On what should have been Opening Day, the pinstriped uniforms of the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies appeared in a different fashion. Two weeks after the novel coronavirus ground all major U.S. sports leagues to a halt, the fabric used to manufacture official jerseys for Major League Baseball will become protective masks and gowns for medical professionals.
在原訂美國職棒大聯盟開賽日(的3月26日這天),紐約洋基隊與費城費城人隊的細直條紋花樣的制服,以不同方式現身。在新型冠狀病毒導致美國各大運動聯盟逐漸停擺的兩週後,原本用來製造職棒大聯盟官方球衣的布料,將成為提供醫療專業人士使用的防護性口罩與袍子。
Fanatics, the company that manufactures MLB uniforms, has halted production of jerseys at its Pennsylvania factory and will instead make these necessary items from the polyester mesh.
職棒大聯盟制服製造商Fanatics的賓州工廠已停止生產球衣,改將這些聚酯纖維經編網布拿來製造這些必需品。
"When the country is in need the way it is, it’s our privilege and opportunity to try to chip in in a small way," Michael Rubin, the founder and executive chairman of Fanatics, said in a telephone interview. "If we can save even one life, that’s better than making baseball uniforms and jerseys."
「當國家急需(這些醫療補給品)時,我們很榮幸能有機會如此微不足道地貢獻一己之力,」Fanatics創辦人兼執行長麥可.魯賓在電話訪問中如此表示。「我們要是能救一條人命,將會好過製造棒球制服與球衣。」