※ 引述《xiemark (aisinjuro)》之銘言： : FINDING HIS NICHE 尋找適合他的位置 : Rookie Kuo might start key game for Dodgers on Friday 菜鳥郭泓志可能會在星期五躲人的關鍵比賽中先發 : By Ben Bolch, Times Staff Writer : September 25, 2006 Ben Bolch 2006年9月25日 : The forecast for San Francisco on Friday evening calls for partly cloudy : skies, a temperature in the 50s and a high probability of Hong-Chih Kuo's : pitching for the Dodgers. 舊金山的預報說星期五晚上很可能是局部多雲的天氣，氣溫會是華氏50度(不太會翻)， 同時郭泓志非常可能會在當晚替躲人投球。 : Officially, the Dodgers have not announced their starter for Friday : against the Giants at AT&T Park, the opening game of their final regular- : season series, saying they will hand the ball to Kuo or fellow rookie Chad : Billingsley. 躲人隊尚未正式宣布星期五在AT&T球場迎戰巨人隊時的先發投手人選，這場比賽將是 他們在今年正規球季裡最後一個系列戰中的第一場比賽，躲人目前的官方說法是他們 將會從小小郭和另一隻菜鳥～Chad Billingsley中選一位擔任該場的先發。 : But given the way Kuo flattened the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday during : the Dodgers' 5-1 victory at Dodger Stadium, there might not be any question. : "I would say that's obviously the way we're leaning," Dodgers pitching coach : Rick Honeycutt said afterward. "He's given us no reason for us not to give : him the ball on Friday." 但是在星期天小小郭率領躲人隊以5-1打敗亞利桑納響尾蛇隊之後，這應該不再有任何 問題了。「我會說這顯然就是我們正在找的方向。」躲人的投手教練Rick Honeycutt 之後說：「他讓我們沒有任何理由不在星期五把球交到他的手上。」 : All Kuo did Sunday was pitch seven superb innings in the most important game : of an injury-plagued professional career that had spanned only 102 innings : before this season. 小小郭在星期天的比賽中投出了超棒的七局，而這一場比賽是小小郭因傷困擾的職業生涯 中最重要的一場比賽。在這一個球季之前，他生涯只不過才投了102局。 : The 25-year-old left-hander gave up four hits and one unearned run, and tied : a career high with eight strikeouts. 這位25歲的左投手在這場比賽中被打出了4支安打，失掉了一分非自責分，並且投出了追 平生涯單場最高的8次三振。 : "I love the way the guy pitches," Manager Grady Little said. "He gets the : ball and he's kind of rapid-firing out there. The tempo that he takes to the : field is good for everybody involved except for the hitter." 「我喜歡這小子投球的方式」，總教練小先生說道：「他在場上投球的節奏對每一個人而 言都很棒，當然打者除外。」 : The Taiwanese sensation also rejuvenated a slumbering offense in the fifth : inning with an opposite-field double off the left-field wall, his first major : league hit. 這一位台灣的名人在第五局也讓躲人超悶的打線恢復生氣，他打出了一隻反方向的二壘 安打，這隻安打直擊左外野全壘打牆，同時也是他大聯盟生涯的第一支安打。 : He eventually scored the Dodgers' first run to tie the score and then held : the Diamondbacks in check, giving up only one hit after the fourth inning. 最後他得到了躲人的第一分，追平了比數。接著他讓響尾蛇完全熄火，在第四局之後僅 僅只再被擊出一隻安打。 : "That was a huge hit for us," catcher Russell Martin said. "He did a little : bit of everything." 「那是一隻相當重要的安打」，捕手Russell Martin說：「他似乎做到了每一件事。」 : Kuo has been a master at multi-tasking this season. : After making the Dodgers' opening-day roster as a reliever and struggling : with his command, Kuo was demoted to triple-A Las Vegas in late April. 郭泓志在本季已經成為一位能扮演多重角色的大師了。 他在球季開幕之後待在大聯盟中擔任中繼投手的角色，然後在跟控球問題奮戰一段時間 之後，他於4月底被下放到3A的Las Vegas。 : He returned to Los Angeles for a second stint in June, then was sent back : down after a month and converted into a starter. 他在6月時第二度回到大聯盟，然後一個月後又被下放並且轉換角色變成先發投手。 : In his first major league start, against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium : on Sept. 8, Kuo pitched six scoreless innings to lead the Dodgers to a 5-0 : victory. 9月8日，在他第一次的大聯盟先發出賽中，他在Shea球場迎戰大都會隊。 郭泓志投了6局無失分的比賽，並且幫助躲人最後取得5-0的勝利。 : His numbers as a starter with the Dodgers — 1-1 with a 2.59 earned-run : average in four outings — make a compelling case for inclusion in the 2007 : starting rotation. 他在躲人擔任先發投手的數據是 ～ 四場先發獲得一勝一負，自責分率只有2.59 ～ 這 個成績足夠讓人相信可以將他放到2007年躲人的先發輪值名單中。 : "He's opening some eyes," Honeycutt said. "We're just seeing continued : improvement." Honeycutt說：「他正在開發他的一些觀察力，而我們正在持續目睹這些進步。」 : Kuo opened his professional career as a starter, but severe elbow injuries : limited him to 18 games and 42 1/3 innings in his first four seasons and : raised questions about his durability. 郭泓志的職業生涯一開始是擔任先發投手，然而嚴重的手肘傷勢讓他在職業生涯一開始的 四年，僅僅投了18場比賽跟42又1/3局，嚴重的傷勢同時也讓人對他的續航力產生疑問。 : He required two elbow surgeries to replace ligaments. : "He's always been built to be a starter, but after the surgeries we didn't : know how the arm was going to hold up," Honeycutt said. "Now we're seeing that : he's holding up pretty good." 他動了兩次更換韌帶的手術。 Honeycutt說：「他一直被當先發養，但是在經歷這兩次大手術之後，我們不知道他的手 臂會變的怎樣。現在，我們看到他的手臂仍然保持著相當好的狀態。 : After issuing 26 walks in 30 1/3 innings as a reliever, Kuo has walked only : seven in 24 1/3 innings as a starter, including two Sunday. 在擔任中繼時，小小郭在30又1/3局中投出了26次保送。不過在這之後，小小郭在先發的 24又1/3局中，僅僅投出了7次保送，這包括了兩場週日的比賽。 : "I have time to warm up and get my pitches, my slider, working," Kuo said : when asked why he had performed better as a starter. "I throw more breaking : balls. I think that helps a little bit too." 當被問到為什麼當先發時表現比較好？小小郭這麼說：「當先發時我比較有時間讓身體 熱起來，而且我的球啊，滑球啊，就會投的比較好。我也丟了更多的變化球，我想這也 有點幫助吧。」 : Martin said Kuo needs a couple of innings to find himself. : "When you're in relief, you don't have that much time," Martin said. : "It's normally give one good inning, and that's it. : "But when he starts, he has time to really pound his fastball, and when he : gets his fastball release point, everything comes together," Martin said. Martin說小小郭需要幾局的時間去找到他自己。 「當你當中繼的時候，你沒有很多時間。通常就是有不錯的一局，然後頂多就這樣了。」 「但是當他當先發時，他就有時間去真正地琢磨他的快速球（不大會翻），當他找到他 快速球的正確出手位置時，所有事情就都沒問題了。」 ================================= (初次翻譯，請多指教) --

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