雖然現在才六月中 但是很令人期待 Mets catcher Mike Piazza is running away with early fan voting for the starting National League catcher. He has more than 500,000 votes, outdistancing Houston's Brad Ausmus by more than 200,000 votes so far. 大都會的捕手Mike Piazza在國聯明星賽的票選中,遙遙領先第二名休士頓的Brad Ausmus 有200,000票之多. Of course, the sentimental favorite to be the National League's starting pitcher is 41-year-old Roger Clemens. 當然有趣的地方就在於,國聯的先發投手是41歲的Clemens. You may recall that in 2000, Clemens, then with the Yankees, drilled Piazza in the noggin with a 92 mph fastball, leaving Piazza with a concussion and a grudge.When he faced Piazza in the World Series that season, he sawed off Piazza's bat, then picked up a shard and tossed it at the Mets catcher. 你絕對不會忘記2000年明星賽時,Clemens那時在洋基隊對著Piazza的頭來了一記92英里的 觸身球,把Piazza送進醫院昏迷了幾天.那年兩隊在世界大賽碰頭時,他把斷棒撿起來朝 Piazza丟擲過去. The Mets had to wait until 2002 to try to retaliate, and Shawn Estes attempted to hit Clemens in an interleague game but threw behind him, nearly striking him in his Rocket Booster. 大都會一直到2002年的跨聯盟賽程才有復仇的機會,但是投手Shawn Estes失敗了,他投到 了Clemens的背後. Piazza took some measure of revenge just last month when Clemens was going for his eighth victory and had given up just two hits with 10 strikeouts through seven innings. Piazza上個月小小報仇了一下,那時Clemens正要尋求本季第八勝,在七局裡頭只被打出兩 支安打,三振10人. Piazza had walked, struck out and grounded out, but with two outs in the ninth, he homered off reliever Octavio Dotel to tie the game and deny Clemens the victory. The Mets won in 13 innings. 他前三個打席對Clemens分別是保送,三振和刺殺.但是在九局下兩人出局時,他從Dotel手 中擊出全壘打扳平比數,也轟掉了Clemens的勝投,那場球打了13局,最後大都會獲勝. We know that in the All-Star Game a starting pitcher and catcher aren't going to go over a detailed scouting report as they might in a real game, but we can still imagine the two meeting in the clubhouse: Rocket: "You want to go over some signs?" Piazza: "Whatever." Rocket: "OK. Basic one finger for fastball . . . " Piazza: "Which finger, THIS ONE?!" 我們知道在明星賽一個先發投手不可能和他的捕手像例行賽一樣針對每個球員做沙盤推演, 但是我們還是可以想像一下兩個人在休息室裡頭的場景: Rocket: "我們要不要設計一下暗號?" Piazza: "隨便啦.." Rocket: "好吧,一支手指代表快速球....." Piazza: "哪一隻,這一隻嗎?!(XDDD)" Piazza drops his mitt in anticipation of the bottom falling out, gets high heat right in the mask, and for the first time in recorded history a catcher charges his own pitcher on the mound. 也許到最後,就會出現史上第一次捕手衝上投手丘搥自己的投手的事件. http://www.azcentral.com/sports/cheapseats/0608p2main0608.html --

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