《棒球英豪》中的８０年代流行色

Touch Forever: It's in All of Us!永遠的《棒球英豪》：它就是我們的生活！

There will always be new stories， new comics and new animations22) for us to watch with more action23)， more hot beautiful characters， more of everything， but Touch is still mentioned in every list as being one of the best. We are touched by Touch， because it's so honest and real， because it's universal， it's just like your life， and it's in all of us!

雖然新故事、新漫畫和新動畫層出不窮，我們也可以看到更多的情節，更多熱門的漂亮角色，更多的等等等等，但是，《棒球英豪》仍然在每一個榜單中被提名為最好的漫畫之一。我們被《棒球英豪》所感動，因為它是那么的真誠和真實，因為它是屬于大家的，它就像是你的生活，它就是我們的生活！

《棒球英豪》創作于上世紀80年代。你知道那時的美國和日本都流行什么嗎？

Tight jeans always went along with the trendy24) motorcycle， like Nitta here. But Nitta was very stylish because he wore a nice striped25) shirt that was rolled up. Everyone used to roll up their sleeves back then. And not to mention， people rolled up their tight jeans， too.

This looks very 1986. The penny loafers Minami wore were so in， even in the early 90's. The sweat shirt26) with the checkered27) skirt was very 80's too.

★ Penny loafers: 這種低筒平底皮鞋是美國的國鞋Bass Loafers(俗稱懶人鞋)，由BASS品牌制造。在80年代的美國，懶人鞋被視為年輕人不可或缺的流行元素之一，當時還流行在鞋面上放一枚一分錢的美金硬幣(penny)，稱為Penny Loafers，那是一種幸運的象征。邁克爾·杰克遜跳月球漫步舞時穿的就是這種鞋子。

Minami in her Keds， which were popular in the early 90's too. You could either wear them sockless or with several different argyle28) socks. She was also in 80's style capris29) with a nice sweatshirt.

★ Keds: 美國的帆布鞋品牌Keds于1916年創立，現在已成為世界上最老的運動品牌之一。Keds帆布鞋在早期的現代奧運會上就已被不少運動員認可。

This girl wore sockless Chuck Taylors with those 1980's zebra shorts. This style lasted until the early 90's because every boy in the 6th grade wore zebra print pants which were in every Wal-Mart for about $9.99.

★ Chuck Taylor: Chuck Taylor帆布鞋由Converse公司設計，全稱為All Star Chuck Taylor。 1917年，Converse推出了世界上第一雙All Star專業籃球鞋，從而帶動了整個鞋業界的革命。當時的籃球巨星Chuck Taylor 非常喜愛這款帆布鞋，并不斷向身邊的朋友、籃球選手及教練推薦這雙鞋。為了表彰他對All Star帆布鞋所作的貢獻，Converse公司決定把Chuck Taylor 的簽名作為All Star商標的一部分，這是第一雙以運動員名字命名的鞋子。在1936年奧運會上，All Star Chuck Taylor 成為美國隊專用鞋。一個世紀過去了，Chuck Taylor 已成為全世界家喻戶曉的帆布鞋代名詞，它和可口可樂、麥當勞等品牌一同成為美國文化的精神象征。

In the U.S.， students who graduated around the same time as Tatsuya and Minami did—which was around '86 or '87， had a big sweater like Minami's here.

In this picture， Tatsuya still looked in style by today's standards but Minami was a little 1987. The skirt and the knee-high socks are evidence of that， but she looked pretty. Everyone used to wear knee highs back then.

This whole outfit30) of Minami's was very 80's: the long skirt， the letter sweatshirt with a button up31) shirt underneath. On the American old fashion magazines from 1987， all the Esprit ads had outfits like these.

★ Esprit: 品牌埃斯普利特于1964年創立。在20世紀80年代十分流行，尤其受青少年歡迎。

關鍵詞鏈接

* Touch: touch作動詞用時有“觸碰，接觸”的意思，還意為“感動，觸動”，它作名詞用時可指代棒球術語“觸壘”。漫畫家安達充用touch表達了一種人與人之間的接觸，傳達出少男少女之間青澀朦朧的悸動。此外，Touch還是一種雙手相觸后換人繼續的游戲，這象征著達也繼續完成和也的夢想。最后，touch的日語發音和達也昵稱的日語發音相似。

* Koushien: 甲子園曾是所有日本高中棒球隊的最高目標，進入甲子園就意味著從四千多所高中棒球隊中脫穎而出，打入全國決賽。它現在已變成日本棒球職業聯賽的主場了。

* The Catcher in the Rye: catcher不但可指“捕捉者”，還可指棒球術語里的“捕手”。在這部小說中，16歲少年霍爾頓也有一只棒球手套，那是他早夭的弟弟留給他的遺物。霍爾頓一直珍藏著這只手套。小說充滿了青春的憂傷、困惑與掙扎，有著對光明與純真的向往。

Blazers32) and long skirts are signs of mid and late 80's fashions. Many 80's movie stars wore blazers which made them look snappy33). So here is Minami who was always in the latest fashion of the times.