評論
打印
A sportswriter thinks he's met another crank. Instead, he finds a true winner.
一位體育專欄作家以為他碰上了一個怪人。結果他卻發現了一個真正的贏家。
A Fan's Notes
一位球迷的評論
By Bill Plaschke
比爾·普拉施基
The e-mail was in some respects similar to other nasty letters I receive. It took me to task for my comments on the Los Angeles Dodgers and argued that I had got everything wrong. However, the note was different from the others in at least two ways.
這封電子郵件在某些方面與我收到的其他刻薄的信件相似。它痛斥我對洛杉磯道奇隊的評論，并爭辯說我把一切全都搞錯了。然而，這個評論與其他的評論至少有兩個方面不同。
This note contained more details than the usual “You're an idiot.” It included vital statistics on the team's performance. It was written by someone who knew the Los Angeles Dodgers as well as I thought I did.
與通常那些“你是個白癡”的評論不同的是，這一評論含有更多的細節。它包含了該隊比賽表現的關鍵數據。寫這篇評論的人對洛杉磯道奇隊的了解絕不亞于我自認為對它的了解。
And this note was signed. The writer's name was Sarah Morris.
而且這一評論是署名的。作者的名字叫薩拉·莫里斯。
I was impressed. I wrote her back. Little did I know that this would be the start of a most unusual relationship.
我被深深打動，于是給她回信。一點也沒有想到這一封信引出了一段非同尋常的來往。
May I ask you a question? For two years I have been running my own website about the Dodgers. How did you become a baseball editorialist? That is my deam.
我可以問您一個問題嗎？兩年來，我一直經營著我的道奇隊網站。你是怎么成為一個棒球評論專欄作家的？這可是我的夢。
This was Sarah's second e-mail, and it came just as expected. Every time I smile at someone, they ask me for a job. But something else caught my eye. The misspelling in that last line. The part about “my deam.”
這是薩拉的第二封電子郵件，它的到來一點也不意外。
我每次對人微笑一下，人家就向我要一份工作。但是另一個事兒引起了我的注意。這就是信的最后一行字里的拼寫錯誤，是關于“我的夢”那一部分。
Maybe Sarah Morris was just a lousy typist. But maybe she was truly searching for something, yet was only one letter from finding it.
也許薩拉就是一個打字很糟糕的人。但也許她真的是在尋找某個目標，但就是一字之差，還沒有找著。
It was worth one more response, I asked her to explain.
這就值得再回她一封信，于是我讓她解釋。
