9 Chapter 8 Game Change

Chapter 8 Game Change The Monarchs were playing at Comisky Park, the famous Chicago ball field. Jackie was out warming up when a white man waved him over. He was a scout looking for new players to join the Brooklyn Dodgers.

当时，帝王队正在芝加哥著名的科米斯基球场比赛。 杰基出去热身时，一个白人向他招手。 他是一名球探，为布鲁克林道奇队寻找新球员。

That season the Dodgers had finished third in the National League. Somehow, it seemed like the team was always struggling. In fifty-five years, they'd only been in three World Series and had never won. The team's president, Branch Rickey,

那个赛季，道奇队在全国联盟中排名第三。 不知何故，这个团队似乎总是在挣扎。 在55年的时间里，他们只参加过三次世界大赛，从来没有赢过。 球队主席布兰奇·里奇

wanted to turn the Brooklyn Dodgers into a powerhouse team. The scout told Jackie that Branch Rickey wanted to meet him. He was thinking of starting a new Negro League team. "Why only me?" Jackie asked the scout. After all, a new team would need lots of players. Still, he said yes to the scout. Maybe there was something bigger on Branch Rickey's mind. Jackie took the train to Brooklyn, New York. On August 28, 1945, he stepped into Branch Rickey's office. The men stared at each other. Branch Rickey asked, "Do you have a girl?"

想把布鲁克林道奇队打造成一支劲旅 侦察员告诉杰基，布兰奇·里奇想见他。 他在考虑组建一支新的黑人联盟球队。 “为什么只有我一个人?”杰基问侦察员。 毕竟，一支新球队需要很多球员。 尽管如此，他还是答应了球探。 也许布兰奇·里奇有更重要的想法。 杰基乘火车去了纽约的布鲁克林。 1945年8月28日，他走进了布兰奇·里奇的办公室。 这些人面面相觑。 布兰奇·里奇问:“你有女儿吗?”

"Yes," Jackie said. "I do."

“是的，”杰基说。“我做的。”

Why did Branch Rickey ask that question? He wanted to know if Jackie was likely to settle down and have a family. To Branch Rickey, that said a lot about a man. "Do you know why you were brought here?" the Dodger president continued. Jackie said he heard there might be a new Negro League team. Then Branch Rickey said no. Jackie was brought to talk about playing for the Brooklyn ball club. "Me?" Jackie said. He couldn't believe it! Rickey had made up the story about a new black team because he didn't want newspaper reporters finding out the Dodgers were interested in a black player. It would make headlines. And Rickey wanted to make changes quietly. His plan was for Jackie to start playing for the Dodgers' minor league team in Montreal. They were called the Royals. Good players in the Royals moved up to the Brooklyn Dodgers. That was Rickey's hope for Jackie.

为什么布兰奇·里奇会问这个问题? 他想知道杰基是否有可能安定下来成家。 对布兰奇·里奇来说，这说明了一个人的很多特质。 “你知道为什么把你带到这里来吗?”神偷总裁接着说。 杰基说他听说可能会有一个新的黑人联盟球队。 然后布兰奇·里奇拒绝了。 杰基被带去谈论为布鲁克林球俱乐部打球的事。 “我?”杰基说。他简直不敢相信!里奇编造了一个新的黑人球队的故事，因为他不想让报纸记者发现道奇队对黑人球员感兴趣。 这会成为头条新闻。里奇想悄悄地做出改变。 他的计划是让杰基开始在蒙特利尔的小联盟道奇队打球。 他们被称为皇家。 皇家队的优秀球员升到了布鲁克林道奇队。 这是里奇对杰基的希望。

THE BROOKLYN DODGERS WHERE DID THE NAME FOR BROOKLYN'S MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM COME FROM? IN THE EARLY 1900S, TROLLEY TRACKS RAN IN CRAZY PATTERNS THROUGH THE STREETS OF BROOKLYN. PEOPLE HAD TO "DODGE" THE TROLLEYS AT EVERY TURN. BROOKLYN FANS HAD THEIR OWN NAME FOR THE TEAM, "DEM BUMS." EACH YEAR THE EXCITEMENT WOULD BUILD ... WOULD THE DODGERS WIN THE PENNANT? WOULD THEY WIN THE WORLD SERIES? AND THEN ... DISAPPOINTMENT. ALTOGETHER, THE TEAM WOULD PLAY IN NINE WORLD SERIES. BUT THEY′D WIN ONLY ONCE, IN 1955, WITH THE DREAM TEAM OF PEE WEE REESE AND JACKIE ROBINSON IN THE INFIELD, DUKE

布鲁克林道奇队布鲁克林大联盟球队的名字从何而来? 在20世纪初，电车轨道在布鲁克林的街道上以疯狂的模式运行。 人们不得不在每个转弯处“躲避”电车。 布鲁克林的球迷给这支球队起了个名字，叫“流浪者”。 一年比一年激动人心…… 道奇队会赢得锦旗吗? 他们会赢得世界大赛吗? 然后……失望。 这支球队总共参加了九次世界大赛。 但他们只赢过一次，那是在1955年，内场的梦之队是pee wee Reese和Jackie Robinson