https://reurl.cc/3M8199 https://i.postimg.cc/MT9fbLtP/image.png Dodgers Opinion: George Springer can rake in October. He also deserves every boo LA rains down on him LOS ANGELES — The Blue Jays’ George Springer is a gifted postseason player. That much no one disputes. He’s hit 23 home runs in just under 80 playoff games and has a knack for delivering when the lights are brightest. Including his latest feat, a go-ahead homer that lifted Toronto over a heartbroken Seattle team into the World Series. But when the World Series shifts to Los Angeles next week, Dodgers fans won’t see just another clutch hitter. They’ ll see the man who helped cheat them out of a title in 2017. 蓝鸟队的 George Springer 是一名天生的季後赛好手，这点无人可否认。 他在不到 80 场季後赛中击出 23 支全垒打，总能在镁光灯最亮的时刻挺身而出。 最近，他又击出一发致胜全垒打，帮助多伦多击败心碎的西雅图，闯入世界大赛。 但当世界大赛下周转战洛杉矶时，道奇球迷看到的，不仅是一名关键时刻的强打者—— 他们看到的，是一个 2017 年那个协助作弊、让他们和冠军擦身而过的人。 The boos he hears at Dodger Stadium will not come from nowhere. They will come from seven years of memory, from the sound of a trash can echoing under Minute Maid Park, and from a city that still feels robbed. Springer 在道奇体育场听到的嘘声，不会是无的放矢。 那是七年来的记忆，是休士顿 Minute Maid Park 底下垃圾桶的回音， 是一座仍感觉被抢夺走荣耀的，城市的愤怒。 MLB’s own investigation confirmed what most Dodgers players suspected even during that Fall Classic: the Houston Astros used a camera in center field to steal opposing catchers’ signs, then relayed that information to hitters through banging noises in the dugout tunnel. Commissioner Rob Manfred’s report laid it out plainly. The system was elaborate, it was illegal, and it continued through the 2017 postseason. The Astros kept the championship, and their players were given immunity in exchange for cooperating. Not one of them faced suspension. MLB 的官方调查证实了当年道奇球员早已怀疑的事： 休士顿太空人队利用中外野的摄影机偷看捕手暗号，并透过休息区通道敲打垃圾桶， 把讯息传给打者。 联盟主席 Rob Manfred 的报告白纸黑字记载： 那套系统复杂、违法，并持续到 2017 年季後赛。 太空人保留了冠军，而他们的球员则因配合调查而获得免责，没有任何一个人被禁赛。 Even journalists who have praised Springer’s leadership have refused to look away from that history. Writing for the Toronto Star when Springer signed with the Blue Jays in 2021, columnist Mike Wilner reminded local readers that “ Springer’s Houston Astros were the biggest bunch of cheaters in pro sports in nearly a century.” He called it “the most brazen cheating scheme in professional sports since the 1919 Chicago Black Sox.” And that’s from one of their guys, not some LA blogger like me. 即使是赞赏 Springer 领导力的记者，也无法忽视这段历史。 《多伦多星报》的专栏作家 Mike Wilner 在 Springer 2021 年加盟蓝鸟时提醒读者： 「Springer 所在的休士顿太空人，是近百年来职业运动中最大的作弊团体。」 称这是「自 1919 年芝加哥黑袜事件以来，最厚颜无耻的作弊丑闻」。 这不是出自我这种洛杉矶球迷的口，而是他们自军阵营的人说的话。 Springer, to his credit, has sometimes shown more awareness than his former teammates. During the Astros’ 2020 spring training news conference, he said, “I feel horrible for our sport, our fans, our city, our organization — just fans in general. I regret everything.” The words sounded spontaneous, unlike the short, lawyer-approved statements from Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman that same day. Yet as Wilner pointed out, Springer still stopped short of a true apology. There was regret, but not ownership. Yeah, you feel horrible, George. Didn’t give that World Series ring back, though, did you? 值得正面评价的是，Springer 有时比前队友稍具自觉。 2020 年春训时，他曾在记者会上说： 「我对我们的运动、球迷、城市、球团—— 还有所有球迷——都感到非常难过。我对一切都感到後悔。」 这句话不像 Jose Altuve 或 Alex Bregman 如念稿般生硬， 但正如 Wilner 指出的那样，Springer 仍未真正道歉。 他後悔，却没有承担责任。对，George，你觉得难过—— 但那枚冠军戒指，你可没还回去。 When asked about the scandal after arriving in Toronto, Springer mostly brushed it off. “I believe in myself and I believe in my performances,” he told reporters. “I think this is about the Blue Jays now.” His numbers since 2017 suggest he never needed a trash can to hit in the first place, but the fact remains that he benefited from one in the most consequential October of his life. He was the World Series MVP that year. He was the face of the Astros ’ celebration. And that ring still shines in every highlight reel that omits how it was won. 加入蓝鸟後，Springer 对丑闻的态度多半是淡化。 「我相信自己，相信我的表现，」他对记者说。 「我觉得现在重点在蓝鸟。」 诚然，他自 2017 年以来的数据，证明他不靠垃圾桶也能打，但事实不变—— 那年十月，他确实在那个体系下获益，并因此拿下世界大赛 MVP， 成为太空人夺冠的象徵。而那枚戒指，仍在每段精华影片里闪闪发光， 只是影片从来不提它是怎麽来的。 FanSided writer Mark Powell summed it up this week: Springer’s playoff heroics don’t erase the trash-can era, and he will “be greeted accordingly at Chavez Ravine.” Powell noted that “no one has forgiven Springer and the Astros, not even their counterparts.” He also quoted former Dodger Cody Bellinger, who said at the time, “Everyone knows they stole the ring from us. ” 2016 World Series champ Kris Bryant went even further, calling the Astros’ apology “sad” and “insincere.” Nothing about that anger has faded here. FanSided 的作家 Mark Powell 本周写道： Springer 在季後赛的英勇表现无法抹去垃圾桶时代， 他「将在 Chavez Ravine（道奇主场）受到应有的对待」。 Powell 指出：「没有人原谅 Springer 或太空人，连他们的同行都没有。」 他引用了前道奇球员 Cody Bellinger 的话： 「大家都知道他们偷走了我们的冠军戒指。」 2016 年世界大赛冠军 Kris Bryant 则说太空人的道歉「悲哀又虚假」。 这份愤怒，直到今天仍未平息。 Springer’s supporters like to point out that he was only one member of a team culture run amok. True, he didn’t design the camera feed or invent the code. But he swung with the benefit of knowing what pitch was coming, and that’s enough to forever stain the result. In baseball, no advantage is more sacred than surprise. Once it’s gone, the game becomes something else entirely. Springer 的支持者会说，他只是那个失控文化中的一员，并非主谋。 没错，他没有设计出那套系统，但他享受了洞悉球路的好处——这就足以永远玷污结果。 在棒球里，没有比「出其不意」更神圣的优势，一旦失去，这场比赛就变成了别的东西。 For Dodgers fans, that “something else” was Game 7 at Dodger Stadium, a night that ended not in champagne but in disbelief. Clayton Kershaw later said the loss haunted him for years. Justin Turner called it “a gut punch that doesn’t go away.” They had every reason to think they’d earned a fair fight . They didn’t get one. 对道奇球迷而言，那个所谓的「别的东西」，就是 2017 年世界大赛第七战—— 那个以失落而非香槟结束的夜晚。 Clayton Kershaw 说那场败仗让他多年难以释怀； Justin Turner 则形容那是「一记永远不会消散的重击」。 他们有理由相信自己在进行是一场公平的比赛——但事实并非如此。 That’s why this World Series meeting feels personal. Springer may now wear Toronto blue, not Houston orange, but the uniform change doesn’t erase the past. Every time he steps into the box at Chavez Ravine, the crowd will remember the sound. They’ll remember the slow unraveling of that 2017 series, the way the Astros seemed to never miss a breaking ball, the way every Dodger pitch called for a fastball seemed doomed from the start. 这也是为什麽这次世界大赛的对决格外私密而情绪化。 Springer 现在穿的是蓝鸟蓝，不是太空人橘，但换了球衣并不代表过去被抹去。 每当他走上 Chavez Ravine 的打击区，球迷就会忆起那声声敲击， 记得 2017 年系列赛的崩坏、记得太空人如何总是准确打中变化球， 记得每次捕手暗号喊出快速球时，那种命中注定的绝望。 Springer has said the right things in spurts. He told The Athletic in 2020 that “we were all responsible.” It’s a step toward accountability, but accountability doesn’t mean immunity from consequence. Fans aren’t bound by Rob Manfred’s deals. They can deliver their verdict one chorus at a time. Springer 有时说出一些貌似负责任的话。他在 2020 年告诉《The Athletic》： 「我们都该负责。」这是迈向承担的一步，但「承担」不代表免於後果。 球迷不受他们和 Rob Manfred 交换条件的约束—— 他们可以用一波波嘘声，表达他们的裁决。 And let’s be clear: the boos aren’t just for Springer. They’re for the system that let players skate while others lost jobs and reputations. They’re for every pitcher who got sent down after being lit up in Houston. They’re for former Dodger Mike Bolsinger, who never pitched in the majors again after giving up four runs (oddly enough while pitching for Toronto) to that 2017 lineup and later filed a lawsuit claiming the Astros’ cheating altered his career. They’re for the idea that cheating could be explained away as “just part of the culture.” 而且要说清楚：那些嘘声不只是针对 Springer 个人。 它们是针对整个让作弊者逃脱惩罚的制度； 针对那些因此丢掉饭碗、名声受损的人； 针对每一位在休士顿被打爆、被下放的小联盟投手； 针对前道奇投手 Mike Bolsinger —— 他在 2017 年对上那支太空人（巧合的是他当时正效力於多伦多）被爆打四分， 之後再也没回过大联盟，还提告指控太空人的作弊改变了他的职业生涯。 那些嘘声，是对於「作弊只是文化一部分」这种说法的否定。 Springer’s numbers since leaving Houston have proved he’s still a great player without the noise. But in Los Angeles, greatness isn’t the question. Integrity is. 自从离开休士顿後，Springer 的数据证明他依然是名出色的球员。 但在洛杉矶，问题不是「他强不强」，而是「他诚不诚」。 Dodger fans aren’t likely to throw trash cans onto the field anymore; they don’t need to. Their voices will do the work. It’s not cruelty. It’s memory , collective and justified. It’s a fan base that has waited eight years to look one of the central figures in that scandal in the eye and say, “We haven ’t forgotten.” 道奇球迷或许不再把垃圾桶扔上场——他们不需要。 只靠发声就够了。这不是残酷，而是记忆——集体且正当的记忆。 这是一群等待了八年，只为在现场直视那位丑闻主角、告诉他「我们没有忘记」的球迷。 Some will argue that it’s time to move on. They’ll say that the Dodgers have since won their own titles in 2020 and 2024, that baseball has evolved, that the sign-stealing scandal belongs to history. But history doesn’t vanish when the calendar flips. It stays alive in the stories fans tell their kids and the emotions that bubble up when a cheater returns to the scene of the crime. 有人会跟你争，是时候放下了。 道奇都在 2020 和 2024 年夺冠了，棒球也已经往前走了，偷暗号事件该属於历史。 但历史不会因日历翻页而消失。 它活在球迷讲给孩子的故事里，也活在当作弊者重返现场时，翻涌而出的情绪里。 If Springer homers this week, respect the swing. He’s earned that. But remember the circumstances that made him a household name in the first place. And if he strikes out, let the noise rise from the Top Deck to the field level until it drowns out the ghosts of 2017. 如果 Springer 本周再度开轰，请尊重那个挥棒——那是他凭实力击出的。 但也请记得，是什麽让他当年声名大噪。 若他被三振出局，那就让嘘声从看台最上层涌向场边，直到淹没 2017 年的怨灵。 The Astros’ championship banner still hangs in Houston, but in Los Angeles it hangs like an asterisk. Springer was the MVP of that series, and for Dodger fans, he’s still the face of the fraud. 太空人的冠军旗依旧高挂休士顿，但在洛杉矶，那面旗帜打着一个星号。 Springer 是那个系列赛的 MVP，但对道奇球迷而言，他仍是那张诈欺犯的脸孔。 He will hear it in Games 3, 4, and 5. He should. And when the Dodgers take the field, may the only banging that echoes through Chavez Ravine be the sound of bats meeting balls the honest way. 他会在第三、四、五战听到嘘声——这理所当然。 而当道奇队站上球场， 愿 Chavez Ravine 回荡的唯一敲击声，是球棒正直地击中棒球的声音。 https://i.postimg.cc/J4Frc8Lf/image.png George Springer 的父亲表示，水手球迷在 ALCS 的行为「令人不齿」： 「我从没见过球迷对受伤的球员报以嘘声。 那些球迷现在将有一个非常漫长的休赛季来反省。」 让我们看看WS，道奇球迷会如何欢迎 Springer 吧。 --

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