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標題: [新聞] Yankees Pitchers Trade Fielding Drills for Putting Pract
時間: Tue Mar 10 14:11:05 2009
Yankees Pitchers Trade Fielding Drills for Putting Practice
By JOE LAPOINTE
Published: March 9, 2009
TAMPA, Fla. —
From the two diamonds just outside Steinbrenner Field came the sounds of
loud laughter, sporadic shouting, clapping hands and the occasional howl
of anguish — not the normal noise associated with the pitchers’ fielding
practice.
Instead, the mild uproar stemmed from a hybrid game of golf and baseball
being played by about two dozen Yankees pitchers and their coaches, and
Manager Joe Girardi. The game, actually an impromptu tournament, was the
idea of pitcher A. J. Burnett. He casually mentioned it to Girardi, who
quickly seized on it as part of his attempt this spring to revise his image.
“It really helps the bonding, it helps the guys get together, and it’s
not the same day-in, day-out stuff,” said Burnett, one of the Yankees’
new highly paid recruits. After Burnett made the suggestion, Girardi gave
it some thought, walked back to him and said, “Hey, we’re going to do
your golf game.”
The tournament was similar in a smaller way to the team billiards outing
that Girardi organized two weeks ago in lieu of a daily practice. This
event, three hours before a 6-2 loss to Toronto on Monday, was for pitchers
and lasted only about 30 minutes.
This spring, Girardi has reacted to the impression he made last season that
he was intense, too tightly wound in his first year as the Yankees’ manager.
And because of the World Baseball Classic, this year’s training camp is
longer than usual. An offbeat golf game helped break the monotony, Girardi
said.
“Sometimes, it can be counterproductive if you do the same thing
every day,” he said. “I just thought, you know, let’s change it up.”
So the pitchers and the coaches were divided into three-man teams to reflect
the national teams of the Classic. Monday’s event was won by the Yankees’
version of Team Chinese Taipei, with Chien-Ming Wang leading a triumphant
group that included Phil Hughes and the minor league pitching coach Scott
Aldred.
“My team won, but I did terrible,” Hughes said. But he noted that the
tournament was more fun than fielding drills. “You can cover first base
only so many times,” he said.
In the competition, players tapped balls on the ground with the thick ends
of fungo bats and tried to hit the bases. They progressed around the
basepaths in the normal pattern, keeping score as they went. Girardi
called it the W.B.C./Ryder Cup.
Once in a while, a player would mimic a golf course warden by saying in
a stage whisper, “Quiet, please,” followed by, “Thank you.” Burnett,
playing on Girardi’s team with reliever Brian Bruney, started the event
with what Girardi called a hole in one from home to first.
“I had the best shot and the worst shot,” Burnett said. “I had to
lead the way. After my hole in one, we were three or four strokes up
going into third base and I was about 10 inches from third. Instead of
playing it safe and just hitting the bag and letting skipper go for
home, I tried to ricochet it off third and go home and I missed the
entire bag.”
One of the first groups to be eliminated consisted of C. C. Sabathia,
Joba Chamberlain and Andy Pettitte, who started Monday’s real game,
against Toronto, and gave up no runs and one hit in one and two-thirds
innings.
Sabathia shook his head and said, “I was terrible.” Chamberlain said,
“It was fun, a lot better than doing P.F.P.”
Because Pettitte was the starting pitcher next door less than three hours
after the tournament, he left quickly for the clubhouse with a look on
his face much more serious than those of his fellow pitchers, who kept
playing and joking.
“I put us in the hole with my very first shot; I hit it all the way to the
outfield from home plate,” Pettitte said, adding, “It really wasn’t
my cup of tea.”
Because Girardi was on one of the losing teams, he had to do a little extra
running as penance, along with the other groups that did not win.
“Team U.S.A. did not do very well,” Girardi said. “A. J. made a critical
error on hole No. 3, but I didn’t help at all.”
Bruney agreed. “I did good,” he said. “But I had Girardi on my team.
I blame him.”
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http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/03/10/sports/10yanks_600.JPG
Yankees pitchers and coaches, and Manager Joe Girardi, far right, played
in an impromptu golf tournament before a 6-2 loss to Toronto.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/sports/baseball/10yanks.html?_r=1&ref=baseball
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