Baker:我求聯盟在新球季保護太空人 - 美國職棒

Dusty Baker urges MLB to protect Astros from beanballs, retaliation

Jeff Passan, ESPN 12:36 AM CT


WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Houston manager Dusty Baker urged Major League
Baseball to help protect his players from potential retaliation and to
discipline opponents who hit Astros players with pitches because they're
angry at the organization for the widespread cheating during their
championship-winning 2017 season.

火越燒越大，貝克忍不住了，直接公開請求聯盟保護太空人球員免於被故意報復。

"I'm depending on the league to try to put a stop to this seemingly
premeditated retaliation that I'm hearing about," Baker said Saturday
morning. "And in most instances in life, you get kind of reprimanded when you
have premeditated anything. I'm just hoping that the league puts a stop to
this before somebody gets hurt."

「我現在只能寄望聯盟對這些我聽聞的看似已有預謀的報復踩剎車了，
在真實人生中如果你在預謀什麼不好的事被知道了也會被大聲斥責，
我只希望聯盟在這些孩子們受傷之前做做事。」

The deluge of criticism toward the Astros did not abate Saturday, with
Chicago Cubs star Kris Bryant calling the organization "a disgrace" and not
buying into the team's apology.

隨著各隊紛紛報到開訓，全民嘴爆浪潮一點都沒有緩和的跡象，
今天小熊老大是最新加入的大咖，他說這隊簡直是耳心而且同樣不接受道歉。

"There's no sincerity. There's no genuineness when it comes to it," Bryant
said about the Astros. "I know that if I messed up big in that way, I'd be
the first one to let you know just how big of a mess up it was. It's hard to
believe. It really is. It's sad."

「一點誠意都沒有，完全看不出誠心，」老大補充：
「我只知道如果我亂搞成這樣然後走到這步我會第一個想讓眾人知道到底亂搞到什麼程度
真是太不可置信了，真難過」

It comes a day after reigning National League MVP Cody Bellinger said the
Astros "stole" the 2017 championship from the Los Angeles Dodgers and second
baseman Jose Altuve "stole" the American League MVP from New York Yankees
outfielder Aaron Judge in 2017. Cincinnati Reds starter Trevor Bauer went on
an eight-minute harangue of the Astros, saying: "I'm not going to let them
forget the fact that they are hypocrites, they are cheaters."

Asked whether he would consider throwing at Astros batters, Dodgers pitcher
Ross Stripling told reporters: "I would lean toward yes. In the right time
and the right place."

Stripling's comments echoed the sentiments of Cleveland Indians starter Mike
Clevinger, who two weeks ago said: "I think players will deal with it the way
it should be across the league. I don't think it's going to be a comfortable
few ABs for a lot of those boys, and it shouldn't be. They shouldn't be
comfortable."

笑臉王牌柯雷文哲兩週前的發言現在倒是被提起的不多，再提一次：

「我認為全聯盟的球員們都會用『該有的型態』來處理(太空人)，
他們這些打者們不會有幾個舒服的打席的，也不應該有，他們不應該過太舒服。」

Dodgers pitcher Alex Wood balked at the idea that Astros players were not
disciplined for the sign-stealing scandal -- they traded honest testimony in
interviews with MLB for immunity from punishment -- but others could be
disciplined for throwing at them.

When MLB determines the intent of a pitch is to hit a player, it typically
levies a suspension for between three and five games.

"Somebody will take it into their own hands, and they'll get suspended more
games than any of those guys got for the biggest cheating scandal in 100
years," Wood said. "It'll be pretty ironic when that happens, because I'm
sure that's how it'll end up playing out."

道奇被臨檢、Stripling、Alex Wood先前嘴爆內容，中英文消息都已有很多不贅述。
(聯盟認為你是故意砸人的話，依現行規定通常會被禁3-5場)

Altuve, who a spokesman said was not at the Astros' complex Saturday, was not
available for comment. Through the spokesman, outfielder George Springer and
shortstop Carlos Correa declined to comment. Starter Justin Verlander was the
lone member of the 2017 Astros to speak Saturday.

HOU發言人說阿土伯今天不在隊上，(關於可能被故意砸一事)無法評論，
春天哥和柯瑞亞則是拒絕評論，只有V又講了幾句。

"The game has changed," Verlander said. "I think the commissioner has made it
very clear in the past few seasons that throwing a baseball at somebody isn't
an appropriate form of retaliation in the game anymore. The problem is
knowing if it's on purpose or not. But I guess when you come out and say I'm
going to do it on purpose, you know."

「現在時代已經不同了，」V說：
「過去幾季高層們已經表達得非常清楚用故意丟人來報復是很不適當的，
問題在於怎麼判定是不是故意的，但我想當你都已經跑出來大聲說你要故意的時候，
那就是了。」

Players across baseball have denigrated the Astros since reporting to spring
training -- particularly following an ill-received apology Thursday during
which owner Jim Crane suggested the cheating scheme "didn't impact the game"
and consistently deferred to commissioner Rob Manfred's report to defend his
lack of accountability.

"I thought the apologies were whatever," Bellinger said. "I thought Jim
Crane's was weak. I thought Manfred's punishment was weak, giving 'em
immunity. I mean, these guys were cheating for three years. I think what
people don't realize is Altuve stole an MVP from Judge in '17. Everyone knows
they stole the ring from us.

"I know personally I lost respect for those guys. I think I would say
everyone in The Show, in the big leagues, lost respect for those guys."

同上，被臨檢的怒吼。

Added Bryant: "I'm pretty sure it was going [on] in 2018 and 2019, too. If
they didn't get caught, they'd still be doing it. And they're only doing this
apology because they got caught. Everyone around the league is upset and
rightfully so, because it's really a disgrace to the game."

熊熊老大說：「我很確定2018和19一定還是有做啦，當你做了又沒人來抓，
你當然還會繼續做。他們現在道歉只是因為他們被抓到了，
聯盟裡每個人都很不爽並且很有正當理由不爽，這對比賽本身真是個恥辱。」

The only way to regain the respect, Verlander said, is to win this season.

"It'll be like walking into a visiting stadium in the playoffs every time we
go anywhere," he said. "At least we've experienced that before. You hope
it'll die down eventually. I don't know if it will or not."

最後V說，唯一一個贏回尊重的方法大概是本季也贏下去了。

「我們整年每到一個客場那裡都會像季後賽氣氛一樣迎接我們，
至少我們以前有類似經驗了，你當然希望這氣氛終有一天會平息，
我只是不知道會或不會。」


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回顧前面自己的看法，我還是要說聯盟這處理方式和尺度我一點都不意外，
太空人上下的說法和「道歉」方式也不太意外。

但這件事的演進狀況倒真的讓人有點意外和側目了，
隨著各隊全體報到(像洋基的野手群這兩天報到)，
可以預期這個議題和空戰還要延續好一段時間。

先不管真實狀況和什麼有幾隊不乾淨啦，聯盟的危機和公關處理真的很棒呢，嗯。



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