我真的很喜欢这个系列文......
翻译几句跟之前没重复，我觉得不错的。
有错请指正0.0
: You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have
: a lot of little boy in you, too.
: -Roy Campanella
当一个职棒球员你必须是个男子汉，同时保有最初的童真。
: When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field
: and it's one big glove.
: -Vance Law
当你低潮的时候，外野看起来就像一个超巨大的手套。 (当你有观念时也是)
: Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the
: other team controls the ball.
: -Ken Harrelson, Sports Illustrated, 6 September 1976
棒球是我所知的运动中，唯一由防守方持球的。
: If a horse can't eat it, I don't want to play on it.
: -Dick Allen, on artificial turf, 1970
如果马不能吃，我就不想在上面打球。 (讨厌人工草皮?)
: Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world.
: If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get
: you off.
: -Bill Veeck
棒球是这个失序的世界中唯一理性的事物。当你三好球时，连最棒的律师也救不了你。
: Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really
: appreciated.
: -Author Unknown
棒球是牺牲真正被赞扬的地方。 (真的吗?那大家怎么那么讨厌点点点...)
: I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life
: are good friends and a good bullpen.
: -Bob Lemon, 1981
我的结论：人生中最重要的是好朋友，和好的牛棚。 (Santana想必很认同)
: Sandy's fastball was so fast, some batters would start to swing as he
: was on his way to the mound.
: -Jim Murray, on Sandy Koufax
Sandy的速球快到爆炸，有些打者在他上投手丘的途中就挥棒了。
: I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting
: practice.
: -Casey Stengel, 1967
我是一个如此危险的打者，连打击练习时都被故意四坏保送。
: A critic once characterized baseball as six minutes of action crammed
: into two-and-one-half hours.
: -Ray Fitzgerald, in Boston Glove, 1970
一个批评家曾说：棒球是把六分钟的动作，塞到两个半小时中。
: There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and
: Willie Shakespeare.
: -Tallulah Bankhead
这世上曾有过两个天才。Willie Mays跟威廉莎士比亚。(660 Hr，史上排名第四)
: Baseball fans love numbers. They love to swirl them around their
: mouths like Bordeaux wine.
: -Pat Conroy
棒球迷热爱数字。他们会把数据像波尔多葡萄酒一样品尝。(献给版上专业的
版友们)
: Baseball? It's just a game - as simple as a ball and a bat. Yet, as
: complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. It's a sport, business -
: and sometimes even religion.
: -Ernie Harwell,
棒球是一支棒子和一颗球的简单游戏，也是整个美国精神的象征。它是运动，是
生意，也是一种信仰。
: Why does everybody stand up and sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
: when they're already there?
: -Larry Anderson
为什么已经在球场中的人要高唱 "带我去看球赛"？
: I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that
: the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the
: price of the seats.
: -Bill Veeck
二十年来我发现：对球赛的知识多寡，和他所坐位置的票价成反比。
: I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the
: ball and started trying to make them hit it.
: -Sandy Koufax
当我从试图让打者挥空棒，变成让打者击中球时，我就成为了一个优秀的投手。
: Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.
: -Warren Spahn
打击是节奏，投球是去扰乱这种节奏。
: Don't forget to swing hard, in case you hit the ball.
: -Woodie Held
别忘记要随时奋力一击，以防你不小心打中球。 (Sexson的信念??)
: A baseball game is twice as much fun if you're seeing it on the
: company's time.
: -William C. Feather
在公司偷看球赛有两倍的乐趣。 (这次奥运应该很多人很认同)
: Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man
: has ever come to perfection.
: -Red Smith
本垒板和一垒间的九十呎，也许是一个男人最接近完美的距离。 (Ichiro内安魂)
: The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game.
: The second-greatest feeling is to lose a major league game.
: -Chuck Tanner
世界上最爽的是赢一场大联盟比赛。第二爽的是输一场大联盟比赛。
: Baseball is a ballet without music. Drama without words.
: -Ernie Harwell
棒球是没有音乐的芭蕾，没有台词的戏剧。 (所以常常有剧场?)
: You know you're pitching well when the batters look as bad as you do
: at the plate.
: -Duke Snider
当打者的打击看起来和你一样鸟蛋的时候，你就知道投了一场好球。
: It actually giggles at you as it goes by.
: -Rick Monday, on Phil Niekro's knuckleball
当它经过的时候仿佛在嘲笑你。 (形容Phil Niekro的蝴蝶球)
: Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but
: not everything.
: -Toby Harrah, 1983
棒球数据就像比基尼女孩，她露了很多，但不是全部。
: Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed
: mothers and cheating on your income tax.
: -Mike Royko
讨厌洋基邪恶帝国就像苹果派、未婚妈妈、和逃漏税一样，非常的美式风格。
: Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you
: have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same
: width.
: -Bill Veeck
棒球是给一般人的运动。想打篮球你必须有7呎6吋高，想打美式足球你则必须有
那么宽。
: "You can't hit what you can't see."
: -Walter Johnson
看不到，一定打不到。
: "Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning, you got off
: to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a
: slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking."
: -Gene Mauch, Phillies manager
当你季初表现不好，你是慢热。季中表现不好，你是陷入低潮。季末还表现不好
，那你真可悲。
: "The best thing about being a Yankee is getting to watch Reggie Jackson
: play every day. The worst thing about being a Yankee? Getting to watch
: Reggie Jackson play every day."
: -Graig Nettles
当洋基球员最棒的是能看Reggie Jackson打球。最糟的也一样。
: "You don't face Ryan without your rest. He's the only guy I go against
: that makes me go to bed before midnight."
: -Reggie Jackson
没有充足的休息，你无法面对Ryan。他是唯一能让我提早上床的人。
: "Throwing people out of a game is like learning to ride a bicycle -
: once you get the hang of it, it can be a lot of fun."
: -Ron Luciano, umpire
把人赶出球场就像学骑脚踏车。当你学会了，你会觉得超爽。 (某裁判名言@@)
: "The hitter asks the owner to give him a big raise so he can go
: somewhere he's never been, and the owner says, 'You mean third base.'"
: -Henny Youngman, comedian
某打者要求老板给他加薪，让他能去从未去过的地方玩。老板回答他：
"你是说三垒吗？"
: "I don't want them to forget Ruth. I just want them to remember me!"
: -Hank Aaron
我没有要他们忘了贝比鲁斯。我只是要他们记得我! (汉克阿伦)
: "Umpire's heaven is a place where he works third base every game.
: Home is where the heartache is."
: -Ron Luciano, umpire
裁判的天堂就是每天都能当三垒审的地方。本垒是心痛之处。(是婊人的地方吧)
: "There were times last year when people looked at the scoreboard and
: thought my batting average was the temperature."
: -Buck Martinez, on his . 162 performance
去年人们看着记分板，还以为我的打击率是当时的气温。
: "If I had my career to play over, one thing I'd do differently is
: swing more. Those 1,200 walks I got - nobody remembers them."
: -Pee Wee Reese
如果让职业生涯重来一次，我会做更多挥击。没有人会记得我得到的1200次保送。
: "The only people I ever felt intimidated by in my whole life were Bob
: Gibson and my daddy."
: -Dusty Baker
一生中曾经让我感到害怕的人，是Bob Gibson和我老爸。
: "Fans don't boo nobodies."
: -Reggie Jackson
球迷不会嘘无名小卒。
: "One of my goals in life was to be surrounded by unpretentious, rich
: young men. Then I bought the Braves and I was surrounded by
: twenty-five of them."
: -Ted Turner, owner
我的人生目标是被谦逊又有钱的年轻人围绕。所以我买下勇士队，于是我有了
25个这样的人。
: "Baseball is dull only to dull minds." -Red Smith, sportswriter
只有死脑袋的人会觉得棒球无聊。
: "I couldn't see well enough to play when I was a boy, so they gave me
: a special job - they made me the umpire."
: -Harry S. Truman, thirty-third president of the United States
我小时候因为看不清楚无法打球。所以他们让我当裁判。
: "The ball is smaller, the planets are in line, the hole in the ozone
: layer is bigger, and so is Juan Gonzalez."
: -Terry Mulholland, on why more home runs are being hit these days
球比地球小多了，Juan Gonzalez这个漏洞却跟臭氧层破洞一样大。
: "The only way I'm going to win a Gold Glove is with a can of spray
: paint."
: -Reggie Jackson, on his fielding skills
我想拿到金手套的唯一方法，是去弄一罐金色喷漆。(Reggie Jackson守备很差吗?)
: "Most coaches remain anonymous until they screw up. If a third base
: coach goes the entire season without being interviewed after a game,
: it means he had a perfect season."
: -Jay Johnstone
教练在他搞砸比赛之前都是没没无名的。如果一个三垒教练整季都没被赛后访问，
那表示他有一个完美的球季。 (献给红中)
: "All I remember about my wedding day in 1967 is that the Cubs lost a
: double-header."
: -George F. Will
我对我1967年的婚礼唯一的记忆，是小熊队在双重赛中输球。
: "I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I
: like to live as big as I can."
: -Babe Ruth
我总是挥大棒。不是轰一支大的，就是挥棒落空。我喜欢这样豪迈地活着。
: "Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa."
: -Casey Stengel, manager
强投永远能压制强打，反之亦然。
: "I knew it would ruin my arm. But one year of 25-7 is worth five of 15-15."
: -Steve Stone, Orioles pitcher, on his Cy Young season
我知道我的手可能会废了，但投出一年25胜7败，总比投五年15胜15败还要值得。
: "There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last
: time. I owe him my best."
: -Joe DiMaggio
可能会有某个孩子是第一次，或最后一次看我比赛。我要给他们最好的表现。
: "Any umpire who claims he has never missed a play is . . . well,
: an umpire."
: -Ron Luciano, umpire"
一个说自己从未误判的裁判......就只是个裁判。
: "This winter I'm working out every day, throwing at a wall. I'm 11-0
: against the wall."
: -Jim Bouton
整个冬天我都跑去朝墙壁投球。我跟墙壁之间已经11胜0败了。
: "Baseball isn't keeping up with science. Satellites are sending accurate
: signals from outer space to earth, but coaches still have trouble
: transmitting signals from third base to home."
: -Ellis Clary
棒球并未随科技发展而进步。人造卫星都能从太空发送正确的讯号，但教练始终
无法对本垒板传达正确的暗号。
: "I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, 'Go foul. Go
: foul.'"
: -Lefty Gomez
我职业生涯中常常跟球对话。我大喊著 "快出界！快出界！"
: "See that fella over there? He's 20 years old. In 10 years, he's got
: a chance to be a star. Now that fella over there, he's 20 years old,
: too. In 10 years he's got a chance to be 30."
: -Casey Stengel
看到那家伙没？他20岁，10年后会变成大明星。还有那家伙，他也20岁，
10年后他会变成30岁。