https://www.mlb.com/news/munetaka-murakami-nearing-home-run-record-in-japan
It's not just Judge: Slugger chasing HR record an ocean away
不只有法官：在大洋的另一侧追逐全垒打纪录的大砲
Jon Paul Morosi is a reporter for MLB.com and MLB Network.
不知道何时MLB记者会帮中职强打者写报导
The home run chase has become the subject of national fascination, bordering on obsession. The daily count demands front-page coverage. Adoring ovations are the soundtrack of the season as autumn nears.
Munetaka Murakami is a phenomenon, indeed.
村上宗隆是现象级的存在，真der
Wait ... you were expecting someone else?
Oh, right. Aaron Judge and Albert Pujols. Both are on the verge of history, and the joyful tension surrounding them has inverted the natural order of September. When pennant races are at their apex, we tend to check the standings first. Now we ask, “Hey, did Judge or Albert homer yet tonight?”
Thanks to Murakami, our friends and fellow baseball fans in Japan can relate.
由于村上宗隆，日本球迷能对法官、扑吼狮的全垒打追逐产生共感
Murakami, a 22-year-old third baseman, has hit 54 home runs this season for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. With 17 games to play, he’s one homer away from tying the legendary Sadaharu Oh for the most in a season by a Japanese-born player in Nippon Professional Baseball.
还剩17场比赛，村上已干了54发
“He’s a special human being and everything you want in a superstar,” said Swallows outfielder Patrick Kivlehan, formerly of the Padres, Reds and D-backs. “He’s humble and respectful. He’s still so young, and he’s taken the whole country by storm. There are Murakami jerseys everywhere. People are waiting at hotels just to get a glimpse of him. It’s like playing with a rock star.”
前大联盟球员的燕子队洋将表示
村上是个超级巨星
到处都可看到人们穿他的Jersey
他就像个摇滚巨星
Thanks to Murakami, this year’s home run chase is an around-the-clock phenomenon. When Pujols and the Cardinals visit the Padres and Dodgers next week, their games will conclude only a few hours before the Swallows’ typical 5 a.m. ET start time.
Mune, as he’s known in the Swallows clubhouse, is the mirror image of Judge: Murakami bats left-handed. Judge bats right-handed. Murakami plays in Tokyo. Judge plays in New York.
东京、左打的村上，映照纽约、右打的法官
And while one sleeps, the other slugs.
“He’s definitely been hitting Judge-esque tanks,” Swallows starter Cy Sneed, formerly of the Astros, said with admiration. “Neither of them are hitting wall-scrapers.”
燕子队洋投赛史尼表示
村上就像燕子队的法官
And for both Murakami and Judge, the most immediate milestone before them is not the NPB or AL/NL single-season record.
While Judge is within range of Roger Maris’ Yankees and American League record of 61, the overall Major League standard of 73 belongs (controversially) to Barry Bonds. Oh’s 55 home runs in 1964 remain the most of any Japanese-born NPB player, but Wladimir Balentien of Curaçao hit 60 for the Swallows in 2013.
对比法官正在追逐的61轰及73轰纪录
在日本则是王贞治的本土55轰及巴冷天的60轰纪录
Oh is a mythical figure in Japanese baseball, comparable to Michael Jordan in the pantheon of American icons. For years, many in Japan believed Oh’s mark would not be surpassed. According to multiple accounts, pitchers were encouraged to pitch around opposing hitters as they approached the record.
王贞治在日本棒球界的乔丹
过去很长一段时间
日本人会尽量闪躲纪录挑战者让王的纪录不要被超越
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