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Death of the Right Fielder
Summary
(締め切り 1月3日)
Written By Stuart Dybek
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Death of the Right Fielder
ごえべえ

The right fielder was dead when they went to the right field. None knew when he died nor how long he had been lying there.
The cause of his death was also unknown.But they thought he was probably shot by somebody or he fell down and broke his neck during chasing a ball.
They buried him in the right filed, and prayed without thinking of pray.
He was not a star player nor humorous one. They would soon look for another right fileder.
But this thing is not so important for them, but just a trivial accident of juvenile.
If anything, they are possibly all outfielder of Baseball world. They are ordinary player in short period.

外野にライトの選手を埋めちゃうなんて、信じられないリアクションでした。けど、これって、彼が、out fielder(outsider)だというだけでなく、自分たちもおそらく、ほんの一時的に野球をやっているだけであろうし、一人の死なんて、世の中では、たいした事件でないって、言ってるんでしょうか?
どなたか、解説しください!

Death of the Right Fielder
middle-angel

We found one of our teammates, the right fielder dead after chasing those missing balls. What the cause of his sudden death ? After roaming various reasons, we came to conclusion that he chased a ball, made a big dive and broke his neck. He was loner, an ordinary man without sense of humor, maybe a typical outfielder whether or not he wanted so. We decided to bury him there to avoid a further tragedy. On the other hand it is also true that we didn’t want to forget him. Whenever we do the talk we look back being over the hill as well as those major league players, especially Mays who reminds us the late teammate.

思い出しながら・・・・(最初の書き込みが消えちゃったので)
さなえ

The right fielder died without our noticing it. We talked about what really killed him but no one knows the truth.

We buried him in the ground. Although he was an "outfielder", a-not-important player and just an ordinary guy, the grave reminds us of him and we want new right feilder to be notice it and to wonder who played before him.

ちょっとさっき書いたのとは違うけど大体こんな感じだったかな。。うう。目がかすんできた。

最後のパラグラフはうまくまとめられませんでした。野球人生なんて短いもの。長くても40くらい。それも本の一握り。大体は芽も出ず17歳くらいで燃え尽きてしまうもの。ってことが言いたかったのか?

外野は孤独と言うけど、、それにしても突然死んじゃってグランドに埋められちゃって足で踏み固められるなんて。。。うーん。。

Death of the Right Fielder
ぽち
When we went to outfield to check., we found him, the right fielder dead. Nobody knew how long he had been lying there or why he died. He was a typical outfielder. He wasn’t particularly funny or anything. We talked about the cause of the death and the most popular theory was that he had been shot. We liked that theory better than the one that he might have had heart attack or he might have got leukemia because he never seemed the type of having those. We also liked the theory that he broke his neck while he was chasing a boll and diving to catch it. After we stood there silently for a while we buried him so that the next right fielder would not trip. Even though we buried him we could see its outline. Perhaps we wanted the new right fielder to think about who played there before him. Past thirty-five we talk about graying baseball players. It is sad to admit that they are getting too old for it, but they are the lucky ones. Most boys end it by seventeen.

何回読んでもよくわからない文章でした。結局何が言いたいんだろうか。わかるようなわからないような。Summary今回はパスしようかと思っていたのですが、一応書いてみました・・・。
今回は、とにかく、難解でした。結局、何が言いたかったのか? 人にはoutfielderとinflederがいて、スター選手になれる人以外は、全て、outfielderということなのでしょうか?
それも35歳を過ぎてしまえば、野球人生も終わり。とてもはかないものっていうことでしょうか。
誰か、スパっとこの短編を解説してくれないかな・・・
次回は「The Elephant」舞台はポーランドです。一読しましたが、とってもわかりやすい内容でした。Summaryたくさん提出されるのを待ってます!
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