原文:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-baseball-ground-balls-are-soaring-1432841422
附上拙劣翻译
In Baseball, Ground Balls Are Soaring
棒球场上滚地球出现的次数正在快速增加
The rate of 1.52 ground balls for every fly ball is the highest since at
least 1987
2015年1.52的滚飞比 是MLB从1987年开始统计滚飞比数据之后的最高值
We had the dead-ball era, then the steroids era. Now, welcome to the
ground-ball era in Major League Baseball.
MLB有过死球时代 类固醇时代 而在现在 欢迎来到滚地球时代
Entering Thursday’s play, teams this season have hit 17,109 grounders
compared with 11,257 fly balls, for a rate of 1.52 ground balls for every fly
ball. That’s the highest since Stats LLC began recording the statistic in
1987. The next two-highest ground ball seasons were last year (1.44 grounders
for every fly ball) and 2013 (1.35).
算进这礼拜四的比赛 球队们一共打出了17,109次滚地球 相对的飞球则是11,257次
滚飞比为1.52 是MLB从1987年开始统计滚飞比数据之后的最高值
次高的两年分别是2014(1.44)跟2013(1.35)
There’s a simple reason for the increase in worm killers throughout the
league—umpires have been increasingly giving pitchers the lower part of the
strike zone. While baseball changed the definition of a low strike to below
the knee in 1996, it wasn’t until recent years when computer technology
graded umpires on how well they follow these guidelines. As a result, this
season, over 54% of low pitches are strikes, up from 48% in 2012.
有个简单的理由说明了滚地球次数的上升 裁判的好球带变得更低了
MLB在1996年改变了好球带的范围 原先的好球带从膝盖上方移至膝盖下方
(官方解释 1996 - The Strike Zone is expanded on the lower end, moving from
the top of the knees to the bottom of the knees.)
此修正的影响一直到最近开始使用电脑辅助评定裁判是否有依照规则判决后才发现
2015年MLB有54%的低球为好球 与2012年的48%相比有些微的上升
A recent Yahoo report suggests that Major League Baseball is considering
raising the official strike zone as soon as next season.
Yahoo表示MLB开始考虑在下一季开始提高好球带
The player who might exemplify the ground-ball trend is Miami Marlins
outfielder Christian Yelich, who has hit just seven fly balls this season,
compared with 57 grounders. His rate of 8.14 grounders for every fly ball
would shatter the full-season record of 4.88 by Luis Castillo in 1999. Yelich
’s teammate Dee Gordon is also on pace to break Castillo’s record with a
ground ball to fly ball rate of 5.94. The Marlins as a team are on a record
clip too, at 2.37—which would easily break the mark of 1.81 that the club
set last season.
典型的例子为马林鱼队的外野手Yelich
这季Yelich只打出了7个飞球 同时Yelich击出了57个滚地球 滚飞比为8.14
大幅超越原先整季的记录保持人 1999年Luic Castillo的4.88
Yelich的队友Dee Gordon这季的滚飞比为5.94 也超越了Castillo的记录
马林鱼在此同时也以2.37的滚飞比 轻松打破自己在去年所缔造的滚飞比1.81的记录