Hamels grateful for dad's support Phillies southpaw attributes early love of baseball to father By Kevin Horan / MLB.com Cole Hamels' pitching career began in the backyard of his boyhood home in California. The young lefty would throw to his father, Gary Hamels, stationed in a catcher's stance in the opposite end of the yard. 王牌從小就跟他老爸在自家的後花園catch ball(難道老黑魔使曾經看過一套來自東洋的 神秘棒球漫畫!?) It wasn't always as pretty as Hamels' two complete-game shutouts this season. Cole recalls stray pitches that bounced off his father's shins and ankles and even a few that broke windows. 然而歹誌恩係憨人所想的那麼簡單，就像大雄他們偶爾會打破雷公家的玻璃，黑魔使也是 But that never deterred Gary's devotion to his son's progress. 老黑魔使:加油，好嗎? "He was always there to catch me as long as I wanted," Cole said of his father. "Without him, I don't think I would have become as good." 如果沒有他，就沒有現在的我 by黑魔使 Cole's parents still reside in California. They get to see their son play when they make an occasional trip to Philadelphia and also look forward to the Phillies' visits to the West Coast. 老黑魔使夫妻倆沒有很刻意的去看兒子的比賽，只是剛好經過 After one of Cole's starts, however, don't expect to hear intense conversations between he and his father about how to analyze hitters or analyze Cole's pitching motion. His dad just enjoys watching the game, Cole said. "我老爸不會跑來跟我說該如何解決打者或如何投球，他就只是看比賽" 黑魔使說 "He's like, 'You know what? You surpassed me after high school,'" Cole said. "'You've learned everything.'" 老黑魔使只會說:我已經沒有東西可以教你了 During Cole's Little League days, the lefty was proud of his ability to pitch with accuracy and field the ball cleanly, but sometimes struggled with hitting. He remembers having a tendency to back out of the batter's box as a pitcher started his windup. 黑魔使在小聯盟的時候，能投能守，就是打擊有點差 甚至投手剛要投時就自己想要退出打擊區 (這裡有一批大魯閣代幣很便宜的) That's when Gary stepped in with words of encouragement. 就只有在那時候老黑魔使會給他一些鼓勵的話 "'Swing the bat and keep your eye on the ball,'" Cole recalls his father saying. 老黑魔使棒球教室:球來就打 不是啦 "揮棒然後持續盯著球，球就會像變了心的女朋友一樣了" 王牌想起爸爸的話 While Cole was growing up, Gary worked as a school district's financial adviser and was able to leave his job early to see his son's games. 老黑魔使是學校區域(是這樣翻嗎?)的財政顧問，而且可以早一點離開工作去看王牌 的比賽 "That was quite nice, just to know that your dad is in the stands," Cole said. "A lot of people don't have that opportunity." "有老爸在旁邊的感覺超棒的，不是每個人都有這樣的機會" 黑魔使說 When Cole does get a chance to return home to California to visit his parents, he sees that some things haven't changed. 有些事永遠都不會變 Even though the 24-year-old Hamels has become a cornerstone of the Phillies' starting rotation -- tied for the team lead with six wins and holding a 3.36 ERA, the lowest among Phils starters -- the elder Hamels still wants to play catch. 儘管王牌現在是費城人的中流砥柱，老黑魔使還是會跟他catch ball (我也想zz) "I'm like, 'Dad, I can't play catch with you right now,'" Cole said. "'I throw too hard for you.'" "我很想，但是我現在不能跟你catch ball了，我怕球會打穿手套然後打到你" 王牌說 這篇還蠻簡單的，沒有翻的很鹽井，很多都是用我自己的話來解釋 如果大家看不習慣，肥腸爆芡@@ 就當做讓我賺個p幣吧XD --

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