Rebirth in America

Although Bart didn't like the idea of ​​the Carpenters buying a comic book company, he bought a sports team first. For Christmas in 1955, Bart's gift to his family was a baseball team.

"Honey, guess what my Christmas gift is this year?" As soon as Bart got home, he was as excited as a child and kept chasing Angel to show his courtesy.

Angel was in a good mood and asked, "What gift?"

"you guess!"

"Diamond rings? You've bought a lot of diamond rings for me, Bart!"

"No, it's not a diamond ring. This gift is so big that it can't even fit in our house."

"Do you want to give me a private jet?"

"It's not a plane, it's alive, or it's not an object."

"Oh, it's so hard to guess, you might as well tell us."

"Da da da! I bought the New York Yankees! From now on, we can proudly tell others that the Yankees belong to our Carpenter family." Bart happily showed off to his family.

The New York Yankees (abbreviated as NYY) are one of the baseball teams affiliated with the American League East in Major League Baseball. Their home stadium is located in the Bronx, New York, USA. The New York Yankees baseball team has a long history, dating back to 1900. Among all professional baseball teams in the United States, the Yankees are the only team to have players in every position inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Together with Manchester United of the English Premier League, they are considered the most famous sports club in the world.

"Wow! Did you really buy it?" Angel covered her mouth in disbelief. She had heard Bart mention it a long time ago that his dream when he was a child was to own a team of his own.

Bart nodded proudly, pointed to his chest and said: "From now on, I am the owner of the Yankees. Please call me Mr. Yankee."

Richard shouted excitedly: "Then I can go watch the Yankees play any time from now on."

Bart patted Richard on the shoulder and smiled: "No, son! You can still play ball with them!"

The two of them used to love playing baseball together. Europe and the United States seemed to have this tradition. The father would practice pitching when his son was young, but Alex was not interested in this, so he never pitched with Bart.

My sister Karen also shouted for no apparent reason: "Let's play ball together! Let's play ball together!"

Karen once saw Richard and Bart practicing netball together and wanted to join them, but she was young and she was a girl. Bart didn't allow it, so Karen had to play on the side.

"Then why don't you buy the remaining 20% ​​of the shares?" Alex felt a little strange. He thought Bart would not let go of the remaining shares.

Sure enough, Bart replied: "The shareholder is not in the United States now. He and his wife traveled to Europe. When he returns to China, I will mention this matter to him."

Alex has no interest in baseball, not in this life or the last. He didn't know this information. If he did, he would know that the 1940s and 1950s were the Yankees' most glorious moments.

During this period, the Yankees entered the World Series 13 times and won 10 world championships. From 1949 to 1953, they even reached the level of five consecutive championships, which no other team in the major leagues could match.

Ever since he bought the baseball team, Bart has wanted to go to baseball games with his whole family. It's just that everyone in the Carpenter family is very busy. Either one has something to do or the other doesn't have time.

After the Carpenter Brothers record was released and the movie was filmed, I finally found time to hang out with my family.

Angel and Bart also took time out, and the five members of their family got into two cars and went straight to Yankee Stadium. Before setting off, Bart took out a baseball bat and distributed it to everyone.

"Come on, come on, everyone has a hat. We are Yankees, so we have to wear Yankee hats."

This is a baseball cap with the Yankees logo printed on it. The logo is two overlapping letters, one is the word N and the other is the word Y.

"Hey, this hat looks pretty good!"

Alex has no interest in baseball, but if it were an NBA basketball game, he might still be looking forward to it. However, he did not show this emotion, but put on the hat obediently.

"Can I really go out there and play?"

Richard was different. He seemed very interested in baseball and wanted to play ball with the Yankees.

"Dad, this hat is too big! I can't wear it firmly!"

Karen kept using her hands to keep the hat on her head from falling down and covering her eyes.

Bart looked at it and apologized quickly: "Baby! I sent it by mistake. Come, I have a smaller one here, let me change it to your hat."

After Karen put on her hat, Angel carried her and got into the car. After sitting down, she said to the driver: "Go to Yankee Stadium."

Alex and Richard also each have their own cars, which they bought with their own money. However, they don't plan to go to the game in their own cars. In order not to appear too alienated from the family, the two of them went there with Bart.

After arriving at Yankee Stadium, they did not enter through the front door, but drove to an underground parking lot. From there, there is a VIP lane leading directly into the stadium.

This was the first time for the Carpenter brothers to come to a baseball stadium to watch a game. In the past, they had only learned about the game through radio or television. Being in a new environment, everyone seems a little nervous. Even here, you can vaguely feel the cheers of tens of thousands of people on the stadium.

Yankee Stadium is actually called Yankee Stadium. It was built in 1923 and is the first three-tiered seating stadium in the history of American baseball. It can accommodate up to 50,000 people.

Last year, one of the Yankees' greatest ever players, DiMaggio, married movie star Marilyn Monroe. The news was sensational, and people's attention on the Yankees reached an unprecedented level.

The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox have always been super rivals in Major League Baseball, and the fans of the two teams are also incompatible. Today's game happened to be between these two teams, so the stadium was already packed, either Yankee fans or Red Sox fans.

They came to a house in which the wall facing the court had long been removed, allowing them to see the players on the entire court up close. Since it is a VIP room, they are the only family here. Unless invited by the Carpenters, no one else can enter here.

The game has begun, and now it's the Yankees' turn to bat and the Red Sox's pitching to defend.

Every time the ball was hit or not hit, there would be loud exclamations in the stadium. When the ball is hit, the batter immediately starts running, and the atmosphere in the stadium is even more intense at this time. Almost everyone stood up and cheered for their team.

The commentator was also excited and spoke at an unusually fast rate, explaining the game like a machine gun blast.

The Carpenter family also leaned nervously against the railing, shouting at the top of their lungs. Except for Alex, he still looked calm, as if he had no feeling at all about the fierce baseball game.

"Hey! Son, why aren't you happy? Let's cheer for the Yankees together. The purpose of watching the game is to relax, be happy, and don't think about other things."

Bart notices that Alex is not very interested in baseball, so he explains the rules of baseball to him. In fact, Alex does not understand the rules of baseball. He may know what the rules are. As long as he uses the "retrospective" ability, he should be able to find relevant information.

But he has never done any in-depth research on this kind of movement, let alone understand it. This time, when Bart explained it to him carefully, he felt it was interesting.

"You see the field is a right-angled fan. Now the Yankees are on the offensive side, so their team sent out batters. As the defensive side, the Red Sox have to find a way to withstand this attack, otherwise they will allow the opponent's offense to score. ."

Alex stared at the players in the stadium, counted the number of people, and said, "Oh? Are the Red Sox defensive? Well, how can they defend?"

"It's actually very simple. The offensive players hit the pitcher's ball with the bat at home plate in turn, and take the opportunity to run the base. If they can step over the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd bases at once and return to the home base safely, they will get one point. . If the defensive team intercepts the hit ball, and then touches the runner or steps on the base with the ball, the runner can be blocked. If 3 people are eliminated, the offense and defense will be exchanged, and the offense and defense will be one inning, a total of 9 Game, whoever scores more points wins.”

"In this way, the pitcher is very important, uh, the catcher is also very important."

"Yeah, you see, nine members of the Red Sox came up to defend, occupying the pitching plate and 1 to 3 bases in the infield respectively. There were also three outfielders arranged in the outfield. In the infield, a guerrilla was also arranged. Hands are used to catch leaks.”

At this time, the Yankees' hitter was indeed very powerful. He didn't swing the bat for the first two balls. On the last ball, UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.net made a decisive move and hit hard. He actually hit the ball out of the field. This ball was called a home run.

Amid everyone's exclamations, the Yankees easily scored 1 point.

"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Well done Yankees! Well done!"

Bart jumped up excitedly, as if he had hit the home run himself. Others also cheered, the atmosphere in the venue was boiling, and even Alex was a little excited.

"It turns out that baseball is such an interesting sport. It looks like a lot of fun."

Gradually, Alex no longer found baseball boring, and he began to study the game format on the field. Now the Yankees seem to have the advantage, but the score gap has not been completely widened yet, and the Red Sox may still be able to catch up.

Bart suddenly stopped shouting. He listened quietly for a while, showing a puzzled look.

"What's wrong?" Alex noticed Bart's abnormality and asked.

"The other owner of the Yankees came over to watch the game. They were in the box next door. Did you hear that?"

Alex listened carefully, and sure enough, someone was calling loudly next to him, and the voice sounded a little rough.

"Well done Yankees, sending those sons of bitches to hell! Haha, hahaha!"

Alex remembered that he had asked Bart before why he didn't buy all the shares. Bart explained that the boss who held 20% of the shares had traveled to Europe. Could it be that the other party has returned to the United States, but the time seems to be too hasty.