[新聞] With Playoffs Ahead, It’s Not Easy Being Andy Phillips

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With Playoffs Ahead, It’s Not Easy Being Andy Phillips September 27, 2007, 8:41 pm By Tyler Kepner Tags: Andy Phillips, Doug Mientkiewicz, Yankees 重點: 興奮之餘，還是有令人落淚的情節 1. 當洋基隊員開會討論季後賽獎金分配的事宜，決定他們應該分給待在出賽名單未滿整個球季的球員多少獎金時，Andy Phillips卻只能在球員休息室裡踱著步走來走去。那時讓我感到吃驚，因為我的直覺告訴我Phillips是一直都在出賽球員名單裡的。2006年他整季都是洋基隊的一員，畢竟這樣讓人容易忘掉本季前兩個半月他是待在3A的球隊。你將會回憶起Josh Phelps在開幕戰時才是一壘手。 2. 我走了過去和Andy閒聊，他就是那種你遇過很友善的大聯盟選手，一位從Louisville Slugger公司派來的銷售代表走了過來，問他需不需要定製季後賽用的球棒。9月2日那天手腕骨折的Phillips禮貌地告訴這位銷售代表，他受了傷所以不需要任何新的球棒。那傢伙卻問道: "嗯，或許有時候會需要呢?" Phillips回答說: "不，謝謝。我現在只是個啦啦隊長，除非你有製造木造的啦啦隊長專用彩帶球。" 當他說這些時面帶微笑, 但是你可以分辨出Andy現在其實沒有那麼自在。他打出0.292的打擊而且有絕佳的守備能力，在今年夏天洋基奮力地提升戰蹟時穩住了一壘手位置。而現在洋基向季後賽前進時，他卻受了傷。 3. 受傷當然是一直都會發生，但是卻讓Phillips花了很多時間才從小聯盟爬了上來。再加　上他自己遇到的一些磨難，他的太太和癌症對抗著及他的母親從嚴重的車禍中復原過來，讓他變成很有同理心會考慮別人立場的人。就像你可能想到的，週三在用香檳慶祝場合裡他似乎是有點在抑制自己感傷的情緒。 4. 但是Phillips的受傷，至少幫Doug Mientkiewicz打開了一條可以發光發亮的路。從 Phillips受傷後，Mientkiewicz的打擊率是0.415，讓他在7月初手腕受傷後可以對他休息的這段夏天作出補償。Mientkiewicz--不是Phillips，對於教練Joe Torre已經變成打季後賽時不可或缺的球員。Mientkiewicz說: "我已經把最後這兩週比賽的每個打席都當成就像在打季後賽，因為我知道我必須讓Torre的心中一直對我的名字感到新鮮。他給了我機會上場去打球，我欠他的就是每次上場都必須是成功的打擊。" When the Yankees held their playoff shares meeting yesterday, deciding how much of the winner’s pot they should give to players who spent less than the full season on the roster, Andy Phillips milled about in the clubhouse. That surprised me for a moment, because my instincts tell me Phillips is always around. He was a full-season Yankee in 2006, after all, and it is easy to forget he spent the first two and a half months of this season in Class AAA. Josh Phelps, you will recall, was the first baseman on opening day. I went over and chatted with Andy, as friendly a major leaguer as you will meet, and a representative from Louisville Slugger came by to ask for his bat order for the playoffs. Phillips, who broke his wrist on Sept. 2, politely told him that he was injured and did not need any new bats. “Well, maybe just in case?” the guy asked. “No, thanks,” Phillips said. “I’m just a cheerleader now. Maybe if you make wooden pompoms.” He smiled as he said it, but you could tell it is not easy being Andy Phillips right now. He batted .292 and played terrific defense, holding down first base as the Yankees clawed back to contention this summer. Now they are headed to the playoffs, and he is hurt. Injuries happen all the time, of course, but given Phillips’ long climb through the minors -– plus his personal ordeal, with his wife overcoming cancer and his mother recovering from a serious car crash -– he is a sympathetic figure. He seemed a bit subdued in the Champagne celebration on Wednesday, as you might expect. But Phillips’ injury, at least, has cleared the way for Doug Mientkiewicz to shine. He has hit .455 since Phillips’ injury, making up for a lost summer after his own wrist injury in early June. Mientkiewicz -– not Phillips -– has become indispensable to Manager Joe Torre. “I’ve been taking each at-bat like it’s a playoff at-bat for the last two weeks, because I know that I have to keep my name fresh in Joe’s mind,” Mientkiewicz said. “He’s given me the opportunity to go out there and play, and I owe it to him to be successful every time.” -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 220.132.198.21

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