http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/sports/baseball/10pins.html?_r=1&ref=baseball&oref=slogin Postseason Struggles Leave Wang With Plenty to Ponder By TYLER KEPNER Published: October 10, 2007 Even as he led the major leagues in victories the past two seasons, with 38, the Yankees’ Chien-Ming Wang never piled up strikeouts. Ground balls are more his game, and he does not have a consistent pitch to complement his sinker and get hitters to swing and miss. 虽然这两季拥有领先全联盟最多的38胜 王建民从来没累积三振数 滚地球比较像他的比赛 投伸卡 不会让打者挥空 So when Wang struggled to command his sinker in Game 1, the Cleveland Indians forced him to elevate the ball and pounded out hits. When Wang tried to adjust on the fly, with changeups and sliders, he was still hit hard. He lost that start, and lost again on short rest in Game 4. 所以当小王在分区季後赛第一场伸卡控球出现问题 印地安人打者 逼使他把球投高 当小王调整策略投高的变速球和滑球 还是被打得很惨 他输掉这场球 以及休息三天後的第四场 At Yankee Stadium yesterday, Wang said he would dwell on those starts for a month or two. Next season, he said, he will have to refine his changeup and slider. 昨天在洋基球场 小王说 接下一两个月可能还会想这几场先发 他说下一季会好好练变速球和滑球 “A lot of pressure was put on him, and I’m not disappointed in the job he did as much as tipping my cap to the Cleveland hitters, because they made a lot of adjustments,” said Ron Guidry, the pitching coach. 投手教练Ron Guidry说 他身上有很多压力 对他的表现我不失望 但也要向印地安人的打者致敬 因为他们做了很多调整 “I thought we’d have an edge, but they made the adjustment. They stayed off pitches he normally throws that guys swing at. They just were selective. They made him get the ball up, and once a sinkerball pitcher gets the ball up, he gets hurt. He wasn’t able to make an adjustment. But that’s a learning experience.” 我认为我们够犀利 但他们做了调整 他们不挥以前人家常挥的球 选球精 让他要把球投高 一旦伸卡球投手球高起来 就被伤害 他无法调整 这个是一个学习经验 Wang’s 19.06 earned run average was the highest by a pitcher who made two starts in a postseason series since Kevin Brown had a 21.60 E.R.A. for the Yankees in the 2004 American League Championship Series. 小王两场比赛防御率19.06 是继2004年美联冠军系列赛 KB爷21.60後最高的 CREDIT CLEVELAND PITCHING The Yankees scored 968 runs in the regular season, their highest total in 70 years, yet they fizzled in the clutch in the division series, going 2 for 34 with runners on base in their losses. Kevin Long, the batting coach, defended the hitters. He said they executed their game plan against C. C. Sabathia in Game 1 and credited Fausto Carmona for dominating Game 2. As for the fourth game, when the Yankees were 1 for 15 with runners on base, Long said: “I thought we swung the bats tremendous. We probably hit 16 balls hard. You go to the Derek Jeter at-bat, and he hits the ball right at the second baseman for a double play. You say, ‘Jeter wasn’t clutch,’ but there ’s nothing else he could have done.” Long continued: “Did we score the runs that we scored during the year? No. Does anybody in here think that we should have, against Sabathia, Carmona and Jake Westbrook? These are quality pitchers, and you have to give them some credit.” Long, who considers himself a friend of Alex Rodriguez’s, predicted that Rodriguez would choose to return to the Yankees next season. “Look at the history here and everything about being a New York Yankee,” Long said. “That would have to factor into what he does. There are 56,000 people at every game; that motivates you to play. He’s built a lot of good relationships in here. It’d be tough for him to start over again.” ANOTHER YEAR IN PINSTRIPES? The Yankees have several prominent potential free agents, including Alex Rodriguez, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera, Bobby Abreu and Andy Pettitte, but there are many others. Some of the unsigned players said yesterday that they wanted to return. “I didn’t want to take the uniform off last night,” first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz said. “Ever since I left Minnesota, I never felt I was home more than here. What’s not to love?” Jose Molina, who solidified the reserve catcher spot after a trade with the Angels in July, said that he believed he could start for another team but would gladly return as a backup. “I know I want to come back,” he said. “ There’s not a doubt in my mind.” Ron Guidry and Larry Bowa, the third-base coach, said that they wanted Joe Torre to stay as the manager, but that they would like to return if the Yankees still wanted them. “I’d love to come back next year, especially because of what I’ve seen this year,” Guidry said. “The pitching staff should be much stronger because of the development of some of our young kids.” --

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