10 Chapter 9 Tragedy and Triumph

Chapter 9 Tragedy and Triumph Derek Jeter should have been on top of the world. At the start of the 2001 season, he was just twenty-six years old. He already had four World Series rings. He earned more than almost every baseball player. He had dated lots of celebrities, from superstar singer Mariah Carey to Miss Universe. But that same year, Sharlee was being treated for cancer. Sharlee and Derek had

悲剧与胜利德瑞克。基特本应站在世界之巅。 在2001赛季开始时，他只有26岁。 他已经赢得了四枚世界大赛戒指。 他挣的钱几乎比所有棒球运动员都多。 他和很多名人约会过，从超级巨星歌手玛丽亚·凯莉到环球小姐。 但就在同一年，夏莉正在接受癌症治疗。 莎莉和德里克有

always been close, talking on the phone each day. Now they talked on the phone in the middle of the night, too. Derek kept playing. He didn't tell many people about Sharlee until the end of May, when doctors said she was cancer-free. The next day, Derek hit a three-run homer. The next day was Mother's Day, and Sharlee and Dot and Charles were cheering from the stands.

我们一直很亲密，每天都在电话里聊天。 现在他们也在半夜打电话了。 德里克继续打球。直到5月底，医生说莎莉已经没有癌症了，他才把莎莉的情况告诉了很多人。 第二天，德里克打出了一个三分全垒打。 第二天是母亲节，沙莉、多特和查尔斯在看台上欢呼。

Then came more devastation: September 11, when terrorists flew planes into New York's World Trade Center. Thousands died. Derek and his teammates did what they could to help. They visited victims in hospitals. They spent time with children who lost parents. Derek wasn't doing it to make news or for people to say what a great guy he was. In fact, he told reporters to stay away. Some things shouldn't be in the newspapers, he felt. These visits were private.

然后是更多的破坏:9月11日，恐怖分子驾驶飞机撞向纽约世界贸易中心。 成千上万的死亡。德里克和他的队友们尽了他们所能来帮忙。 他们去医院看望受害者。 他们花时间陪伴失去父母的孩子。 德里克这么做不是为了制造新闻，也不是为了让人们说他是一个多么伟大的人。 事实上，他让记者们离他远点。 他觉得有些事情不应该出现在报纸上。 这些访问都是私人的。

New Yorkers, stunned and sad, told Derek they wanted the Yankees to win another title for the city. Derek was going to do his best to give it to them. In the American League Division Series, the Yankees were pitted against the Oakland Athletics. Down two games to one, hopes were fading. In the eighth inning of Game Four, they clung to a 1–0 lead. Oakland was at bat, with two outs and a man on first. The batter smashed a long drive into the right-field corner. A double! Could the runner on first make it home? Yankees outfielder Shane Spencer made the throw to infield. Two cutoff men stood along the first-base line. Their job: to get the ball home. But Spencer threw it over both their heads. The A's thought they had an easy run, and a tie score. They were wrong. Out of nowhere, Derek raced for the ball. He scooped it up on just one bounce, using both hands. Still running, he flipped the ball sideways—right on target. Jorge Posada

纽约人感到震惊和悲伤，他们告诉德里克，他们希望洋基队为这座城市赢得另一个冠军。 德里克会尽他最大的努力给他们。 在美国联盟分区系列赛中，洋基队对阵奥克兰运动家队。 两比一落后，希望渺茫。 在第四场比赛的第八局，他们保持着1-0的领先。 奥克兰队在击球，两人出局，一人在一垒。 击球手将一记长球击出右外野角。 双!第一个跑者能跑到家吗? 洋基队外野手肖恩·斯宾塞将球投进了内场。 两个被切断的人站在一垒线上。 他们的工作是把球带回家。 但斯宾塞把它扔到了他们俩头上。 运动家队本以为他们能轻松取胜，打成平手。 他们错了。德里克不知从哪里冒出来，向球冲去。 他只用了一个弹跳就用双手把球接了起来。 他一边跑，一边把球甩向一边，正好击中了目标。 厚黑

caught it at home and easily tagged the runner. "What was he even doing in that spot?" one Oakland player wondered. But Derek was there. He made the "flip," still considered one of the best defense plays in baseball history. Derek would only say he was doing what he was supposed to be doing. Helping the Yankees win. He hoped he could do the same in the World Series, playing against the Arizona

在本垒接住了球，轻松地打上了跑垒者。 “他在那个位置上做了什么?”一名奥克兰球员问道。 但是德里克在那里。他做了一个“空翻”，至今仍被认为是棒球史上最好的防守之一。 德里克只会说他在做他应该做的事。 帮助洋基队赢球。他希望自己能在世界大赛中与亚利桑那队同场竞技