[新聞] 牛投到位 戰力紓困

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牛投到位 戰力紓困

【王覺一╱台北報導】

過去數周，興農牛飽受傷兵之苦，不過陽建福(見圖)即將傷癒歸隊，新人余賢明也已隨隊
練習，最快本周就有機會上場，至於第4洋投目前在多明尼加道奇棒球學校接受測試，本
周內就會有答案。上半季即將進入白熱化階段，牛隊戰力可望及時獲得紓困。

陽建福練投狀況佳

陽建福在開幕戰中手肘受傷，休養近2個月，直到5月初才恢復練投。總教練劉榮華表示，
阿福目前練投的情形還不錯，不過投球量仍設定在30球左右。至於本周是否會復出，劉榮
華說：「可以期待，但不能保證，阿福是牛隊王牌投手，沒有完全好前，不能冒險讓他上
場。」

余賢明最快本周上

余賢明上周起隨牛隊練習，如果兵役體檢驗退證明一如預期在本周五(20日)拿到手，本周
六、日牛、Cobras在嘉義交手，余賢明就有可能上場。

洋將部分，道奇目前正在測試28歲、多明尼加籍投手Geraldo Padua。Padua曾是洋基小聯
盟1A潛力新人，1997至1999年在3個不同等級的聯盟拿下跨季20連勝，只是升上2A後嚴重
適應不良，隨後被交易到教士、海盜。2002年，Padua在獨立聯盟拿下12勝3敗後，過去2
年已回到中南美洲打球。

【2005/05/17 蘋果日報】

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推 edward718:好消息耶 推一下
推 cpocky:雖然感覺還是在原地..再推一下~推牛一把
推 abwyz:應該是好消息ㄅ....希望不要再讓我失望囉.......
→ zseal:阿福不會只上來先發個30球吧...那當終結者好了.= =
推 doa2:那也不錯阿 至少暫時有強力closer可用
推 iamvan:阿福前2局的穩定性當closer我會怕
推 piece:結果驗退證明還是沒拿到阿...
推 baba0911:算好消息吧...推一下...加油唷
推 nowistzki:不要跟我說莊宏亮還比較早退的話 那我要瘋了@@
推 pabb:適應不良..  請飛勇示範台灣的便當有多好吃
推 gooderr:呵..我本來也要來po這好消息耶！推推推^^
推 yodle:原本就預計要到這星期五才會拿到不是嗎?
推 eping601:推一下好了 耶
推 joyuan:阿福要回來了嗎....真是太好了...^__^
推 bluemouse:好消息一定要推一下的阿~~
推 ck2189:新洋投28歲ㄝ 希望有好的表現...
推 pang1985:20連勝耶 就算都在1A 那還是穩的離譜 讚
推 kimimaru:大推要請飛勇示範啦XD  太可愛了~~~
推 sirius1119:希望這次新洋將要好用的喔 ^^
推 Newstart:保護阿福  好   推一個
推 loveoeo49:保護阿福 好教練+1
推 burbun:我看過精華區了我還是不懂為啥飛勇愛吃便當?
→ burbun:是從何得知他愛吃便當阿??
推 a5211:飛勇自己說的
推 ssyu:真的假的 不會又是空歡喜一場吧 !!
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作者: chemikelvin (不可不信緣) 看板: Bulls
標題: Re: [新聞] 牛投到位 戰力紓困
時間: Tue May 17 14:09:25 2005

一篇有關新洋投的文章
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In search of a pitcher and his dreams

Lost: One pitcher.

I've been intrigued by this mystery for barely a month now, but it's been an un
solved case much longer.

One evening earlier this season, Geraldo Padua came in to pitch at Harrisburg f
or the Double-A Altoona Curve. Leading 2-1 in the eighth inning, Padua allowed
a game-tying home run. The next pitch was another homer. The following pitch a
third homer. Stranger things have happened in minor league games than homers on
 three consecutive pitches, but there was something familiar about this seeming
ly nondescript reliever.

Indeed. A little research reminded me that he's been a wanted man, by Altoona's
 parent team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, when they traded Al Martin to San Diego p
rior to last season. Before that, the Padres showed interest when they sent Jim
 Leyritz to the Yankees in 1999. Both teams wanted him as part of those deals.
And why not?

In May of '99, Padua's record as a minor leaguer was 20-0, eight wins with the
Yankees' Gulf Coast League team in 1997, eight more the next year at Oneonta of
 the short-season New York-Penn League, and his first four decisions of '99 for
 Greensboro of the South Atlantic League. He lost his next start, stopping one
short of the unofficial minor league record for consecutive victories.

Here he was, not two years later, pitching out of the bullpen in Double-A with
an earned run average of 9.00. It was his second shot at Double-A. The first on
e ended last season during a run of 14 consecutive losses, the final six after
a demotion back to Class A.

What could have gone so wrong?

One former teammate in the Yankees' system, who didn't want his name used, said
 Padua "was a great guy but definitely weird" but admitted he couldn't pinpoint
 a firm reason for that assessment. Another ex-teammate added that the American
 players weren't sure how to read him but chalked that up to the language barri
er. But they decided to call him Doc, short for Witch Doctor, probably as much
for an unusual high hairstyle as anything else.

Unfairly labeled as different? It's not unusual for a Hispanic player who speak
s little or no English. As an executive in one of Padua's three organizations s
aid, "I've heard there might be some questions about his makeup. But you have t
o be careful. That (comment) pops up sometimes with Latin players."

"He never really entered into the normal hijinks," said Bill Hass, who covered
Padua for the Greensboro News & Record. "I remember him being very businesslike
. He was respected for the way he went about his business."

Padua was married by then, though his wife was back in the Dominican Republic,
the home he left to become a baseball star. "I made the decision when I dropped
 out (of high school) that this is my profession," Padua said during the long w
inning streak. He quit school at age 14 and got a job so he could buy his first
 baseball shoes and a glove. Signed by the Yankees two years later, the plan se
emed to be working.

"He had all three pitches, a fastball, curve and change," said current Ottawa L
ynx manager Stan Hough, who had Padua at the height of his success as a 22-year
-old in Greensboro. "The fastball was around 90 (mph) but it was too straight s
ometimes. He needed to learn the two-seamer. At times, he was just throwing the
 ball. He needed to be a little more deliberate. But his maturity level was OK.
"

All in all, a common assessment of a Class A prospect. "He was a good kid," Hou
gh said. "If you see him, tell him I said, 'Hi,' and wanted to know if he's doi
ng OK."

I did just that, approaching Padua before a game. But he waved me off, saying,
"Me? No, no. No English." I knew that wasn't completely true, so I tried my one
 possible opening. "Stan Hough wanted me to say hello to you," I said. "He want
s to know if you're doing OK."

Padua pondered that for a moment. "Hello to Stan," he said. "I'm doing fine." A
nd walked away.

If he was, it certainly didn't show on the mound. In fact, the Pirates' organiz
ation released him shortly afterward. The numbers for this season: 0-1, 9.69 ER
A in 13 innings over 10 appearances.

"He's wild in the (strike) zone," said Paul Tinnell, Pittsburgh's player develo
pment director. "He'll throw you a first-pitch strike, but a pitcher who doesn'
t have command with the fastball, it's going to blow up in his face sooner or l
ater."

That jibes with observations from coaches and teammates that Padua began to rel
y too much on his changeup.

"He was throwing in the winter with good success," Tinnell said of Padua's seco
nd-best ERA (1.42) in last winter's Dominican League playoffs. "He's probably g
oing to turn up somewhere."

It might be any time now and it probably will be in the Yankees' Florida traini
ng complex, thinks Myles Kahn, who also thinks he's still Padua's agent. But he
's not sure of either.

"There's another guy who says he represents Geraldo now," Kahn said. "I heard h
e's going to sign with the Yankees again but he didn't do it through me. I call
ed the hotel in Tampa where the Yankees' minor leaguers stay and he's not there
. I tried his wife ... and his ex-wife but couldn't find out where he is."

Kahn hasn't been able to determine if Padua is in the USA or even if he had lef
t. Foreign players are in the country through visas obtained by the team. When
they lose their roster status, they lose their visas. Standard procedure is for
 the minor league team's trainer to take the player to the airport with a ticke
t that can't be changed. But because there are no direct flights from, say, Alt
oona to Santo Domingo, a kernel of uncertainty remains.

"We're not immigration guys," Tinnell said. "You can't handcuff the player and
take him out of the country."

Indeed, many players find ways to go to New York rather than their homeland, ho
ping to blend into the large Dominican community there and find jobs. "You have
 to understand," Kahn said. "Baseball is king in the Dominican. If they go back
, they're afraid they'll be labeled a failure. Their only option probably is wo
rking in the fields."

Padua might very well pop up in the minor leagues again. Or we might never hear
 of him again.

For the baseball world, Geraldo Padua is lost — at least for now. Maybe he's j
ust another guy who hit the wall at Double-A. But you can't help but wonder how
 much more of a dream is lost. And what more could have been done to avoid it.

Geraldo, Stan Hough wants to know if you're doing OK. I don't even know you. Bu
t I'd like to know, too.

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推 wangrod:Orz..好想認識它..但是它不想認識我 看不懂T_T
推 brandmn:推+1...
推 chemikelvin:簡而言之就一個曾經備受期待的新秀
→ chemikelvin:1A的成績也很好 但在2A被狂殺
→ chemikelvin:第一段說他在2A的時候 第八局2:1領先登場
→ chemikelvin:結果被連三轟XD
推 pupuca:連三轟...>_<#
推 chemikelvin:球種有直球(90MPH) 曲球 變速
推 chemikelvin:有沒有人要來翻譯整篇一下@@
推 JINGSHAN:文裡面有提到，他的直球有點直，雖然可以投到
→ JINGSHAN:90MPH，這樣的話，當關門的很危險喔
推 jacky312:不一定吧!!畢竟沒試過怎麼知道
推 JINGSHAN:很多事，當然都是沒事過不會知道的
→ JINGSHAN:不過可以參考一下霍格斯的例子，一樣又快又直
推 spawn:達威的直球不是也算很直的嗎
推 pink0518:有誰的直球很彎????@@
推 amou1030:王建民的直球很會跑ㄒㄒ
推 benxyz:還有提到他控球不太好..￣▽￣||
→ benxyz:不適合關門條件又加一項..Orz
推 myutwo150:達威的直球一點都不直....他的直球比較接近Sho
→ myutwo150:ot....
推 pezhan:可以讓戰哥來當Closer呀...
推 wuchaju:簡單的舉例，王建民的直球會跑唷，並不是很直.
推 qqoc:看不懂啊...!__!