Mattingly compares Jason Collins to Jackie Robinson
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By Mark Saxon | ESPNLosAngeles.com
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said he believes NBA player Jason
Collins' decision to announce that he is gay will have similar ramifications
to Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier with the Dodgers 66
years ago.
當道奇隊總教練Don Mattingly被問到Jason Collins出櫃事件時，他認為其影響力跟
66年前打破職棒種族屏障的Jackie Robinson相比，有異曲同工之妙。
Mattingly also said he thinks an openly gay player could be accepted in a
major league clubhouse, saying, "I don't know why not."
Mattingly並表示他樂見同性戀棒球選手終將被大聯盟球隊接受，「我不知道為何不能
。」
"I think it'd be OK. It's the first time it's happened. It's just kind of
uncharted waters," Mattingly said. "A lot like Jackie, he would make it
easier for anyone else who would step forward."
「我覺得(Collins出櫃)是OK的，雖然這是(現役主流球類選手)第一次公開，但這就
像是運動界的大航海時代。(Collins)就跟Jackie一樣，會讓其他有類似情況的球員
更勇於面對。」
註：大航海時代原意就是「地理大發現」，也被作同名熱門遊戲，在此也被引申成具有
重大影響力的事件
Mattingly accompanied his players to a special screening of the movie "42,"
based on Robinson's story, this spring in Arizona.
Mattingly在春訓時，曾與隊上球員一起看過描寫Robinson在大聯盟奮鬥歷程的劇情片「
42」。