[外電] What’s up with Wang?
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What’s up with Wang?
What up, Wang? That’s the question Derek Jeter asks every day when he enters
the clubhouse. Now it’s a question everybody is asking.
Chien-Ming Wang is 14-6 with a 4.10 ERA. He’s a “problem” plenty of teams
would like to have. But there’s no getting around the fact that he has
allowed 16 runs on 26 hits in his last 14.2 innings.
I literally helped write a book on the guy last winter and know him better
than anybody else covering the team. I can tell you it’s nothing physical.
He’s in the best shape of his career and his finger doesn’t get nearly
as mangled when he pitches as it did a month ago.
My theory is that he’s trying too hard. He is the athletic focal point
of an entire nation and all they expect is a perfect game when he pitches.
He also is feeling the heat of being the ace on a team that includes
Roger Clemens, Mike Mussina and Andy Pettitte.
That emotion is reflected in how poorly he has pitched with men on base.
He also lost his best friend when Mike Myers was released. Myers was the
guy who would prod Wang to go out and get dinner instead of having room
service. They also worked out together before games.
It may not sound like much to you, but Wang is an introverted, quiet guy
who doesn’t trust people easily. Imagine being in a totally foreign
culture and losing the person who was helping you through it.
From a baseball standpoint, teams have done their homework on him and are
taking his sinker and waiting on his other pitches, which aren’t as good.
If an umpire gives Wang the low strike, he’s OK. If not, he’s got trouble.
All that said, he’s 14-6 with a 4.10 ERA and has ample opportunity to
get himself right. One of Joe Torre’s strengths as a manager is getting
people to trust their talent, put aside distractions and perform to their
abilities. I suspect Joe and Wang will have a nice long talk sometime soon.
I personally have faith in the guy and suspect that when the regular
season is over, he’s going to have 18 or 19 wins and an ERA of 3.75
or so. Getting through rough times is part of the process of maturing as
a pitcher.
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