A-Rod in a Mets jersey? Keith Hernande

A-Rod in a Mets jersey? Keith Hernandez certainly approves

A-Rod 穿上大都會隊球衣？Keith Hernandez 當然贊同

1:23 AM GMT+8

Jason Foster

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Here's something:

這可妙了：

Alex Rodriguez, Mets legend. Wait, what?

Alex Rodriguez 是紐約大都會隊的傳奇。等等，你說什麼？

Alas, context is needed.

哎呀，這需要說明一下背景脈絡。

A-Rod was seen at Fanatics Fest on Friday wearing an '80s-era Keith Hernandez Mets jersey. Not only that, but he told Hernandez, who was there signing autographs, that he watched nearly every Mets game during the first baseman's time with the team. Rodriguez even went through the Mets' typical lineup from that famed era, which culminated in the 1986 World Series championship.

A-Rod 週五在Fabatics商品活動（Fanatics Fest）上被看到穿著一件 1980 年代時期的Keith Hernandez 大都會隊球衣。不僅如此，他還告訴當時在現場簽名的 Hernandez，在這位一壘手效力球隊期間，他幾乎看了每一場大都會隊的比賽。Rodriguez 甚至能背出大都會隊在那個輝煌年代的經典打線，該時期在 1986 年奪得世界大賽冠軍時達到巔峰。**見X (TWITTER)連結

Rodriguez asked for a bat and then went through Hernandez's usual routine in the box. This included not only the flapless batting helmet and

no-batting-gloves approach Hernandez used, but also his tendency to call timeout to let planes pass overhead or to wipe sweat from his brow on a hot day. Rodriguez even nailed Hernandez's stance.

Rodriguez 要了一支球棒，然後當場模仿起 Hernandez 當年在打擊區的招牌習慣動作。這不僅包括 Hernandez 過去使用的無耳蓋打擊頭盔以及不戴打擊手套的風格，還包括他往往會喊暫停讓頭頂上的飛機飛過去，或者在炎熱的日子裡擦拭額頭上的汗水。

Rodriguez 甚至把 Hernandez 的打擊準備姿勢模仿得惟妙惟肖。

Hernandez occasionally chimed in with brief remarks of approval during

A-Rod's demonstration before concluding, "Well done, Alex."

在 A-Rod 示範的過程中，Hernandez 偶爾會插話表示讚許，最後並總結道：「做得好，Alex。」

Of course, Rodriguez never wore a Mets jersey for real. But they certainly wanted him to. The Mets were among the teams that went hard after Rodriguez during his free agency ahead of the 2001 season. Ultimately, he signed a 10-year, $252 million deal with the Rangers. But he claimed in a 2023

interview that he would've taken far less money to play in Queens, a scenario that reportedly just didn't work out because of other demands associated with the idea.

當然，Rodriguez 從未真正穿上過大都會隊的球衣。但大都會隊當年確實非常渴望他的加入。在 2001 年賽季前的自由球員市場上，大都會隊是全力追逐 Rodriguez 的球隊之一。最終，他與德州遊騎兵隊簽下了一份 10 年 2.52 億美元的合約。但他在 2023 年的一次採訪中聲稱，他當年本願意拿少得多的薪水去皇后區（Queens）打球，據報導，這個劇本最後無法成真，只是因為與該構想相關的其他附帶要求未能談妥。

Famously, Rodriguez eventually did end up in New York -- playing for the Yankees for parts of 12 seasons.

眾所周知，Rodriguez 最終還是來到了紐約（New York）──效力於紐約洋基隊長達 12個賽季的部分時間。

Friday's Fanatics Fest appearance just gave Mets fans one more chance to lament what might've been.

週五在 Fanatics Fest 的這一幕，只是讓大都會隊的球迷多了一個機會去感嘆當年那段「要是能成真該有多好」的往事。

--Jason Foster is a reporter for MLB.com.

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