英語検定ライティング準１級（第353回）

手首骨折「外国人選手に過度な依存をした話」

主力選手が怪我で抜けると戦力が下がるがそれが日本人選手の場合は高くないと考える。反対に高額な年俸を支払って連れて来た外国人なら最悪だ。広島もシーズン当初は苦労したが最近は状況が改善されてきた。ボールに反発力がないのもあるが。
It is inevitable that not a few regular members become absent for something injurious, which lowers the team performances, but their damages shouldn’t be large in the case of Japanese players, whose salaries aren’t high as compared with those of foreign players from abroad.
When a certain foreign player is imported with brilliant accomplishments from America, the baseball team must prepare something expensive, which could produce the worst conclusions when he cannot perform his abilities.
Our favorite Hiroshima has acquired three newcomers from America, none of whom have adjusted themselves to the current situation in the central league so far.
Their struggles might’ve resulted from the specific balls without repulsive forces, however, the team conditions have been improved since they left the regular members.

即戦力の外国人選手に依存する東京のチームが今年は去年と違って優勝争いしている。彼が日本人投手にうまく適応したからだ。ところが怪我をした。戦力ダウンは回避できない。親会社の新聞の売り上げも下がっているし財政的にも痛いはずです。
A certain baseball team in Tokyo, whose supportive enterprise is a major media newspaper company, have stayed in the second position in the league in recent weeks so far, whose atmosphere is different from that of these three years, although a superior foreign player got injured when he tried a challenge as a outfielder, which might make negative contributions to the team condition.
His injury and his absence could make an undesirable difference in the strategic viewpoint, simultaneously, the supportive corporation would become unprofitable.

反対に広島は下部組織の能力を高める方向に方針転換した。２軍の選手は頑張る。結果が出れば夜の公式戦に出場できるからだ。首脳陣は綿密に連携を取り合う。外国人の助っ人を輸入することをやめた。それは日本人投手が有能なことを意味する。
On the other hand, our favorite Hiroshima have changed their policies and strategies from importing someone uncertain to enhancing someone immature trained in their subordinate organizations, which have enabled not a few young subordinate players to make bloody efforts because their superior performances never fail to make them participate in the official night matches, he says.
Simultaneously, their performances during the official games cannot fail to stimulate other young players in the western league, which eliminates a few foreign players.
Several brains of the team contact each other to discuss their players performances, which determines the strategic change, after all, numerous Japanese pitchers are capable in the physical and technical viewpoints.