A special moment at the Stadium

A few weeks ago, I would wager that very few people knew Lou Gehrig was the franchise hits leader of the Yankees. Breaking that record was not something Derek Jeter had on his radar until he heard about it from the media.
我敢打賭，在幾個星期之前，很少有人知道Lou Gehrig是洋基隊史上的安打王，在隊長從媒體得知自己已經慢慢追上這項紀錄之前，對於這件事，他也一直沒放在心上。

But what this record has done is give everybody — fans, teammates and even the media — a chance to celebrate Jeter the individual.
然而，達成這項紀錄對於所有人（球迷、隊友甚至是媒體）來說，都是一個慶賀隊長個人榮耀的機會。

Jeter has never won an MVP. He has never led the league in hitting or had the most RBI. He scored the most runs once, but that was back in 1998. He is a player defined by team accomplishments and his own consistency of effort and performance. What speaks better to that than having the most hits?
隊長從來沒有拿過年度MVP獎項，他也從未拿過美聯的安打王或是打點王。他曾經拿過一次得分王，但已是早在1998年的事情了。他被公認為洋基隊史上最有成就的球員，他對於球隊穩定的貢獻與績效也是令人稱道，但，有什麼比得到隊史上安打王這項榮耀更值得大家談論的呢？

Sure, Jeter has more at-bats than Gehrig. But that record had stood since 1939. It took somebody special to come along and break it and Jeter was that person.
的確，隊長的打席數比Lou Gehrig要來的多，但是，這項紀錄自從1939年就已經高懸在那。這項紀錄是設立給某位特別的球員來打破的，而那個人正是隊長。

You know what stuck with me from tonight? Seeing the Rays on the stop step of the dugout applauding.
你們知道今晚哪個畫面一直停留在我腦海中嗎？就是看到光芒隊的隊員們站在休息區的階梯上替隊長鼓掌喝采。
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“I’m very happy for him,” Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. “He carries himself in a manner that’s worthy of passing Gehrig.”
「我真很替他感到開心。」光芒隊總教練Joe Maddon這麼說，「他利用這個方式證明了自己有能力超越前輩Lou Gehrig的成就。」

Maddon speaks for everybody in baseball when he says that.
Maddon當著所有人的面發表了這次的言論。

It also was fitting that Derek’s buddy Jorge Posada won the game with a home run. That enabled Derek to really enjoy the night. One would think that the Stadium would be packed on Friday night and wouldn’t it be just like Jeter to poke a single into right field in the first inning?
這項紀錄的喜悅加上隊長的好哥兒們厚黑擊出致勝全壘打幫助球隊取勝可以說是配的恰恰好。這也讓隊長真的可以好好享受今晚美好的時光。大家可以想見星期五晚上一定又是滿場的球迷，而隊長會不會又在第一局的時候，就來支右外野的安打破紀錄呢？

News source：http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2009/09/10/a-special-moment-at-the-stadium/