※ 引述《Belladonaa ()》之铭言： 简短翻译一下 : : 10. This is the game that never ends... : The final All-Star Game played at Yankee Stadium lasted nearly 5 hours (4 : hours, 50 minutes), and would have lasted longer if Justin Morneau wasn't able : to beat Corey Hart's throw home on a sac fly by Michael Young. The game tied : the record for innings played in the Midsummer Classic, matching the 15 innings : played in the 1967 affair. With so many innings being played, a number of : records fell -- the 2008 game set records for the most players used, runners : stranded on base, stolen bases, and strikeouts. Unfortunately, the longer the : game went on, the worse things got for Florida's Dan Uggla, who committed 3 : errors, struck out 3 times, and grounded into a rally-killing double play. If : anything, this game showed how ridiculous it is for homefield advantage in the : World Series to be decided by the outcome. 10.永不结束的比赛 最後一场在洋基老球场的明星赛打了将近5小时(4小时50分)，如果猛牛没有靠着Young的 高飞牺牲打冲回本垒的话，还要更久呢! 这场明星赛追平了史上局数最长的明星赛 (15局,1967) 打的多，破的纪录当然也多。 2008年明星赛使用了最多球员、留下的残垒 盗垒数、三振数都破纪录了。不幸的是，比赛打的越久，马林鱼的明星二垒手Uggla越想 找个地洞钻下去：他这一天发生了三次守备失误、被三振了三次，还在一次关键打席中打 出双杀打。如果硬要说什麽的话，这场比赛只是让我们看到用明星赛胜负来决定世界大赛 主场优势是件多麽愚蠢的事。 : 9. Final Seasons at Yankee Stadium and Shea : Both stadiums saw many historic moments -- Yankee Stadium had 16 World Series : titles clinched on its grounds, while Shea was the setting of the infamous Bill : Buckner play in the 1986 World Series. They both closed their doors at the end : of this season with their teams missing the playoffs, with Shea closing : following an especially painful loss on the final day of the season for the : Mets. The new Yankee Stadium and CitiField will provide memories for decades : to come, but for awhile, it'll seem weird watching the Yankees and Mets play : outside of their traditional homes that combined for nearly 130 years of : history. 9.洋基与大都会主场的最後一季 在大联盟历史上，洋基与大都会主场都占有一席之地。洋基球场的地板上镶了16个世界大 赛锦标，Shea Stadium 也是Bill Buckner在1986年世界大赛Game 6 10局下半搞砸比赛的 地方(编按：影片http://0rz.tw/9b5kv )。这两队都在球季尾声才发现季後赛大门已经不 再为他们敞开，大都会更是在球季最後一天才在主场吞下痛苦的一败。新的洋基球场跟大 都会主场CitiField将会在往後的日子里继续带给球迷回忆。不过离开加起来历史将近130 年的主场进行比赛，想必对於球迷来说有点奇怪。 : 8. Jon Lester, Carlos Zambrano Throw No-Hitters : Whenever someone throws a no-hitter, you can expect that moment to land on any : "top moments" list. While most of the time it seems like you have to be more : lucky than good to walk away with a no-hitter (and you're at the mercy of the : scorekeeper, as CC Sabathia learned in Pittsburgh this year), they're still : rare enough to make for good stories. This year we saw two no-hitters, and : both provided a unique story. Jon Lester capped off an amazing calendar year : with his no-hitter in May, months after pitching the deciding game of the 2007 : World Series and surviving a battle with cancer. Zambrano's no-no was unique : in that it was the first no-hitter ever pitched at a neutral site -- the Cubs : were playing the Astros at Miller Park in Milwaukee after Hurricane Ike : prevented the Astros from playing their home games. 8.Lester跟大Z的无安打比赛 每当有投手投出无安打比赛，几乎都是该年的经典画面之一。尽管多数时候，能够投出 无安打的投手，他们的运气似乎比实力还重要(还得要纪录组帮帮忙，不信你去问CC)。 就算是这样，投出无安打比赛仍然稀少到让人可以津津乐道。今年发生了两场，两场都 很特别。Lester在今年五月投出无安打，距离他打完前一个世界大赛跟从癌症的阴影中 康复不过几个月的光景。大Z的无安打特别之处在於，这是第一场在第三地发生的无安打 比赛(小熊跟太空人在酒鬼主场比赛，因为飓风重创Houston的关系) : 7. Milestone homers for Griffey, Ramirez : We're in a time where every home run milestone is treated with a bit of : cynicism, but you've never heard the names of Ken Griffey, Jr. and Manny : Ramirez linked to possible PED use. That's what made their milestone home runs : so special this season. Ramirez hit the 500th home run of his career on May 31 : in Baltimore, and Griffey followed with his 600th days later on June 9 in : Florida. The Griffey moment was especially memorable, because after his : numerous injuries in the early part of this decade, it looked like he may never : reach the 600 Home Run plateau after looking like a lock to break the all-time : mark early in his career. Griffey's numbers on the year weren't great, but the : seeing him finally hit #600 after his bad luck with the injury bug made up for : it in many fans' eyes. Ramirez quickly fell out of favor in Boston, leading to : the team trading him to Los Angeles. While Manny has been a pain in the butt : over the past couple years, there's not many other hitters who could've gone to : a league in which he's never played and put up the numbers that he did. It's : not out of the question to think that in a few years, Manny will be chasing : #600 as well. 7.小葛跟Manny的里程碑 我们身处在对於每个全垒打里程碑都冷嘲热讽的时代，但是从来没听说小葛跟Manny跟 禁药沾上边，这也是为什麽他们的全垒打里程碑如此特别的原因。Manny5月在金莺主场 打出生涯500轰、小葛随後在佛罗里达补上个人600轰。小葛时刻特别让人难以忘怀， 原因是2000年之後小葛饱受病痛摧残，让人一度怀疑在年轻时代备受期待打破全垒打纪 录的小葛，揪竟有没有能耐打出600轰。 小葛今年的成绩并不出色，但是在伤痛厄运 之後，他让球迷看到，他办到了。Ramirez在Boston迅速失宠，导致红袜把他交易到 道奇。虽然他在过去几年被球团视为眼中钉，放眼全大联盟也没几个打者可以跟他相提 并论。毫无疑问，Manny会在接下来几年内达成600轰。 : 6. Josh Hamilton impresses at the home run derby : Hamilton's ridiculously hot start to the season led to the media over : saturating us with his story, but there's no denying that what went on at the : Home Run Derby was one of his most memorable moments this year. While in the : long run it was pretty insignificant -- he didn't even win the thing -- his : record-breaking first round was the culmination of the Hamilton media hype and : had people who weren't even baseball fans talking about his comeback. To be : fair, the most impressive thing Hamilton has done likely happened last year, : when he was a Rule 5 player jumping from the low minors to the Majors and put : up a line of .292/.368/.554 in an injury-shortened season. This season just : allowed him to step into the national spotlight as an inspiration to anyone : who's seen the effects of drug abuse firsthand. 6.Hamilton全垒打大赛大放异彩 Hamilton上半季烫到不行的表现让媒体不断放送着他的故事。毫无疑问的是，他在今年 全垒打大赛上的表现是他今年最值得纪念的时刻之一。虽然他最终并未赢得全垒打大赛 但是他破纪录的单轮全垒打支数(编按:28发)让媒体炒作到最高点，同时也让原本甚至 不看棒球的人开始谈论起他的东山再起。 平心而论，Hamilton最让人印象深刻的一件事应该发生在去年，他以一个Rule 5选秀进 来的球员从小联盟跳上大联盟，最後交出.292/.368/.554的成绩。这一季只是让他进一 步的走进全国的镁光灯下，让深明毒品之害的民众了解，原来有人可以在染上毒瘾之後 ，最後成功戒毒而且重新站上大联盟的舞台发光发热。 : 5. Sabathia dominates the National League : CC Sabathia didn't get off to the best of starts in 2008. In fact, as a : Sabathia fantasy owner this season, let me say that he was flat-out terrible to : start the year. He slowly came back into form in Cleveland, however, and : became the league's biggest trading chip in July. Usually you would expect a : big market team like New York or Boston to acquire him at the deadline, but it : was the Milwaukee Brewers, playing in baseball's smallest media market, that : came through and dealt for the hefty lefty days before the All-Star break. : Sabathia proceeded to stampede through the National League, nearly throwing a : no-hitter in Pittsburgh, tossing 7 complete games, and posting a 1.65 ERA in 17 : starts. Milwaukee was a wildcard contender before the Sabathia deal, but his : incredible run allowed the Brewers to stay afloat while they struggled through : the month of September. Ned Yost was fired with just a couple weeks left in : the season, and Sabathia went on to make his last three starts of the year on : short rest, culminating in the wildcard-clinching game in which he again went : the distance. Sabathia finally broke down from the overuse in the playoffs, : but you could argue that many Milwaukee fans were just happy to see their team : in the NLDS after a 26-year absence from October baseball. : 5. C.C.宰制国联 C.C.开季打得极为糟糕。如果你有玩FB就会了解，在季初拥有C.C.是一件多麽不幸的事 (编按:这不就是在说我吗) C.C.随後在笑脸人慢慢调整回来，然後在6月被球队交易出去 通常你会期待大市场球队来把他打包带走，结果竟然是全大联盟媒体市场最小的酒鬼拦 胡。他们在明星赛前几天完成C.C交易案。C.C接下来在国联大杀四方，差点在匹兹堡 投出无安打，总共投出7场完投，先发防御率1.65(鬼...鬼神)。在交易来C.C之前，酒鬼 有机会抢下外卡，但是他抢眼的表现让9月彷佛中邪的酒鬼还能维持一定的竞争力。在 球季的尾端，酒鬼GM Yost被开除，C.C在最後三场先发中连续中三日出赛，同时在决定 外卡的比赛中再度展现实力。被过度利用的C.C最後终於在季後赛抛锚了，但是对於 许多酒鬼球迷来说，只要看到球队在26年没打进季後赛後闯进10月的赛程，就已经够开心 了。 4. Yankees miss the playoffs for first time since 1994 : While the Brewers made the playoffs for the first time in ages, the Yankees : missed the playoffs for the first time in over a decade. The failure to make : the postseason wasn't as much about playing poor baseball as it was playing in : an impossibly tough division -- Boston finished second and won the wildcard : with 95 wins. New York, who finished at 89-73 would've won the AL Central if : they didn't have the misfortune of playing in the same division as Boston and : Tampa Bay. While the TV ratings may not have reflected it, it was nice to see : some fresh faces in the AL playoff bracket, and we all waited in anticipation : to see how the Yankees would respond (we now know that response involves paying : out over $400 million this offseason). With Tampa Bay and Boston looking just : as strong heading into next season, the Yankees loading up on All-Star talent, : and teams like Toronto and Baltimore continuing to improve, the AL East should : be even more fun to watch next season. 4.洋基94年以来首度没闯进季後赛 洋基从94年以来第一次没打进季後赛，跟酒鬼形成强烈对比。没打进季後赛不代表洋基 表现很糟，只能说是这区太硬--看看红袜用95胜拿到外卡大概你就懂了。洋基89胜的成 绩甚至可以拿下美联中区呢(科科)。虽然收视率可能没有反映出来，不过能在美联季後 赛看到新面孔是件好事。同时，我们也期待洋基会如何应对(目前为止已经砸下超过4亿 美金抢人了) 当光芒跟红袜看起来在下一季仍然很有竞争力的同时，洋基似乎想把所有 大鱼都抓进自己的球队。而像蓝鸟金莺"这种球队"也在进步当中，美联东区下季激战 保证精彩!! : 3. 100 years...and counting : The Cubs were arguably the best team in baseball in 2008, but again failed to : win a game in the playoffs. You'll have a hard time finding a better example : of October being a complete crapshoot. Forget all the talk about Bartman and a : curse -- the Cubs couldn't have picked a worse time to get cold. While it's : true the Dodgers were a different team once Manny came to town, the Cubs still : had no business losing a series to an 84-win team, let alone getting swept. : The Cubs will always be competitive due to their ability to outspend every : other team in their division, but you have to start worrying about their : current window closing -- the impending sale of the team has basically : prevented them from making any moves this offseason other than re-signing their : own players, and they have a lot of money tied up in the likes of Alfonso : Soriano and Carlos Zambrano in the future. They should be back in the playoffs : in 2009, but the National League may not be as ripe for the taking next season. 2.100年了...还要多久? 小熊可能是2008年最棒的棒球队，但是在季後赛仍然一胜难求。很难找到比小熊队更让 人难以捉摸的球队了!忘记所有关於Bartman跟什麽狗屁魔咒的事吧!小熊已经不能变的更 糟糕了。不可否认，道奇在Manny加入之後完全判若两队，但是小熊仍然没有理由输掉 系列战，更别说被横扫。靠着比同区其他队伍更会洒钱的功力，小熊年年有希望，年年 都失望。但是现在状况有点不一样了，即将出售的小熊让FO只能留住现有的球员，而 无法签下FA或是交易。同时，小熊未来薪资里有很大一部分要出给大牌球星，像是 Soriano跟大Z。他们09年应该还可以打进季後赛啦，不过下一季的国联可能就没 这麽好打了。 : 2. Philadelphia has a championship winner : Outside of Seattle, you'd have a hard time finding a sports city more down on : its luck than Philadelphia. This year the likes of Cole Hamels, Chase Utley, : Ryan Howard, and Pat Burrell helped erase so many painful sports memories by : racing through the playoffs and capturing the city's first major sports : championship since 1983 and its first World Series title since 1980. Even to : an outside observer, the Phillies were a likable team -- by all accounts, Chase : Utley and Ryan Howard seem like great guys, and Brad Lidge's surprise : turnaround was especially good to see given how his time in Houston quickly : went downhill. We can only imagine how this will intensify the Phillies/Mets : rivalry, too -- the Yankees/Red Sox rivalry was always fierce, but became even : more intense after the Red Sox finally broke through and won a title. With the : constant jawing between the two cities this offseason, that already seems to be : the case heading into next season. 2.费城人拿下世界冠军 除了西雅图之外，很难找到比费城更悲情的运动城市。今年靠着Hamels Utley Howard Burrell等人的努力，费城终於摆脱悲情。即使是对於一个旁观者来说，费城人也是一支 可爱的球队：不论怎麽看Utley跟Howard都很棒，Lidge上一季的低潮让人对他今年的表 现更加惊奇。我们可以想像费城人跟大都会之间的恩怨情仇将会与日俱增，就像基袜情 节在2004年後更加升温一样。 看来下季开打後，这两队之间的口水战还是一样热闹。 : 1. Baby Rays make historic run : Usually a team winning the World Series for the first time in nearly 30 years : would take the top spot, but this wasn't a usual year in baseball. Heading : into the season, quite a few people expected the Rays to improve, perhaps : breaking through for their first ever winning season. Baseball Prospectus even : predicted them to win 88 games, which seemed ridiculous at the time. Little : did we know that the team would get off to a hot start and never look back, : even adding youngsters like Evan Longoria along the way to further improve the : team. By the end of the season, the Rays had improved upon last season's : record by 31 games and locked up their first ever AL East title. In a division : filled with big spenders -- even the bad teams like Baltimore overspend in that : division -- it was nice to see the small-market Rays stick it to the big boys : with a roster of pre-arbitration players and relative unknowns. For that : reason, the Rays will be the most memorable part of MLB's 2008. 1.光芒宝宝历史性的一刻 通常一只30年左右才拿到世界冠军的球队会抢下第一名的宝座，但今年显然并不寻常。 球季刚开始，很少人预期光芒会进步到拿下第一个胜率超过5成的球季。BP季初预 测光芒会拿下88胜，当时看起来真豪洨。我们当时也不知道，这支球队火热起飞之後 就再也不回头了，甚至还让Evan Longoria这样青春的肉体帮上球队一臂之力。到球 季结束时，光芒比上一季多赢了31场比赛，也留住了他们第一个美联东区冠军。在一个 财大气粗、即使是金莺洒钱都不会手软的分区，看到一个小市场球队信任着他们的 年轻球员，然後靠着一堆菜鸟跟不确定因素闯出一片天，真是一件让人愉快的 事情。就因为这样，我把2008年MLB最值得纪念的榜首留给了坦帕湾光芒队。 : Source: mvn.com's Jaymes Langrehr --

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