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Mark DeRosa, 37, serves many roles for the Nationals even though he isn’t on
the playoff roster. Throughout the season, he was seen as the team dad,
mentor, an additional hitting coach, team comedian and a friend. And after
the Nationals dropped Game 3 and faced elimination on Thursday in Game 4
against the St. Louis Cardinals, he realized it was his chance to step in. He
did something he has never done before as players prepared for the game.
老将DeRosa虽然不在季后赛名单内 但当国民背水一战时 他感觉自己该为队友做些什么
He grabbed the microphone of the clubhouse speaker system that sits next to
his locker, which he uses often to tease teammates and play music, and read a
passage from former president Theodore Roosevelt’s famous “The Man in the
Arena” speech. Since his days at the University of Pennsylvania, DeRosa
would turn to those words before big games. This time, he felt he needed
share them.
他在休息室里念了罗斯福有名的演说 “The Man in the Arena”
Players who weren’t in the clubhouse came streaming in. Jayson Werth, an
early advocate for mascot Teddy to win the Presidents Race at Nationals home
games, darted into the room to listen. Others did, too. Inspiration filled
the room, players said.
球员一个个来到休息室听演说 一股神祕力量灌注到球员身上
“I feel like if they’re going to keep me around and keep me here, there’s
a reason for it,” DeRosa said. “So I’ve been in these games. I’ve grinded
with guys. I’ve been on that team. I know how [Yadier Molina] thinks. I know
how [Chris Carpenter] and those guys think in playing with them. If I can
bounce anything off them, down to remembering the bunt signs, just stupid
stuff. Sometimes guys don’t always want to go to coaches, they’d rather
come to a player and work them through an at-bat.”
DeRosa: 球队让我随队出征一定是有什么原因的
DeRosa read part of the speech Thursday, but added some colorful flair, as he
always does, before and after.
“I think he dropped a couple F-bombs,” Tyler Clippard said. “That was fun.
… He was reading right off the page. It sounded awesome.”
Clippard: 他演讲的时候我好像听到他偷骂干
Added DeRosa: “I went about it the same way I always do except I wanted to
be a little less funny and a little more serious. They won’t listen to it if
I don’t throw a few jokes in there.”
DeRosa: 我只是想多讲些笑话吸引注意力
DeRosa didn’t pick Roosevelt’s speech because of the tie to mascot Teddy. It
’s a speech he has leaned on much of his career. But it was a fitting
coincidence, he said.
不是因为Teddy赢了他才选这个演说的
“It’s perfect,” he said. “The guy is like 3-0. Or 3-800. After I read
that, [I said], ‘You know who spoke these words? Teddy F-ing Roosevelt.’”
DeRosa: 你知道这是谁讲的演说吗? 是他妈的罗斯福