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http://www.wsj.com/articles/alex-rodriguez-hits-3-000-with-a-bang-1434759456
Wall Street Journal的新闻
不过好像要有帐号才能看
纸本报纸下的标题跟网络上的不大一样
报纸标题是 3,000 New Reasons to Forgive Alex Rodriguez
内容也有些微不同 不过大意是一样的
以下重点节录于报纸
1.球迷大致上已经原谅A-ROD了 尤其是他第3,000支安打又跟队长一样是home run
2.A-ROD在春训时已经赢得球团的信任 不过第660支全垒打的奖金细则还在跟球团讨论
3.A-ROD这季在媒体前的表现也赢得了媒体的好感
4.A-ROD平常练习很认真 而且热爱比赛 所以队友其实是尊敬A-ROD的
5.最后提到A-ROD觉得自己很幸运 也非常感激球迷现在对他的支持
总之 整篇文章都是帮A-ROD漂白 不过A-ROD现在在纽约也是白到发亮阿
不管是球迷 球员 球团 媒体 都在帮A-ROD说话
希望A-ROD生涯能有机会挑战700轰啊!
于最后附上网络版本原文
Alex Rodriguez, baseball’s milestone-eclipsing pariah, recorded his 3,000th
hit in grand style Friday night, cracking an opposite-field home run off
Detroit’s Justin Verlander in the first inning to become only the third
player ever to reach 3,000 career hits with a home run.
Rodriguez became the 29th player in major-league history to reach the mark,
and joined longtime teammate Derek Jeter and former Yankee Wade Boggs as
3,000-hit club members who punched their tickets with a homer. He rounded the
bases with his arm outstretched, as his teammates spilled out of the dugout
to congratulate him.
Rodriguez hugged Mark Teixeira, then CC Sabathia, Brett Gardner, and manager
Joe Girardi after he reached home plate. The dugout of the visiting Tigers,
meanwhile, was still and silent—a stark contrast from Jeter’s 3,000th hit,
when the visiting Tampa Bay Rays all came out to applaud.
The Bronx fans cheered without interruption for close to two minutes,
demanding a brief curtain call, which Rodriguez provided. There were no boos
to be heard, no negativity to mar the remarkable story of Rodriguez’s return
to the public’s good graces. It was the culmination of a moment that began
in earnest on Thursday night, when the crowd unabashedly celebrated Rodriguez
’s 2,998th and 2,999th hits.
“To be quite honest, a year ago today, I didn’t know if this day would ever
come,” Rodriguez said. “There were some really dark days.”
Because Rodriguez has said all the right things, because he has not rocked
the boat for perhaps the first time in his career, the fans have been quick
to forgive. On an otherwise unexciting team, Rodriguez is the one interesting
story, the wild card, the comeback tale, even if what he’s coming back from
was self-inflicted. And perhaps most important, as manager Joe Girardi noted,
he has hit home runs.
“I’ve had a chance to play with players who have had second chances, third
chances, sixth and seventh chances,” Girardi said. “Fans just want to see
players do well. That’s the bottom line. And he’s done well. Sometimes
people pull for people to fight back, and get back up, when they’ve been
knocked down. I think it’s the society that we live in.”
The first people Rodriguez had to win over this spring were Yankee
executives, and he at least made peace with them during a preseason sit-down.
They still have an unresolved issue over a $6 million payment for a marketing
agreement tied to Rodriguez’s 660th home run, which he hit on May 1, but the
two sides appear to have tabled the matter for now, deciding to extend
indefinitely Rodriguez’s deadline for filing a grievance.
Next, Rodriguez had to win over the media, which he has largely done by being
available, accountable and pleasant. Then came teammates. Players respect
hard work, and they respect production, and while not all have forgiven or
forgotten Rodriguez’s drug transgressions, as Girardi said, players do
appreciate his commitment.
“I just think it shows you how much our guys pull for Alex, how much they
appreciate how he goes about his business, and works hard, and is doing
whatever it takes to win a game,” Girardi said. “I think they were happy to
be a part of it, too.”
Rodriguez’s teammates have been rooting alongside him all along as he neared
and then reached, 3,000 hits. That achievement deserves recognition, despite
all the baggage that comes with it, said veteran Carlos Beltran..
“As a player, being able to get 3,000 hits, it’s a great accomplishment and
I know there might be a lot of doubts on him, but it doesn’t matter,”
Beltran said. “You still have to do it, and he’s a guy that has been able
to put it together.”
When he has chased previous milestones, Rodriguez has had a problem getting
over the final hump—sitting on 599 home runs for weeks, for instance.
Rodriguez said that before Friday’s game, sleep was elusive as he looked
forward to what might come.
“Last night, I just kept staring at the ceiling, about 3, 4 o’clock in the
morning,” Rodriguez said. “I didn’t get much sleep, just thinking about
the day, and anticipating what today might be like.”
He wasted no time, for once, and can now bask in the rewards.
Now that Rodriguez appears to have fully won over the final group of holdovers
—the home fans, who have rallied behind him during his march to 3,000— his
return to the fold is complete. To say it was unpredictable is not enough. It
’s a start to say that nothing quite like it has ever happened before. And
Rodriguez, at least, knows how lucky he is.
“I’m grateful,” Rodriguez said. “I’m extremely thankful to the Yankees
for the opportunity to put that uniform back on. There were days last year
that I never thought I would put that uniform back on and be in front of
these fans. I’m extremely grateful.”