[外電] HOFer John Smoltz: MLB需要大改革了
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Hall of Famer John Smoltz says MLB needs an overhaul and proposes drastic
changes
HOFer John Smoltz:MLB要有大改變
Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz watches baseball every day, talks about it
virtually every day, sits in a broadcast booth and TV studio every week, and
can’t stand what he’s seeing.
名人堂投手John Smoltz每天看球賽,幾乎每天都在討論棒球,每周都得坐在轉播席或是攝
影棚內,他已經看不下去了。
He’s not just talking about all of the strikeouts, home runs, shifts and
lack of action in today’s game.
他不只講到今日棒球賽的三振,全壘打,防守佈陣跟缺少刺激。
He’s talking about the void of drama, where September used to signify actual
pennant races, and not the slog before the regular season ends.
他還講到缺乏戲劇性。過去的九月份都是強調分區首位的爭逐,而不是像現在只是正規賽
季結束前的拖棚。
Here we are, with just 10 days remaining in the regular season, and outside
of the NL West with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies, no
realistic suspense remains in any division race.
現在的狀況就是,剩下10天的正規賽季,除了國聯西區躲人跟落磯,在其他分區沒有甚麼
可以吊人胃口的比賽。
The American League wild card race has been over for months.
美聯外卡爭奪戰在幾個月前就已經底定了。
The only real drama is the National League wild card race between the NL West
runner-up and the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals.
還可以看的外卡戰就剩國聯西區的第二名,酒鬼,跟紅雀在競爭。
That’s it, folks.
就剩這樣了。
Smoltz, the powerful Fox TV and MLB Network analyst, can no longer stay quiet
about it, and as a member of Major League Baseball’s competition committee,
he plans to voice his opinion loud and clear this winter.
Smoltz,Fox電視跟MLB的球評,他覺得不能再這樣下去不表示意見,身為MLB競爭委員會的
一員,他計畫要在今年要好好講清楚他的意見了。
Get ready, because Smoltz, one of the brightest minds in the game, is ready
to propose changes that will dramatically overhaul the sport.
大家準備好了,被認為是棒球比賽裡面幾個最聰明腦袋之一的Smoltz,已經準備好要提出
一些會讓MLB比賽天翻地覆的改變了。
“I know change is coming, it has to come,’’ Smoltz tells USA TODAY Sports,
“I just don’t know when. But we better hurry.’’
「我知道改變快來了,這勢在必行,」Smoltz跟記者說到。「我不知道什麼時候,但是我
們要加緊腳步了。」
Smoltz wants to eliminate the shift (“I think it’s single-handedly killing
the game), curtail the relentless use of relievers, stop the exploitation of
the disabled list, but most of all, revolutionize the schedule.
Smoltz希望把佈陣取消掉(「我個人認為佈陣毀掉了棒球賽。」),減少救援投手的濫用,
停止DL不當使用,而且最重要的,要對球賽賽程要有革命性的改變。
Smoltz proposes that MLB adopt a split-season schedule, just as they do in
the minor leagues, in a move that he believes will create dramatic division
races again, reduce the number of teams tanking for draft picks, and make
baseball great again in September.
Smoltz提出希望MLB可以用像在小聯盟的上下球季制,他認為這樣可以讓分區內的競爭可以
再次復甦,可以減少為了樂透簽而狂坦的隊伍,這可以讓九月的棒球再次偉大。
It’s time, he says, for teams to go back to playing the same schedule,
eliminate interleague play, dump the rival series, and have old-fashioned
pennant races, doubling the pleasure with one in each half of the season.
他說,時候到了,球團應該要回歸到打一樣的賽程,刪掉跨聯盟的比賽,減少對手系列
戰,回到老式的分區賽,藉由上下球季制讓看球的樂趣加倍。
“I don’t understand how a sport can play at least twice as many games as
any other,’’ Smoltz says, “and not have the same schedule. It’s
mind-boggling to me.
「我不理解,棒球比賽可以像跟其他比賽一樣可以多打至少一倍的量,」Smoltz說,「然
後球隊間的賽程不一樣,那真的讓我難以置信。」
“Don’t play interleague leagues. Don’t choose rivalries. Don’t manipulate
the schedule. Just play everyone the same.’’
「不要打跨聯盟比賽,不要選擇對手,不要操縱賽程,大家都應該打一樣的比賽。」
And do it with a split-season schedule, as they did the summer of 1981 after
the baseball strike.
然後打上下季,就像1981年夏天在罷工之後一樣。
“The way it is now, 75% of teams leave spring training with no chance to
win, and no desire to win so they can build for the future,’’ Smoltz says.
“You look at the American League, it’s self-sufficient on four teams. We
have no races.
「現在的狀況,有75%的球隊在結束春訓後,知道沒有贏球的機會,所以也不想去贏球,這
樣他們才有重建的機會,」Smoltz說。「看看美聯,現在就是靠著四隊,我們沒有競爭
性。」
“I would like to see a first-half and second-half scenario. I know people
would roll their eyes at it, but it works in the minor leagues, and it would
work in the big leagues. It would create so much more interest.’’
「我想要看看有上下半球季會是怎樣的狀況,我知道有些人對這樣的提議會翻白眼,但是
這在小聯盟是成功的,這在大聯盟應該也是可行的,這應該會創造更多的樂趣。」
If MLB adopted Smoltz’s proposal, the Oakland A’s, 35-19 since the All-Star
break, would win the second half, and play the Houston Astros in a
best-of-three series at the end of the regular season to determine the AL
West winner. The Tampa Bay Rays, 35-19 since the break, but out of the
playoffs, would now be playing the Boston Red Sox. The St. Louis Cardinals,
in a desperate bid for a wild card berth, would be playing the Chicago Cubs.
The Colorado Rockies would be leading the NL West and the Los Angeles Dodgers
would be on the outside looking in.
如果聯盟採行了Smoltz的提議,運動家在明星賽後的35-19戰績應可以拿下下半季的首位,
然後可以跟太色打三戰兩勝制,決定誰是美西的冠軍。光芒明星賽後也是35-19,現在已經
被剔除在季後賽外,就可以跟紅襪打三戰兩勝制。紅雀目前還在爭取一席外卡位置,就會
跟小熊搶三戰兩勝;落磯現在就會在國西區領先,躲人則是在旁邊觀戰。
Why, even a team like the Chicago White Sox, 26-30 since the break, would
still be alive in the AL Central. Instead, the Cleveland Indians virtually
were coronated with the division title in spring training.
為什麼像白襪這種在明星賽後戰績26-30的隊伍在美中區還可以存活? 相反地,印地安人基
本上在春訓時就已經領到了分區冠軍的頭銜了。
If you’re good enough to win both halves of the season, you earn a
first-round bye.
如果球隊強到包辦上下球季冠軍,那就是直接保送第一輪。
“What incentive now is there to win 110 games?’’ Smoltz said. “There’s
no real advantage to the Boston Red Sox.’’
「贏下110場比賽有什麼用呢?」Smoltz說。「對紅襪來說,那一點優勢都沒有多拿。」
The biggest change, Smoltz believes, is that teams would no longer be so
quick to wave the white flag. If they do have a lousy first half, there would
be incentive to trade for players to start the second half instead of giving
up. You would have two trading deadlines instead of just one. Who knows,
teams might even start having their best prospects playing for them in
September instead of sending them home for financial reasons.
Smoltz相信,最大的改變會是球隊不會太快就舉白旗投降了。如果球隊上半季打得很糟,
他們應會比較有動機去交易球員好準備下半季,而不是就放棄了整年。一年會有兩次交易
大限,而不是現在的一次。或許,球隊可能就會把他們有可能的潛力新秀在九月的時候拉
上來打球,而不是因為財務理由把他們放在小聯盟。
“Teams can now compete in the second half instead of just dumping everybody,
’’ Smoltz says. “How are you going to tell your fan base that you’re not
going to try in the second half? Who says you can’t have a nice second half?
You could see teams reconstructed and change philosophically.
「球隊可以在下半球季繼續奮鬥而不是就把所有人給丟了,」Smoltz說。「你要怎麼跟你
的粉絲說下半季你就不試試看呢?誰說下半季就不會變好呢?我們可能可以看到重建的球
隊有本質上的變化了。」
“You would have trade deadlines that mean something instead of becoming a
dumping station for teams. You look at Baltimore, they might have changed
their philosophy. The Nationals wouldn’t have traded all of those pieces. It
would change the way the game is played.’’
「有多個交易大限代表爛隊不是就只能成為其他隊伍的垃圾場。看看金鶯,他們應該有機
會可以改變他們的打球哲學的,國民也就不用把他們的好球員都給交易走。這應該可以改
變目前比賽的情況的。」
Certainly, there are flaws to the idea, Smoltz acknowledges. It’s quite
possible that just like in 1981, when the Cincinnati Reds won the most games,
it doesn’t guarantee a playoff berth. The Reds that season finished one-half
game behind the Dodgers in the NL West the first half, and 1 ½ games behind
the Astros in the second half, and sat home while the Dodgers won the World
Series.
當然,Smoltz也知道這些提議會有缺點。就像在1981年,紅人贏了最多場比賽,但是卻沒
有拿到季後賽門票。那年紅人在前半球季輸給躲人半場勝差,後半球季輸給太色一場半勝
差,只能在家裡看最後躲人拿下世界大賽冠軍。
The schedule also would have to be reduced, at least to 154 games, to
accommodate the split seasons and revised playoff format. And the last we
checked, there’s no owner or player openly volunteering to take a pay cut.
整個球季的比賽會要縮水,縮到154場,以配合上下球季跟季後賽賽程。而且就目前為止,
沒有球隊老闆或是球員公開自願減薪。
Still, while baseball continues to talk about expanding to 32 teams, which
likely would include realignment, it’s certainly an innovative idea worthy
of discussion for a sport with struggling attendance. Baseball’s attendance
is down 2.9 million from a year ago, averaging 28,597 fans a game, which will
be the first time since 2003 it will be below 30,000 a game.
然而,當聯盟還在持續討論要不要擴編到32支隊伍以及包括調整分區這當下,對於已經在
進場人數上掙扎前進的MLB不失為一個有創意的想法,這應該值得討論一下的。相比一年
前,進場人數減少了2900萬,場均28597人,這是自從2003年後第一次場均低於30000人。
“If nothing else, this should give us something to think about,’’ Smoltz
says. “If you think about it, what saved baseball the last two years is the
last two [thrilling] World Series. That covered up a lot of weaknesses and
flaws in the game.
「如果沒有其他的想法,我的提議是可以讓大家有東西可以討論的,」Smoltz說。「大家
想一想,是過去兩年刺激人心的世界大賽,才救了過去兩年的棒球賽季,那掩蓋了球賽裡
已經存在很多的缺點以及問題。」
“But the moment we get a clunker, all of those things will get exposed.
「而當我們現在陷入谷底時,這些問題就都暴露出來了。」
“We’ve got to get this game vibrant again. If we don’t, it’ll be
unwatchable.’’
「我們得要讓比賽再次感動人心,如果我們不動作,這比賽就會變得不忍卒睹了。」
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