※ [本文转录自 A-Rod 看板] 作者: chanword (chanword) 看板: A-Rod 标题: [译文] Will A-Rod follow Barry? 时间: Wed Jun 27 13:49:22 2007 Will A-Rod follow Barry? Rodriguez would be a good fit at AT&T Park Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees blew into San Francisco last weekend and the swing he displayed at AT&T Park was as sweet as a summer breeze. 上周末A-Rod来到旧金山，他在At&t的打击表现有如夏日和风般令人感到惬意。 He departed the city with nine hits in 13 at-bats during a three-game series with the San Francisco Giants and drove in four runs. His hits included a dramatic game-tying home run in the ninth inning of a game on Saturday afternoon only to see his team lose 6-5 in extra innings. 在对巨人的三连战中，他交出9 for 13 ，而且击出四分打点。包括星期六下午 在九局那只戏剧性的全垒打，只不过延长赛洋基还是以5比6输掉了。 Rodriguez not only performed the way you might expect the game's highest-paid player to perform, but he also said all of the right things when he met with the media prior to the first game of the series. A-Rod这位史上最高薪球员的表现，并不只展现在球场比赛中，他同时也在此次 系列赛前的媒体采访里有精彩的演出。 Rodriguez said he loved San Francisco, loved the stadium (why not, he's now 15-for-24), and called the city "a West Coast New York with better weather in the summertime." A-Rod说他喜欢旧金山以及这球场（当然喜欢，目前他在这球场已打出15 for 24） ，他称这城市是「有更美好夏日气候的西岸纽约」 Rodriguez even expressed his appreciation for Barry Bonds of the Giants, calling him "probably the greatest player who has ever put on a uniform." A-Rod甚至公开表示他对巨人队棒子爷的欣赏，说他可能是现役中最伟大的球员。 The San Francisco front office had to love the things that Rodriguez had to say, but Giants officials remained silent. A-Rod说的这些话旧金山球团想必暗爽不已，不过他们还是没表示什麽。 The reason is simple -- if the Giants expressed their real feelings about Rodriguez, they could be charged with tampering. 原因很简单：假如巨人队真的表达他们对A-Rod的喜爱，那可能会陷入一场混乱。 It was left to a fan of the Giants to express the true feelings at AT&T Park when a young lady held up a sign (painted in the Giants' colors of black and orange, of course) during Saturday's game declaring, "We Want A-Rod." 真实表达对A-Rod的喜爱就交给巨人队球迷了。星期六在AT&T的比赛里，一个年轻 女士举了一个加油看板（当然这看板是以巨人队徽--黑色橙色为主色）上面写着： 「We Want A-Rod！！」 The message spoke volumes. 这标语说出了一切。 If ever a team needed and wanted Alex Rodriguez, it is the San Francisco Giants 如果有球队需要而且想要A-Rod，那这支球队必然就是旧金山巨人队。 What makes all of this very interesting, of course, is that Rodriguez will have the opportunity to opt out of his contract with the Yankees at the conclusion of the season. 当然让这整件事更加有意思的是：A-Rod在这球季结束後可以动用他与洋基合约 上的脱离条款。 Rodriguez isn't talking about the status of his contract and rightfully so. He and his agent Scott Boras recognize that the best position on the status of the contract is silence while Rodriguez goes about blasting baseballs in amazing and record fashion. A-Rod并没有提及他合约的情况。他跟他的经纪人Bora﹩都认知到，在A-Rod大暴走 打出惊人纪录的此刻，对合约问题保持沈默才是最好的态度。 Entering play Tuesday, Rodriguez is the Major League leader in home runs (28), RBIs (78), runs scored (72) and total bases (193). He's on a pace to hit 62 home runs this year, and at the age of 31, he's on a pace to become baseball's all-time home run leader. 星期二比赛前，A-Rod 28支全垒打、78打点、72得分、以及193的垒打数都领先整个大 联盟。依目前的进度季末将可达62发全垒打，而且他现在才31岁，依此速度，他将会成 为新的全垒打纪录保持人。 The Giants' Bonds is closing in on Hank Aaron's record total of 755 career home runs, but if Rodriguez remains healthy it will turn out that Bonds is just a pace car for A-Rod. And what could be better for the Giants than to have Rodriguez be a member of their team when he becomes the ultimate home run champion? 棒子爷正接近汉克阿伦的755发HR记录，但如果A-Rod持续保持健康，那棒子爷很可能 只是A-Rod的前导定速车而已。对巨人队而已，还有什麽事会比未来全垒打王A-Rod加 入巨人更好？ The image of Barry Bonds is tainted in the on-going discussion of steroids, an image that is never going to change. 棒子爷的形象因类固醇问题蒙上阴影，而且这样的形象将不会有任何改变。 Rodriguez has taken his share of hits as baseball's highest-paid player, but he never has taken a hit or even had a shot fired his way when the subject of steroids is discussed. A-Rod因他身为棒球史上最高薪打击者，所以他的打击常受检验，不过在类固醇问题发 烧的时候，他并未身陷其中。 The Giants owe a great debt to Barry Bonds in that he has been the face of the franchise and the power in the middle of their lineup since he signed as a free agent in December of 1992. 巨人队欠棒子爷多多。因为自棒子爷1992十二月加入巨人，一直以来不但是阵中火力， 而且也是球队看板。 More than anyone else, Bonds is the reason why the Giants were able to build AT&T Park and he has been the key player who has enabled the team to handle the debt service on the stadium. 与其他人相较，棒子爷更是为何巨人队能盖起AT&T球场的主要原因，而且他也是使球队 能处理球场贷款的关键球员。 All of that being said, the Giants know it is time to turn the page -- and what better way to turn the page than to replace 42-year-old Bonds with Rodriguez as the face and future of the franchise. 但这一切都说明了一件事，巨人队了解到该换下一幕的时间到了，同时也了解到以A-Rod 取代42岁的棒子爷来作为球队未来的看板人物，正是换幕的较佳方案。 The Giants made a try at changing the face of the team when they signed free-agent pitcher Barry Zito this past offseason, but pitchers -- no matter what they are paid -- simply can't carry the burden of being the key player on the team poster. 巨人队上季签下自由球员Zito尝试为球队变换看板球星，但是很单纯地，投手（不论他 们付的是多高的薪资）很难担负起球队看板球星的重任。 Rodriguez's last contract was for a record-setting $252 million, but you can make a reasonably safe assumption that his next contract will be a nice round number -- like $300 million for 10 years. A-Rod上一笔合约是创纪录的2亿5千2百万美金，可以很合理的推测，他下一笔合约将会 是一个漂亮的数字，像是10年3亿美金。 The Giants may put themselves in a position to do that type of deal if Rodriguez becomes available. At this point, they have only two players under contract for the year 2010 -- Zito at $18.5 million and pitcher Matt Cain at $4.25 million. 假如A-Rod动用逃脱条款，巨人队是可能可以吃得下这样的交易的。他们现在只有两个球员 的合约到2010年，投手Zito 18.5 M 以及 Cain 4.25 M。 The Giants have several veteran players they can and probably will move if they don't work their way back into the race in the National League West. 假如巨人队无法回到国联西区的竞争行列，巨人队一些老球员他们可以或 者说可能将要离开。 The team plans to build around some good young pitching but what is missing is that franchise player that has been such a part of the scene in San Francisco. 巨人队计画以一些优秀的年轻投手建立起球队，但所遗漏的是可以作为旧金山景观一部份 的看板球星。 It is a city famous for its bridges. 这是座以桥(金门大桥吧)闻名遐迩的城市。 When it comes to baseball, the most famous bridge has yet to be constructed, and at this point is only in the dreams of the Giants and their fans -- the bridge that connects Barry Bonds to Alex Rodriguez. 回到棒球领域，那最着名的桥梁尚未架构出来，这座棒球桥梁其实正是巨人队及其球迷 的梦想：一座连接棒子爷到A-Rod的棒球之桥。 Fred Claire was a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1969-98, serving the team as executive vice president and general manager. His book, "Fred Claire: My 30 Years in Dodger Blue," was published by SportsPublishingLLC. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. --

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