虽然现在才六月中 但是很令人期待 Mets catcher Mike Piazza is running away with early fan voting for the starting National League catcher. He has more than 500,000 votes, outdistancing Houston's Brad Ausmus by more than 200,000 votes so far. 大都会的捕手Mike Piazza在国联明星赛的票选中,遥遥领先第二名休士顿的Brad Ausmus 有200,000票之多. Of course, the sentimental favorite to be the National League's starting pitcher is 41-year-old Roger Clemens. 当然有趣的地方就在於,国联的先发投手是41岁的Clemens. You may recall that in 2000, Clemens, then with the Yankees, drilled Piazza in the noggin with a 92 mph fastball, leaving Piazza with a concussion and a grudge.When he faced Piazza in the World Series that season, he sawed off Piazza's bat, then picked up a shard and tossed it at the Mets catcher. 你绝对不会忘记2000年明星赛时,Clemens那时在洋基队对着Piazza的头来了一记92英里的 触身球,把Piazza送进医院昏迷了几天.那年两队在世界大赛碰头时,他把断棒捡起来朝 Piazza丢掷过去. The Mets had to wait until 2002 to try to retaliate, and Shawn Estes attempted to hit Clemens in an interleague game but threw behind him, nearly striking him in his Rocket Booster. 大都会一直到2002年的跨联盟赛程才有复仇的机会,但是投手Shawn Estes失败了,他投到 了Clemens的背後. Piazza took some measure of revenge just last month when Clemens was going for his eighth victory and had given up just two hits with 10 strikeouts through seven innings. Piazza上个月小小报仇了一下,那时Clemens正要寻求本季第八胜,在七局里头只被打出两 支安打,三振10人. Piazza had walked, struck out and grounded out, but with two outs in the ninth, he homered off reliever Octavio Dotel to tie the game and deny Clemens the victory. The Mets won in 13 innings. 他前三个打席对Clemens分别是保送,三振和刺杀.但是在九局下两人出局时,他从Dotel手 中击出全垒打扳平比数,也轰掉了Clemens的胜投,那场球打了13局,最後大都会获胜. We know that in the All-Star Game a starting pitcher and catcher aren't going to go over a detailed scouting report as they might in a real game, but we can still imagine the two meeting in the clubhouse: Rocket: "You want to go over some signs?" Piazza: "Whatever." Rocket: "OK. Basic one finger for fastball . . . " Piazza: "Which finger, THIS ONE?!" 我们知道在明星赛一个先发投手不可能和他的捕手像例行赛一样针对每个球员做沙盘推演, 但是我们还是可以想像一下两个人在休息室里头的场景: Rocket: "我们要不要设计一下暗号?" Piazza: "随便啦.." Rocket: "好吧,一支手指代表快速球....." Piazza: "哪一只,这一只吗?!(XDDD)" Piazza drops his mitt in anticipation of the bottom falling out, gets high heat right in the mask, and for the first time in recorded history a catcher charges his own pitcher on the mound. 也许到最後,就会出现史上第一次捕手冲上投手丘搥自己的投手的事件. http://www.azcentral.com/sports/cheapseats/0608p2main0608.html --

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