尻佛：離開紅襪去道奇是解脫 - 美國職棒

Carl Crawford Says Leaving Boston for Dodgers Was 'A Relief'

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Carl Crawford had it made after signing a seven-year, $142 million deal with
the Red Sox in 2011.

2011年尻佛拿了7y$142M的合約。

The former All-Star would be Boston's left fielder until close to the end of
the decade, providing power and speed in a lineup that also boasted Jacoby
Ellsbury, Adrian Gonzalez, David Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia.

這位前All-Star外野手照理說會在好幾年內提供砲瓦和速度，跟小帥哥、A-Gon、老爹和
小派組成可怕的打線。

But after a poor 2011, and a 2012 that never saw Ellsbury, Gonzalez, Ortiz and
Pedroia -- much less Crawford -- playing together due to injury, the
opportunity for Crawford to pick up his big contract and play it out elsewhere
has left him feeling even better.

不過大家只看到稀八爛的2011和一堆人鬼隱的2012。這個讓尻佛帶著合約去其他地方的機
會讓他感覺好多了。

Crawford was introduced by the Los Angeles Dodgers for the first time on Friday
. He had been traded to L.A. in August with Gonzalez, Josh Beckett and Nick
Punto, but he spent the months since the pivotal move rehabbing from the Tommy
John surgery that ended his injury-shortened 2012 season. On Friday, Crawford
was finally able to turn the page -- and was happy to do it.

上週五道奇正式歡迎他去洛杉磯。尻佛表示他終於有機會重新來過了，也很高興能這麼
做。

"There's no secret this was a tough year in Boston," he said, according to
ESPNBoston.com. "It's one of those things I wouldn't want any player to go
through, so for me to be able to get out of that situation is definitely a
relief.

「在紅襪過了不順遂的一年不是秘密了─我不希望有任何球員走上那條路。我很高興可以
跳脫那個情況。」

"I won't have to go through all the stress and stuff every day that they were
putting us through."

「不用再承受那麼多壓力了，也不用每天都要應付那一大堆事情。」

Crawford was most likely referring not only to the rocky time the Red Sox had
under now-deposed manager Bobby Valentine but also his first year, when he
felt he wasn't treated well by manager Terry Francona. Crawford has also had
hard words about the Boston fans, saying he was pretty much expected to play
injured to fulfill his big contract.

尻佛所指的對象應該是8BV和待他不佳的嚼嚼。他也曾表示因為球迷他也許要帶傷打完整
張合約。

Now he can leave behind all that pressure, whatever the source -- something
equally relieved Red Sox fans are also looking forward to.

尻佛解脫了，襪迷也是。

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