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 標題: [外電]Baseball beat: Good luck replacing Torre
 時間: Sun Jul  1 22:42:40 2007

 http://0rz.tw/b82M7  (nyjournal News)
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 文章非常長  前段是說 TORRE 明年應該就不是洋基的總教頭
 然後提了幾位可能的繼任人選...

 後面提到明星賽和十大熱門隊伍  大致和洋基無關...囧rz
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 Baseball beat: Good luck replacing Torre

獨家︰祝torre繼任者好運

 (Original publication: July 1, 2007) In focus, by Peter Abraham

 The end, hopefully, will come with dignity. The Yankees will play their final
 game of the season in Baltimore on Sept. 30, then hold a press conference at
 Yankee Stadium the next day to announce that Joe Torre is retiring as their
 manager.

落幕了，滿懷期待尊嚴的歸來。本季洋基最後一場賽事，在9月30日對上巴的摩爾。
然後，隔天在洋基球場將會舉辦一個記者會，宣布他們的總教練 Joe Torre 退休。

 o(〒﹏〒)o  o(〒﹏〒)o  o(〒﹏〒)o  o(〒﹏〒)o  o(〒﹏〒)o  o(〒﹏〒)o

(bonjou 表情借用一下喔 ~>_<~)

 It seems almost inevitable now. Firing Torre before then would be senseless
 and cruel. More than anyone else, Torre is responsible for turning a
 going-nowhere franchise back into the Yankees. He has helped make millions
 for George Steinbrenner and his family and deserves better than getting fired
 after a bad road trip.

現在看起來，這已是避免不了的命運。若之前火掉 Torre，那是既愚蠢又殘忍的事，
大多數人都認為無人可取代他，Torre 是讓毫無是處的洋基打出一片江山的背後功臣。
在這條顛簸的道路上，他為大老闆和他的家族創造出百萬甚至超越這個數目的獲利。

 Sure, it could end differently. The Yankees' talent and remaining schedule
 leaves open the possibility of them finding their way into the playoffs as
 the wild card. Then it's seven wins away from the World Series, and all is
 forgiven.

當然，事情可以有不同的結果。在剩餘的比賽中，努力尋找方法發揮洋基的才能，得
到外卡進入季後賽，再贏七場球奪得世界冠軍，然後一切都會被饒恕。(謝謝RJJ大大)

 But it's hard to picture that. As each day passes, the Yankees look more and
 more like a bunch of guys content to cash their checks and move on to the
 next five-star hotel. The old "today we win" mentality has been replaced by
 individual agendas.

但是這個願景很困難。隨著時間流逝，洋基看起來只像是一群不斷進出五星級飯店的
正常人。昔日的〝今天我們贏了〞的精神，已被個別會議所取代。(感謝datro大大)

 Alex Rodriguez has his opt-out clause to consider. Jorge Posada and Mariano
 Rivera will be free agents. Jason Giambi is broken down and being chased by
 the steroids police. Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte wrung $43 million out of
 the Yankees to return. Bobby Abreu, happy to get on base last season, is
 hacking away with his own impending free agency.

A-ROD 有逃脫條款可做考慮，POSADA 和 MO 將成自由之身，大吉故障且因類固醇事件將
面臨被整頓，老克和派派將歸還4千3百萬給洋基。阿布，(這裡請人協助 *跪*)

 Blame Torre for that if you will. Many ungrateful fans have, harping on whom
 he chooses to pitch in the seventh inning instead of looking at the bigger
 picture of what he has accomplished. Torre gave the Yankees championships and
 class, two things sorely lacking before he showed up in 1996.

多數忘恩負義的基迷因此而責備 Torre，反覆的說著在第七局選擇了誰替代了某個偉大的
投手。別忘了，他才是箇中老手。在 Torre 1996年出現之前，冠軍和季後賽幾乎很少出
現。

 Good luck to his successor. As UCLA learned with John Wooden and the Packers
 with Vince Lombardi, it's hard to be the man after The Man leaves.

祝他的接班人好運。如同 John Wooden 和 Vince Lombardi 這兩位名教練，接班人很難超
越像他們這樣優秀成功的教練。(感謝 sooon219 大大)

 So who will be the man? In our view, there are three legitimate candidates
 and a handful of long shots:

誰將是那個人呢？在我們的觀察中，有三位符合標準的候選人︰

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請多加批評指教  有翻錯的地方請望更正 ^^
以下都是我不很熟的人  有請高人翻譯   ^^
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: Don Mattingly: Look at it this way: Mattingly made roughly $30 million as a
: player and was a comfortably retired father in Indiana before he agreed to
: become the hitting coach in 2004. He didn't throw batting practice and work
: in the cages for three years without knowing there would be some reward
: waiting at the end. Now the bench coach, he was praised by Steinbrenner in
: May. "Mattingly is a good one," Steinbrenner said. "He is a very thorough
: guy. He understands what it is to be a Yankee." His total lack of experience
: as a manager is troubling. It's also uncertain how he will handle the
: spotlight. But he has earned his chance. Odds of becoming manager: 3-1.
:
: Joe Girardi: Speculation is that he turned down the Orioles' offer because he
: could have a shot at replacing Torre. Perhaps, but it was also a matter of
: poor timing because of a family illness. Girardi's militaristic demeanor
: could be just what the content Yankees need. He also proved in Florida last
: season that he can manage young talent, which would be helpful as the Yankees
: rely more on their prospects. But Girardi is closely tied to Torre and Don
: Zimmer, a negative in Steinbrenner's mind. Girardi also can be impersonal, a
: quality that will not play well with the media. Odds of becoming manager: 6-1.
:
: Bobby Valentine: Now this would take a confluence of events and guts on the
: part of the organization. If Mattingly bails out and Girardi lands elsewhere,
: Bobby V could sneak in from Japan. A brilliant baseball mind (just ask him),
: Valentine would shake things up in a hurry. He also has a cadre of disciples
: in the media who will bang the drum loudly for him. Brian Cashman admires
: Valentine. But enough to hire him? Odds of becoming manager: 15-1.
:
: The long shots: Third-base coach Larry Bowa would love the job but would be a
: better choice as a member of Mattingly's staff. ... Willie Randolph is under
: contract with the Mets but is a Yankee under that blue and orange. ... They
: wouldn't bring back Buck Showalter, would they? ... Padres coach Glenn
: Hoffman deserves another shot at managing, but the Yankees can't think that
: far out of the box. ... Player-manager Derek Jeter has a nice ring to it. But
: making out lineups would cut into afternoon Starbucks runs with Posada.
:
: Around baseball
:
: All-Star time: It's hard to get too fired up about the All-Star teams. The
: fans usually pick the right players and, if not, the managers do. There are
: always a few snubs, but that will always be the case.
:
: It's better to have all 30 teams represented so every market can have a stake
: in the game rather than have a fifth Yankee or Met on the roster.
:
: The one issue we would have is if Yankees catcher Jorge Posada somehow were
: left off the American League roster. Posada has been much better than Pudge
: Rodriguez, who led the fan voting at last count. Posada hasn't been in the
: game since 2003 and deserves to return, if only for all the innings he has
: caught because of the lack of an adequate backup. Curiously, he is only 1 for
: 8 in the All-Star Game with five strikeouts.
:
: As for the Yankees, the only players who deserve to make it are Posada, Derek
: Jeter and Alex Rodriguez. You can make a case for Andy Pettitte if you're so
: inspired. We're not.
:
: The Mets should have Jose Reyes and David Wright in San Francisco along with
: Billy Wagner and perhaps John Maine. Carlos Beltran will get voted in but
: doesn't deserve it.
:
: The shameless campaign for Paul Lo Duca was misguided. Russell Martin, Johnny
: Estrada and Bengie Molina are much more deserving.
:
: In retrospect: Red Sox Nation was groaning when general manager Theo Epstein
: did not go to the wall to retain Pedro Martinez after the 2004 season and
: Johnny Damon in 2005.
:
: But Epstein proved correct in his assessments of the future. Martinez gave
: the Mets only 54 starts and a 24-16 record before he broke down last season
: and needed shoulder surgery. He only recently has started to face hitters and
: might not return until mid-August.
:
: At best, the Mets might get 90 starts out of him over the course of his $53
: million contract - and that's assuming he returns in August and doesn't get
: hurt again. Yes, Martinez provided peripheral benefits to the Mets, but the
: Red Sox were right to cut him loose.
:
: The same is true of Damon. He was productive for the Yankees last season,
: scoring 115 runs thanks to a .359 on-base percentage. But the 33-year-old has
: fallen apart this season. He has missed 10 games because of various injuries
: and his OBP has dropped to .333.
:
: Damon never could throw, but now he can't catch up to balls the way he used
: to. He would welcome the chance to become a DH, but the Yankees don't need a
: DH who has averaged 14 home runs a season. Damon is signed through 2009 at
: $13 million a year, making him difficult to trade.
:
: Around the horn: Barry Bonds has agreed to give the Hall of Fame his batting
: helmet when he breaks the home-run record. The Hall had to send vice
: president Jeff Idelson to San Francisco to negotiate with the surly slugger.
: ... Red Sox stat man Bill James has a Pythagorean formula that uses runs
: scored and runs allowed to calculate what a team's record should be.
: According to James, the Yankees should have been 43-32 after 75 games, not
: 36-39. That seven-game difference indicates that the Yankees have been the
: victims of much bad luck. ... The Orioles don't plan to interview any
: managerial candidates until late July. Indications are that interim manager
: Dave Trembley has a shot at keeping the job.
:
: Extra Innings
:
: Welcome to the big leagues: St. Louis rookie infielder Brendan Ryan had quite
: a day on Monday. His cab driver took him to Yankee Stadium, not Shea Stadium.
: Then, when he arrived at the park, he found that his teammates had frozen the
: clothes in his locker. While attempting to thaw them out with a hair dryer,
: he blew a fuse that knocked out the power in manager Tony La Russa's office.
:
: Music from Matsuzaka: He hasn't quite been the next Sandy Koufax, but Daisuke
: Matsuzaka is proving versatile. EMI Music is releasing "Music From the Mound"
: in the United States and Japan. The record includes "favorite and
: inspirational" songs by American, English and Japanese artists. It also
: includes the original song "Gyro Ball" by Red Sox announcers Jerry Remy and
: Don Orsillo.
:
: On Wisconsin: It was La Crosse Day at Miller Park on Wednesday. So it was
: only fitting that La Crosse, Wis., native Damien Miller belted a three-run
: homer in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Brewers a 6-3 victory
: against the Houston Astros. "It's perfect timing," Miller said. "The stars
: were lined up perfectly for La Crosse."
:
: Cheering the away team: Toronto has its Double-A team in Manchester, N.H.,
: deep in the heart of Red Sox country. So when the Portland Sea Dogs came to
: town on Monday, many in the crowd were there to see Clay Buchholz, Boston's
: big pitching prospect. He went 6 1/3 innings, struck out 11 and got a
: standing ovation from the crowd of 6,831. "I didn't expect that, but it was
: nice," he said. The New Hampshire manager and players were not pleased with
: their crowd. "I think it's sad," manager Billy Masse said. "We're not playing
: the Boston Red Sox. We're playing the Portland Sea Dogs. Unless you're from
: that area, you root for your hometown team. This is New Hampshire's team,
: Manchester's team, and to see Clay Buchholz get a standing ovation was
: absolutely disgraceful. I guess I will never understand how you can root for
: the Fisher Cats when we don't play Portland and root for them when we do play
: them." New Hampshire reliever Tree Thorpe said he was fed up. "To me, I take
: those things personally, and I'll do anything to beat Portland," he said.

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