This Is How Yu Darvish Was Tipping His Pitches in the World Series
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Yu在世界大賽中的爆炸性表現讓很多人驚訝. 有人猜說他是否有沒有公開的傷勢?也有人
猜他的球路是不是被太空人打者破解. SI記者Tom Verducci在winter meeting中跟一位不
具名的太空人球員談到這問題:
According to a Houston player, the Astros often knew what Darvish was about
to throw by the way he brought the ball into his glove in the set position.
(Darvish pitches exclusively out of the stretch.) The player said it worked
like this: Darvish holds the ball at his side when he gets the sign from the
catcher. Whether he re-grips or not as he brings the ball into his glove was
the tip-off whether he was going to throw a slider/cutter or a fastball.
根據這名球員,太空人打者可以從Yu在投球前把球放進手套的動作猜出他的球路. Yu在看
捕手暗號時球是拿在側身處,當他把球放進手套前如果他重新抓球的話代表他會投滑球或是
卡特;反之就是直球.
“We knew the first time we faced him [in Game 3],” the player said. “The
next time [in Game 7] it was mostly the same, but then it was more about just
having a great game plan going in. We knew he was going to try to go back to
his slider to find it. We had a great approach.”
那名球員說"我們在第三戰遇上他的時候就發現這個特徵了. 他在第七戰時還是沒改. 當
我們知道他的球路後就很容易調整攻擊策略了"
現在這個祕密公開,就看Yu能不能改過來習慣了.