Friday 15 March 2013

MLB pitchers lost in translation no more (Yahoo! Sports)

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Wei-Yin Chen, center, listens to manager Buck Showalter, left, as interpreter Tim Lin, right, looks on during a baseball spring training workout in Sarasota, Fla. A new rule in Major League Baseball that lets interpreters join managers and coaches on the mound when pitchers aren't fluent in English might still need some tweaking. The rule has already been used in spring training. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- There were times in the low minors when Mariano Rivera felt totally lost on the mound. That was, before he got a good grasp of his cut fastball - and English.




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