TAMPA BAY RAYS
坦帕湾光芒队
Length of streak:
10 years of existence, 10 losing seasons
胜率未达五成的时间：
从球队建立以来的十个球季，胜率都没有超过五成
General managers:
GMs
Chuck LaMar 1998-2005
Andrew Friedman 2006-
Five bad moves
五个不对的决策
1. Trading Bobby Abreu to the Phillies for Kevin Stocker.
Management showed a keen eye for talent in picking a future
star in Abreu during the 1997 expansion draft. The decision
the same day to trade Abreu for Stocker, a light-hitting
shortstop who lasted just three more years in the majors,
didn't go quite so well. This is probably one of the 25 worst
trades in major league history.
1. 将Bobby Abreu送至费城人队以获得Kevin Stocker
从管理阶层在1997年扩大选秀会上挑选出明日之星Bobby Abreu，
展现出来他们殷切期盼想要大物的心情。 同一天，一个将Bobby
Abreu交易以获得一个没有power的游击手后来在大联盟也只再多打了
三年多的Kevin Stocker，就不是可以走的长远的决策了。 这可能是
大联盟历史上前25名最糟糕的交易之一。
2. Paying big bucks for Vinny Castilla and Greg Vaughn.
Rather than wait for their farm system to bear fruit, the
Rays added Castilla and Vaughn to a veteran core that already
included Fred McGriff and Jose Canseco, hoping to replicate
the success the Blake Street Bombers had in Colorado a few
years earlier. One of those Bombers, Castilla, proved to be
a lousy hitter at normal altitude, giving the Rays little return
for their $13.5 million over two years. After hitting 95 homers
the two previous seasons, Vaughn also slowed down considerably
in Tampa, while costing the team more than $24 million over three years.
2. 付大量的钱给Vinny Castilla和Greg Vaughn
光芒队希望能够复制如几年前落矶队的Blake Street Bombers打线，在
原来已经有了Fred McGriff 和 Jose Canseco经验丰富老将核心中加入
了Castilla和Vaughn，而不是等待其农场里的果实成熟。 打线的其中
之一，Castilla，证明了他只是个一般、不好的打者，对于13.5M两年的
约，给予光芒队的只有些许的回馈。 在两季前总和95只全垒打的纪录后，
在坦帕湾的Vaughn也展现了些微下降的情况，这个情况之下，仍然花掉了
三年24M的钱。
3. Handing the keys to Chuck LaMar.
Like Thrift in Baltimore, LaMar was respected as a
shrewd talent evaluator for years (with the Braves) but
was over his head as a general manager. Some of the players
drafted and developed during his tenure, including Carl
Crawford and B.J. Upton, look like potential stars. But there
also were far too many misses for a team that constantly drafted
in the top 5. That their expansion cousins in Arizona won three
division titles and a World Series in their first five years of
existence only makes things look worse.
3. 将管理的权力交至Chuck LaMar的手里
就像在巴尔的摩的Thrift一样，多年以来LaMar在勇士队时就是以一个
精明的球员天分评估者受到尊敬，但是当一个GM就已经超越他了理解的
范围了。 一些球员，包含了Carl Crawford和B.J. Upton，在他接管球
队的时期，选了进来并加以培育，这些球员看来起像有潜力的明星。
但是虽然经常性地拿到前五名的选秀顺位，仍然是有着许多离谱的失误。
他们在亚利桑那的远房亲戚在成军的五年内，三年分区冠军和一次的世界
冠军，这些表现只是让光芒队看起来更糟糕而已。
4. Trading Randy Winn to the Mariners for the right to
negotiate with future manager Lou Piniella.
Sweet Lou had garnered his share of success as a manager,
and pursuing the Tampa native for the job made some sense.
Still, giving up an above-average major league player for
the right to throw millions of dollars at a manager was a
move that typifies the team's existence under LaMar. Piniella
did what he could, but the team still lost 285 games in his
three years in the dugout.
4. 将Randy Winn交易至水手队以便于获得可以和未来教头
Lou Piniella协商的权利
Sweet Lou在当教头的部分已经获得了他部分的成功事蹟，并且也
让光芒队自然地想提供他工作成为了有点意义的一件事。 仍然，
为了得到可以向教头丢几百万元的权利，放弃掉高于联盟平均的球员，
是在LaMar接管光芒队时典型的举动。 Piniella做了他能做的事，
但是球队在他执教的三年内仍输掉了285场的比赛。
5. Signing a 30-year lease for Tropicana Field.
The worst real estate deal since the sale of Manhattan for
24 bucks. The team has been trying to negotiate out of it
and get a new stadium since the moment pen hit paper.
5. 对于Tropicana Field签下了三十年的租约
这是个自从24块钱买下曼哈顿后最糟糕的房地产交易。 自从签下
字的那刻起，球队一直尝试协商要逃离合约以便于获得新的球场。
Lowest moment:
So many to choose from...maybe the time original owner
Vince Naimoli allowed a local furniture store to set up
a showroom at Tropicana Field, complete with dangling price tags.
球队最低潮的时候：
有这么多可以选择…也许就是从原本老板Vince Naimoli允许当地
一家家具商店在球场建立了一个展示间吧，完结在挂上标价。
Favorite whipping boys:
Vince Naimoli, Chuck LaMar, Greg Vaughn, Vinny Castilla,
Jose Canseco, Ben Grieve, many pitchers too numerous to name.
最该打的小孩们：
Vince Naimoli, Chuck LaMar, Greg Vaughn,
Vinny Castilla, Jose Canseco, Ben Grieve,
太多投手以至于无法一一列出。
Notable quotable:
"I believe it's a good idea. And the reason I believe it's
a good idea is that there are some markets where I just don't
think baseball works."