[新聞] Williams Says He’ll Wait for a Guaranteed Spot

[parabird (Harry)]

The New York Times

NEW MILFORD, Conn., Feb. 9 — Bernie Williams came to this Connecticut town
Friday night to play his guitar in a benefit concert at a church. He will be
back home in Westchester County in the days to come. But where he will not be
any time soon is in Tampa, Fla., where the Yankees will begin spring training
next week without their longtime center fielder.


    Bernie星期五晚上在一場慈善演唱會中演奏吉他.他數天後會回到Westchester.他短
期內不會出現的地方是Tampa(Yankees下週將在此展開春訓).


Meeting with reporters before the concert, Williams said he would not accept
the team’s current offer to come to spring training as a long shot on a
minor league contract and perhaps play himself onto the roster if another
player got hurt.

    Bernie在演奏前和記者見面,他說他將不會接受Yankees所offer的小聯盟合約.因為
只能在先發陣容有人受傷才有機會.


Instead, Williams said, he would maintain a waiting game of sorts by staying
home, staying in shape, spurning offers of guaranteed contracts from other
teams and waiting for the Yankees to change their minds and offer him a
guaranteed spot on the roster. He spoke in his usual calm demeanor.

   Bernie說他會待在家裡,保持身體在良好狀態.他不會接受其它球隊所offer的任何合
約. 他會等待Yankees改變他的心意.保證他在roster的位置.


“I think if they wanted me, they would have signed me already,” said
Williams, who has spent 16 seasons with the Yankees, the only team he has
played for. “The option to go to spring training and see what happened — I
don’t think at this moment it is something I want to consider.”

   Bernie說:如果Yankees要我,早就和我簽約了. "去參加春訓,然後再看看有沒有發生
什麼事"-這不是我想要考慮的選項.


Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman, reached by telephone Friday night,
said there was no space for Williams.

   Cashman星期五晚間接受電話訪問時說:球隊目前沒有位置給Bernie.


“We love and respect Bernie, but with the dynamic of our roster, there’s
not a spot,” Cashman said. “We had a lot of conversations with him. I
understand that he doesn’t want to accept a minor league deal.”

    "我們敬愛Bernie,但以我們現在的陣容,沒有多餘的位置給他."Cashman說. "我跟
Bernie有很多交談.我瞭解他不想接受小聯盟合約."


Williams, alternately quiet and quirky, has been a hugely popular player in
the Bronx and was a key contributor to the championships the Yankees won in
1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000. Even though his skills began to slip, he proved to
be valuable member of the team in 2006, hitting .281 in 420 at-bats as he
helped fill the void created by injuries to Gary Sheffield and Hideki Matsui.

  Williams在Bronx是很受歡迎的球員.對Yankees在1996,1998,1999,2000穫得冠軍也有很
重要的貢獻.在2006年,即使他的技巧開使下滑,他仍有0.281的打擊率(420打席).他也幫忙
填補Gary和Hideki受傷產生的空缺.

But that was last year. The Yankees plan to carry 12 pitchers and 2 first
baseman in 2007, not including Jason Giambi, who will become the full-time
designated hitter. That leaves the team with room for one reserve outfielder,
Melky Cabrera. And if Johnny Damon, Bobby Abreu, Matsui or Cabrera are
injured this spring, Cashman appears more inclined to summon Kevin Reese or
Kevin Thompson as a replacement instead of turning to Williams.

    但這是去年的狀況.2007年,洋基打算帶12名投手和2名一壘手(Jason Giambi並不包
括在內,他會專職DH).這樣只會留下一個位置給第四外野手Melky Cabrera. 而且如果四
名外野手有人受傷,Cashman並不打算用Bernie,Cashman打算召喚Kevin Reese或Kevin
Thompson.


Williams seems aware of the team’s plans. “As it is right now, it doesn’t
seem like I am going to be playing with that team this year,” he said.
Still, he does not seem ready to say he has retired.

   Wiliiams似乎瞭解球隊的規劃."以目前的狀況來說,我今年應該不會為Yankees打球"
他說. Bernie依然還沒準備好說他退休了.


Williams said that he talked to Cashman two months ago and that Cashman told
him the team was pursuing some trades that might open a spot for Williams.

   Williams 說它兩個月年與Cashman談過,Cashman說他在交涉一些交易讓球隊能多一個
空缺出來.

And the Yankees talked to the Atlanta Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates about
a three-way deal that would have sent Cabrera to the Braves, Pirates reliever
Mike Gonzalez to the Yankees and Braves first baseman Adam LaRoche to the
Pirates.

   Yankees和Pirates及Braves討論起三方交易:將Cabrera送到Braves;將Pirates後援投
手Mike Gonzalez送到Yankees;Braves一壘手Adam LaRoche送到Pirates.


But that deal never materialized, with LaRoche instead being traded for
Gonzalez. Cabrera is still a Yankee and Williams is a man without a team.

   但那個交易並未成真.LaRoche和Gonzalez交易.Cabrera還是在洋基.而Williams還是
一個沒有球隊的球員.

“It is just a part of the game,” Williams said. “It is what makes this
interesting.”

   Williams說:這只是球賽的一個部份.這讓一切變的更有趣.


After speaking for only a few minutes, Williams was pulled away by the concert
’s promoters. It was time to concentrate on hitting notes, not pitches, to
strum his guitar and wait for a roster spot that will probably not
materialize.

   在Bernie接受訪問數分鐘後,演唱會公關把他拉走.現在要將注意力集中在敲擊音符,而
不是棒球.現在是演奏吉他的時候,並且等待著一個或許不會出現的roster spot.


Jack Curry contributed reporting.




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