※ 引述《yyhong68 (come every now and then)》之銘言： : Yanks Count on Wang's Cool Amid Heat : By TYLER KEPNER : Published: September 29, 2005 戰況激烈＠洋基倚賴王的沈著 記者Tyler Kepner 紐約時報2005年 Ｙ月ＲＹ日電 : BALTIMORE, Sept. 28 - It was 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, and Chien-Ming Wang : was already in full uniform. He was one of the first Yankees in the : clubhouse, and the Fox network needed him for a promo. It was yet another : example of something that seemed implausible six months ago. : "Before the year, you see the starting pitchers for the Yankees and you say, : 'If they're healthy, there's no way these guys are coming up there,' " : said Wil Nieves, the catcher for Class AAA Columbus this season. "But you : never know. If someone got injured, Wang was ready down there. He just : needed a chance." 時間是星期三下午三點半，王建民已經穿著洋基制服到球場待命，他是最早到的 球員之一，＠Fox電視台想請他拍個宣傳短片。這在半年前根本是件不可能的事。 三A哥倫布快艇的捕手Wil Nieves說：「你在年初看到洋基的先發陣容時一定會想： 只要這些人無病無痛，三A這些選手根本上不去。但是誰知道呢？如果有人受傷， 王已經有了萬全準備，他只需要機會。」 : A series of injuries - first to Jaret Wright, then to Kevin Brown and : Carl Pavano - cleared a path for Wang, who quickly proved he had staying : power. He has been so impressive that the Yankees will eagerly give him : the ball Friday against the Boston Red Sox in a game of enormous importance. : Wang has never been to Fenway Park, much less pitched there. He is still : subject to rookie hazing; after his start last Sunday, the veterans made : him dress in a female cheerleader's outfit. But there was no hesitation : about letting him start Friday. 一連串的傷兵出現，先是Wright, 然後是Brown和Pavano，替王建民開了一條路， 他很快證明自己有留在大聯盟的實力。他的表現如此傑出，於是洋基給了他星期五 對波士頓紅襪先發的機會，這是一場非常重要的比賽。 王建民從來沒到過芬威球場，更別提在那裡投過球了。而且他仍然是個菜鳥， 星期天先發過後，他被老鳥們捉弄，穿上女生啦啦隊服。但是大家都肯定他有能力 在星期五的比賽先發。 : "You find yourself in the dugout, and you're not worried at all when he's : pitching," Manager Joe Torre said. "That's the only thing I can go on." : Wang is 8-4 this season, with a 4.02 earned run average in 17 games - : 16 starts. He missed two months with shoulder inflammation but has : become progressively sharper since his return Sept. 8. He has given up : 5 runs in 15 innings in his past two starts. Torre表示：「你在休息區裡看他投球時完全不用擔心，我只能不斷地這麼說。」 王本季成績八勝四敗、17場出賽16場先發，防禦率4.02。他因為肩膀發炎缺陣 兩個月，但自9月8號歸隊後投球越見犀利，過去兩場先發他主投15局失5分。 : "Win or lose Friday, he's shown that nothing really fazes him," catcher Jorge : Posada said. "That's why he's in the rotation. The way he conducts himself : and goes about his business, it's good to see. We're confident in him." : At 25, with no career starts against Boston, Wang may be in the perfect : position for such a critical start. Wright, who is now in the Yankees' : bullpen, can relate. 捕手Posada說：「不論星期五是勝是負，王顯然毫無所懼。這正是他留在先發輪值 的原因。看他總是有條不紊做好自己的工作，我們對他很有信心。」 現年25歲的王從來不曾對紅襪先發過，在這個關鍵時刻先發對王來說或許是最好的 形勢。目前在洋基牛棚的Wright過去也有類似經驗。 : Wright was 21 - also with just 16 career regular-season starts - when the : Cleveland Indians named him the starter for Game 7 of the 1997 World Series. : It was a heady assignment, but Wright said he was not intimidated. He : carried a one-hit shutout into the seventh inning. : "It's just happening so fast, and you're just kind of riding it," Wright : said. "It's not something you think about, because you don't really know : any different. You just think that's the way it's supposed to be." : Wright, who would have won if the Florida Marlins had not rallied against : Jose Mesa in the ninth, remembered feeling no pressure. He felt : invincible, he said, because all he had known was success. : "Your confidence is so high," Wright said. "There's never been a valley." : Wang's story is different, because the two-month layoff was an obvious : setback in his splendid season. But Wright said he sensed that Wang was : always relaxed and comfortable. 1997年，當克里夫蘭印地安人指派Wright擔任世界大賽第七戰先發時，他年僅21歲、 只有16次季賽先發的經驗。這是個令人興奮的任務，萊特說他並沒有被嚇倒。他投出 七局僅被打一隻安打的成績。「一切發生得太快了，你只能順勢而為。你根本無暇 去思考，也不知道這和平時有何差別，只覺得事情本來就該如此。」萊特原本有機會 取得勝投，如果不是馬林魚隊在九局擊垮了Jose Mesa的話。萊特說他當時完全不覺得 有壓力，他覺得自己戰無不勝、而且深信自己一定會成功。「你會覺得信心滿滿， 絕對不會有低潮。」萊特如是說。 王建民的故事有一點點不同，因傷停賽兩個月是他這個璀璨的菜鳥球季一個明顯的 挫折，但萊特說他覺得王一直都保持著怡然自在的態度。 : There is another reason to believe in him, Wright said. Wang's sinker is : exceptional, as Wright learned while they recovered from their injuries : this summer. : "He came down to Tampa, and we started playing catch, and he had the : heaviest ball that I've ever played catch with, as far as sinkers," : Wright said. "If you could teach everyone what you need to make a ball : that heavy, then everybody would do it. That's such a valuable pitch, : and he throws an absolute bowling ball." : The pitch has been dropping better than ever lately. In Wang's past : two starts, he has gotten 35 of 45 outs on ground balls. Two starts ago, : he fielded nine grounders himself, two shy of the one-game assists : record for a pitcher. 萊特說，還有另外一個理由可以證明王是可以仰賴的，那就是王犀利的沈球（伸卡）。 萊特在今年夏天他們一起復健時發現這點。 「王來到坦帕灣，我們一起做傳接球練習，就我所接過的沈球來說，王的球質 是最重的。如果你可以教會別人怎麼把球投得這麼重，那一定人人都想學。 這是一個非常有利的武器，而且王簡直像是在投保齡球。」 最近王的這項球路更有威力了。在過去兩場先發裡，45個出局數有35個都是滾地球 出局。其中一場他自己有九次助殺，僅差兩次就平了大聯盟投手單場助殺的紀錄。 : "The reason for his success is his power sinker, 96 miles an hour," Posada : said. "I caught him in spring training against Houston, and I remember he : threw a sinker in to Jeff Bagwell. Bagwell stepped out and said, 'Oh boy.' : "That's the thing that told me how good this kid could be. We had a lot : of pitchers back then, and we still didn't know if it was going to happen, : but I knew he was going to be up here during the year." Pasada表示：「王成功的要素在於他時速高達96英里的強力沈球。我在春訓對 太空人的熱身賽中擔任他的捕手，我還記得當他對Jeff Bagwell投出沈球時， Bagwell跳開說了句'Oh boy'，那時我就知道這小子有多強。那時我們投手人員 充足，也不曉得他會不會有機會，但我知道他今年一定會上來。」 : Now he is up and thriving at the most critical time. Wang, a native of : Taiwan who speaks little English in interviews, said he was "excited" : about Friday's start and had not asked his teammates what to expect. : "Just go to Boston and see," Wang said. 如今王在關鍵時刻挺身而出，這位來自台灣的投手在訪談中說的英文不多， 只表示對星期五先發感到「興奮」，他也沒有特別請教隊友注意事項， 「到波士頓看了就知道」王這麼說。 : The sights will all be there for him Friday - the raucous fans hovering : above the bullpen before the game, the cramped clubhouse and dugout, : the deep and powerful Boston lineup. : Wang will absorb it, and the Yankees will take their chances. They do : not expect the biggest start of his life to change him. : "Nothing seems to bother him," General Manager Brian Cashman said. : "He's unflappable." 這一切都會在星期五等著他：牛棚上方喧嘩的觀眾、狹窄的球場和休息區，還有 紅襪隊的超強打線。王將要承擔這一切，而洋基隊也決定要冒這個險。洋基不覺得 這場生涯最重要的先發會影響到王建民。 「沒有什麼事會困擾他，」總經理Cashman如是說：「他總是那麼穩定沈著。」 : http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/29/sports/baseball/29pins.html --

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