Panda 過重! - 美國職棒

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/red-sox/post/_/id/45730/

John Farrell admits Pablo Sandoval's weight needs addressing

文章很長, 節錄一部分.

大意: 春訓時 Pablo 已經被抓包略顯福態, Farrell 快速站出來滅火護球員

但昨晚比賽一支長打讓 Pablo 從一壘衝回本壘, Pablo 在兩局後自己宣告下場,

雖然官方表示是脫水, 但 Farrell 承認 Pablo 的體重是個問題.

Pablo 今年的防守反應速度大幅慢了, 因此很多撲接和橫移都變成長打.

Farrell 知道這點, 且長期在 SF 觀看 Pablo 球探也表示 Pablo 表現大幅下滑.


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去年簽約時大家擔心的事情, 球季打了 2/3 就發生了, 合約還有 3+ 年要走.




以下部分原文..


Gordon Edes, ESPN Staff Writer

BOSTON -- When an unflattering photo of new Boston Red Sox third baseman
Pablo Sandoval, belly bulging, appeared on a Boston internet website before
the official start of spring training, manager John Farrell was quick to rush
to his defense, claiming that the player's weight was not an issue for the
ballclub.

"No, [we're] not concerned about his weight," Farrell said at the time.
"There's a number of people that he's working with here to make sure that
he's on the field every day, and that would be the case throughout the course
of the regular season.

"We were well aware of Pablo's career and who he is as a person long before
he signed here, and we're looking forward to getting him on the field and
acclimating him onto this roster."

But Wednesday night, after Sandoval was thrown out in the third inning
against the Chicago White Sox trying to go from first to home on a ball hit
to the right-center field gap that rolled all the way to the fence -- he then
took himself out of the game two innings later with what the club called
dehydration -- Farrell came as close as he has all year to admitting that
Sandoval's ever-expanding waistline is a problem.

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