Around the Horn: Starting rotation Beckett leads elite staff in search of back-to-back titles By Ian Browne / MLB.com 出处：http://kuso.cc/3c8s BOSTON -- If there is one thing the Red Sox proved emphatically in both 2004 and '07, it's that quality starting pitching will take you a long way. In fact, if the other areas of your club are strong enough, an elite starting rotation will put you right over the top. 如果要说袜子国内在04和07年有和要强调的，那就是他们的投手都吃了班龙丸能够 让客倌们相当满足。事实上，如果隔壁的老王也吃了班龙丸，或许你儿子会长的和 老王一样而不是和你一样。 So as the Red Sox go after their third World Series championship in five years, their starting rotation -- provided it stays healthy -- once again looks to be a major strength. 所以如果袜子们要去追寻他们五年来第三座冠军，投手群们--如果在健康状态下 --将会是最主要的力量。 In Josh Beckett, the Red Sox not only have one of the best aces in the game, but also a man who is likely entering his peak at the age of 27. 有了北极，袜子不仅仅是有了一位能够主宰比赛的王牌，而且这一位王牌才27岁， 正要来到他生涯中颠峰的阶段。 Ask Curt Schilling what the key to the 2007 postseason run was and the righty doesn't even blink. 问看看老大在07年季後赛时候有什麽事情让他马上就高潮了！ "For me, it was the first fastball Josh threw," Schilling said. "It was the proverbial [case of taking] the bull by the horns. We had him either on the mound or in our pocket for future use whenever we needed him. I thought he set the tone in a way that very few guys ever have or could. We're down, 3-1, against Cleveland. We knew -- I think we knew with him on the mound -- it was going to be 3-2. Guys like that, they affect the staff, they affect the team. For me, that was it." "你问我喔，和北极共度那一晚之後..我就...."老大说道"就像是长了角的公牛一样， 我们不论是在未来或者现在需要他站上投手丘时，他都能立刻给予我们所要的。我认 为他有着少数人所拥有或做到的能力。我们都知道在和笑脸人的那一系列对战时， 我们是在绝对落後的状态下派出他出赛，在和他共度那一晚後知道他床上表现，我就 知道我们一定可以赢得那场！我们就需就是这样的人，能够影响整个球队，能够影响所 有人" Backed by a 20-win season in 2007, Beckett finished second to Indians left-hander C.C. Sabathia in the American League Cy Young Award race. Once October came around, Beckett took it to an even higher level, going 4-0 with a 1.20 ERA. 在07年球季有着20胜，北极在美联赛扬奖投票上仅仅输给笑脸人的吸吸胖。到了十月份 时候，他更拿进化为拿着+10十字弓的精灵，有着4-0且1.20防御率的成绩。 Of course, Beckett didn't do it by himself last year and he won't be able to do so in 2008. That's where the rest of the rotation comes in. 当然拉，北极不是靠他自己拿到这份成绩的而在而且他也不需要在08年一次满足那麽多人 ，因这次我们有了更多的好手在我们的投手群内。 The pitcher to watch in Spring Training will be Daisuke Matsuzaka. After his well-chronicled arrival from Japan, Matsuzaka had his share of peaks and valleys in 2007, which was understandable considering all of the baseball and cultural adjustments he had to make. 在春训时候我们一定要看看牛肉的表现。带着日本辉煌的成绩飘洋过海，他必须要适应 文化以及棒球上的差异，但他仍旧在07年时候展现了他的威力以及价值。 Will Matsuzaka be able to make a leap similar to the one Beckett made in his second season in Boston? If so, the Red Sox would have a 1-2 punch as strong as any in baseball. 牛肉在袜子国内的第二年可以和北极有着相同的威力嘛？如果可以，那我们就可以 看着所有大联盟的球队然後科科两声，因为我们有着全大联盟最棒的一二号先发。 And even with Matsuzaka's inconsistency, he still won 15 games and had 201 strikeouts, capping his season with a strong performance in Game 3 of the World Series. 而且即使是牛肉去年不太适应这里，他还是赢了15场比赛并交出201次三振，并在WS 第三场交出了完美的表现为他这一季作最棒的结尾。 先回家...山上太冷了...一直斗斗斗...... 身旁温度计才9度 One of the best late-season stories surrounding the 2007 Red Sox was the way Schilling remade himself. After coming off the disabled list, Schilling was hopeful he would regain his velocity. When that didn't happen, he adjusted, learning how to thrive on location and improved offspeed stuff. If there were any doubts Schilling's new approach could survive against the toughest competition, they were laid to rest in the postseason when Schilling once again came up big, going 3-0 with a 3.00 ERA in four starts. The 41-year-old Schilling has stated numerous times that 2008 will be his last Major League season. That said, you can be sure Schilling will be highly motivated to close out his stellar career in strong fashion. In case you forgot, there is another 40-something pitcher in the Boston rotation, and that is knuckleballer Tim Wakefield. You might have also forgotten that Wakefield matched a career-high with 17 wins last year. Assuming Wakefield is over the back/shoulder woes that plagued him late in 2007, he will once again eat up innings and probably reach double digits in wins. Wakefield will once again have long-trusted batterymate Doug Mirabelli behind the plate. The Sox could have an old-fashioned Spring Training battle on their hands for the fifth spot in the rotation. Left-hander Jon Lester was last seen earning the win in Game 4 of the World Series. This spring, he comes in without the burden of regaining his strength following chemotherapy treatments. This time around, Lester will be at full strength and determined to break camp with the Red Sox. But he could get a stiff battle from the team's top pitching prospect, right-hander Clay Buchholz. How could anyone forget the no-hitter Buchholz threw against the Orioles on Sept. 1? Still, Buchholz only has three Major League starts under his belt and, no-hitter or not, he is still in the development phase. Buchholz will be heard from at some point in 2008. He added muscle and improved his winter training program. -- M.Lowell J.Lugo J.Varite Dice-K D.Pedroi D.Ortiz M.Ramire C.Crisp J.D.Drew Ｂ ╴ Ｂ ╴ Ｂ ╴ Ｂ ╴ Ｂ ╴ Ｂ ╴ Ｂ ╴ Ｂ ╴ Ｂ ═ ═ ‧ ‧ ︿ ︿○▁ ▁ ≧ ≦ ⊙ ⊙ / ˙ ˙ \ — — ˙ ˙ ︺ ▇︶▇ ▽ \ ⊿ ◢ ﹀ ↗ ▄︿▄ / ▁︹▁ | – \ ︺ < y \ / /■■■╯ｍ╯ ☆ // @m > < / ╰╰ ╯ The| \ Bos / \ton ◢▼◣ Red/　| Sox \ \ | \ φwillmango ＜ \, Ptt/ ╰ --

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