[新聞] A-Rod's mom: Uncle's death affected performance

[Mariano (Mariano)]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2005/news/story?id=2193739

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Alex Rodriguez played poorly in the Yankee
s' American League Division Series loss in part because he was saddened by the
death of the uncle who raised him, the slugger's mother said in an interview pu
blished in a local newspaper Sunday.

Lourdes Navarro said her son kept the Sept. 30 death of his uncle to himself be
cause he was committed to helping his team win.

"I think he should speak with the team and tell them that his uncle, who was li
ke his father because he raised him since he was 8, died in a hospital in Miami
," Navarro told Listin daily newspaper.

Navarro didn't say what caused the death of Augusto Bolivar Navarro, who was he
r last surviving brother.

Rodriquez was hitless in last Monday's 5-3 loss to the Anaheim Angels that sent
 the Yankees home for the year, and finished the five-game series with no RBI a
nd a .133 batting average.

"I know how much he suffered from the death of his uncle without being able to
do anything, from listening to me crying and not being able to be there," she s
aid, suggesting some New York fans were being unfair to her son.

"I would like ... for the baseball fans to know that my son is a great human be
ing, that they're seeing a human and not a robot, that he can fail, especially
when there are reasons like this," she said.

Navarro said Rodriguez spoke with his uncle for three hours by phone the day be
fore he died.

"We buried him in Santo Domingo ... [Rodriguez] didn't come because of the high
 sense of responsibility that Alex has for his work," she said.

Rodriguez, baseball's only $25 million-a-year player, is a strong MVP candidate
 after batting .321 during the regular season with 48 homers and 130 RBI.

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推 jdtrue:這這這...可憐的A-Rod，希望你明年可以季賽季後賽一樣猛！
推 kurtchen36:應該等季後賽打完再告訴AROD這個惡耗....
推 king5014:為什麼...為什麼你們英文都這麼好=  =...
推 king5014:請問內文是指他叔叔去世嗎?(請求翻譯...><)
推 Tenka:從八歲開始帶A-Rod長大的叔叔 9/30過世了 然後他叔叔死後
→ Tenka:到火化 A-Rod都沒辦法去.A-Rod 也只是個凡人 也會失敗
推 king5014:嗯嗯 感恩  其他介紹的部分我還看的董^^
→ Tenka:尤其又發生他叔叔過世這件事 (ps.這篇的英文很簡單吧 :p)
推 Tenka:是埋不是火化 XD 眼花看錯成burned
推 alexrodriguz:其實你們都不知道..我真的很難過阿啊啊阿..〒△〒
推 Datow:推樓上XD
推 Baumgartner:火化是cremate  不能用burn
推 GUAlexander:那是bury 是說埋