原本寫原文的時候是中英一起寫, 所以順手把英文版發的溜馬 FB 群去,
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18sDSoLopN/
引起了蠻多共鳴的.. 但是有一個外國活塞迷卻回了我, 他的文章也寫得很好
所以我幫他貼了上來, 順便翻譯.. 因為這篇文看了也讓我感觸良多...
- - -以下是外國活塞迷看了我之前奧本山宮殿文章的回文 - -
November 19th was circled on my calendar the day the 2004-05 schedule was
released. My boss (I worked as a meat clerk at Meijer) wouldn't let me off
shift because he hated me. Or I would've been there.
2004-05 賽季賽程一公布，我立刻把 11 月 19 日圈起來。我在 Meijer 當肉品部員工，
主管因為討厭我，不讓我請假。不然我肯定會去現場。
"These are our rivals!" I had declared.
我那時就說：「這是我們的死對頭！」
(譯者註 : Meijer 是美國中西部的平價連鎖超市，文中作者是高中/大學生時在此打工的
肉品部店員，強調「無法請假看比賽」的青春遺憾。)
I was Pissed. Writing for a Pistons site at the time, an article entitled
"From a Pist Pistons Fan," was posted in the early morning hours of November
20th.
我真的很氣。我當時幫一個活塞網站寫文章，結果在 11 月 20 日凌晨，我就寫了一篇叫
〈一個氣到爆的活塞迷〉的文章發表出來。
A professional comedian had told us, and America, "we'll burn our city to the
ground" should we win a title.
一位脫口秀演員跟我們—也跟全美觀眾說：「如果我們拿冠軍，我們會把城市整個燒掉。
」
(譯者註: 當時全美都在嘲諷底特律奪冠後街頭暴動的樣子, 全國媒體都很瞧不起這個
走向沒落的貧窮汽車城市)
A cup at a player. A quarter at Allen Iverson's head in the playoffs... The
nerves of defending your title...as the seconds ticked off the clock in Game
7 of the 2005 NBA Finals

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