來自麥格倫的感謝(插霉ʃ♥ )
Dear Taiwan,
I want to send a heartfelt note of appreciation for your hospitality these las
t two weeks. As many of you know, I joined the University of Iowa baseball tea
m on their trip to Taiwan for the World University Games.
I was the only person who had been to Taiwan before. Because of your warm hear
ts, smiles and overall welcoming nature, you now have about 30 new people from
Iowa that love your country and will carry great memories with them.
Of course, we enjoyed the sporting events, the night markets, temples and othe
r sight-seeing adventures, but the best and most lasting memories will be of t
he Taiwanese people. We could see how proud and excited you were to host, and
share with the world the great place that is Taiwan. You should be proud!
Personally, I'm happy that I saw a lot of old friends, and met a lot of great
new people as well. My daily life now is one where nobody recognizes me or car
es too much about my former job, and that's ok. But selfishly, I admit that it
was a lot of fun to reconnect with Taiwan baseball fans, sign a few autograph
s and take some photos. More so, I'm happy that the University of Iowa players
experienced the special treatment that so many Taiwanese give. Now that they
are back to school, blending in like any other student, they will always have
that memory of the time in Taiwan when they were treated so well, and even a b
it like 'rock stars'!
Thank you for allowing me to post on the Brothers Fan Page, as I didn’t know
exactly how to write a thank you letter to Taiwan, I thought posting here and
encouraging you to share would reach a lot of people.
Thank you again for sharing your country and I hope we meet again…
Jim Magrane (麥格倫)
親愛的台灣，我想要衷心的寫一篇文章來感謝你們在這短短兩週世大運期間對於我們的熱
情及好客。就如你們知道的，我加入了世大運美國代表隊愛荷華州立大學棒球隊隨行來到
台灣。
在此行前我是唯一一位曾到訪過台灣的人。但因為你們的暖心、笑容及台灣人總是熱情好
客的本性，現在多了約30位來自愛荷華州的人們喜歡上這個國家並且將這美好的回憶帶回
了美國。
想當然的，我們非常享受在這運動項目之中，還有夜市、廟宇以及其他觀光導覽，但最美
好及最讓人印象深刻的部分依舊是台灣的人民們。我們可以看到你們多驕傲及興奮地當主
人招待大家，並且分享這世界上最美好的地方就是台灣。你們應該感到驕傲！
就我個人而言，我非常開心能夠再次看到這些老朋友們，還有此行新認識的一些朋友。我
現在的日常生活中，是一個沒有人會認出我或是在乎我以前做什麼工作的，這都沒關係。
但自私地說，我承認重新接觸台灣球迷們，簽些簽名球及拍照讓我非常享受在其中。還有
，我也非常開心這些來自愛荷華州立大學的球員們經歷過台灣人們給的特別禮遇。現在他
們回到了學校，混在其他學生群裡，他們將會想起在台灣被對待的像個搖滾巨星般的時光
！
謝謝中信兄弟允許我將這篇文章分享在兄弟Fans Club，因為我不知道該怎麼寫感謝信給
台灣。我想貼在這裡且鼓勵大家分享，可以延伸讓許多台灣人民能看到我們對大家的感謝
。
再次感謝你們分享這國家的一切給我們，並且我希望我們有機會能夠再次相遇。
Jim Magrane (麥格倫）
－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－
謝謝麥格倫～
我們也好開心能夠再見到你呢 ( > <)
隨時歡迎你和愛荷華州立大學的球員們再來台灣！
照片集：麥格倫回來啦
https://www.facebook.com/Brotherelephants/posts/1496947793707229
直播影片：麥格倫和羅曼來啦 ( 'ω' )
https://www.facebook.com/Brotherelephants/videos/1496751100393565/
轉自：兄弟Fans Club 臉書粉專
https://goo.gl/LND3Hh
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七年了，那時我還是高中生，
滿滿的感動，
更讓我珍惜還能看到羅曼投球的機會
希望有朝一日，
四大金剛能聚首
http://i.imgur.com/l7L1b9R.jpg