Thomas Edward John Jr. (born May 22, 1943 in Terre Haute, Indiana) is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball whose 288 career victories rank as the 6th highest total among lefthanders in major league history. He is also known for the revolutionary surgery, now named after him, which was performed on a damaged ligament in his pitching arm.
前大聯盟左投手Thomas Edward John Jr.(1943年5月22日出生於印第安那州的堤爾荷特)生涯一共獲得288勝，排名大聯盟史上左投手第6多。除此之外，他也因為更換投球手臂的受損韌帶這種革命性的手術而聞名，這種手術現在以他的名字命名。
Clemens最近真的是犯太歲喔，禁藥問題還沒解決，現在又有別的麻煩事了。下面是大聯盟官網敘述這件麻煩事的新聞。
NEW YORK -- Roger Clemens had a decade-long relationship with country star Mindy McCready that began when she was a 15-year-old aspiring singer and the pitcher was a Boston Red Sox ace, the New York Daily News reported.
紐約 -- 紐約每日新聞報導，Roger Clemens與鄉村歌手Mindy McCready兩人已經來往了相當長的一段時間，這段關係從Clemens還是還是紅襪隊王牌投手與McCready還是一位15歲有抱負的歌手時就開始了。
Clemens' lawyer, Rusty Hardin, confirmed a long-term relationship but told the newspaper it was not sexual.
Clemens的律師Rusty Hardin證實了這段關係，但是他告訴媒體這並不是性愛關係。
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Brett Morgan Butler (born June 15, 1957 in Los Angeles, California) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for five different teams from 1981 to 1997.
Brett Morgan Butler(出生於1958年6月15日，加州洛杉磯)，前大聯盟中外野手，在1981年至1997年間效力過五支不同球隊。
Butler spent his teenaged years in Libertyville, Illinois, where he was a reserve on the Libertyville High School baseball team that finished second in the Illinois state tournament. Upon graduating, he announced plans to play baseball in college, and his Libertyville High School coach, Ernie Ritta, scoffed. Butler, who had explored walking on at baseball powerhouse Arizona State, did manage to make the team at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
Butler青少年時期皆待在伊利諾州的Libertyville，他是曾在伊利諾州聯賽奪得第二名的Libertyville高中棒球隊的替補球員。即將畢業時，他計畫加入大學的棒球隊，但是他的高中教練Ernie Ritta卻嘲笑他。Butler奔走於亞利桑那州的棒球界有力人士之間，最後終於如願加入東南奧克拉荷馬州立大學。
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VERO BEACH, Fla. — No. 62 leaned forward on the makeshift aluminum bench, hands folded on his knees, and gazed east toward center field. If only his eyes were better, he could see over the trees, beyond the Atlantic Ocean and all the way to his homeland, France.
維洛海灘，佛羅里達 - 背號62號的選手斜靠在鋁製的板凳上，雙手交叉放在膝蓋之間，面向中外野凝視著東方。只要他的視力夠好，他就能越過樹木，與大西洋看到他的家鄉，法國。
The player, Joris Bert, is one of more than 100 men in the Dodgers' minor league system, but the only one who started playing baseball only because he missed a soccer game in Louviers. A dozen years later, Bert has found himself in the United States happily nicknamed Frenchie, with his eyes fixed on the more immediate horizon of the major leagues.
雖然Joris Bert只是道奇小聯盟系統中超過一百名球員的其中之一，但他卻是唯一一位因錯過了一場在Louviers舉行的足球賽而開始打棒球的人。數年之後，被稱作法國佬的Bert很開心的專注於他在大聯盟的未來。
"I'm not very good, but I know I have good potential," said Bert, a center fielder who last June became the first Frenchman selected in the major league draft. "I don't have enough experience in baseball to be good."
Bert去年六月成為第一位在大聯盟選秀會上被選中的法國人，這位中外野手說:"我表現的不是很好，但是我知道我有絕佳的潛能，我只是缺乏經驗而已。"
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每當王建民先發時，洋基隊官網的最佳男主角幾乎都是王建民。今天也不例外，王建民面對印地安人隊主投七局0失分，成為官網最佳男主角的不二人選。但是建仔似乎覺得不夠，所以還送出了9次三振，順便連大聯盟官網首頁的最佳男主角都一起打包了。
今天王建民面對去年季後賽將他打爆的印地安人隊，由於印地安人隊出棒比較謹慎，加上建仔的球有點不聽話亂跑，所以前兩局花了超過40球，投得不太順，我原本也覺得不太樂觀，但是王建民卻越投越神勇，不但伸卡球維持水準很會跑，連滑球也投得很出色，接近本壘板才開始掉，最後投完七局不但用了本季最多的113球，也送出本季新高，與生涯次高的9次三振，K的印地安人七葷八素。
王建民下場後，總教練Joe Girardi仍然不給印地安人隊面子，又派上了Chamberlain與Rivera繼續送了4張老K給印地安人。
印地安人隊的先發投手則是去年賽揚獎，但是今年開季卻擺爛的C.C. Sabathia，這場比賽Sabathia也投出賽揚獎的身手，比王建民多投了一局，只被Cabrera敲出一支陽春全壘打，但是這支全壘打就足夠讓C.C.再吞下一敗了。雖然敗投，但是連續兩場的QS，相信Sabathia應該是走出低潮了。
今天尻出全壘打的Milky今年球季已經累計5支了，和Giambi並列洋基隊目前最多。Cabrera開季至今的表現，應該可以期待打出比去年更令人驚豔的成績。
Orel Leonard Hershiser IV (born September 16, 1958) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is currently an analyst for Baseball Tonight and Wednesday Night Baseball on ESPN. In 1988, he won the Gold Glove, Cy Young Award, the NLCS MVP and the World Series MVP with the L.A. Dodgers.
Orel Leonard Hershiser 四世(出生於1958年9月16日)，是前大聯盟的右投手。目前擔任ESPN頻道Baseball Tonight與Wednesday Night Baseball的球評。1988年效力於道奇隊的Hershier囊括了金手套獎，賽揚獎，國聯冠軍賽MVP與世界大賽MVP。
Michael Joseph Piazza (born September 4, 1968 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is an American Major League Baseball player who is currently a free agent. He began his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and played for the Florida Marlins, New York Mets, San Diego Padres and then joined the Oakland Athletics. He is a 12-time All-Star. Piazza is often regarded as the best-slugging catcher of all time, and holds the career record for home runs hit by a catcher. He had at least one RBI (run batted in) in 15 consecutive games for the New York Mets in 2000, the second longest RBI streak ever (Ray Grimes of the Chicago Cubs had 17 in 1922).
Michael Joseph Piazza (1968年10月4日出生於賓州諾裡斯鎮)，他是前大聯盟選手，目前是自由球員。他的職業生涯從洛杉磯道奇隊展開，並且曾經效力過佛羅里達馬林魚，紐約大都會隊，聖地牙哥教士隊，最後加入奧克蘭運動家隊。他曾經12度入選明星球員。Piazza被認為是有史以來最具有長打能力的捕手，並且保有捕手生涯最多全壘打的紀錄。2000年效力於大都會隊時，他曾經創下大聯盟史上第2長，連15場有打點的紀錄(1922年芝加哥小熊隊的Ray Grimes曾連續17場有打點)。
