Jerry Dipoto 年龄: 38. 出身地: Toms River, N.J. Position: Director of Professional Scouting. 职衔：职业层级球探部长 Dipoto's decision to walk away from his playing career was made easy by what the doctors told him. Dipoto的球员生涯因医生的诊断而告终。 "They said, 'If you keep doing this, you could wind up in a wheelchair,' " he said. 他说：「他们说，如果你继续这样，可能得在轮椅上度过余生。」 Dipoto, who spent eight years in the major leagues, twice herniated a disk in his neck and had to retire during spring training of 2001 when doctors inserted a metal plate, along with a bone from his hip, into his spine. Dipoto的八年大联盟生涯中，两度在脖子上植入圆盘，2001年春天，医师从他的屁股上的 骨头植入铁片到脊椎後，被迫退休。 It didn't take him long to find a new gig. The day after he retired, Rockies GM Dan O'Dowd offered him a job with the club in which he worked in a number of different capacities. He knew quickly baseball operations was for him. 他退休後没有清闲太久，办理退休後的隔天，洛矶山队的GM Dan O'Dowd雇用了他，在球团 中先後担任不同的工作，他很快便知道棒球经营很合他的胃口。 Also in the Colorado front office at the time was Byrnes, who first met Dipoto when the two were in the Cleveland organization together, Byrnes an intern and Dipoto a young pitcher. Byrnes当时也在洛矶山队系统中，两人第一次的相遇在笑脸人队系统中，Byrnes是个实习 生而Dipoto是个年轻投手。 When Byrnes left for Boston, he recruited Dipoto to join him as a scout. After two years with the Red Sox, Dipoto returned to Colorado before coming to Arizona. 当Byrnes前往波士顿时，曾邀请Dipoto担任他的球探。两年後，Dipoto离开波士顿回到科 罗拉多，随後进入亚历桑那。 Ever since he was a kid, Dipoto says he's been something of a student of the game. That worked to his advantage as a pitcher who didn't have overpowering stuff. 自孩提时代，Dipoto说他就会从比赛中观摩，这对没有任何强力球质的他来说，成为一个 项优点。 When talking about the parallels between pitching and scouting, his passion for the game is palpable. 当提到投球与当球探的相通处时，他对於球赛的热情展露无遗。 "As a scout, that's what you're doing," he said. "You're picking out the deficiencies in a game. You're identifying the strengths. You're dissecting all the pieces and putting them back together, building the puzzle." 他说：「身为球探，你所要做的就是那些：挑出比赛中不好的部份，判断己方的优势，打 散球队的所有部份并重新将他们组合起来，像是拼拼图一样。」 Chad MacDonald 年龄: 35. 出身地: Arlington, Texas. Position: Assistant Director of Scouting. 职衔：球探部门助理部长 MacDonald doesn't have an Ivy League degree, but he has something he considers just as valuable. MacDonald并没有常春藤学位，但他拥有相同价值的经历。 "I had a Harvard education in baseball," he said. 他说：「我有如哈佛般良好的棒球教育。」 During high school and college, MacDonald spent parts of seven seasons as a batboy for his hometown Texas Rangers, seeing more than 500 games from a big-league dugout. 高中以及大学时代，MacDonald在七个球季中的部份时间担任出身地球队─德州游骑兵队的 球僮，看过超过500场的大联盟比赛。 "It was an eye opener," he said 他说：「这让我大开眼界。」 After playing in college, he hooked on with the Rangers as a baseball operations assistant, helping in all phases, even throwing batting practice and charting pitches. 打过大学棒球後，他与游骑兵队搭上线，成为棒球经营部门的全方位助手，各种业务通吃 ，包括打击练习的喂球以及投球纪录。 In 1994, he moved to a similar position with Cleveland, where he befriended Byrnes, then an Indians intern. 1994年，他转到克里夫兰担任类似的工作，在那里他遇见稍後成为实习生的Byrnes。 "We were compatible," MacDonald said. "Two guys not making a whole lot of money , single, working a lot of hours. It was an instant friendship." MacDonald说：「我们很相似，当时两个人都赚不多，单身，每天被操的跟牛一样，我们一 拍即合。」 But during the strike, MacDonald was let go and went back to Arlington, where he ran camps, clinics and a hitting facility. When Byrnes was promoted to Cleveland's scouting director, he rehired MacDonald as a scout. 但在罢工期间，MacDonald被解雇而回到阿灵顿，做过夏令营、诊所以及打击练习场等工作 。当Byrnes升职为球探部长时，他重新起用MacDonald为球探。 MacDonald spent three years with the Indians and three years scouting for the Angels before Byrnes lured him to Arizona with a position that's a blend of scouting and player development. MacDonald在印地安人系统待了三年，又在天使系统待了三年，之後Byrnes请他到亚历桑那 担任球探及球员发展部门的工作。 What MacDonald most enjoys about his new gig is the atmosphere. MacDonald对新工作最满意的地方是工作气氛。 "It's the interaction," he said. "It's seeing an idea come to fruition. It's trying to find a big leaguer in the draft, building a club, seeing how area scouts and cross-checkers work together. We've got a great group of guys." 他说：「这是一种交流，可以看到想法开花结果。在选秀中找寻未来的大联盟球员，建立 一支球队，然後让各区域球探与球探部门齐心协力。我们有一群很棒的家伙。」 之後还有两个 XD --

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