http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/sports/baseball/10pins.html?_r=1&ref=baseball&oref=slogin Postseason Struggles Leave Wang With Plenty to Ponder By TYLER KEPNER Published: October 10, 2007 Even as he led the major leagues in victories the past two seasons, with 38, the Yankees’ Chien-Ming Wang never piled up strikeouts. Ground balls are more his game, and he does not have a consistent pitch to complement his sinker and get hitters to swing and miss. 雖然這兩季擁有領先全聯盟最多的38勝 王建民從來沒累積三振數 滾地球比較像他的比賽 投伸卡 不會讓打者揮空 So when Wang struggled to command his sinker in Game 1, the Cleveland Indians forced him to elevate the ball and pounded out hits. When Wang tried to adjust on the fly, with changeups and sliders, he was still hit hard. He lost that start, and lost again on short rest in Game 4. 所以當小王在分區季後賽第一場伸卡控球出現問題 印地安人打者 逼使他把球投高 當小王調整策略投高的變速球和滑球 還是被打得很慘 他輸掉這場球 以及休息三天後的第四場 At Yankee Stadium yesterday, Wang said he would dwell on those starts for a month or two. Next season, he said, he will have to refine his changeup and slider. 昨天在洋基球場 小王說 接下一兩個月可能還會想這幾場先發 他說下一季會好好練變速球和滑球 “A lot of pressure was put on him, and I’m not disappointed in the job he did as much as tipping my cap to the Cleveland hitters, because they made a lot of adjustments,” said Ron Guidry, the pitching coach. 投手教練Ron Guidry說 他身上有很多壓力 對他的表現我不失望 但也要向印地安人的打者致敬 因為他們做了很多調整 “I thought we’d have an edge, but they made the adjustment. They stayed off pitches he normally throws that guys swing at. They just were selective. They made him get the ball up, and once a sinkerball pitcher gets the ball up, he gets hurt. He wasn’t able to make an adjustment. But that’s a learning experience.” 我認為我們夠犀利 但他們做了調整 他們不揮以前人家常揮的球 選球精 讓他要把球投高 一旦伸卡球投手球高起來 就被傷害 他無法調整 這個是一個學習經驗 Wang’s 19.06 earned run average was the highest by a pitcher who made two starts in a postseason series since Kevin Brown had a 21.60 E.R.A. for the Yankees in the 2004 American League Championship Series. 小王兩場比賽防禦率19.06 是繼2004年美聯冠軍系列賽 KB爺21.60後最高的 CREDIT CLEVELAND PITCHING The Yankees scored 968 runs in the regular season, their highest total in 70 years, yet they fizzled in the clutch in the division series, going 2 for 34 with runners on base in their losses. Kevin Long, the batting coach, defended the hitters. He said they executed their game plan against C. C. Sabathia in Game 1 and credited Fausto Carmona for dominating Game 2. As for the fourth game, when the Yankees were 1 for 15 with runners on base, Long said: “I thought we swung the bats tremendous. We probably hit 16 balls hard. You go to the Derek Jeter at-bat, and he hits the ball right at the second baseman for a double play. You say, ‘Jeter wasn’t clutch,’ but there ’s nothing else he could have done.” Long continued: “Did we score the runs that we scored during the year? No. Does anybody in here think that we should have, against Sabathia, Carmona and Jake Westbrook? These are quality pitchers, and you have to give them some credit.” Long, who considers himself a friend of Alex Rodriguez’s, predicted that Rodriguez would choose to return to the Yankees next season. “Look at the history here and everything about being a New York Yankee,” Long said. “That would have to factor into what he does. There are 56,000 people at every game; that motivates you to play. He’s built a lot of good relationships in here. It’d be tough for him to start over again.” ANOTHER YEAR IN PINSTRIPES? The Yankees have several prominent potential free agents, including Alex Rodriguez, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera, Bobby Abreu and Andy Pettitte, but there are many others. Some of the unsigned players said yesterday that they wanted to return. “I didn’t want to take the uniform off last night,” first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz said. “Ever since I left Minnesota, I never felt I was home more than here. What’s not to love?” Jose Molina, who solidified the reserve catcher spot after a trade with the Angels in July, said that he believed he could start for another team but would gladly return as a backup. “I know I want to come back,” he said. “ There’s not a doubt in my mind.” Ron Guidry and Larry Bowa, the third-base coach, said that they wanted Joe Torre to stay as the manager, but that they would like to return if the Yankees still wanted them. “I’d love to come back next year, especially because of what I’ve seen this year,” Guidry said. “The pitching staff should be much stronger because of the development of some of our young kids.” --

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