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原文后来好像有修改，我翻译的是最初始的版本。
Joe Mauer will officially retire from baseball
Joe Mauer要退休了
The Twins first baseman played 15 seasons in Minnesota, but concussion issues
cut short his career.
这位在双城队效力长达15年的一垒手，因为脑震荡缩短了他的职业生涯。
Joe Mauer lined a vintage Joe Mauer hit, slicing a double to left field in
his final at-bat, then saluting the roaring crowd at Target Field after
hustling into second base.
Joe Mauer在他职业生涯最后的一个打席击出了一支典型的Mauer式安打，是一支切到左半
边的二垒安打，而在上到二垒后，随即向在场呐喊著的双城球迷们脱帽致敬。
Then it got better. Before the Twins took the field for the final time, Mauer
emerged alone from the dugout, wearing catching gear for the first time in
five years.
在双城队在九局上半上场守备之前，Mauer独自从dugout走上球场，并且在这五年以来，第
一次穿上接捕的装备。
That iconic moment told us one thing:
Joe ain't coming back.
但这个纪念性的时刻告诉我们：Joe不会再回到球场上来了。"
Mauer will retire after 15 seasons, during some of which he was certainly the
best catcher in baseball. He will make the announcement in a full-page ad in
Sunday's Star Tribune.
Mauer将会结束他15年的职业生涯，在这十五年的期间内，他曾经是棒球场上最棒的捕手。
他将会在美国时间周日在Star Tribune发表全版的退休宣言。
Years of wear and tear on his body — a concussion in 2013 cut short his
catching days and sent him to first base — ended his career at age 35 as an
eight-year, $184 million contract expired. He also had a concussion May 18
last season when he fell chasing a foul ball.
多年的征战让Mauer身上留下了大大小小的伤势，一个在2013年出现的脑震荡伤势，迫使他
只能转往一垒守备，并且让他的职业生涯在他8年184M合约结束之后，也一并划下句点。
"After much consideration I have decided to retire from playing baseball," he
wrote in his retirement announcement. "The decision came down to my health
and my family. The risk of concussion is always there, and I was reminded of
that this season after missing over 30 games as a result of diving for a foul
ball.
在多方考量之下之后，我决定高挂球鞋。"Joe 写在他的退休宣言上。
"这项决定是出自于对于我的健康和家庭生活的考量。脑震荡的风险一直就在那边，
我今年球季也是因为要扑抢一个界外球后，让我缺席了今年超过30场比赛，
我就开始意识到这个情况对我的重要性。
“Thank you, Minnesota Twins, and thank you, fans, for making my career as
special and memorable as it was. Because of you I can leave the game I love
with a full and grateful heart.”
"谢谢双城队和双城队的球迷，因为是你们让我拥有了这么棒而且特别的回忆。
也是因为你们，我是用感谢和满足离开我这生最爱的球场。"
Mauer talked at length after that Sept. 30 game against the White Sox about
the emotions he went through on a day that started when his twin 5-year-old
daughters, Emily and Maren, surprised him at first base for the national
anthem.
在9/30和白袜队比赛结束后，Mauer谈到了这天他所经历的情绪上的变化。在这天比赛唱
国歌时，他的两个5岁双胞胎女儿，Emily和Maren突然出现在一垒侧，让他又惊又喜。
“I don’t think it could have gone any better,” Mauer said after the Twins
beat the White Sox 5-4. “You guys saw how important that moment was to me,
just to have a chance to put the gear back on.”
His wife, Maddie, is expecting this month.
"我认为不能再更棒了。"在这场双城以5比4击败白袜队的比赛后，Joe Mauer说。
"你知道能够再次穿上捕手装备这件事，对我来说是多么重要的一个时刻。
Mauer的老婆Maddie，在这个月怀了她跟Mauer的第三个孩子。
A St. Paul native, Mauer was a three-sport star at Cretin-Derham Hall. He
turned down a football scholarship to play quarterback at Florida State after
the Twins took him first overall in the 2001 Major League Baseball draft.
身为一位明尼苏达St. Paul的当地子弟，Mauer在Cretin-Derham Hall是一位三栖的运动明
星。在2001年双城队以第一顺位将他选入球队之后，他拒绝了Florida State提供给他
的美式足球的奖学金(打四分卫)
He earned six All-Star berths as a catcher, winning three Gold Gloves.
And he made history behind the plate. He’s the only catcher to win three
batting titles.
Mauer在担任捕手的时候，入选了六次全明星，并且赢得了三座金手套奖。
此外，他是史上唯一以捕手身分拿下三次的打击王的选手。
In 2009, he was named American League MVP after leading the majors with a
.365 average, hitting 28 home runs and driving in 96 runs in only 138 games.
在2009年的时候，他在138场比赛内就缴出0.365打击率, 28发全垒打和96分的得分，
他也拿下当年的美国联盟MVP。
Mauer insisted after the season that he hadn’t made up his mind about
returning for a 16th season.
Mauer在这个球季结束后，并没有决定是否要继续打他职业的第16个赛季。
“Either way, it’s a good decision, you know?” he said at the time. “I can
either play, or go home and be with my girls. I don’t think there’s a wrong
decision there.”
"无论打或不打，对我来说应该都是不错的选项，你知道吗?"
"我可以继续打下去，或者是退休回家陪伴我的两个女儿，
我并不觉得哪个决定一定是对或一定是错的。Mauer提到
Mauer entered the season hoping to play, he told reporters, until at least
2020. He was coming off his best season since 2014, hitting .305 as the Twins
made the playoffs in 2017.
这个球季开打之前，Mauer这位去年打出他自从2014年以来最好的0.305打击率，
并且和双城打进季后赛的伟大球星，告诉记者们说他希望至少能够打到2020年。
But as the 2018 season wore on, the Twins fell out of contention, and Mauer
suffered another concussion when he fell chasing a foul pop-up, missing 25
games.
不过就在2018年开打之后，双城队因为战绩不佳，并不在竞争行列内，而且Mauer又因为在
一次要追抢内野飞球的时候，因为跌倒而引发的脑震荡而困扰着他，这次他缺席了25场比赛
“A lot can change in six months,” he said after summoning a reporter to
Target Field in mid-September for a one-on-one interview. “Personally,
professionally, physically.”
"在这半年以来，很多事情都变了，无论是个人上、工作上或是身体上。"他在9月中的时候
，他在Targer Field跟记者一对一的访谈中的提到。
“There’s a lot that goes into it than just, ‘Do you want to play?’ There’
s a lot of different dynamics that go into it. I owe it to myself and my
family to sit down and think about those things.
"一堆事情或问题涌向我，比如说“你还想继续打球吗?”“还是有很多事情是会让你有动力
去继续追求的。”我把这些问题放在心中，然后回家跟我的家人坐下来谈谈到底该怎么做。"
Mauer spent a great deal of time before and after games working on stretching
and getting his 6-foot-5, 225-pound frame into condition. And the May
concussion and cervical strain also got him thinking about future health
issues.
在赛前Mauer总会花很多的时间来让他6尺5吋且重225磅的身体能够进入比赛状况。
不过在5月的脑震荡以及颈部的紧绷也让他开始思考之后的健康状况。
“I’m not a percentage type of guy, but it is definitely something I need to
think about,” Mauer said. “The concussion, third baby on the way. So we
have a lot of things to go over. I want to do that and take a deep breath and
try to think with a clear mind.”
"我不是一个会对于事情过度斤斤计较的人，但我觉得这些伤势和事情的确有必要让我好好
思考。" Mauer说。"脑震荡、即将出生的第三个孩子，所以我们有很多事情要去处理。我
想要静下心来好好处理这些事情，或许就深呼吸一口气，可能想法会更明朗吧。"