大联盟官网专访了一位跑到世界各国打球的Jimmy Jensen(32)
他也是现任奥地利国家队的投手教练(总教练记得是日本人)
目前也在捷克联赛效力+Baseball Jobs Overseas这组织的营运长
https://i.imgur.com/SZSdLHI.jpg
这组织是介绍球员到海外打球
专访连结
https://reurl.cc/V403kZ
2015年时Jimmy Jensen原本已经要去找正职工作，放弃棒球生涯了
但在前教练的说服下，联系了Baseball Jobs Overseas
而在把自己的履历表丢出去的十分钟后
该组织的CEO David Burns就打电话给他
并且提供他一份来自奥地利的Offer(奥地利联赛的Attnang Athletics)
https://i.imgur.com/H6NpSAe.jpg
所以人生只待过美国/加拿大的他，就这样因缘际会地来到了奥地利
The fields were a bit of a wake-up call, too. Though they’ve come a long way si
nce he made his Austrian debut in 2015, Jensen remembers one particular game hos
ted by the Dornbirn Indians, whose field used to be the parking lot for the socc
er field.
而在奥地利打球，令他感到印象深刻的一次是
它们和多伯恩印地安人比赛时
多伯恩的主场是由足球场的停车场改建的xdd
A lot has changed since that time, though, with Jensen calling Dornbirn’s field
now one of the nicer fields in all of Austria, complete with an indoor facility
and batting cages.
但到现在，多伯恩的球场已经进步很多了
已经有了室内练习场，也被他认为是奥地利最好的球场之一
而Jensen也开始对介绍他来奥地利打球的Baseball Jobs Overseas感到兴趣
“I used that as an opportunity to travel myself, and then help network into new
leagues and create relationships with new teams,” Jensen said. “That was why
I went to a new team every season. Even though I really enjoyed every team I pla
yed with, but my goal with Baseball Jobs Overseas was to help it grow.”
就开始他的世界各国打球的计画
希望透过他到各国联赛打球，让Baseball Jobs Overseas能和更多球队取得沟通管道
所以他开始年年转队xdd
接着他冬天就前往澳洲的地区联盟打球(Macarthur Orioles)
https://i.imgur.com/kc0Gv7I.jpg
隔年跑去法国联赛的塞内尔圣殿骑士团
下一年又跑去德国联赛的斯图加特红人(也是到自己老婆的故乡)
https://i.imgur.com/BXXI2Br.jpg
He signed on with the Stuttgart Reds in Germany the next year, getting to live n
ear his wife's family and introduce them to baseball.
“Her dad really got into it,” Jensen said. “None of them really understood th
e game at first. But once they started coming to games and sitting with other fa
ns who explained the rules to them, they started to get into it a lot more. Now
he watches a lot of our livestreams whenever we have games, and he gets really i
nto it.”
岳父一家人也因此开始看棒球
从一开始他们完全看不懂，到现在每场比赛都会看转播
之后又跑去加拿大/新西兰打球，并原定2020要去捷克联赛
Jensen was then set to make his Czech Extraleague debut, but in 2020 the pandemi
c changed everything and made it much harder to travel across Europe. So, Jensen
stayed in Attnang for three more years before making his debut with Hro i this
season.
但受到疫情影响，所以他就重回奥地利联赛打了三年
直到今年终于来到捷克联赛打球惹
https://i.imgur.com/BDDD3wD.jpg
Jensen’s schedule is pretty full. He’ll be preparing Austria’s pitching staff
for the upcoming Euro Baseball Championships held in the Czech Republic this Se
ptember and he recently finished a coaching stint with the Baseball Jobs Oversea
s Globetrotters, who went undefeated at Austria’s Finkstonball festival.
然后他也是今年欧锦赛奥地利国家队的投手教练
They’ll play again at the upcoming Prague Baseball Week in June before having a
n exhibition against the Italian National Team later this summer, and then they'
ll head to Buenos Aires to help countries prepare for the upcoming PanAmerican G
ames.
之后也带队去阿根廷，协助那边国家备战泛美锦标赛
As for the future, Jensen's not sure. Perhaps he’ll return to the Czech Republi
c or Austria or maybe hit one of the countries he’s yet to play in. But he’s a
lso thinking about settling down, letting his arm rest, and growing Baseball Job
s Overseas. But then again, maybe not.
至于未来的动向他也不太确定，可能会回到奥地利/捷克继续打球
但也有可能会让手臂休息
然后专心发展Baseball Jobs Overseas这组织
这棒球人生真丰富啊
真。海外顾问
https://i.imgur.com/252t2oZ.jpg