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Recent years have seen serious strain put on fan loyalty, with skyrocketing salaries and two damaging player strikes. But spectacular batting displays by the likes of Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, along with top quality pitching from Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, and Greg Maddux have kept the spectators coming and the cash flowing through America's favorite sport.
近年來(lái),球員的天價(jià)薪水和兩次破壞嚴(yán)重的球員罷工給球迷的忠誠(chéng)度帶來(lái)嚴(yán)峻考驗(yàn)。幸而杰出重炮手如麥圭爾和薩米·索薩的全壘打競(jìng)爭(zhēng),加上頂尖投手羅杰·克萊蒙斯、藍(lán)迪·約翰遜、佩德羅·馬丁內(nèi)斯及格雷格·馬達(dá)克斯的精湛表演,吸引球迷回籠、鈔票回流,美國(guó)人對(duì)棒球的熱愛(ài)有增無(wú)減。
(短文節(jié)選,本篇始于:美國(guó)大聯(lián)盟 )