懇請強者翻譯~ Jays re-invent Chien-Ming Wang By MIKE RUTSEY, QMI Agency TORONTO - It’s one thing for a starter to change his style of pitching over a career. Few, though, have been willing to make fundamental changes in the middle of an outing and carry that new philosophy into the next. But that is what transpired when Jays right-hander Chien-Ming Wang was on the mound for the first time last week in Chicago against the White Sox and then again on Sunday in Arlington against the Texas Rangers. It was an amazing metamorphosis for Wang to go from power sinkerball pitcher to junk-ball artist, but that’s what the 33-year-old accomplished in his two starts with the Blue Jays. Wang and his newfound skills will be on display Saturday when the Jays and Orioles meet up for the second game in their three-game series this weekend. It is an amazing turn of events for Wang, who was a 19-game winner for the New York Yankees in both 2006 and 2007 when he rode his power sinking two-seam fastball (94-96 mph) to success. “We made a decision talking with him and talking with J.P. (Arencibia) during the game against Chicago, the fact that he wasn’t using his curveball, ” pitching coach Pete Walker said Friday. “He has a changeup that he showed us in the bullpen prior to the game but during the course of the game it was primarily sinkers (through the first four innings). “But at this stage of his career, I know he’s been a power sinker (pitcher) in the past with New York and had a lot of success with it, but at this stage of his career he’s got to adjust. He’s got a good curveball and a quality major league changeup and a split (fastball). They are pitches he can use that he hasn’t utilized in the past or didn’t need to which I think he needs to now and you saw the results at the end of the Chicago game. Then we worked on his curveball, his changeup in the bullpen and tried to build his confidence to keep using those pitches and he showed it in his last game in Texas.” Against the Rangers, Wang recorded seven shutout innings. He held the Rangers to seven hits, walked two, struck out five and showed the poise and ability to pitch his way out of jams in both the second and fourth. “Against Texas he mixed things up, kept them off balance and his 91-mph sinker is that much more effective,” Walker said. “He’s buying into that, he saw good results and we’re hoping it carries over in Saturday’s game.” If nothing else it shows that Wang has great trust in his ability to throw those off-speed pitches effectively. It’s one thing to get beat but no pitcher wants to get beat on his secondary stuff. “He’s still got major-league stuff,” Walker said. “I think he’s got an average to above-average major-league curve and an effective split and change. We’ll see where it goes.” http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseball/MLB/Toronto/2013/06/21/20919716.html -- 一段將"好人卡"變成"喜帖"的愛情故事 http://goo.gl/OSMqg 脫衣秀(無圖) http://goo.gl/p3xfP --

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