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Matthew Pouliot Oct 9, 2012, 12:28 AM EDT
I’m not going to go all “blame A-Rod” here. The fact is that baseball’s
active home run leader wasn’t half bad on Monday night. He lined into a
double play in his first at-bat, but that as just bad luck: the ball was
scalded. He had a clean single his second time up.
这里我不是要把所有错都归咎于A-Rod。事实是这位现役全垒打的领先者在星期一晚上的
表现没有想像中的糟，他第1个打席击出平飞球造成双杀，但那是运气不好罢了，球劲并
不差。第2个打席A-Rod击出一垒安打扫除了先前的阴霾。
Of course, that was pretty much it. Rodriguez went up to the plate three more
times: he flied out in the fifth and then struck out in the seventh and
ninth. The second strikeout ended the game as the Orioles won 3-2 to even the
best-of-five series.
当然，内容差不多只有这样。A-Rod后面的3次打击机会，在第5局击成飞球出局，第7和第
9局则皆被三振。第二次被三振结束了比赛，金鸟以3比2获胜使这系列赛战成平手局面。
In all, Rodriguez has five strikeouts to go along with his single and a walk
in 10 plate appearances against the Orioles. He did finish the regular season
okay, going 6-for-15 with four walks and three strikeouts in his last four
games. However, he was in a 2-for-24 slump before that. He has one extra-base
since Sept. 14 and one RBI since Sept. 19.
总计来看，A-Rod对上金鸟的10次打击共领到5次三振、1支安打及1次保送。他在例行赛最
后的表现还不差，最后4场比赛的成绩是15-6、4次保送和3次三振。然而，在这之前A-Rod
经历一阵24-2的低潮期。从9/14后A-Rod仅有1支长打，打点则从9/19后仅有1分。
In short, Rodriguez looks like the easiest out in the Yankees lineup right
now. He’s not getting around on good fastballs, and when he does get a
mistake breaking ball, he’s not driving it out of the park. It’s not that
Rodriguez can’t hit in the playoffs or needs to be benched or any of that
nonsense. It’s just that with the way he looks right now — and with the way
he’s looked pretty much the whole year — he’s probably more of a No. 6
hitter than a guy who should be hitting ahead of Robinson Cano. Switching him
and Mark Teixeira would make a lot of sense.
简言之，A-Rod现今看起来很容易被剔除在洋基的打线上。他没有掌握好可口的速球并被
变化球混淆时，A-Rod是无法把小白球扛出球场的。并不是说A-Rod无法在季后赛打击或要
他去板凳等其他胡闹的举动，而是他现在看起来确实需要这么做，他整年看起来都是如此
。A-Rod可能会被调到第6棒以后让贤给其他人担任Cano的前一棒，将他和铁爷交换棒次看
起来是蛮有道理的。
心得: (1) A-Rod回不去09年了吗?? 季后赛第8棒会不会重演@@
(2) 翻译有瑕疵或错误欢迎指正~