[新聞] Yankees' revival led by Rodriguez

[ted10 (馬力安諾‧羅德里茲)]

Yankees'revival led by Rodriguez
On historic pace, third baseman pulls club out of early funk
Rodriguez帶領了洋基隊的復甦
洋基三壘手把球隊脫離出早先的低潮

NEW YORK -- One thing has become increasingly clear:
If the Yankees do not succeed this season,
it is going to be very difficult to blame Alex Rodriguez.
紐約 -- 有件事變得越來越明朗：
如果洋基隊在本季無法打出好成績，
而這將非常困難地去怪罪到Alex Rodriguez身上。

After an otherworldly April and a merely mortal May,
A-Rod is back on top in June.
He drove in 18 runs in the first 10 days of the month, as many RBIs as
any player had in that span in the last 57 seasons.
And since then, he hasn't exactly flatlined.
在經歷一個超凡脫俗(I like this word. XD)的四月以及一個近乎變回凡人的五月，
A-Rod在六月再度的回到巔峰，
他在六月的前十天中，打進了18分。
而他從球季開始到現在所累計下來的打點數，是近57個球季以來最高的球員。
(就是指以往的57年中的前兩個半月，A-Rod是打最多打點的球員。)
而且，他依然繼續活在這個世上。(最後一句不太會翻)

Rodriguez kept up the pace over this Subway Series weekend.
On Sunday night in the 2007 Series finale,
he set the tone with a first-inning, two-run home run.
He added another RBI with a sacrifice fly in the third,
as the Yankees won the second half of the Series with an 8-2
victory over the Mets.
Rodriguez also doubled later, but he was leading off an inning,
and no further RBIs were available at the time.
Rodriguez在這個週末的地鐵大戰仍然保持著自己的步調，
在禮拜天的夜晚，同時也是07年地鐵大戰的最終戰，
他在第一局就率先打出一支兩分全壘打。
然後在第三局用一支高飛犧牲打再添得一分打點，
之後他再補上了一支二壘安打，但是他是該局首名打者，因此也沒多添打點。
而洋基隊最終以8-2贏球，也贏了地鐵大戰的下半場。

After the evening's work, Rodriguez had 27 home runs and 73 RBIs.
加上這個夜晚的成績後，Rodriguez打出了27支全壘打以及73分打點。

"That's a pretty good season already," Yankees center fielder Johnny Damon
said. "And there's no sign of him slowing down. The guy's amazing."
洋基隊中外野手Damon說到：
「這已經是一個很棒的球季了，而且沒有任何徵兆顯示他會慢下來。
這傢伙實在是太神奇了！」

Any number of players, putting up the numbers over a season
that Alex Rodriguez has in mid-June, would be calling their agents,
putting in motion requests for renegotiations of their contracts.
任何球員的整季表現如果有達到Alex Rodriguez目前累計到六月中的成績的話，
他絕對會馬上打給他的經紀人，要求他在季末跟他的球隊重新討論合約內容。

But in this case, 60 percent of the season remains.
Rodriguez is on a pace for 65 home runs. That's gaudy,
but even more substantially, he is on a pace for 177 RBIs.
That would put him in Mr. Hack Wilson's general record-setting
neighborhood. It would be work of true historical value.
在球季還有60%沒打完的情況下，如果A-Rod能一直照著這個步調走下去，
他將會打出65支全壘打。那真的是十分驚人。
但是更嚇人的會是，他將會有177分打點。
這將會將他跟Hack Wison相提並論，去當紀錄數字上的鄰居了。
那真的是歷史性的價值。

It should also be duly reported that Rodriguez made a
diving play to his left in the second inning to take a hit away
from Carlos Delgado. As much as Chien-Ming Wang's relentless work
on the mound made victory possible for the Yankees on Sunday night,
A-Rod's performance helped to make certain
that Wang's performance would not be in vain.
當然需要提到Rodriguez在二局的精采守備，沒收了Carlos Delgado的安打。
這個守備跟王建民的精采表現同時幫助了洋基隊在星期天晚上的勝利。
A-Rod的表現更確定王的投球不會是徒勞無功的。

It is possible that as stunning as A-Rod's April was -- 14 home runs, 34 RBIs
-- it did not receive the usual level of acclaim because at the time, there
was so much gnashing of teeth about the Yankees' early-season struggles. Or,
as Rodriguez put it on Sunday night, "April was OK, but we weren't winning
games, so it was kind of hard to enjoy it."
A-Rod四月份的表現或許不會得到他應得的掌聲及喝采，
因為洋基隊季初的糟糕表現招致了許多憤憤不平的聲音。
或者就是Rodriguez自己在星期天晚上說的：
「四月還算OK，但是我們沒贏多少比賽，所以很難去享受它(他的好成績。)」

Now we are apparently in an entirely different era within the 2007 season.
The Yankees have won 11 of their last 12 games and 14 of their last 17.
Alex Rodriguez has been inescapably at the core of the Yankees' revival. 
然而我們現在很顯然地是在2007年球季裡一個不同的時期。
洋基隊贏了他們過去12場比賽中的11場；過去17場的14場。
Alex Rodriguez絕對是洋基隊復甦的核心人物。

Even if he does not keep up this stratospheric run-production pace,
it is obvious that Rodriguez is on his way to a truly superior season,
the kind of season that is within the reach of only a few hitters,
even in the contemporary game. 
即使他沒有繼續待在平流層裡面，沒辦法繼續保持這種製造得分的步調，
這也很明顯的可以看出Rodriguez正在邁向一個十分優秀的球季。
這種成績絕對是很少打者有辦法去達成的，就算是在短期的比賽中。

It may be time to dispense with the baggage that has accompanied Rodriguez
around the Bronx for the last three-plus seasons, even when he was winning an
American League Most Valuable Player Award in 2005. 
現在對Rodriguez來說，應該會是個適當的時機把他過去在Bronx三季多以來
所背負的包袱給拋開的時候到了。
即使是他在2005年贏得美聯最有價值球員以來，都沒有那麼好過。

Does it matter that he is not beloved by one and all, in the fan base,
in the media, in the clubhouse? Not at this pace, it shouldn't.
And at 177 RBIs, it couldn't. 
他在球迷心中、媒體心中或許球隊中是否被一個人或所有人喜愛重要嗎？
在這情況下，這個問題不應該去被考慮。 而177分打點，不可能。

Does it matter that he is not considered by some to be a "true Yankee"? And,
by the way, who gets to make that call? Apparently being baseball's most
talented all-around player does not get you in the front door in this
category. But if at first you are not considered a "true Yankee" is there a
court of appeals somewhere to which you can take your case in hopes of
achieving true Yankee-ness?
這段看不太懂:P 不過我想大意的就是在討論A-Rod不被認為是一個True Yankees的事。

It may be that Alex Rodriguez can achieve monumental things
and still never satisfy people.
That is the one and only downside of receiving baseball's richest contract,
$252 million. The money has set Alex Rodriguez apart,
and not always in a particularly positive way.
No one is going to feel sorry for him.
No one should feel sorry for him.
But what kind of production would justify that kind of money?
Maybe 80 home runs? Perhaps 200 RBIs? And the next year,
does he have to hit 81 home runs and drive in 201 to prove
that he's not losing his edge?
也許Alex Rodriguez可以達成許多指標性的事情，但他依舊無法讓人們滿意。
這是一個也是唯一一個有著全棒球界中最高薪合約 - 兩億五千兩百萬美金 的壞處。
這筆錢把Alex Rodriguez做了一個區隔，而卻非總是在一個正面的情況。
沒有人會為他感到抱歉；也沒人應該為他感到抱歉。
但是要打出怎麼樣的成績才能跟那份合約等值呢？
80支全壘打？200分打點？
接著在隔年要打出81支全壘打及201分打點來證明他沒有失去他的價值嗎？

In the end, the career of Alex Rodriguez, for widespread validation,
would require the one item that has been absent so far -- a World Series championship.
And one man, no matter how talented, does not get there alone. 
最後，Alex Rodriguez的生涯，他到現在仍然缺少了一樣東西 -- 世界大賽冠軍。
而一個球員無論他如何的好，都不該少了它。

For now, Alex Rodriguez is doing everything humanly possible to get
the New York Yankees to that level.
And the understanding that he can't do it alone actually helps
him achieve these astounding numbers.
而現在，Alex Rodriguez正在做著任何可以幫助紐約洋基隊達到那個目標的事情。
以及了解到他是無法自己一個人靠著那些驚人的統計數字來達到這個目標。

In May, Rodriguez said, "I wasn't slumping. I was getting myself out."
在五月，Rodriguez說到：「我不是在低潮。我是讓我自己跳脫出去。(這句不確定)」

By that, he meant that he was expanding the strike zone, attempting to do too
much himself, and in so doing, achieving less than he could have achieved.
這表示他是在放大自己的好球帶，試著做到更多事情。
但這樣做，他只是把自己給限制住，反而無法達到他應有的水準。

Back to being more selective, Rodriguez is back to being more sensational.
He describes a recent at-bat,
a walk with the bases loaded against the Pirates, and concludes:
然而重新開始選球後，Rodriguez又找回了他的感覺。
他談到了一個最近的打席，在對海盜隊時，
一個滿壘的情況下，他選到了一個保送。

"I was as proud of that at-bat as any home run. You have to trust your
teammates."
他說：「我對那個打席所感到的驕傲是跟我每支全壘打一樣的。
你需要去相信你的隊友。」

Those are the words of someone who has found a balance between
his own unparalleled talents and the requirements of a group undertaking.
Things are looking up again for the Yankees,
but their direction is still uphill.
If this is another season that does not end with the seemingly necessary
championship, the finger of blame is going have to point in a direction that
does not include Alex Rodriguez.
這些話是從一個在自身無與倫比的能力及團隊精神中找到平衡的球員所說出來的話。
所有事情對洋基隊來說漸漸有了好轉，但是他們要往上攀升的路依舊是艱辛的。
但是最後這個球季如果又沒拿到世界大賽冠軍，
那麼該去責備的的人絕對不該包含Alex Rodriguez。

以下為原文網址：http://tinyurl.com/34femg
原文作者為：Mike Bauman  譯者為：tedsun
非經同意請勿轉載。
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好久好久沒翻譯了，還一挑就挑了一篇長文。XD
實在是因為我愛A-Rod，然後身為個Rod迷，這篇實在看得很開心。
有某些地方不會翻就麻煩高手補足，
翻得不通順的地方也可以指正，直接推文就好了。:P
再次感謝。<(__ __)>

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◆ From: 59.112.25.217
※ 編輯: ted10           來自: 59.112.25.217        (06/19 11:46)
推 cirno:Hack Wilson在1930年打出191RBI，意指AROD將要跟這位戰前的
→ cirno:老前輩去當記錄上的鄰居了~
※ 編輯: ted10           來自: 59.112.25.217        (06/19 12:00)
→ ted10:感謝樓上^^
推 isaacchen:推一個^^
推 lishiter:推啊!
推 stja:超凡脫俗....
推 KyoDragon:
推 railiam:兩億五千兩百萬美金...也太多了吧...
推 hiball:他年薪一年八九億台幣阿 XD ~ 這一張合約簽蠻長但快結束了
推 fiftyyuan:推一個~~你得相信你的隊友!!
推 djcc:贏球才是最開心的  贏得世界冠軍大賽會更開心
推 KINGTIGERX:超凡脫俗比較好
推 KINGTIGERX:超脫塵俗 是用來說人出家或隱居吧
推 dnndn:而一個球員無論他如何的好，都不該少了它。   A-rod加油Q.Q
推 ted10:那邊是我打錯了 多謝多謝XD
※ 編輯: ted10           來自: 59.112.12.89         (06/19 13:23)
推 peruman:感覺他即使今年成績這麼好 但卻越來越"懂事"了 當然跟金髮
→ peruman:美眉混就別提了 ^^:
推 peruman:希望他今年能為洋基打下一隻世界大賽冠軍戒
→ asdfzx:金髮歸金髮,是不是美眉就存疑了...其實金髮妞是火星人,在
→ asdfzx:MIB有檔案的...ARod都靠她往來火星和地球之間
推 frank123ya:177RBI  囧>火星來的啊
推 thusnoy:如果AGOD這麼火熱+一直沒有拿到冠軍戒指也蠻屌的XD
推 Jason11982:感謝
推 Pettitte70:推 You have to trust your teammates.
推 bagger:而這將非常困難地去怪罪到Alex Rodriguez身上。
→ bagger:這將很難再怪罪到A-rod身上 <--這樣順點 :p