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http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_...l-rules-you-mig?urn=mlb,238853
http://tinyurl.com/2e8gwx8

這篇有些打者提供的觀點

The 'Code': Ten unwritten baseball rules you might not know
By Jason Turbow

Ed. note: Jason Turbow is author of the new, critically-acclaimed book "The Baseball Codes." It's available for purchase through the book's Web site.


Last month, when A's pitcher Dallas Braden(notes) called out Alex Rodriguez
(notes) for cutting across the Oakland Coliseum mound, the country was
informed of a small slice of baseball's Code that had lain mostly dormant in
recent memory.

A-Rod事件再度提起。

It was only one of a litany of unwritten rules that covers major leaguers'
actions, designed essentially to preserve a baseline level of respect between
competitors. They constitute the moral fabric of the game.

這只是眾多不見於MLB正式規定裡非正式規定之一。這些規定的用意主要是為了維護
對競爭對手最基本的尊敬。他們點出了這球賽最基本的道德觀。

The best known of these rules tells players not to steal a base when their
team holds a big lead in the late innings of a game. Others include barring
overt displays of exuberance in all but the most extreme circumstances; the
hitter who watches his own home runs is the most egregious of violators in
this category.

最為眾人所知曉的，就是在比賽尾聲球隊大幅領先的時候絕對不盜壘。其他的包含
不過份的臭屁。最嚴重的就是過度「欣賞」自己打出的全壘打。

Many fans have heard of these rules (Alex Rodriguez himself was unaware of one)
 Some sections of the Code, however, fly under the radar (even for baseball
insiders, to judge by the number of people within the game who had never heard
the rule about restraint from crossing the pitcher's mound).

So, without further delay, here are 10 of baseball's more obscure unwritten
rules:

許多球迷都聽過這些規定（A-Rod似乎至少不曾聽過其中一條）。有些規定是鮮為人知
。所以，在這裡提供十條不為人知的規定。

1. Don't swing at the first pitch after back-to-back home runs

當一個投手已經被夯出背靠背之後，他投的第一球絕不揮棒

This is a matter of courtesy, respect for a pitcher who is clearly struggling
, offering just a sliver of daylight with which to regain his senses. When
Yankees rookie Chase Wright(notes) gave up back-to-back-to-back-to-back
homers against Boston in 2007, the guys who hit numbers three and four —
Mike Lowell(notes) and Jason Varitek(notes) — each watched a pitch before
taking a cut.

"Let him know, okay, I'm not swinging," said Hal McRae. "I know you're out
there trying to do a job, and I have to do a job — but you've just given up
back-to-back home runs. So I take the first pitch."

這是風度的問題。對一個明顯有問題的投手，讓給他一絲的希望讓他重新振奮。當洋基
菜鳥投手Wright被夯出背靠背靠背靠背的時候，當時第三和第四位打全壘打的打者，
Lowell和Varitek，都至少看了一球才揮棒的。

McRae說「讓他知道，這球，我不揮棒」「你在那裡做你的工作，而我也有我的工作。但
是你已經被夯了背靠背，所以第一球我不揮。」

2. Don't work the count when your team is up or down by a lot

無論你的球隊是輸很多或是贏很多，不要太要求選球

This is true for both pitchers and hitters. Nobody wants to see the fifth guy
on a bullpen's depth chart nibbling on the corners in the late innings of a
blowout. Similarly, hitters are expected to swing at anything close. It's an
effort to quickly and efficiently end a lopsided contest.



3. When hit by a pitch, don't rub the mark.

被球K到，別去揉被打到的地方

This one is all about intimidation or lack thereof. It's a hitter's way of
elling the pitcher that his best shot — intentional or otherwise —didn't
hurt. Pete Rose made a point of sprinting to first base after being hit, to
ensure that he stripped all satisfaction from the pitcher.

"It's a macho thing, like a fighter who gets clocked in the mouth and shakes
his head like it didn't hurt him," said Rich Donnelly. "But believe me, it
hurts."

Lou Brock was the only hitter Sandy Koufax ever threw at intentionally, and
despite the fact that his shoulder was fractured by the pitch, forcing him
from the game, never once did he rub the spot. The Washington Post once
reported that Don Baylor "was hit by 267 pitches yet never rubbed, even once.
Of course, several of the balls had to be hospitalized."


。但是我告訴你，很痛的。」



4. Don't stand on the dirt cutout at home plate while a pitcher is warming up

當投手熱身時，別站在本壘附近那個泥土圈裡

Just as Braden dismissed A-Rod's attempt to enter his sacred space, the area
around the plate is meant only for the hitter, and then only when it's time
for him to hit. Should a pitcher be getting loose before an at-bat, it's
strictly off-limits. "I stay as far away from the cutout as I can when the
pitcher is warming up," said Ken Griffey Jr.(notes) "If they could, they
should put the on-deck circle in left field to make me happy. I don't want
anything to do with messing with the pitcher when he's getting ready."



5. Don't walk in front of a catcher or umpire when getting into batter's box

進入打擊區時，不要從裁判或捕手前面走過去

This is respect, pure and simple. If the line from your dugout to the
batter's box takes you between the pitcher and the catcher, walk around. Like
the A-Rod incident, you'll likely never hear about this one until a player is
called out for brazenly violating it.



6. Don't help the opposition make a play (bracing them from falling into the
dugout, etc.)

絕對不要幫助別隊球員（例如在休息室附近接球的時候去扶他們以免他們跌倒）

In 1998, Dodgers left fielder Matt Luke braced Arizona's Andy Fox as the third
baseman staggered into the Los Angeles dugout while chasing a pop fly. He knew
the Code, but he had also been Fox's roommate in multiple levels of the
Yankees' minor-league system, and was so tight with him that Fox had served
as an usher in his wedding. Even then, he had his limits. "I waited until he
made the play," said Luke in the Riverside Press Enterprise. "I wanted to
prevent an injury. We're competing out there, and not for one second do I
want to help the opposition."



7. Relievers take it easy when facing other relievers


當對方救援投手站進打擊區時，投球的救援投手不會太刁難他

The caveat to this piece of the Code is that for the most part, relievers
don't step to the plate in close games, which gives their counterparts on the
opposing team some leeway in their approach. "You'd probably give them all
fastballs," said Dave LaRoche. "It was just a professional courtesy type of
thing. Here it is — I'll give you a chance to hit it if you can."

主要原因是因為救援投手鮮少有機會在戰況激烈的比賽中站上打擊區。LaRoche說「大概
全都是直球吧」「這是職業風度。我給你機會，你本事就打打看」

8. Follow the umpire's Code when addressing them on the field.

在場上跟裁判講話也是有規定的

This is a book in itself. How one talks to umpires goes a long way toward
getting favorable calls, or at least not getting thrown out of a game. ("That
call was horse----" is generally acceptable; "You're horse----" is never
acceptable.) Some savvy teams go so far as to post headshots and bios in the
clubhouse for the umps working that day's game, so that players can butter
them up a bit.

Still, there are ways to express anger without getting tossed. After umpire
Shag Crawford called Dick Groat out on a play at second base, Groat told him,
"You're still the second best umpire in the league." Then he added that the
other 19 umpires were tied for first.



當然，仍然存在有方法讓你表達你的憤怒但是不被驅逐出場。在裁判Crawford判Groat
在二壘出局之後，Groat跟他說「你仍然只是全聯盟第二好的裁判」然後他又附註「
其他19名裁判並列第一」

9. Pitchers stay in the dugout at least until the end of the inning in which
they get pulled

投手至少要待在休息室待到你被換下來的那局結束為止

This is purely about respect for one's teammates. "I know you're having a
tough day, but give your teammates the respect to stay out here until the end
of the inning," said Sean Casey(notes). "You don't want to show that you think
the game's already lost."

這是為了尊重你的隊友。Casey說「我知道你今天可能投的很糟，但是至少待到那局結束
再離開，至少要尊重你的隊友。你不想表現出這場球賽已經輸掉的行為」

10. Pitchers never show up their fielders

投手絕不怪罪自己的野手

This doesn't happen frequently, but when it does, players notice. One pitcher
who made a habit of excessive body language on the mound was Gaylord Perry,
who would put his hands on his hips and stare down fielders who made errors
behind him.

"That bothered me because nobody glared at him if he gave up a home run or
something like that," said Dave Nelson, Perry's teammate on the Rangers. "I
always felt like I deserved the same respect because I'm out there busting my
butt just like he is, and if I make an error, it wasn't because I was doing
it on purpose."

Perry's teammate in Cleveland, Oscar Gamble, had a different take: "If you
don't do right, if you miss a ball you should have caught, you expect the
fans to boo you," he said. "And this fan, Gaylord, was a player. That's the
way I looked at it."

Perry, however, was occasionally able to find his fielders innocent of
wrongdoing. Once, after shortstop Todd Cruz fielded a grounder and air-mailed
the ball into the stands, Perry withheld judgment. "Too much stuff on the ball
," he said after the game.

這不常發生，但是發生的時球員都會注意到。Perry就是一名習慣用太超過的身體語言
的投手。他會雙手插腰並且瞪著剛犯失誤的野手。



Gamble，Perry在CIN的隊友有另外的看法「如果我失誤了，沒接到一個該接到的球，
你會預期球迷噓你。而這個噓你的球迷，Perry，是個球員（雙關 player可解為球員，也
可解為認真投入於比賽的球員）。這是我的看法。」

雖然如此，Perry也常常幫自己的野手辯解。有一次，游擊手Cruz接了一個滾地球但是爆
傳傳到觀眾席裡。Perry沒有發怒。賽後他說「球上太多東西了（大概滑手吧）。」

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另外我的翻譯風格主要就是字面上的翻譯
所以斷句或是句子結構是依照原文，比較不符合中文文法。
我的翻譯裡當然也會參雜一些我個人的習慣用語。
至於typo，老實講我也知道會有，我能注意到的我都盡量去改，但是時間能力有限，
況且這也非我的養家餬口的工作，所以各位看官就多多包涵吧。

翻譯這種東西，其實我是以分享文章為主，翻譯為其次而已。有些逛到覺得很有趣的文章
就提供給大家，有時間就順便翻一下而已。
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