纽时OH桑的专题报导，有兴趣可以看看 Sadaharu Oh Still Feels and Thinks the Game 野球长青树－王贞治 By BRAD LEFTON Published: May 4, 2008 MIYAZAKI, Japan — After a 22-year playing career in which he became Nippon Professional Baseball’s home run king, Sadaharu Oh is in his 44th season in uniform, now as manager of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. 在王贞治22年的球员生涯中，他成了日本全垒打王。而如今，身为福冈软银鹰总教练的他 野球生涯已正式迈入第44年。 “I never imagined I would manage here for 14 years,” Oh said one morning at the Hawks’ spring camp. “I enjoy baseball more than anything and would like to be involved with it forever, but the reality is your survival is determined by how well you compete, not by your fondness for the game.” 王贞治一天在鹰队春训时说:我从没想到我会留在这超过14年。野球虽然是我一辈子的最 爱，但告诉你们，你能留在球场上多久是由你的表现来决定，而不是由热情来决定的。 Oh, who turns 68 on May 20, began this season 20 months after surgery to remove his stomach because of cancer. Although he managed the Hawks all last season, his health has been a concern. 王贞治今年5月20即将迈入68岁，而今年球季初也是他胃癌开刀後的第20个月。虽然他去 年一整年仍带领着球队，但他的健康状况一直是大家关注的焦点。 But Oh swatted away the speculation that he would retire this season as adeptly as he whacked 868 home runs. 但就像是王贞治击出第868号全垒打那样，这一次，他又轻松自在地击破了大家的疑虑。 “With that said, I’ve had this surgery and that must be taken into account as I think about my future,” he said. “I want to make this a special year. I want this season to be a culmination of sorts. That’s different than calling it my final season because that would mean I’ve already reached a resolution that this is it, and I have not. I simply want to approach the season with the commitment that it’s my final year without actually deciding now that it is.” 他说:今年在接球队时，很多人都叫我要考虑到自己的健康状况。但是我希望今年是特别 的一年，可以的话能再创另一个高峰。这并不代表我今年就要退休了，因为抱着退休心态 带队的话，那就真的代表我就到此为止了。我现在只想以退休前的那种拚劲来带好球队， 而不去想我是否要退休了。 Oh’s will and love for the game are on display as he discusses batting while his team works out. He draws a line in the dirt with his right foot and claps his hands to make a point. Then he rotates his upper body as if swinging a bat. The energetic Oh bends and contorts for more emphasis, and the discussion itself becomes a workout. 王贞治对棒球的热爱从他的教球上展露无遗。他会先用脚在地上划一条线，然後舞动着双 手来告诉大家击球位置，接着他就像挥棒那样扭动他的上半身。精力充沛的王贞治手舞足 蹈地教球，对他来说那已变成了他的一种运动。 Oh took over the Hawks in 1995, the year Hideo Nomo joined the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nomo was the first Japanese native to go to the major leagues from the Pacific League. 王贞治在1995年接掌大荣鹰时，刚好是野茂英雄加盟道奇队的那年。野茂是第一位到大联 盟发展的日本球员。 Since then, Oh has watched 36 Japanese players appear in regular-season games in the majors, including five who made the jump this year. Two linchpins of Oh ’s 1999 and 2003 Japan Series champions are playing in the United States. Second baseman Tadahito Iguchi, who left for the Chicago White Sox after the 2004 season, is with San Diego, and catcher Kenji Johjima signed with Seattle after the 2005 season. 从那时起，王贞治就目睹了36位日本球员先後到大联盟发展，其中包括今年跳槽的5位球 员。而他在1999与2003年夺下日本第一後，阵中的两名爱将也先後赴大联盟发展。分别是 二垒手井口资仁，他在2004年从芝加哥白袜队转到圣地牙哥教士队，与2005年加盟西雅图 水手队的捕手城岛健司。 “It’s been a great plus for baseball in Japan,” Oh said in an interview conducted in Japanese. “Thanks to Nomo, kids in high school and junior high now have dreams of playing in M.L.B. Going to America and directly competing over there is a much better way to improve the level of play here than the good-will-type all-star exhibition series they used to hold when I was a player. Japan’s still inferior to America in baseball, but as more players aim to play over there, the gap will continue to close.” 王贞治说:这对日本的棒球发展是件好事。由於野茂的关系，我们国中跟高中的小球员也 都梦想有朝一日能到大联盟打球。直接去大联盟打球比在这里打明星赛更能提升球技，我 当时也还常参加明星赛咧!日本的棒球目前虽然仍比不过美国，但是当我们有越多球员到 那边去打球，两边的差距也会越来越缩小。 Oh sees a much more competitive Japanese league now than when he played, but power numbers here do not transfer to the American game, to the dismay of fans and reporters here. 王贞治认为现在日本职棒的强度已超越他那个年代，但是令大家失望的是，在日本打得 好，并不代表在大联盟也能吃得开。 Nine players with at least one season of 25 or more home runs in Japan — including seven that hit 30 at least once — have gone to the majors. But only one, the Yankees’ Hideki Matsui, has hit more than 18 homers in a major league season. 日本到大联盟发展的球员中，有九名球员在日本一年至少有25支全垒打的实力，而其中七 名球员甚至曾经超过30支。但是只有洋基的松井秀喜可以在大联盟打超过18支的全垒打。 Matsui, who has done so in three of his five seasons with the Yankees, had seven straight seasons of 34 or more home runs in Japan, including 50 in 2002. The most he has hit with the Yankees is 31 in 2004. 松井秀喜在洋基五年有三年达到这个成绩，但是他在日职可是曾经创下连续七年打超过 34支全垒打的纪录，在2002年他更是击出了50支全垒打。而他在洋基的最多纪录是在2004 年所击出的31支全垒打。 “It’s not that we haven’t shown our power yet, we simply don’t have it yet,” Oh said. “When I watch the home run derby at the M.L.B. All-Star Game, I can’t believe the way they launch the ball out of the park like a tee shot in golf. Japanese don’t have the power to do that. Diet has a lot to do with it, but that’s changing.” 王贞治说:并不是我们还没有尽力，而是我们根本就没有那种怪力。当我在看大联盟的全 垒打大赛时，我简直不敢相信我的眼睛，他们打全垒打就跟挥高尔夫球杆一样轻松。我们 日本人是不可能有那种怪力的。这跟饮食有很大的关系，但是我们会慢慢改善的。 Although Oh hit more home runs than Barry Bonds, the major league career leader with 762, Oh said he did not do so with power. 虽然王贞治比大联盟全垒打王邦兹击出过更多的全垒打，但他说他并不是靠怪力来击球的 。 “I had strong legs that would have made me a good sumo wrestler and I used that to my advantage, but my home runs were achieved by technique,” Oh said. “I competed well with the Americans in those good-will-type exhibition games they used to bring here with M.L.B. all-stars, and I always thought if I had a chance to go to America, I could probably hit close to 30 home runs in a season. But again, it would have been with technique.” 王贞治说:我有跟相扑一样的好脚力，这就是我的优势，但是我主要是靠技巧来打全垒打 的。我以前曾经跟来日本的大联盟明星队交手过，我当时总认为要是我有机会到大联盟打 球的话，我一年可能可以击出将近30支的全垒打。但那还是要靠技巧而不是怪力。 As a player, Oh could compute his batting average as he sprinted toward first base. He still uses his skill with an imaginary abacus on the bench. 球员时代，王贞治可得在球场上盘算着自己的打击率，而如今，身为教练的他仍得在休息 室用尽本事地盘算着战略。 “It keeps the mind sharp,” he said. 他说:打球让头脑保持灵光。 来源:http://0rz.tw/3942X --

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