Baseball‘s Best

Baseball's Best 5 True Stories by Andrew Gattel, illustrations by Cliff Sparrow.

《棒球界最棒的5个真实故事》，作者安德鲁·加特尔，插画师克利夫·斯派罗。

The Hall of Fame Every year hundreds of thousands of people visit Cooperstown, New York. What makes this quiet little town so special? It is the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame, a museum that honors more than 200 of the greatest stars who ever played the game. Each of these home -run haters, record -breakers, and World Series winners has a story that got him where he is, in the Hall of Fame. Here are five of those stories. Thrilling, incredible, and absolutely true.

名人堂 每年都有成千上万的人前往纽约州的库珀斯敦参观。 是什么让这个安静的小镇这么特别呢？ 这里是棒球名人堂的所在地， 这座博物馆用来表彰史上最伟大的200多位棒球明星。 这些本垒打选手、纪录打破者和世界大赛冠军，每个人都有一段跻身名人堂的传奇故事。 下面就为大家讲述其中五个故事。 它们惊险刺激、不可思议，而且全都是真事哦。

Thank you.

谢谢大家。

The Babe calls his shot. It's the third game of the 1932 World Series. The mighty New York Yankees have come to Chicago to play the Cubs. The Yankees have already won the first two games of the series. The Cubs must win today if they are to have any chance at all of becoming World Champs. 50 ,000 loyal Cubs fans packed Wrigley Field. They know that the Yankees and their fans have called and embarrassed the Cubs in New York. Now it's their turn. The Chicago Rooters have prepared a nasty welcome for the Yankees and especially for the greatest Yankee of them all, Babe Ruth.

贝比指明击球目标 这是1932年世界职业棒球大赛的第三场比赛。 实力强劲的纽约洋基队来到芝加哥，对阵小熊队。 洋基队已经赢下了系列赛的前两场比赛。 小熊队要想拿下世界冠军，今天这场比赛必须赢。 五万名忠心耿耿的小熊队球迷挤满了瑞格利球场。 他们知道洋基队和他们的球迷在纽约的时候就嘲讽过小熊队，让小熊队很难堪。 现在轮到他们反击啦。 芝加哥的球迷们已经给洋基队准备了一份充满恶意的欢迎礼，尤其是针对洋基队最厉害的球员贝比·鲁斯。

George Herman Ruth has been playing Major League Ball since 1914. As a pitcher, Babe helps her the Boston Red Sox to two World Championships. But what really catches everyone's attention is his hitting. Babe can sock a baseball out of sight. When Ruth is treated to the Yankees, he moves from the pitcher's mound to the outfield and takes New York City by storm. So many fans want to see him play that after a few years the team builds a new bigger ballpark. In the very first game, there the Babe drills a game -winning homer into the upper deck. No wonder everyone soon starts calling Yankee Stadium the house that Ruth built.

乔治·赫尔曼·鲁斯从1914年起就开始打职业棒球大联盟的比赛了。 作为投手，贝比帮助波士顿红袜队拿下了两次世界大赛冠军。 但真正让所有人眼前一亮的是他的击球能力。 贝比能把棒球打得老远，连影子都看不见。 后来鲁斯被交易到洋基队之后， 他从投手丘转到了外场，瞬间就风靡了整个纽约市。 想看他打球的球迷实在太多了，几年之后球队专门建了一座更大的新球场。 在新球场的第一场比赛里，贝比就打出了制胜本垒打，球直接飞到了上层看台。 难怪大家很快就把洋基体育场叫做“鲁斯建的房子”啦。