A Birdland salute to Wei-Yin Chen
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作者：Mark Brown
When the Orioles signed Taiwanese pitcher Wei-Yin Chen about this time four
years ago, no one had any idea that the franchise was about to emerge from
the dark years. Chen was not even the most heralded signing out of Asia that
same offseason, with the signing of Tsuyoshi Wada and the botched mess with
amateur Seong-Min Kim from Korea getting much more attention. Yet it was Chen
who was the one who pitched his way into our hearts, and the Orioles out of
the darkness and into the win column.
当金莺在四年前大约这个时候签下来自台湾的投手陈伟殷时，没有任何人会想到这支队伍
即将从谷底翻身，与和田毅及表现一团糟来自韩国的业余投手Seong-Min Kim相比，陈的
签约甚至不是当季最被赞扬和备受注目的，然而陈却是当中唯一照着自己步调掳获人心的
球员，而金莺也走出黑暗期迈向胜利行列。
Chen came to us from the Chunichi Dragons, by way of Taiwan, and while no one
was ever mistaking him for a Cy Young candidate in his debut season, he
performed far better than anyone would have ever guessed. Though Chen seemed
to tire down the stretch in September and ended up with a pedestrian 4.02 ERA
in that first MLB season, he was a key part of the Orioles rotation that
snagged a wild card spot by virtue of being the only starter who lasted the
entire season in that rotation.
作为台湾人来自中日龙的陈，既使没有人会在他新人年时错将他视为赛扬奖的候选人，他
表现远超出了所有人的猜测，虽然陈在九月略显疲态以至于带着平凡的4.02投手自责分率
结束他第一年的大联盟例行赛，他却扮演着金莺能够夺下分区外卡的关键角色，因为他是
当季先发轮值中唯一投完整季的先发投手。
Those were the days when Jake Arrieta, Zach Britton, Brian Matusz, and Tommy
Hunter were all still thought to be starting pitchers. At the beginning of
the 2012 season, Chen didn't see his first action until the O's fifth game. A
#5 starter behind some of those others, it seemed. By the season's end - by
the time the Orioles were in the ALDS - Chen earned himself the right to
pitch in the second game of that series, and it was Chen who was the winning
pitcher in that game, the first O's home playoff win in 15 years. He earned
that win.
那是个Jake Arrieta、Zach Britton、Brian Matusz和Tommy Hunter都仍被视为先发投手
的时候，在2012年球季开始时，陈直到了金莺的第五场例行赛才盼到初登场，当时看来是
担任第五号先发的职位。随着球季的结束、随着金莺闯进美国联盟分区赛，陈也为自己争
取到在那个系列赛第二场比赛的先发，而陈也成为那场比赛的胜投，金莺相隔了十五年再
次于主场获得季后赛的胜利，他赢得了那一胜。
Some moments from the highlight reel of that game:
一些来自那场比赛的精采部分：
http://goo.gl/PGHrus
For me, it doesn't get much better than when he nails Derek Jeter for the
looking strikeout. You can see the hallmarks of Jeterian chicanery in the few
seconds he features in this video; the thrust-out posterior to "get out of
the way" for a pitch that's out over the plate, the immediate incredulous
turn to whine to the umpire, the announcer succinctly stating, "Jeter doesn't
think so," but, Derek, as the great sage Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said, it
doesn't matter what you think!
对我来说，再也没有什么比看到他将Derek Jeter冻结并眼睁睁地看球进手套被三振还美
妙，在影片中你可以看到Jeter用几秒钟的时间以他特有的手段想诡辩；将臀部向外挪出
试图示意球并没有进入好球带、迅速地转向裁判表达他的怀疑与不理解，播报员言简意赅
地述说著：“Jeter对判决不这么认为。”但是Jeter，这就像明智的巨石强森所言：“不
论你如何认为都无法改变事实。”
You would even find Chen on a couple of Rookie of the Year ballots that year,
literally just a couple, but enough that he finished in fourth place in the
year that Mike Trout introduced himself to the baseball world. No shame in
that.
你甚至可以发现陈在当年新人王有得到几张选票，虽然就是那么几张，但仍足以让他在当
年Mike Trout将自己的名字推向棒球的世界时占有第四名的位置，这一点都不遗憾。
Chen's success in Baltimore only grew as he gained more major league
experience. He took a big leap forward, and not coincidentally, so did the
Orioles, in the 2014 season. Chen shaved over half a run from his ERA the
previous season, and sure, some of his improved 16-6 win-loss record was from
the incredible offense that team had, but a lot was also Chen figuring out
how to deploy his arsenal in this league. He was even better still in 2015,
posting a 3.34 ERA. Too bad the rest of his rotation-mates could not continue
that success.
陈在巴尔的摩的成功源自于他累计大联盟的实战经验，在2014年的赛季他与金莺不约而同
往前迈进一大步，与前一季相比陈少了0.5的投手自责分率，不讳言他16胜6败的纪录部分
需要归功到当年不可思议的打线，但最大的关键还是在陈找到了如何在大联盟有效地发挥
自己的武器，在2015年他甚至表现得更好，有着3.34的投手自责分率，可惜的是轮值当中
的其他投手没办法将成功延续。
Never the flashiest of Orioles on a team full of big personalities, Chen
might have often gone overlooked by many. His place in Orioles history may
not be as large as some others, but he undeniably has that place. MASN's Gary
Thorne never quite managed to get Chen to give an interview in English on
camera, leaving us to enjoy sporadic funny moments like the Jumbotron "Guess
The Song" segment from this past season, when, presented with the disco
classic Stayin' Alive - which many of his teammates failed to recognize, Chen
simply stated, "Bee Gees."
从未因为显著的个人特质而成为金莺队上的镁光灯焦点，有时还可能被不少人忽略，他在
金莺的队史定位不比某些球员来得高，但无法否认的是他占有一席之地，MASN的Gary
Thorne从未试图让陈接受全程英文的赛后访问，让我们偶尔沉浸于滑稽评论（球评或球迷
的想像）的乐趣中，像是最近这一季的猜歌游戏，当拨放著名为Stayin' Alive的经典
disco音乐，在许多队友无法辨别歌曲原唱时，陈可能会冷不防地在后面说道：“Bee
Gees（比吉斯是一队来自澳洲的三人兄弟乐队组合）”
About that franchise leaderboard, his place is higher than you might think.
Leaving after his four good seasons, Chen sits in eighth in the whole history
of the franchise for career O's winning percentage among starting pitchers.
That .590 winning percentage - a 46-32 record - puts him ahead of franchise
greats like Scott McGregor and Mike Flanagan. You'll find him near the top
for lowest walk rate (sixth) and best strikeout rate (second - ahead of even
future Hall of Famer Mike Mussina). That's some good company.
在金莺队史的领先数据中，他的位置可能比你想像中的还要高，结束了出色的四个球季，
陈以46胜32败、59%胜率在金莺队史先发投手胜率榜上名列第八，使他超越一些像是
Scott McGregor及Mike Flanagan的队史名人，你也会发现他的低保送率（第六）及最佳
三振率（第二，甚至赢过准名人堂球员Mike Mussina），那是相当优质的总和。
It seems safe to say we'll never see another player quite like Chen again. We
were lucky to get to watch him for as long as we did. Those of us who
happened to be there the night they gave away Chen t-shirts (you might also
remember it as Manny Machado's major league debut) will have to content
ourselves with hanging on to that collector's item. He will be missed.
或许我们可以保守地说我们再也不会看到像陈这样的选手，我们非常幸运有机会能看到他
为我们投身的这段，在那个发送陈t-shirts的夜晚有前往观赛的我们（你可能还会有印象
那是Manny Machado在大联盟第一次出赛）将会心满意足地将那件衣服挂在收藏区的架子
上，他将会被我们想念。
He'll even give a last gift to the franchise after he's done playing here,
from a certain point of view. Thanks to the qualifying offer that his
performance earned, the Orioles will get a draft pick for losing Chen. Maybe
the Orioles will even be able to turn that pick from the loss of one good
Oriole into a future good Oriole. Stranger things have happened.
如果别的观点来看，他甚至在结束为球队效力之后留下最后一份礼物，感谢由于他的表现
争取来的合格报价，金莺将会因为失去陈而获得而外的选秀补偿，或许金莺会将失去一名
优秀球员的同时得到另一名明日之星，奇怪的事情随时都有可能发生。
Chen was signed. He played. He is Birdland.
陈被其他球队签下，他曾为球队奋战，他是金莺的一份子。
With Chen's official departure, there are now just 13 O's remaining on the
40-man roster who played for the 2012 team. Of the 2014 division champions,
18 Orioles remain.
当陈正式的声明离开后，2012年球季的40人名单只有13名球员仍在阵上，2014年球季分区
冠军的球员也只有18名续留。