今年有本算是阿民的傳記書，書名叫做《沉默的王牌》。姑且不說現在阿民在洋基的地位算不算「王牌」，但他的確夠沉默、夠安靜。
或許該說是這次的洋基vs.紅襪世仇對戰實在太精彩，邪惡帝國第一名和邪惡帝國第二名（是滴，自從紅襪花大把銀子搶來松坂之後，它也成為邪惡帝國的一員…）這次的勝負，是終場洋基以 9:5 勝過紅襪。整場球賽除了打擊精彩，更高潮迭起、充滿戲劇張力──有全壘打、觸身球、盜壘、裁判不公、教練抗議被驅逐出場，甚至雙方球員衝上場快要打起來──就算是熬夜沒睡看球賽的觀眾，也不會看球看到無聊睡著。
因此，阿民的勝投更顯得安靜，除了投出一記觸身球，賽後報導幾乎沒被提起。這場比賽前面幾局他都投得很緊張，造成用球數太多，幸好洋基的「鑽石打線」總算從蒙塵中擦亮，讓阿民能夠穩下來恢復正常，把失分控制在3分。可惜的是沒投滿六局就下場（但總投球數已經到112），少了一次「優質先發」的記錄。
＊Yahoo Sports
June 2, 2007
NY Yankees 9, Boston 5
by JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer
＊The New York Times
Published: June 2, 2007
Yankees 9, Red Sox 5;
Yanks Show Some Fire in Victory at Fenway
by TYLER KEPNER
＊大聯盟洋基官網
06/02/2007 1:30 AM ET
Big inning lifts Yanks past Sox
Posada's three-run double caps six-run fourth at Fenway
by Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
Having showcased a varied repertoire to best the Red Sox in his last effort against them, starter Chien-Ming Wang continued to tread carefully against Boston's lineup -- at least, until the bats blasted open the doors.
With a 13 1/2-game deficit entering play Friday, there is a certain immediacy to every action taken by a player in pinstripes -- just ask Alex Rodriguez -- whether construed as desperation or aggressiveness. Friday brought more of the latter than the former, with even a meager two-game winning streak appearing as a tantalizing prize at Wang's workload.
"He's pitched some big games for us," Torre said. "Tonight was a huge game. We really haven't been able to string anything together."
The right-hander threw 75 pitches through the first three innings, touched for runs by David Ortiz's single and Julio Lugo's groundout in the second inning, plus Dustin Pedroia's double to left in the third.
Torre said that the effort wasn't exactly vintage Wang, but it evolved over the course of the night.
"He never uses that many pitches early in the game," Torre said. "Once we got the lead for him, he was somebody else."
Given the large advantage, Wang settled and worked into the sixth before handing duties off to reliever Mike Myers, who struck out Ortiz, the only batter he faced. Wang scattered 10 hits and walked two, striking out one in a 112-pitch outing.
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