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Wang Injured in Game Against Yankees
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紐約時報的報導，吉拉弟也說了些場面話...

VIERA, Fla. — It was a familiar sight for the Yankees, seeing Chien-Ming
Wang’s sinker leading to a metronome of ground balls and swings and misses.
Unfortunately for Wang, he provided another familiar sight on Thursday
afternoon, when he pitched against his former team in a Washington Nationals
uniform.

This sight was a painful one: Wang limping off a baseball diamond.

One out into the third inning at Space Coast Stadium, in what was shaping
up as another solid spring outing for Wang, he fielded a Russell Martin
dribbler to the infield’s right side. But Wang stumbled several steps
before stepping on first and then tumbled to the ground, sustaining what
the Nationals said was a strained right hamstring.

It could have been worse, as the Yankees can attest.

After back-to-back 19-win seasons in 2006-7, Wang became the de facto ace
on a Yankees pitching staff that including Mike Mussina and Andy Pettitte.
He was a rising star. Only Ron Guidry reached 50 victories in fewer starts
as a Yankee (82) than Wang (85).

But on June 15, 2008, with Wang sporting an 8-2 record, everything changed.
In an interleague game against the Houston Astros, he pulled up lame while
rounding third base on a Derek Jeter single.

In medical terms, Wang tore the Lisfranc ligament and peroneus longus
muscle in his right foot. In baseball terms, he was out for the season.

His career has never been the same. And now he is hurting again.

“My heart goes out to him,” Yankees Manager Joe Girardi said. “He’s
been through a lot.”

When Wang returned from his foot injury in 2009, he struggled to a 1-6
record and a 9.64 earned run average, fueling speculation that he had
altered his mechanics. Some reports said his release point was higher
than it was before the injury, leveling his sinker. Eventually, Wang was
diagnosed with a torn shoulder capsule and underwent surgery, missing most
of the next two years while the Yankees allowed him to become a free agent.

Late last season, he made a comeback to the major leagues with the Nationals,
going 4-3 while showing flashes of his former dominance.

The Yankees saw some of that same dominance on Thursday.

“He looked really good,” Girardi said. “I don’t remember his curveball
being that good. I feel bad for him now, because it looked like he tore his
hamstring.”

Nationals first baseman Chad Tracy said Wang’s left leg “was quivering”
as he waited for assistance. “You could see he was hurting.”

Martin said, “I asked him if he was O.K., and he just shook his head.”

Nationals Manager Davey Johnson said Wang was sent for further tests.

“Hopefully, it’s not serious,” Johnson said. “He was having a great
spring. It seemed that when he bent down to field the ball he strained his
hamstring, and then when he straightened up, he felt it. We’ll have to see
what the tests show.”

Wang easily handled Yankees hitters in the first inning, looking much like
the pitcher they once knew — and had. He struck out Brett Gardner looking,
induced Martin to ground out and struck out Andruw Jones swinging.

By the time he limped off the field, Wang had pitched two and two-thirds
scoreless innings with four strikeouts.

“That was the first time I’ve faced him, and I was impressed,” Martin
said. “I had some hitter’s counts on him, and he still threw some
fastballs up in the zone that had a run to it. It was good. The sinkers
were down in the zone. He had some real good stuff, no question.”


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如果眼淚可以讓我們回到相愛的日子，那流多少我都願意；
只可惜眼淚不僅沒辦法讓我們回到過去，甚至讓我們看不清楚自己...


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