[外電] Mo by Derek Jeter

看板MLB作者JakeOdorizzi (Say My Name)時間6年前 (2019/03/31 16:47)推噓29(29推 0噓 7→)

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I heard a stat the other day and it blew my mind: In human history, more people have walked on the moon than have scored an earned run off of Mariano Rivera in the postseason. 那天我聽到了一個統計數據，令我永生難忘。 Rivera生涯在季後賽的自責分比人類歷史上在月球漫步的人還少。 Sounds crazy, right? But it’s true. According to NASA, 12 people have had the privilege of walking on the moon. According to Baseball Reference, 11 people have scored an earned run off of Playoff Mo. 聽起來很唬爛隊吧?但這是真的。根據美國航太總署資料，有12個人在月球漫步過。而根據網站Baseball Reference統計，Mo在季後賽，僅有11分的自責失分。 And while no statistic could ever truly encapsulate Mariano, I figure this one is as close as we’re going to get. Because I think it really gives you a sense of what sort of greatness we’re dealing with, when it comes to Mo. It’s hard to compare him to other closers — in fact, it’s hard to compare him to other pitchers. 然而，沒有一種數據能準確的概括Mo的成就，所以我認為用上面這樣的數據會比較容易理解。讓人們理解到你們正在見證什麼樣的偉大。事實上很難將他與其他終結者相提並論，甚至或者任何投手。 Mariano is just on another level. 因為他根本是不同星球來的。 -- The thing I respect most about Mo is that what you see is what you get. A lot of people I’ve met over the years, they’ve asked me what Mariano Rivera is like off the field. And I’ll tell you what I tell them — which is that he’s pretty much the same person you watched for all those years on the mound. 這些年來我遇到很多人問我mo下了球場後的模樣，我告訴他們：基本上和他在投手丘上的樣子沒啥兩樣，這是我最佩服mo的事：表裡如一、一目瞭然。 There’s no “persona” with Mariano. He’s never had a character that he portrayed. He’s always just calmly and coolly done his thing. He’s quiet. Thoughtful. Intense. He’s a man of faith. He has an incredible eye for detail. Mo從來不會為自己塑造形象，他總是沉著地完成自己的事，做起事來既細心又認真，任何細節都逃不過他的眼睛，非常令人信賴的一個人。 Have you ever seen a Mariano Rivera autograph? Google it when you get a chance. With a lot of guys, their signatures are these quick little scribbles. But Mariano, man, if he’s signing something for you, he takes his time. He puts care into it, until he gets it just right — like with everything else he does. To me, right there … that’s Mo. 很多球員的簽名時總是匆匆帶過，但各位有時間的話不妨GOOGLE一下Mo的簽名， Mo在幫球迷簽名時總是慢條斯理且投入其中，不求快但求正確，就像他在做其他事情一樣，這就是Mo。 And like I said: It was always the same thing on the mound. There wasn’t much mystery if you were facing Mariano Rivera. No smoke and mirrors — nothing to hide. The scouting report was the same every time. Mo knew he was going to throw that cutter. The guy at the plate knew he was going to throw that cutter. Fifty thousand plus at Yankee Stadium knew he was going to throw that cutter. 誠如我前面所說，Mo場上場下一個樣，所以當你在場上面對mo時，其實他也沒在藏步。沒有花俏的秘訣，也沒有什麼好隱藏。你知道他接下來要投卡特球，事前情蒐報告知道， Mo知道，獨眼龍知道，現場5萬名觀眾也知道。 And it wouldn’t matter.Because Mo wasn’t trying to trick you. And in the end, like it or not, he was just going to flat-out beat you. 但無所謂，因為mo從來沒有想要騙你，反正最後不管你喜歡與否，他都會讓你出局。 During my first full season in the minors, when I was 18—19 years old, Mariano was coming back after having had surgery on his arm. So one of the things I’d do from shortstop was keep track of Mo’s pitch count. 大約在我18歲，小聯盟的第一個完整球季時， Mo剛動完手臂的手術歸隊，那時我做的其中一件事就是站在游擊防區數著他的用球數，雖然我後來不這麼做了。 And although eventually I stopped counting his pitches, it’s funny — in a way, I never stopped being that 18-year-old kid. Because for all of the amazing things that happened to me over those next 20 years with the Yankees, I never stopped being aware of this one: that on any given night…. if we could just get ourselves a lead…. I had the best seat in the house to watch the greatest closer of all time. 但有趣的是— 某種程度上因為與洋基隊在未來20年裡發生的這些不可思議之事(包括與MO同隊)，讓我彷彿停留在18歲在游擊區看著MO投球。這麼多年來，數千個的夜晚以來，我從沒意識到自己我根本是坐在搖滾區欣賞史上最佳沒有之一的終結者投球。 Hall of Fame teammate. Hall of Fame person. And now, officially, a Hall of Fame player. Congratulations, Mariano, and the rest of this year’s class —Derek 從名人堂等級的隊友與名人堂等級的好人，到現在，他正式的成為名人堂球員。恭喜你，Mariano。 —Derek -- 原文刊載於The Player's Tribune https://bit.ly/2FNRCQw -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 122.254.24.252 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/MLB/M.1554022049.A.4F8.html ※ 編輯: JakeOdorizzi (122.254.24.252), 03/31/2019 16:49:10

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