http://druckerscot.mlblogs.com/ Arrived in Taiwan! 到台湾了! I left on Friday and arrived in Taiwan on Sunday morning at 6am. This past day and a half of traveling has been wild. I left Fort Lauderdale, connected in Houston, flew to Los Angeles, and finally took the 15 hour flight over to Taipei. I was greeted by our translator “Luis” at the airport who was extremely nice and polite. He gave me the low down of the culture of the baseball in Taiwan. 从上礼拜五出发到里拜天早上六点抵达台湾. 这一天半的旅程还真狂野. 我离开了 Fort Lauderdale, 接休士顿, 再飞LA, 最後飞了15小时到了台北. 在机场, 我们的翻译 Luis 问候着我, 他人超 nice又有礼貌. 他告诉了我一些基本台湾棒球文化. When I arrived at 6am I was told we had a doubleheader at our home stadium. One thing that is different over here compared to the minor leagues is that their doubleheaders are nine innings. 早上六点到台湾时有人跟我说今天主场有双重赛. 有一点跟在小联盟比较不同的是, 这里 双重赛打到九局. I somehow didn’t feel too jetlagged yet, so I came over to the field to meet my new teammates and coaching staff. 我一点也没有时差的问题, 所以就到球场跟新队友与教练见面. I signed all my contracts and was given a ton of equipment to supply me for the next 2 years. 我把所有合约都签了, 而且球团给了我一堆装备来支援我度过之後的两年. Our home field is only two years old and is amazing. Its playing surface is pristine and the dugouts are huge. We have indoor batting cages and pitching mounds, as well as a state of the art workout facility under the stadium. The stadiums dimensions are pretty fair and the wind howls across from right to left, which can be beneficial as a pitcher. 我们的主场只启用两年而且超赞的. 比赛场地表面完整而且球员休息区超大的. 我们还有室 内打击场跟投手丘, 球场下还有一个健身场地. 球场方位颇为方正, 而风从右往左吹, 这 点对投手有帮助. Their are two tiers and it looks like the stadium can hold around 20,000-25,000 fans. The locker rooms are well maintained and our pre-game spread was delicious dumplings. One were filled with pork and the others were more like a pastry and plain. I’m very excited to try out all the cultural food Taiwan has to offer. 他们的坐位采用两层式的看台, 球场看起来能容纳20000-25000位球迷. 置物室维护的很好, 而我们赛前的美食是美味的饺子. 一种是包猪肉的, 另一种比较像油酥但味道很淡. 我迫不 及待要去尝尝所有为我准备的台湾道地小吃了! Once we took the field I noticed many similarities of that to winterball. Managers play this game like it is the playoffs. Teams bunt early in the game and try to run. As the game goes on they will also play the matchups and get pitchers going in the bullpen to be ready for certain hitters. 一进到球场内我就注意到了很多跟冬季联盟比赛相似的特点:球队经理把比赛当做季後赛在 打. 比赛前段球队就触击试图抢分(指牛牛?). 随着比赛进行, 他们也会玩投打对决, 并且 针对特定打者, 让部分投手先到牛棚练投准备. The most interesting parts I found so far was that when we score the player who scores runs along the dugout fence and slap hands with our teammates rather than coming into the dugout to be greeted. The other is after the 5th inning there is a 10-15 minute break for the grounds crew to re-paint the lines, batters box, and groom the field. It is like a half time in baseball. It should be interesting to see how pitchers react to this, because they can be cruising throughout the game and then have to wait for the game to resume. This can throw off their rhythm, so they need to focus and know how to be ready once the game resumes. 我到现在发现最有趣的部分, 就是当我们球队得分时, 得分的球员会沿着休息区栅栏和队友 击掌而不是只有进到休息区等着跟大家哈拉而已. 另外一点,就是在五局之後, 会有10-15分 中的休息时间让场地工作人员去重新画线, 画打击区, 跟整理场地. 这有点像是棒球的中场 休息时间. 不知道其他投手们对此会如何反应, 这应该会很有趣, 因为投手整场比赛都在投 球, 但是中途却要他们等场地整理好才能比赛. 这会打乱投手的节奏, 所以投手们一旦重新 恢复比赛, 他们需要集中精神跟知道要如何保持自己最佳状态以便随时再上场. There are some other rules that are different that play into affect. If a batter hits a homerun and the next batter is beaned with a ball, its an automatic ejection. Also if a batter is hit twice in one game, the pitcher is ejected. 还有一些跟比赛相关的规则有些不一样. 假如一个打者打了HR, 下一个打击者被球打到头, 投手就要自动出场了. 一样的, 在一场比赛中, 对同一打者丢了两次触身球, 投手也得出场 ..... I will be posting videos and pictures of sites around town once I get settled into an apartment or hotel. Please feel free to comment and ask questions and share this link with your friends. 等我安顿好之後, 我会放一些市区的video跟照片上来. 欢迎随意问我问题或留言给我, 并且和你的朋友分享我的连结. --

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