出处:The Hardball Times
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/another-red-sox-curse/
Another Red Sox curse?
by Alex Connors
July 03, 2013
The Red Sox broke the 86-year Curse of the Bambino in 2004 by defeating the
St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series. Now, nine years later, the team
appears to be cursed yet again.
红袜队在2004年打败红雀队赢得世界大赛冠军，破了86年的贝比鲁斯魔咒。现在，
9年之后，这只球队似乎又受到了诅咒
The curse that I am talking about is the Curse of Papelbon.
我所谓的诅咒就是Papelbon魔咒。
The Sox closer spot was occupied from 2006 to 2011 by Jonathan Papelbon, the
club’s all-time saves leader by a wide margin. Papelbon became a free agent
after the 2011 season, and the Red Sox, fresh off their historic September
collapse, elected not to match the Phillies’ four-year, $50 million contract
offer to him.
2006年到2011年间，红袜队的终结者一直是由Papelbon这位红袜队史救援王来担任。
在2011年赛季结束后，Papelbon成为了自由球员，而红袜球团对于他们前无古人的9月
大崩溃显然是记忆犹新，决定不提出对等费城人的4年5千万美元合约给他。
At the time, the decision seemed a reasonable one. Two of the last three Red
Sox seasons had ended on blown saves by Papelbon, and the Sox had the perfect
replacement for him ready in their bullpen: Daniel Bard. The flame-throwing
righty whose fastball regularly touched 100 mph was built from the same mold
as his predecessor, and it seemed only a matter of time before he assumed the
role of closer.
这时，这个决定看起来非常合情合理。过去的三个赛季就有两次是终结在Papelbon的
救援失败上，而红袜牛棚里也有一个完美的终结者人选：Daniel Bard。
这位火球右腕动辄上看100麦的球速跟他的前辈如出一辙，成为终结者只不过是时间
的问题而已。
But, soon, the Curse of Papelbon would take Daniel Bard as its first victim.
但很快的，Papelbon魔咒就让Bard成为第一个受害者。
Then Terry Francona was ousted as Red Sox manager, Theo Epstein went to the
Cubs, and new faces stepped up to lead the organization. Between GM Ben
Cherington and manager Bobby Valentine, and at Bard’s request, the decision
was made to transition him into the starting rotation. The project didn’t
work. Bard’s struggles in the starting rotation were highlighted by his
inability to consistently throw strikes, resulting in a 6.25 BB/9 and a 6.22
ERA. He made only 10 starts before being sent down to Triple-A and the
re-transition from starter back to reliever began.
接着下来的是，Terry Francona丢了教头的位置，Theo Epstein跑去小熊队，接替他们
领导球团的尽是新面孔。顺应Bard的要求，GN Ben Cherington跟教头Bobby Valentine
决定把他调进先发轮值。但这计画没有成功，无法持续把球丢进好球带让Bard在轮值里
显得格外挣扎，最终他的成绩是6.25的BB/9以及6.22的ERA。在他被下放3A重新转换回
牛棚投手之前，他仅仅只先发了10场。
As a result of the departures of Papelbon and Bard from the bullpen after the
2011 season, the Sox found themselves in need of both a new closer and a new
setup-man. So, the Sox traded outfielder Josh Reddick and two minor league
prospects to the A’s for Andrew Bailey. Then, they traded Kyle Weiland and
Jed Lowrie, two young but major league-ready players, to Houston for Mark
Melancon.
在Papelbon以及Bard离开牛棚之后，袜袜发现他们需要新的终结者及布局投手。所以，
袜袜把外野手Reddick跟两位小联盟新秀送到运动家换来了Bailey。然后，他们把Kyle
Weiland跟Jed Lowrie这两位准备好上大联盟的年轻人送到太空人，换来了Melancon。
Bailey, always injury-prone, hurt his right thumb in spring training and did
not make it on to the mound at Fenway until mid-August.
Bailey这位痛痛人在春训就伤了他的右手拇指，直到八月中才在芬威球场踏上投手丘。
Manager Bobby Valentine had a decision to make. Who would replace Papelbon
for the 2012 season? Valentine elected to go with Alfredo Aceves who, while
recording 25 saves, posted a 5.36 ERA with eight blown saves. Melancon, who
would have been the next man in line for the job, was unavailable after being
sent down to Triple-A on April 18 with an ERA of 49.50. Yes, you read that
correctly.
教头Valentine必需当机立断。今年谁要接替Papelbon的位置？Valentine决定让Aceves
接手，尽管有25次救援成功，但同时也救援失败了8次，ERA 5.36。而Melancon，这位
在后头等待终结者位置的球员，在4/18带着49.5的ERA被下放3A之后就不见人影了。
Yes~你没看错。
So, after the 2012 season, it was apparent that the Sox still needed someone
to fill the ninth inning role. Recognizing this need, Cherington traded
Melancon and two prospects to the Pirates for closer Joel Hanrahan.
所以，2012年季后，袜袜很明显的还是需要一位第9局上场的角色。
明白这点的Cherington把Melancon跟两位新秀送到海盗队，换来了Hanrahan。
New manager John Farrell immediately named Hanrahan the closer, and it seemed
that the void finally was filled. Not so fast. Hanrahan pitched seven and a
third innings in a Red Sox uniform, posting a 9.82 ERA,and recorded only four
saves in six chances before tearing a flexor muscle in his right arm and
undergoing season-ending surgery.
新教头John Farrell立马让Hanrahan担任终结者的角色，而这空缺似乎终究被补齐了!!
嗯..别急。Hanrahan投了7又1/3局，ERA 9.82，在6次救援机会中守下了4次之后，他因为
右手的flexor muscle撕裂伤而进行了中止球季的手术。
After the injury, Bailey was once again given the nod as Red Sox closer.
Predictably, he has since lost the job. He blew five saves in 13 chances,
including four of his last five.
在那次受伤之后，Bailey再次被同意成为红袜的终结者。
可以预料到的是，他失去了这份工作。因为在13次救援机会之中他只成功了8次，
近5次登板他就有4次救援失败。
The closing job for the first-place Red Sox now rests in the hands of Koji
Uehara.
现在红袜终结者的差事落到了上原浩治的手中。
But until someone in a Red Sox uniform hits a walk-off home run against
Papelbon at Fenway Park, the Curse remains.
或许在某位红袜球员在芬威球场从Papelbon手中打出再见轰之前，
这魔咒会一直持续下去吧。
备注:Alex is a Daily Staff Writer for the Tufts Daily as a freshman at Tufts
University, and a diehard Red Sox fan.
简单说 原作者也是袜迷
初试啼声
翻的不好请别嘘太用力 ^_^