Will He or Won’t He? Pavano May Be On Deck

究竟會不會是他？痛痛人可能會上場投球。
By Tyler Kepner
Tags: Carl Pavano, Phil Hughs, victor zambrano, Yankees
August 19, 2008, 7:49 pm

Rarely has a “To Be Determined” caused more intrigue than the one on the Yankees’ schedule for Saturday. That is when the Yankees play in Baltimore, and their starting pitcher could be Carl Pavano.
洋基陣中幾乎沒有一個「尚未確定」的先發投手能夠引起這麼多人的好奇心。因為，星期六洋基作客到金鶯的時候，他們的先發投手可能會是痛痛人。

It could also be Phil Hughes. Or maybe even Victor Zambrano, based solely on his five strong innings for Class AA Trenton on Monday. But it really could be Pavano.
當然也可能會是大帝，甚至可能是星期一在2A Trenton投出完美五局的Victor Zambrano，但，真的可能還是痛痛人的機會較大。

There was chatter today that Pavano had complained about an issue with his lat muscle, but General Manager Brian Cashman said there was no such issue. Maybe it was only idle talk, but there is no groundswell of excitement in the clubhouse for a Pavano return, and a good deal of skepticism. The Yankees have been fooled before.
今天又有傳言說痛痛人在抱怨他闊背肌有問題，但現金人說根本沒有這樣的事情（指痛痛人在抱怨的這件事）。也許這只是個無聊的傳言，但是洋基球團當中，對於痛痛人即將歸隊的這件事情一點興奮的情緒都沒有，並且相當懷疑他是否真的能夠回來投球。畢竟洋基之前已經被耍過很多次了。

Say this for Pavano, though -– he has worked diligently to come back on schedule from last June’s Tommy John elbow surgery. Perhaps he is motivated by wanting to showcase himself for free agency this winter. Or perhaps he will beg out of the start for some reason.
雖然痛痛人很積極努力地想要在去年六月的Tommy John手術後重返球場，但這麼說吧，也許他只是想要在（今年冬天）合約年的最後一年展現他依舊能夠投球的能力，或者，可能是他為了某些原因乞求洋基給他先發的機會。

But for now, he’s an option. The man who has pitched two major league games in the last 1,149 days might really start for the Yankees on Saturday. A strange season would get a lot stranger.
但就目前來說，他的確是個選擇。這個在過去1149天當中，只投過兩場大聯盟賽事的傢伙可能真的會在星期六替洋基出賽。不尋常的球季總是會有一堆怪咖的出現。（編按：大概就是所謂的「歹年冬，猴肖人（台語）」吧。）

Then again, a start by Zambrano might be just as strange. Michael S. Schmidt ran into Zambrano in Trenton on Tuesday, and he’ll have a post soon about what he learned.
還有，Zambrano的先發也可能是件怪異的事情。Michael S. Schmidt星期二在Trenton碰到了Zambrano，也許很快的他就會將他得到的消息報導出來。

News source：http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/will-he-or-wont-he-pavano-may-be-on-deck/