我真的很喜歡這個系列文...... 翻譯幾句跟之前沒重複，我覺得不錯的。 有錯請指正0.0 : You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have : a lot of little boy in you, too. : -Roy Campanella 當一個職棒球員你必須是個男子漢，同時保有最初的童真。 : When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field : and it's one big glove. : -Vance Law 當你低潮的時候，外野看起來就像一個超巨大的手套。 (當你有觀念時也是) : Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the : other team controls the ball. : -Ken Harrelson, Sports Illustrated, 6 September 1976 棒球是我所知的運動中，唯一由防守方持球的。 : If a horse can't eat it, I don't want to play on it. : -Dick Allen, on artificial turf, 1970 如果馬不能吃，我就不想在上面打球。　(討厭人工草皮?) : Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. : If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get : you off. : -Bill Veeck 棒球是這個失序的世界中唯一理性的事物。當你三好球時，連最棒的律師也救不了你。 : Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really : appreciated. : -Author Unknown 棒球是犧牲真正被讚揚的地方。　(真的嗎?那大家怎麼那麼討厭點點點...) : I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life : are good friends and a good bullpen. : -Bob Lemon, 1981 我的結論：人生中最重要的是好朋友，和好的牛棚。　(Santana想必很認同) : Sandy's fastball was so fast, some batters would start to swing as he : was on his way to the mound. : -Jim Murray, on Sandy Koufax Sandy的速球快到爆炸，有些打者在他上投手丘的途中就揮棒了。 : I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting : practice. : -Casey Stengel, 1967 我是一個如此危險的打者，連打擊練習時都被故意四壞保送。 : A critic once characterized baseball as six minutes of action crammed : into two-and-one-half hours. : -Ray Fitzgerald, in Boston Glove, 1970 一個批評家曾說：棒球是把六分鐘的動作，塞到兩個半小時中。 : There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and : Willie Shakespeare. : -Tallulah Bankhead 這世上曾有過兩個天才。Willie Mays跟威廉莎士比亞。(660 Hr，史上排名第四) : Baseball fans love numbers. They love to swirl them around their : mouths like Bordeaux wine. : -Pat Conroy 棒球迷熱愛數字。他們會把數據像波爾多葡萄酒一樣品嘗。(獻給版上專業的 版友們) : Baseball? It's just a game - as simple as a ball and a bat. Yet, as : complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. It's a sport, business - : and sometimes even religion. : -Ernie Harwell, 棒球是一支棒子和一顆球的簡單遊戲，也是整個美國精神的象徵。它是運動，是 生意，也是一種信仰。 : Why does everybody stand up and sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" : when they're already there? : -Larry Anderson 為什麼已經在球場中的人要高唱 "帶我去看球賽"？ : I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that : the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the : price of the seats. : -Bill Veeck 二十年來我發現：對球賽的知識多寡，和他所坐位置的票價成反比。 : I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the : ball and started trying to make them hit it. : -Sandy Koufax 當我從試圖讓打者揮空棒，變成讓打者擊中球時，我就成為了一個優秀的投手。 : Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing. : -Warren Spahn 打擊是節奏，投球是去擾亂這種節奏。 : Don't forget to swing hard, in case you hit the ball. : -Woodie Held 別忘記要隨時奮力一擊，以防你不小心打中球。 (Sexson的信念??) : A baseball game is twice as much fun if you're seeing it on the : company's time. : -William C. Feather 在公司偷看球賽有兩倍的樂趣。 (這次奧運應該很多人很認同) : Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man : has ever come to perfection. : -Red Smith 本壘板和一壘間的九十呎，也許是一個男人最接近完美的距離。 (Ichiro內安魂) : The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game. : The second-greatest feeling is to lose a major league game. : -Chuck Tanner 世界上最爽的是贏一場大聯盟比賽。第二爽的是輸一場大聯盟比賽。 : Baseball is a ballet without music. Drama without words. : -Ernie Harwell 棒球是沒有音樂的芭蕾，沒有台詞的戲劇。　(所以常常有劇場?) : You know you're pitching well when the batters look as bad as you do : at the plate. : -Duke Snider 當打者的打擊看起來和你一樣鳥蛋的時候，你就知道投了一場好球。 : It actually giggles at you as it goes by. : -Rick Monday, on Phil Niekro's knuckleball 當它經過的時候彷彿在嘲笑你。 (形容Phil Niekro的蝴蝶球) : Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but : not everything. : -Toby Harrah, 1983 棒球數據就像比基尼女孩，她露了很多，但不是全部。 : Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed : mothers and cheating on your income tax. : -Mike Royko 討厭洋基邪惡帝國就像蘋果派、未婚媽媽、和逃漏稅一樣，非常的美式風格。 : Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you : have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same : width. : -Bill Veeck 棒球是給一般人的運動。想打籃球你必須有7呎6吋高，想打美式足球你則必須有 那麼寬。 : "You can't hit what you can't see." : -Walter Johnson 看不到，一定打不到。 : "Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning, you got off : to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a : slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking." : -Gene Mauch, Phillies manager 當你季初表現不好，你是慢熱。季中表現不好，你是陷入低潮。季末還表現不好 ，那你真可悲。 : "The best thing about being a Yankee is getting to watch Reggie Jackson : play every day. The worst thing about being a Yankee? Getting to watch : Reggie Jackson play every day." : -Graig Nettles 當洋基球員最棒的是能看Reggie Jackson打球。最糟的也一樣。 : "You don't face Ryan without your rest. He's the only guy I go against : that makes me go to bed before midnight." : -Reggie Jackson 沒有充足的休息，你無法面對Ryan。他是唯一能讓我提早上床的人。 : "Throwing people out of a game is like learning to ride a bicycle - : once you get the hang of it, it can be a lot of fun." : -Ron Luciano, umpire 把人趕出球場就像學騎腳踏車。當你學會了，你會覺得超爽。 (某裁判名言@@)　 : "The hitter asks the owner to give him a big raise so he can go : somewhere he's never been, and the owner says, 'You mean third base.'" : -Henny Youngman, comedian 某打者要求老闆給他加薪，讓他能去從未去過的地方玩。老闆回答他： "你是說三壘嗎？" : "I don't want them to forget Ruth. I just want them to remember me!" : -Hank Aaron 我沒有要他們忘了貝比魯斯。我只是要他們記得我! (漢克阿倫) : "Umpire's heaven is a place where he works third base every game. : Home is where the heartache is." : -Ron Luciano, umpire 裁判的天堂就是每天都能當三壘審的地方。本壘是心痛之處。(是婊人的地方吧) : "There were times last year when people looked at the scoreboard and : thought my batting average was the temperature." : -Buck Martinez, on his . 162 performance 去年人們看著記分板，還以為我的打擊率是當時的氣溫。 : "If I had my career to play over, one thing I'd do differently is : swing more. Those 1,200 walks I got - nobody remembers them." : -Pee Wee Reese 如果讓職業生涯重來一次，我會做更多揮擊。沒有人會記得我得到的1200次保送。 : "The only people I ever felt intimidated by in my whole life were Bob : Gibson and my daddy." : -Dusty Baker 一生中曾經讓我感到害怕的人，是Bob Gibson和我老爸。 : "Fans don't boo nobodies." : -Reggie Jackson 球迷不會噓無名小卒。 : "One of my goals in life was to be surrounded by unpretentious, rich : young men. Then I bought the Braves and I was surrounded by : twenty-five of them." : -Ted Turner, owner 我的人生目標是被謙遜又有錢的年輕人圍繞。所以我買下勇士隊，於是我有了 25個這樣的人。 : "Baseball is dull only to dull minds." -Red Smith, sportswriter 只有死腦袋的人會覺得棒球無聊。 : "I couldn't see well enough to play when I was a boy, so they gave me : a special job - they made me the umpire." : -Harry S. Truman, thirty-third president of the United States 我小時候因為看不清楚無法打球。所以他們讓我當裁判。 : "The ball is smaller, the planets are in line, the hole in the ozone : layer is bigger, and so is Juan Gonzalez." : -Terry Mulholland, on why more home runs are being hit these days 球比地球小多了，Juan Gonzalez這個漏洞卻跟臭氧層破洞一樣大。 : "The only way I'm going to win a Gold Glove is with a can of spray : paint." : -Reggie Jackson, on his fielding skills 我想拿到金手套的唯一方法，是去弄一罐金色噴漆。(Reggie Jackson守備很差嗎?) : "Most coaches remain anonymous until they screw up. If a third base : coach goes the entire season without being interviewed after a game, : it means he had a perfect season." : -Jay Johnstone 教練在他搞砸比賽之前都是沒沒無名的。如果一個三壘教練整季都沒被賽後訪問， 那表示他有一個完美的球季。　(獻給紅中) : "All I remember about my wedding day in 1967 is that the Cubs lost a : double-header." : -George F. Will 我對我1967年的婚禮唯一的記憶，是小熊隊在雙重賽中輸球。 : "I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I : like to live as big as I can." : -Babe Ruth 我總是揮大棒。不是轟一支大的，就是揮棒落空。我喜歡這樣豪邁地活著。 : "Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa." : -Casey Stengel, manager 強投永遠能壓制強打，反之亦然。 : "I knew it would ruin my arm. But one year of 25-7 is worth five of 15-15." : -Steve Stone, Orioles pitcher, on his Cy Young season 我知道我的手可能會廢了，但投出一年25勝7敗，總比投五年15勝15敗還要值得。 : "There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last : time. I owe him my best." : -Joe DiMaggio 可能會有某個孩子是第一次，或最後一次看我比賽。我要給他們最好的表現。 : "Any umpire who claims he has never missed a play is . . . well, : an umpire." : -Ron Luciano, umpire" 一個說自己從未誤判的裁判......就只是個裁判。 : "This winter I'm working out every day, throwing at a wall. I'm 11-0 : against the wall." : -Jim Bouton 整個冬天我都跑去朝牆壁投球。我跟牆壁之間已經11勝0敗了。 : "Baseball isn't keeping up with science. Satellites are sending accurate : signals from outer space to earth, but coaches still have trouble : transmitting signals from third base to home." : -Ellis Clary 棒球並未隨科技發展而進步。人造衛星都能從太空發送正確的訊號，但教練始終 無法對本壘板傳達正確的暗號。 : "I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, 'Go foul. Go : foul.'" : -Lefty Gomez 我職業生涯中常常跟球對話。我大喊著 "快出界！快出界！" : "See that fella over there? He's 20 years old. In 10 years, he's got : a chance to be a star. Now that fella over there, he's 20 years old, : too. In 10 years he's got a chance to be 30." : -Casey Stengel 看到那傢伙沒？他20歲，10年後會變成大明星。還有那傢伙，他也20歲， 10年後他會變成30歲。 --

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