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Mark DeRosa, 37, serves many roles for the Nationals even though he isn’t on
the playoff roster. Throughout the season, he was seen as the team dad,
mentor, an additional hitting coach, team comedian and a friend. And after
the Nationals dropped Game 3 and faced elimination on Thursday in Game 4
against the St. Louis Cardinals, he realized it was his chance to step in. He
did something he has never done before as players prepared for the game.

老將DeRosa雖然不在季後賽名單內 但當國民背水一戰時 他感覺自己該為隊友做些什麼

He grabbed the microphone of the clubhouse speaker system that sits next to
his locker, which he uses often to tease teammates and play music, and read a
passage from former president Theodore Roosevelt’s famous “The Man in the
Arena” speech. Since his days at the University of Pennsylvania, DeRosa
would turn to those words before big games. This time, he felt he needed
share them.

他在休息室裡念了羅斯福有名的演說 “The Man in the Arena”

Players who weren’t in the clubhouse came streaming in. Jayson Werth, an
early advocate for mascot Teddy to win the Presidents Race at Nationals home
games, darted into the room to listen. Others did, too. Inspiration filled
the room, players said.

球員一個個來到休息室聽演說 一股神祕力量灌注到球員身上

“I feel like if they’re going to keep me around and keep me here, there’s
a reason for it,” DeRosa said. “So I’ve been in these games. I’ve grinded
with guys. I’ve been on that team. I know how [Yadier Molina] thinks. I know
how [Chris Carpenter] and those guys think in playing with them. If I can
bounce anything off them, down to remembering the bunt signs, just stupid
stuff. Sometimes guys don’t always want to go to coaches, they’d rather
come to a player and work them through an at-bat.”

DeRosa: 球隊讓我隨隊出征一定是有什麼原因的

DeRosa read part of the speech Thursday, but added some colorful flair, as he
always does, before and after.

“I think he dropped a couple F-bombs,” Tyler Clippard said. “That was fun.
… He was reading right off the page. It sounded awesome.”

Clippard: 他演講的時候我好像聽到他偷罵幹

Added DeRosa: “I went about it the same way I always do except I wanted to
be a little less funny and a little more serious. They won’t listen to it if
I don’t throw a few jokes in there.”

DeRosa: 我只是想多講些笑話吸引注意力

DeRosa didn’t pick Roosevelt’s speech because of the tie to mascot Teddy. It
’s a speech he has leaned on much of his career. But it was a fitting
coincidence, he said.

不是因為Teddy贏了他才選這個演說的

“It’s perfect,” he said. “The guy is like 3-0. Or 3-800. After I read
that, [I said], ‘You know who spoke these words? Teddy F-ing Roosevelt.’”

DeRosa: 你知道這是誰講的演說嗎? 是他媽的羅斯福

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