今天San Francisco Chronicle这则报导标题很耸动 球季都还没结束记者就去问Timmy续约的问题 印象中我从没看过一个职业运动员敢说因为自己不想背负长约背後的莫名期待 所以不打算跟球队签长约... (还是说Timmy你只是不想跟「巨人」签长约...= =) 只能说这家伙如果不是脑袋烧坏就是他X的天才...XD 以下是报导全文-- Contract talks with Tim Lincecum might be Job One for the Giants this winter, and though Lincecum said he would listen to whatever the team has to say, he told The Chronicle on Thursday he is not keen on locking himself into a long-term deal that would buy out future free-agent years. In one bit of good news for Freak fans, Lincecum said his criminal lack of run support in San Francisco will not factor into his thinking. "I don't think it has to do with the offense," Lincecum said when told that San Francisco fans fear he and Matt Cain will bolt to teams that score more runs. Cain can file for free agency after next season. "I just don't know how I'm going to feel five years from now, or three years. That's why I'd kind of like to take things step by step and why I liked the deal I got last year." Lincecum is completing a $23 million contract that covered the first two of his four arbitration seasons. Given his durability, especially now that he has embraced a proper fitness regimen, the Giants might be interested in signing Lincecum for more than two years to ensure he does not leave when he is eligible for free agency after 2013. "It's just easier for me mentally not to have to put that kind of pressure on yourself," he said. "Not that you don't want to succeed, but when you're signed to a long-term deal, it's like saying, 'I'm going to live up to every expectation.' "That's why I like going year to year, so I can improve on it and not sit on what I've done." Asked if he would be open to another two-year deal, covering his final two arbitration years, Lincecum said, "Yeah. Definitely." Still, Lincecum said he will stay open-minded when the Giants approach him to talk turkey this winter. "It all depends on how they come after me," he said. "If it's aggressive, obviously I want to take that into consideration and talk about it with my agent and see what he thinks is good. I haven't dismissed anything." 不知道因为是不是看到巨人球迷对Zito和Rowand等人的强大怨念 让Timmy产生这种与众不同的想法 到底Tim Lincecum 是不是可以用钱砸死的人!? 季末就见分晓...XD --

※ 发信站: 批踢踢实业坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 114.39.48.164 ********************************************************************** 以下是我个人的浅见： 仔细的咀嚼了这些话的涵义之後，我真的要说-- Timmy不只投球犀利，脑袋更是聪明得可怕(这绝对不是溺爱...XD) 他的话点破了我(应该也是很多人)心中一直以来想当然尔的盲点 身为一个职业运动员的目标，难道就只是为了追求一份天价的长约!? 依常理，运动员的价值应该是和年龄成反比 更别提还有受伤这个X因子 但放眼大联盟那些拿到超级肥约的自由球员 几乎都是在生涯颠峰期的好表现所以拿到大约 结果不是一签长约就开始走下坡(巨人队自己就有个活生生血淋淋的例子...) 不然就是动辄得咎 一点小低潮小出槌，就被媒体批到死，乡民酸到爆(东岸火星联盟最多这种Case) 与其拼死拼活换来(骗来!?)一张大肥约之後 在剩下的岁月里都要背负着这副枷锁绑手绑脚 像Timmy这样只打算和球团一年一签或两年一签 既不为难球团非得打破猪公倾家荡产只为长期绑住一个明星球员 也能鞭策自己时时为争取来年更高的薪水而努力表现 应该会是双赢的局面 还记得Timmy在去年和巨人签下两年2300万的合约之後说了下面这段话： "My friends are telling me my life's going to be insane. But just because you make money dosen't mean you have to spend it.There are a lot of people who have money who still live frugally." 我看到这段话的那一刻，就确信这小子有自己的想法，不会因为金钱迷失自己 而今天 更让我不得不佩服年轻的Timmy能有这样超越常人惰性(领长期饭票等退休)的思惟 如果他愿意留在巨人继续打拼，那很好 就算他离开了，我也会祝福他能一直有好的表现 直到看见他走进名人堂的那一天 ※ 编辑: akiralee 来自: 114.39.48.164 (09/24 01:08)