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第2章 Talking Before the Sea（第2页）

“IntheAmericanLeagueitistheYankeesasIsaid，”

theoldmansaidhappily.

“Theylosttoday，”

theboytoldhim.

“Thatmeansnothing.ThegreatDiMaggioishimselfagain.”

“Theyhaveothermenontheteam.”

“Naturally.Buthemakesthedifference.Intheotherleague，betweenBrooklynandPhiladelphiaImusttakeBrooklyn.ButthenIthinkofDickSislerandthosegreatdrivesintheoldpark.”

“Therewasnothingeverlikethem.HehitsthelongestballIhaveeverseen.”

“DoyourememberwhenheusedtocometotheTerrace?IwantedtotakehimfishingbutIwastootimidtoaskhim.ThenIaskedyoutoaskhimandyouweretootimid.”

“Iknow.Itwasagreatmistake.Hemighthavegonewithus.Thenwewouldhavethatforallofourlives.”

“IwouldliketotakethegreatDiMaggiofishing，”

theoldmansaid.“Theysayhisfatherwasafisherman.Maybehewasaspoorasweareandwouldunderstand.”

“ThegreatSislersfatherwasneverpoorandhe，thefather，wasplayinginthebigleagueswhenhewasmyage.”

“WhenIwasyourageIwasbeforethemastonasquareriggedshipthatrantoAfricaandIhaveseenlionsonthebeachesintheevening.”

“Iknow.Youtoldme.”

“ShouldwetalkaboutAfricaoraboutbaseball?”

“BaseballIthink，”

theboysaid.“TellmeaboutthegreatJohnJ.McGraw.”

HesaidJotaforJ.

“HeusedtocometotheTerracesometimestoointheolderdays.Buthewasroughandharsh-spokenanddifficultwhenhewasdrinking.Hismindwasonhorsesaswellasbaseball.Atleasthecarriedlistsofhorsesatalltimesinhispocketandfrequentlyspokethenamesofhorsesonthetelephone.”

“Hewasagreatmanager，”

theboysaid.“Myfatherthinkshewasthegreatest.”

“Becausehecameherethemosttimes，”

theoldmansaid.“IfDurocherhadcontinuedtocomehereeachyearyourfatherwouldthinkhimthegreatestmanager.”

“Whoisthegreatestmanager，really，LuqueorMikeGonzalez?”

“Ithinktheyareequal.”

“Andthebestfishermanisyou.”

“No.Iknowothersbetter.”

“Queva，”

theboysaid.“Therearemanygoodfishermenandsomegreatones.Butthereisonlyyou.”

“Thankyou.Youmakemehappy.Ihopenofishwillcomealongsogreatthathewillproveuswrong.”

“Thereisnosuchfishifyouarestillstrongasyousay.”

“ImaynotbeasstrongasIthink，”

theoldmansaid.“ButIknowmanytricksandIhaveresolution.”

“Yououghttogotobednowsothatyouwillbefreshinthemorning.IwilltakethethingsbacktotheTerrace.”

“Goodnightthen.Iwillwakeyouinthemorning.”

“Youremyalarmclock，”

theboysaid.

“Ageismyalarmclock，”