[新聞] ROTATION CLOSE AS FIVE YANKS-KETEERS
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這篇還挺有趣的
大約翻一點:
說先發五人現在就像是五劍客
若這天某位先發,那他的賽前warm up通常其他四人都會在
這是AJ的建議,他在2月28日去看 Joba的賽前暖身,然後這個習慣就開始了。
AJ的這個習慣開始於他在馬林魚和Blue Jays就有了,但是在洋基還是很特別的。
昨天Andy先發時,只有CC和Joba去看他的賽前熱身,AJ家裡有事,王建民還是感冒中。
那天CC對老虎先發時,Andy還跟著去呢。
結果當CC一局掉五分時,他們兩人還覺得有點偶然呢。
CC會帶隊友去看魔術的比賽,AJ會借他的船給隊友去釣魚。
目前五位先發投手的關係有點像五劍客
All for one and five for all.
ROTATION CLOSE AS FIVE YANKS-KETEERS
JOEL SHERMAN
Last updated: 4:39 am
March 16, 2009
Posted: 2:57 am
March 16, 2009
TAMPA - Andy Pettitte warmed up early yesterday afternoon and - as has
been the case all spring when the Yankees are at home - he was not alone.
On a suggestion from A.J. Burnett before a Feb. 28 game at Steinbrenner
Field, the members of the Yankees' projected rotation went to watch
Joba Chamberlain warm up. And a habit was born.
"We have Five Musketeers," manager Joe Girardi said.
One for all, all for one.
The fraternity in the Yankees clubhouse has been noticeably stronger this
spring, and no place has that been more overt than among this re-shuffled
rotation. The five starters have committed to each other in a variety of
ways, including going to watch each other's pre-game warm-ups.
Most days all four non-starters will attend the bullpen session of that
day's starter. Only Chamberlain and CC Sabathia made it yesterday
(Chien-Ming Wang continues to battle a cold and Burnett had a family issue),
but this has become the in thing and about seven young pitchers, including
David Robertson and Phil Coke, stood on the side to offer support. At the
conclusion of the warm-up, Pettitte was surrounded by fellow pitchers giving
him fist bumps. This is now routine for that day's starter: fist-bumping unity.
"It means a lot to get those knuckles," Sabathia said.
It is difficult to measure what fraternity might mean within a rotation.
The act of pitching, after all, is mostly a solitary act. But it is clear
that big-time weight is on this rotation for a variety of reasons, notably
that a quarter of a billion dollars was invested in Sabathia and Burnett
to make starting pitching the backbone of the team and without Alex Rodriguez
for a while this club is going to need its rotation operating at peak
efficiency. So having an internal support system, especially in
New York, should be valuable.
"You have to have each other's back," Pettitte said. "This is a tough place
to play, but if you know everyone is in your corner pulling for you and
wants you to be successful, that does help you win. We have to have
(this unity) and we are going to have it."
Pettitte and Wang are the rotation holdovers. Chamberlain, now a full-time
starter, brings his Red Bull enthusiasm daily to the group. Sabathia arrived
with the reputation as one of the game's best teammates and has only
burnished that image. He has, for example, bought four courtside tickets
to six Orlando Magic home games and has been taking a variety of teammates
with him. He has become quick pals with Burnett, a mentor to Chamberlain
and a guy already unafraid to good-naturedly get on a fellow pitcher he feels
has gone astray.
But the surprise of the group has been Burnett. His reputation was as
prickly and different. However, he has belied that, so far. He has opened
up his boat on nearby Lake Tarpon to teammates for fishing jaunts, and
is planning to rent a second boat this week for a full-out bass fishing
competition for any Yankee who wants to participate.
As for attending other starters' bullpen sessions, Burnett said that was
a habit ingrained in previous stops with the Marlins and Blue Jays. But
around the Yankees this is unique. Girardi went as far as to say, "I have
never seen it before." The idea is for the starters to learn from each other,
pick up or share tips, and offer support. Pettitte actually went to Lakeland,
Fla., last Wednesday specifically to watch Sabathia, and both thought it
fortuitous because Sabathia was beaten up (five runs, 1" innings) and
Pettitte was there to provide perspective and counsel.
The group also has taken to watching games from the top rail of the dugout.
"As a starting pitcher you can leave," Chamberlain said, "and to look over
and see that they have not left that feeling is indescribable."
What will this mean at Fenway Park or over the long season or should Burnett,
in particular, get off to a bad or injured start? We will see.
But the feeling among the rotation members is buoyant now:
All for one and five for all.
joel.sherman@nypost.com
http://tinyurl.com/czdfb5
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