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Jeter's milestone should happen in NY

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劇本 v.s 順其自然發生 XD


Phil Garner is an expert enabler of fan-friendly baseball history.

He managed two icons at the time of their 3,000th career hit: Milwaukee’s
Robin Yount in 1992, Houston’s Craig Biggio in 2007. Both times, the
milestone happened at home.

Phil Harner在自家球場分別造就了兩個3000安時刻：1992年釀酒人的Robin Yount和
2007太空人的Craig Biggio。


When asked over the holiday weekend if that was by design, Garner responded
with several seconds of laughter.

“Hell, yeah!” he finally said into the telephone. “Are you kidding me?”

被問到當年是否“照劇本走“，Garner先是笑了幾秒說“是啊！”，但在電話訪問的最後
反問(記者)“你開玩笑的吧！” XD

OK, maybe that was a stupid question. But it’s also a timely one, in light
of the resumption of Derek Jeter’s quest for 3,000 in Cleveland on Monday
night.

雖然是玩笑話，但隨著隊長星期一將在克里夫蘭繼續3000安的里程碑，這玩笑話也是當前
的問題。

Let’s start with the facts: Jeter hasn’t played in roughly three weeks
because of a right calf strain. He’s currently sitting on 2,994 hits. The
Yankees have seven games left before the All-Star break: three on the road,
followed by four at home. They open the second half in Toronto.

Would the Yankees’ decision-makers (baseball and business) prefer that Jeter
’s moment take place at Yankee Stadium, as opposed to Cleveland’s
Progressive Field or Toronto’s Rogers Centre?

At the risk of being repetitive: Hell, yeah!

先就事實而論，隊長目前2994安，近三周因右小腿拉傷缺賽，明星賽之前咱們剩7場比賽
，先三場客場，接著四場在自家主場。下半球季開賽將對上多倫多藍鳥。

洋基(高層)決策者會傾向讓隊長在洋基球場迎接3000安的歷史時刻還是讓Jeter在克里夫
蘭Progressive Field或藍鳥的Rogers Centre打出3000安呢?

答案是一樣的“對啊！”。

<對啊當然是照劇本走，讓隊長在自家球場打出3000安啊！ XD>

If Jeter gets three or four hits during the first two games in Cleveland, I
fully expect Yankees manager Joe Girardi to rest his shortstop in Wednesday’
s series finale, thus giving him the best chance to make history in the Bronx.

“I would say that would be a pretty good guess,” Garner said, chuckling
again. “And there’s nothing wrong with that.”

如果隊長在克里夫蘭前兩戰擊出3~4支安打，作者相信Girardi會讓隊長休息一天，這樣在
自己家打出3000安的機會最高。

Girardi自己也笑著說，很好的“算計”，且那樣調度一點也沒錯。

<大家都想幫隊長在自家打出3000安！ XD>


I agree wholeheartedly, for two primary reasons

1. The Yankees overpaid Jeter last offseason (three years, $51 million) in
part because they wanted him to become the first player to achieve 3,000 hits
while wearing the pinstripes. They have the right to make reasonable
accommodations for that to happen at Yankee Stadium.

2. There is precedent for Jeter to take one day off this week. When Alex
Rodriguez (a superstar infielder of similar age) returned from a calf injury
last September, he started two straight games before appearing as a pinch
hitter in the third.

作者基於兩個理由完全同意這個做法：

#1. 洋基以三年5千1百萬簽下隊長，有一部分原因就是要他成為洋基首位達成3000安的
選手，所以絕對有充分理由讓這時刻在洋基球場“上演”。

#2. 讓Jeter在本周休息一天已有前例可循。去年九月，年紀相仿、同樣是超級明星球員
的A-Rod在小腿受傷復出後，也是連續出賽兩場，然後第三場以代打身分上場。

Really, the Yankees have little choice but to close their eyes and hope that
the statistical probabilities hold true. Jeter is hitting .260 this year. He
gets roughly one hit for every four official at-bats — in other words, one
hit per game.

不過說真的，洋基真得只能閉眼祈求數據成真，隊長今年打擊率2成6，也就是說大約
四打席一安打，換句話說，每場比賽一安打。

He’s six hits away. The Yankees have seven games before the break. The math
should work out: One hit on Monday . . . one hit on Tuesday . . . a pinch-hit
appearance on Wednesday . . . one hit on Thursday . . . one hit on Friday . .
. one hit on Saturday . . . a big party on Sunday.

At least, that’s the best-case scenario.

隊長差六隻達成3000安，明星賽前剩七場，所以掐指一算：星期一、星期二各一安，星期
三代打，星期四、星期五和星期六各一安，然後星期天就是3000安的到來！

至少，這是最好的“劇本”。

The not-quite-best-case scenario: Jeter struggles to regain his timing after
the DL stay, and the All-American milestone for the All-American player
bounces onto an artificial surface in Canada — much like Tony Gwynn in
Montreal 12 years ago.

如果不是依照最佳劇本，隊長一樣安打難產，那會像12年前Tony Gwynny在蒙特婁一樣，
美國球員創造美國里程碑的時刻即將在“偽加拿大國土”(多倫多藍鳥球場)上演。XD

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<之後原文提到Tony Gwynn 、Rickey Henderson、 Yount、 Paul Molitor 等MLB前輩的
歷史時刻，在此略過，有興趣者可自行點選連結。最後兩段又拉回隊長。>

And let’s not forget why the Yankees are playing these games at all.

“They’ve got to win,” Garner said. “It’s tougher (to script it) when you
’re trying to win, but it’s also easier in a way. If someone questions you,
just say, ‘Look, we’ve got to win. This is not the Derek Jeter 3,000 Hit
Show. When the season is over, we want to raise the flag. The objective is to
win, and I need Jeter in there.’”

It all sounds like a Broadway script. Now it’s time for The Captain to make
it happen.

當然我們不能忘記洋基比賽的初衷。

Garner說洋基一定要贏球，所以也比較難“照劇本走”，但某每一方面來說，也比較容易
照劇本走，所以只要被問到這個問題，這樣回答即可：我們一定要贏球，這無關隊長3000
安，球季結束我們要拿冠軍杯，目標就是贏球，所以我們需要隊長。”

<謎之音：比賽就是要求勝啊！有哪一隊是要求敗的嗎？ =.=>

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後記：運動本身和經營(實力和行銷)相輔相成，NYY一直經營的有聲有色，也難怪咱們
球迷多 (當然噓聲也不少！XD)



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