定性。」 “I think any pitcher goes through those stages (where) they lose it. I think that’s why it’s important that Josh uses it early in the game, so when he does need it in those situations, he has established (it) and can go to it.” 「我想任何一个投手都会经历这种失去球感的阶段。这是为什麽 Josh 在 球赛开头用些[变化球]是是很重要的。这样当他在需要变化球的时候，他 已经抓到了感觉并且可以投得出来。」 Matsuzaka had fallen into the same rut Beckett did last year, going to the fastball and hard pitches so much that the feeling of throwing his offspeed pitches escaped him. The example the Red Sox pointed to was Matsuzaka’s Sept. 3 outing against Toronto, in which he was cruising before giving up six runs during a fastball-laden sixth inning. 松坂掉入和去年的 Beckett 一样的困境。他用猛投速球太多，失去了变化球 的球感。红袜对松坂举的例子是九月三号对多伦多的比赛，他本来投得很威， 直到猛飙速球、丢了六分的第六局。 “He was not throwing his curveball as much, and when he needed a strike he went to the cutter a lot of times because he was starting to rush a little bit, and the cutter allowed him to get his hand back on top of the zone,” Farrell explained. “It was a combination of a couple of things, but most importantly it was him acknowledging that he had to throw offspeed stuff for strikes early in the game so it was something he could go to in key situations.” 「他的 curveball 投得比以前少, 当他需要把打者三振时，他便常用 cutter, 因为他开始急躁起来。Cutter 让他能把好球带上方掌握住（？），」Farrell 解释。「这是很多因素造成的，不过最重要的，他知道他需要在比赛开始时用 变化球抢些好球数，这样在关键时刻他才有变化球可用。」 The new plan was put on display in Matsuzaka’s last start of the regular season, in which he threw 13 pitches of 83 mph or less in the first four innings. 新的作战攻略在松坂正规球季的最後一场比赛显示成效。他在前四局中投了 13 球 83mph 或以下的球。 The next step is to start integrating a changeup that Matsuzaka is still battling to regain the feel for. 下一步则是加入松坂仍挣扎着找回球感的 changeup. “He creates such action on (the changeup that) it’s important that he shows the opposition he can throw it for strikes,” Farrell said, “and that it’s something (the hitters) have to offer at when they see it again.” 「让对手知道他能用 changeup 抢到好球是很重要的，」Farrell 说，「所以 打者再看到 changeup 时才有威胁感。」 --

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