Helen immediately offered to let Ziegler stay with family. He slept on the couch, and because everyone in the family worked or went to school, Ziegler attended classes at Cal State-Stanislaus with Lindsey each day for the first week because he could not be left alone in case of seizures or other complications. Helen马上答应让Ziegler和他们家人一起住。他就睡在沙发上。白天大家都要出门，而 因为Ziegler不能离开看护的视线，所以他就和Lindsey一起去上课。 "I just walked around campus with her all day," Ziegler said. "I couldn't be at the house by myself. I don't know what she told her teachers, but none of them had a problem with it." Ziegler说: 我就和她一起在校园里晃荡。我不知道她和老师说了什麽，但看起来似乎没 啥问题。 Ziegler eventually returned home to Odessa, but he had to refrain from physical activity until January. The recovery was slow, but the A's had patience and, despite almost losing his life just months before, Ziegler went out in 2005 and was second in the California League with 144 strikeouts. He said he never feared going back to the mound. Ziegler终於活着回到了在Odessa的老家，但他还需要慢慢复健。复健的过程很慢，但运动 家队很有耐心。终於，在2005年，他在加州联盟投出了联盟第二的144次三振。他说他从来 都不怕重新回到投手丘上。 He was progressing slowly through the system when, at the end of 2006, the A's approached him about changing his delivery to sidearm. At first, Ziegler was stubborn. Then he was realistic: As a right-hander with a fastball in the high 80s and a decent slider and changeup, there was nothing extraordinary about him. Ziegler's agent, Rob Martin, told him it was a sign that the organization thought highly enough of him to make an investment. Ziegler made the transition and, at 27, had a good year in Triple-A in 2007. 他在农场中慢慢前进，然後，在2006年底，运动家队希望他改成潜水艇投法。刚开始 Ziegler还有点抗拒，但他很快明白了。一个球速不到90mph的右投实在没什麽特别的。 他的经纪人Rob Martin告诉他这是球团看重他而决定投资的表现。Ziegler变了，在27 岁那年，他在3A球队投出好成绩。 Ziegler was dominating Triple-A in early 2008, having given up only one earned run in 24 1/3 innings, when he was called up at the end of May. Despite his success, Ziegler never felt as though he fit in, and he thought it was strange that his teammates weren't initiating him with any rookie hazing. From May 30 to Aug. 14, Ziegler pitched in the big leagues with a 0.00 ERA. 在08年Ziegler宰制了3A，在24局中只失一分自责分，然後他就升上大联盟了。让他感到 奇怪的是他的队友不像捉弄其他新秀一样地对他开口。因为从五月到八月，他都没有失分 。 It was at home, against the Rays, when B.J. Upton hit an RBI double in a tie game in the ninth inning, scoring Akinori Iwamura to end the streak. 终於，在主场的一场比赛，B.J. Upton把岩村明宪送回本垒，结束了Ziegler的连续无失分 纪录。 "Not only do I give up a run," Ziegler thought to himself when it ended, "but now we're losing." 当这局结束时，Ziegler心想 "糟糕，这不仅是我失了一分，而且是我们球队快输了" The crowd gave him a standing ovation; the A's came back to win the game; and Cooperstown asked for his cleats. When it was over, Ziegler was finally able to interact with his teammates. 观众们起立鼓掌，运动家队逆转胜，名人堂拿走了他的钉鞋，而Ziegler也总算可以和队友 聊天了。 "I had guys coming up to me and saying, 'Dude, we were scared to death to talk to you the last few months,'" Ziegler said. "They were afraid they were going to jinx it. After that, I realized they were going to treat me like I'm normal." "队友们冲上来说'总算能和你说话了'" Ziegler说 "他们很怕害我破功，在这之後，我知 道他们会对待我像对待其他人一样" Mel Stottlemyre was the pitching coach for division opponent Seattle last year, and he got to see Ziegler up close. He was impressed with what he saw. Mel Stottlemyre是水手队的投手教练，同时也是美国队的牛棚教练。他可以近距离观察 Ziegler，而他对他所见到的感到印象深刻。 "He's really a quality pitcher, where he throws, he's still able to get left-handers out," said Stottlemyre, who is Team USA's bullpen coach. "One thing he does is when he's in trouble, he just doesn't give in and keeps coming right at you. We had him a few times on the ropes where we thought we were going to score off of him and he shut the door. Stottlemyre说: 他是个优秀的投手。即使是遇到麻烦，他也不会让你轻易的打中球。 好几次我们觉得有机会从他手上得分但他都守了下来。 "He's a guy who can throw often and he's a guy who's been very valuable to Oakland and he's going to be very valuable to us, too." "他是个耐操的家伙而且无论是对运动家队或是美国队都是非常有价值的" Greg Ziegler said watching what his son accomplished last season was exciting. But he kept it in perspective. Greg说去年看着他儿子投球很让人兴奋，但他有他的观点。 "Even now when I watch him play baseball," Greg said, "more than anything else, I'm thankful that my son is alive." "即使是现在，每当我看到他投球，我总是感到欣慰我的儿子还活着" Ziegler's 1.06 ERA last season led all big league relievers. It was a remarkable feat on its own, but was even more impressive because just a few months before spring training last year, Ziegler fractured his skull again. Ziegler的防御率是全大联盟最佳，但更叫人印象深刻的是他在去年春训前头骨又破裂了 He was playing catch when a friend standing beside him made a move to catch the ball. When the friend pulled back, Ziegler -- who still has the ball's stitching imprinted on his head from the first fracture -- was smacked squarely in the forehead by the ball, which fractured the frontal part of his skull and left a permanent dent. He was diagnosed with his second concussion in less than four years. But unlike the last time, Ziegler was back working out two days later. 他和朋友玩传球。当他朋友回传时，球砸到他的前额，留下一个永久性的凹痕。他又再次 进了医院，但这次在两天後就恢复了。 "Most people don't even have one skull fracture in their life," Ziegler said. "What are the odds of that happening twice?" Ziegler说: 很多人甚至一辈子都不会有过头骨破裂，不知道发生两次的机率到底有多少? Not very good, but neither were the odds of Ziegler making it this far. 大概就跟他上大联盟的机率一样高吧 --

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