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The Curious Case of Bryce Harper’s .214 Batting Average
Bryce Harper 一个奇特的打击案例
WASHINGTON — There are several acceptable places to find the digits 214.
They help you make a phone call to Dallas. They make a handy abbreviation for
Valentine’s Day. They take you to a live play-by-play station on the
satellite radio dial.
日常生活有很多地方可以看到"214"这个数字，在美国可以打电话到达拉斯的区域码是
214，情人节是214，在卫星广播可以在214频道听到运动节目。
Here’s where no one expects to see it: in the batting average column for
Bryce Harper, the Washington Nationals slugger who will start in center field
at his home park in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game. Harper’s .214 average is
the lowest of the 43 position players named to the All-Star teams.
但是没有人会想到在这个地方会看到: Bryce Harper的打击率。华盛顿国民队的大棒，这
星期二晚上他会在明星赛以中外野身分站上国民队主场。Harper的.214打击率，在43名全
明星里，敬陪末座。
“I look up there and see my average and go, ‘Oh man,’” Harper said on
Monday. “But I look over a little bit to the right side of that and see 23
homers and 53 R.B.I. and 80 walks and things like that, so I don’t know.
Should I be hitting .300 or .280? Yeah, absolutely. I guess I am where I’m
at, and hopefully the only way I can go is up.”
“我在球场上看到板子上的打击率，‘我的老天~’”Harper星期一的时候说到。“但是当
我再往右边一点看，我看到23支全垒打，53分打点，80次保送，我真的不知道。我应该要
打.300或.280？那当然好，不过我猜我现在就是这样，不过我希望这是最低，再来就是向
上了。”
Harper’s bookkeeping was off — he actually has 54 runs batted in and 78
walks — but he proved his point in the Home Run Derby, edging Kyle Schwarber
of the Chicago Cubs with a flurry of blasts off his father, Ron.
Harper的数字记错了