匿名さん
イチローの来期は、Zduriencik GMを始め、日本の評論家諸氏も期待するものばかりですが、来期は大リーグ記録の１１度目の２００安打達成を期待したらいいのでしょうか？ それとも、首位打者のタイトル奪還を期待すべきでしょうか？ ウエッジ監督にはイチローの３番構想もあると、メディアが伝えているようですが、その場合一番を任せられるような優秀な選手がいるのでしょうか？ もう一人のイチローが現れるような、一番打者の重責を立派に果たせるような、走攻守に優秀な選手が現れるようなことがあるはずはないと思うのですが。
◇ As for Ichiro, he'll be 38 next spring and coming off his least productive Major League season. Zduriencik declined to say whether he thinks age is the concern, but did say he believes Ichiro will need to take a different approach as he gets older. "I think with Ichiro, it'll be interesting to see how he evaluates himself, and how he goes home and looks at the kind of year he had," Zduriencik said. "It's still a pretty good year. But every player, as you get older, always has to reevaluate where their game is at and what are they going to do to top off their career. "In Ichiro's case, this was the first time he didn't get to 200 hits, and it'll be interesting to see his mindset in the wintertime. We all know the kind of person and worker the guy is. His preparation is second to none. But every player, any time, goes through evaluations when a season is concluded, and it'll be interesting to see how Ichiro approaches this winter to prepare for next year."
