The Hot Stove Show - 老爹訪談 - 美國職棒

ORTIZ: ALL RESPECT FOR VALENTINE 'GONE'

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Speaking on The Hot Stove Show Thursday night, David Ortiz said he still has
had no communication with Bobby Valentine since the former Red Sox manager's
comments to Bob Costas.

老爹依然沒和8BV聯繫。

In the interview with Costas, Valentine suggested the designated hitter shut
himself down during the 2012 season not because of Achilles tendon soreness,
but due to the team trading away Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford
and Nick Punto, thereby choosing to plan for the future instead of
prioritizing '12.

8BV當時聲稱老爹因為交易的關係決定不上場。

"He realized that this trade meant that we're not going to run this race and
we're not even going to finish the race properly and he decided not to play
anymore," Valentine said in the interview on "Costas Tonight" on NBC Sports
Network. "I think at that time it was all downhill from there."

因為交易 = 放棄，所以老爹決定不上場了。這就是紅襪開始走下坡的關鍵點。

Thursday night, Ortiz -- who played in one game after injuring his Achilles
July 14 -- reiterated his disdain for the comments.

本週四，老爹再次表達對於這個言論的鄙視。

"Not really," the DH said when asked if he has communicated with Valentine.
"I'm the kind of guy, I don't like to waste my time. I try and invest my time
that in the long run is going to be some benefit. For Bobby, I gave
everything I had as a player. Once I saw him coming out with his comments,
I'm not going to lie to you, I was hurting. I was hurting, because you don't
do people like that.

後來有沒有和他講過話？

「Not really. 我就是那種人─我不喜歡浪費時間。我只會試著將時間投資在有長遠利益
的事情上。身為一個球員，我為了8BV奉獻出所有的能力。沒騙你，當我看到那個評論時
，我很受傷，很受傷。因為你不該那樣待人。」

"I'm not Mr. Perfect. I'm human like everyone else, but I try and take a lot
of responsibility in what I do. I'm not just a guy who goes out there and
hit. As one of the older players, one of the guys who has been here longer, I
carry a lot of responsibility. I know we have a lot of guys around looking at
me thinking, 'What's next?' I know that, so I have to represent that one way
or another, and Bobby knows that. Everybody in the organization knows that.
So once I saw him coming out making comments like that, the little amount of
respect for him was gone."

「我不是完美先生，我跟大家一樣是人，但我會試著位自己的所作所為負起責任。我不是
那種只等著上場打擊的人。我是年紀比較大的球員，在這裡的年資也比較久，所以我也得
負起更大的責任。很多人都會看著我，想著'What 's next?'。無論結果如何，我都得扛
起責任。8BV知道、球隊也知道。所以當我看到8BV的評論時，對他僅存的一點尊重也消失
了。」

Ortiz sounded upbeat when discussing Valentine's successor, new Red Sox
manager John Farrell.

當老爹談到繼任總教練John Farrell時，聽起來樂觀多了。

"John, he's familiar with our organization. He was here when things were
going pretty well, so I don't think he's too far away from knowing what we
need to do to get things better around here," Ortiz said. "He has an inside
track when it comes down to that. That's something Bobby wasn't familiar
with. He has good communication with a lot of guys who are still on the team,
and he knows our pitching staff, which we need a lot of help to bring those
guys back to where they used to be.

「John對這裡很熟悉，當他在這裡時一切都還不錯，所以我認為他並不需要花非常多的
時間來找尋讓球隊變好的方法。John在這裡有良好的內線人脈，8BV並不熟於此道。他
和還在球隊中的球員溝通良好，他也很熟悉投手陣容─他們需要很大的幫助來回到以前的
樣子。」

"There are a lot of things that John can accomplish as the manager of the Red
Sox right now. Another thing I saw was guys who were big parts of the
organization are going to be back in. Tek [Jason Varitek], Pedro [Martinez],
those guys, they're going to be around doing things. There a lot of good
things happening and I think in the long run we're going to be in better
shape."

John當上總教練之後可以完成很多事情。另外，曾為球隊靈魂人物的球員也紛紛回籠，
像是Tek、Pedro等人，都回來幫忙做事了。還有很多好事發生，我認為我們在未來會變的
很棒。

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“It’s not a surprise for anyone that follows the Red Sox that we need some
thunder in that lineup,” Ortiz said Thursday night on Boston sports radio
WEEI’s “Hot Stove Show”. “The problem is that there isn’t too many out
there. That’s one thing. I’m pretty sure everybody needs to be a little
patient. We have the winter meetings right now coming up and a lot of
decisions get made right after the winter meetings, so hopefully they come
out with some decisions."

「對於有在關注紅襪的人來說應該不意外，紅襪打線需要一點雷電。不過市場上不多。
但我確定大家要有耐心一點，冬季會議要來了，很多決定都是在冬季會議之後才會出現。
希望球團會做出一些決定。」

Ortiz also made a case on WEEI for the team bringing back Ross, something
team president Larry Lucchino acknowledged was still a priority.

老爹支持球隊留下Ross─Lucchino也表示續留Ross是主要目標。

“I think Cody deserves an opportunity to come back,” Ortiz said. “He
played in the toughest time we were going through and he handled himself
pretty good. He did a great job. He’s a great teammate. He’s a great, great
teammate and he’s a guy that cares. Me, as a player, that’s what matters to
me, when you have guys that care about winning, care about coming in every
day and trying to make a difference. That’s the type of player I like to
have around and that’s the type of player this organization needs. Cody did
all of that throughout the year.”

老爹：「我認為Ross值得獲得回來的機會。他度過了艱困的時期，也將自己管理的很好。
他做的很好，他是個好隊友，他也會在意勝負。對我來說這很重要，你會想要有在意勝負
、每天都努力並試著做出改變的球員。我喜歡跟這些球員打球，這種球員也是球團需要的
。Cody整年都做的很好。」

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另外老爹表示他在和紅襪簽約前「不擔心會變成自由球員和離隊」的狀況。

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"HARD WORK BEATS TALENT
WHEN TALENT FAILS TO WORK HARD."

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