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看到有人翻譯金河成這次回國的專訪
https://reurl.cc/QZoLr9

Hi guys, SPOTIME (A Korean equivalent of ESPN) recently aired a 50-minute specia
l on HSK following his Gold Glove award for the 2023 regular season. Unlike my p
ast translation posts, I am unable to redirect you all to a VOD, since the video
 is behind a ~10$ monthly subscription paywall.

SPOTV 在金河成拿下金手套後

放出了他50分鐘的專訪

The video is divided into two parts; Part 1 being Kim being interviewed by a Kor
ean MLB caster in Gocheok Sky Dome (Kim's pre-Padres stadium, home of the Kiwoom
 Heroes) and Part 2 being Kim meeting up with his highschool's baseball team. (Y
a-Tap High)

第一段是在高尺巨蛋專訪、第二段是他回高中母校



然後裡面有一題是問自己好友風之孫

Son : On that note, we have to talk about Jung-hoo Lee. He was not only your for
mer teammate with the Heroes, but one of your best friends. He is now following
in your footsteps and coming to the MLB next year. After facing off against all
29 MLB teams yourself, what team do you think is the best fit for Lee?

問題:他不但是你的前隊友、更是你的好朋友之一，而現在他也要跟隨你的腳步來美國了，
那你覺得哪一隊最適合他呢?


Kim : Ours. The Padres, no doubt. I haven't really talked a lot with Jung-hoo ab
out his move to the MLB at all. But for me, I personally had a very tough time g
etting used to things in the U.S during my first year. Everything from the cultu
re, food, language.

阿金:最適合我們這隊啦，雖然我是沒真正和他聊過來美國這事，但當我來美國的第一年，
是非常不適應美國這邊各種事物的(文化/食物/語言)


Trying to learn and getting used to things I took for granted back home in Korea
 was harder than playing baseball.

嘗試學習和適應這些在韓國我認為理所當然的事情，比打棒球更難


If Jung-hoo becomes a Padre, I can take care of him so that baseball is the only
 thing he has to worry about.

如果他來教士隊，我就能照顧他

他就可以專心在棒球身上惹


I'm a lot closer to all the guys on the teams than before now, and my footing in
 the team has grown to a point where I can have a saying in how things are done.

畢竟我跟隊友的關係也比剛來時更進一步

然後在休息室的地位也來到能有發話權


Though I've only experienced the region of San Diego, and only for 3 short years
, I think I'm now at a point where I can help him get used to things a lot easie
r than I did. If I can do that for him, he won't have to go through the struggle
s I had during my first year in the U.S.

雖然我在美國只經歷了聖地牙哥這地區，而且也只是短短三年

但我想我還是可以幫助他更容易適應事情

如果能為他做到這一點

他就不必經歷我在美國第一年所經歷的掙扎


突然覺得李要帶自己媽媽一起去美國，是金跟他建議的XD




再挑幾個有趣問題翻一下

Son : I feel that you're taking every season as a new challenge for yourself. He
ading in to 2023, the Padres signed a mega-contract in Xander Bogaerts, making y
ou switch positions from SS to 2B. I feel that having to take on a different fie
lding position was a challenge as well.

問今年轉二壘這事

Kim : It definitely was, especially given that I've always played SS since I was
 a kid. It's not only my favorite position, but one where I feel I can perform m
y absolute best. Right before signing Xander, I got a call from the management a
nd my agent asking what I thought about switching to 2B. But to be honest, I'm n
ot in a position where I can pick or choose - so I replied saying I'd try my bes
t wherever I was on the field. The important thing for me was being able to play
 everyday, and not where I was playing. The Padres in my opinion is a "Let's Win
" kind of team, so we're always adding new players to our roster. Our infield wa
s stacked to begin with, and the new player additions made the 2023 season a con
stant competition for a starting spot as an infielder. I'd be lying if I said th
at didn't stress me out a little, but I think that molded me into a better playe
r overall.be able to improve on this issue even further in 2024.

阿金表示球隊在簽下XB前有打給他以及經紀人

問他轉二壘這想法，只不過他覺得自己好像也沒啥資格說不要

所以他就回答:無論我在場上的任何位置，我都會盡力而為

畢竟對他來說重要的是每天都能打球，而不是在哪裡打球

雖然游擊是他最愛的位置


Son : I'll squeeze in a surprise question right here. Do you think you're a bett
er SS than Xander?

問覺得自己是不是比XB更好的游擊

Kim : (While making an "O" shape with his hands) First of all, Xander is a pheno
menal player, and I don't think any other MLB player would say otherwise. He's w
ithin the Top 5 shortstops both at bat and on the field. I'm nowhere close to wh
at he's achieved in the MLB, and have a long way to go to even come close to gra
zing his outstanding career. I'm only saying yes because from a purely defensive
 standpoint, I'm younger than he is, so there's a chance that I can react to pla
ys a tad bit faster. Personally though, I've really become good friends with Xan
der, and rely on him a lot both inside and outside our games.

阿金:如果是在防守方面，那我會說是XD 因為我更年輕，對於各種Play的反應可能會比他快
一些



Son : You had a lot of standout moments on defense this year. Were there any pla
ys or games that stands out in your memory?

今年讓自己印象最深刻的防守Play

Kim : Tough question. If I really had to choose, it was the game against the Ang
els when Musgrove and Hader were on the mound. (Referring to the game v. Angels
on July 5th) I made 2 plays that game, one where I barehanded a pitch that bounc
ed off Jake Cronenworth's glove, and one where I fielded a pitch when the bases
were loaded on the top of the 9th.

阿金答案是對上天使的兩個防守Play

1.徒手擋球
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4B7fsIlnRGw
2.九局上半終結比賽
https://reurl.cc/L6omqe

Kim : I'm especially proud of the 2nd one because of the context that went into
it. When that ball was put into play, I was expecting it to bounce to my left. B
ut the moment I was prepping to move to my left, the pitch bounced to the right
the moment it struck the infield grass. So even though the pitch bounced in the
opposite direction of my throw, I was able to secure the out and finish that inn
ing off.

他尤其喜歡第二個Play

因為當時他原本預期球會彈到他的左邊

但當準備向左側移動時，球卻是往右彈

但即使球的反彈方向與想的方向相反

他還是完成這個守備惹



Son : On your baserunning too - your helmet just couldn't stay on your head thro
ughout the entire season. What's with all that?

問頭盔一直掉

Kim : There indeed is a lot of talk about my helmet. Even my bobblehead has a de
tachable helmet. A bunch of local fans came out too, saying that I should be giv
en a helmet that doesn't fly off the moment I start moving. In the team's defens
e, they did try. The thing is that the head shape of your average East Asian is
different from the head shapes the MLB helmets cater to. I'm generalizing, but o
ur head shapes are wider from left to right, while the Western head shapes are w
ider from front to back. So I'm in a situation where if I find a helmet that fit
s on 2 sides, it's loose on the other two. I made a formal request about all of
this, because it's a safety hazard especially given the number of bases I'm tryi
ng to steal. I had my head measured and a helmet custom-made, but my helmet woul
d still refuse to stay on no matter what I did. I think it's because the helmets
 I wear in the MLB is more on the heavier side, maybe it's because I can't manag
e to keep my head still while I'm running.

阿金:已經有去特別量自己的頭圍做頭盔，但頭盔來是不願意待在自己頭上qq


Son : Right after the Padres were eliminated from playoff contention, your hotst
reak at bat died down a lot as well. From the caster desk, we assumed it was bec
ause you were burnt out physically from playing out an entire season as a leadof
f hitter and utility infielder. What do you think caused your performance to slo
w down in September?

(HSK averaged a 0.277 from March~August, while averaging a 0.176 after September
)

問到季末成績大崩盤

Kim : It is true that I was burnt out near the end of the season. Looking back,
I never really had a full day during the 2023 season where I could just sit down
 and take a break.

阿金:季末真的是整個筋疲力盡了，整個2023賽季他沒有一個完整一天有坐下來休息


The MLB doesn't have that many off-days to begin with, and the off-days that I d
id get, I would just go out on the field and practice because I wanted to do bet
ter.

大聯盟並沒有很多休兵日

然後每到休兵日他也會跑去練習，因為他想讓自己變更好


I was so unsatisfied with how I was doing in September that I pushed myself even
 further than I used to, kicking and squirming along the way. But I think that s
tressed me out both physically and mentally, which ended up reflecting upon my g
ameplay.

而到了季末成績崩盤，他反而進一步練更多

最後就爆炸惹



Son : One interview that you did that really stood out was how you mentioned you
 felt a responsibility, feeling that you had to succeed in the MLB for future Ko
rean players, similar to how past Korean players have paved the way for you.

問到在大聯盟打球的責任

Kim : Chan-ho Park first opened up the possibility of Koreans in the MLB in 1994
. After that, guys like Byung-hyun Kim and Hyun-jin Ryu showed the big leagues t
hat Korean pitchers were indeed competent to perform on a MLB-level. The first K
BO player to ever be signed to the MLB on a posting system was Jung-ho Kang, a s
enior of mine in the Kiwoon Heroes. The fact that he showed that Korean hitters
were also viable import options to MLB teams, led to Byung-ho Park's contract wi
th the Twins. All those factors played a huge part in how I was able to come to
the U.S and play in the MLB.

阿金:朴贊浩開啟了韓國人的MLB大門，之後金炳賢、柳賢振也繼續證明韓國投手能在MLB競
爭

然後韓職第一位入札野手姜正浩，向美國展現韓職產打者也是一個可行的選項

讓後面的朴炳鎬也成功拿到MLB合約

所有這些因素對我能夠來到美國打球發揮了重要作用


Kim : I felt a great deal of guilt my first year in the U.S because I was doing
so poorly. I was constantly accusing myself that I was closing off the potential
 future lineage of Korean MLB players with my lackluster showing.



One thing that I envied was that relative to Koreans, the Japanese and Latin Ame

rican players were much larger in number and presence in the MLB. It would be a
non sequitur to want more Koreans in the MLB by my side, when I could potentiall
y be the one closing off the opportunities for future Korean prospects to come o
ver.

當時他很羨慕，相對於韓國人，大聯盟有一堆日本人/拉美人

但那時他希望更多的韓國人加入MLB是不合邏輯的

因為自己可能反而成為阻斷未來韓國球員MLB大門的人QQ






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