原文出處:http://ppt.cc/PbS0
Aaron Gleeman Oct 5, 2012, 2:49 PM EDT
Last year 99 losses and the AL’s worst record motivated the Twins to fire
general manager Bill Smith a month after the season ended.
去年99敗在美聯墊底的戰績激使雙城於季賽結束一個月後火掉了GM Bill Smith。
This year 96 losses and the AL’s worst record led to immediate and sweeping
changes to the coaching staff, as the Twins announced that everyone on Ron
Gardenhire’s staff except for pitching coach Rick Anderson has been let go
or reassigned to a lesser role within the organization.
而今年96敗同樣在美聯墊底的慘況導致他們快速全面整頓教練團隊。雙城宣布除了投手教
練Rick Anderson之外，其餘每個Ron Gardenhire帶領的教練團成員已被火掉或是安插到
團隊中較次要的角色。
During the first 11 seasons with Gardenhire as manager the Twins fired a
grand total of one coach, Al Newman. Yesterday alone they fired first base
coach Jerry White, third base coach Steve Liddle, and bullpen coach Rick
Stelmaszek while reassigning hitting coach Joe Vavra and bench coach Scott
Ullger to roles described as infield and outfield instructors. Head trainer
Rick McWane was also let go.
在Gardenhire執掌總教頭的11個球季以來雙城僅火掉過一位教練Al Newman。但單獨昨日
雙城開除了一壘指導教練Jerry White, 三壘指導教練Steve Liddle和牛棚教練Rick
Stelmaszek，而打擊教練Joe Vavra和板凳教練Scott Ullger則分別被調任為內野和外野
指導員(instructors)。首席防護員Rick McWane也在火掉名單之中。
I’d love to offer some meaningful analysis, but beyond stating the obvious
about the need for change after 195 losses in two years it’s difficult to
say if specific firings were justified or what the shakeup’s impact will be.
Good or bad, evaluating coaches is a lot of guesswork. What’s easier to see
is that with a new coaching staff and Gardenhire’s contract up after 2013
the writing is seemingly on the wall for what another 90 losses would lead to
this time next year.
我想要提出些有意義的分析，但除了確定兩年內輸了195場後需做出改變外，很難去說特
別開除誰是合理的或人事大變動後的影響結果。需要大量的猜測結果來評估教練是好是壞
。既然新教練團和Gardenhire的合約會在2013到期，明年此時球隊再度90敗這件事情已經
板上釘釘了(the writing on the wall)。
心得：最後一段想好久看不太懂，錯誤希望有人可以指正@@