When 9-year-old Alayna Adams threw the first pitch at the Tampa Bay Rays game on Thursday night, she had no idea her father, deployed in the army, was the one catching the ball.
當九歲的阿萊恩-亞當斯周四晚在坦帕灣光芒隊球場投出第一擲時，她沒有想到她在部隊服役的父親會是接住球的人。

Earlier in the day, Alayna thought she was in trouble when she and her mother had to meet with the principal of her school, Westlake Christian School, according to the Tampa Bay Times. They were then told they had been chosen from a group of military families to throw the ceremonial first pitch at the Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Socks game at Tropicana Fieldon Thursday night.
據(jù)《坦帕灣時報》稱，當天早些時間，阿萊恩和她的母親被通知要去會見她的學校西湖基督學校校長，當時小姑娘認為自己肯定是有麻煩了。隨后，她們被告知從軍人家屬中被選中，將在純品康納室內球場舉行的坦帕灣光芒隊對波士頓紅襪隊比賽中擲出比賽的第一個球。

Neither mother nor daughter knew that the man behind the catcher's mask was Army Lieutenant Colonel Will Adams, who has been stationed in Afghanistan for most of the past two years. They thought he was getting home next Monday, but Will actually arrived home Wednesday and stayed at a hotel to keep the secret devised by the United Service Organizations and the Rays, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
而母親和孩子都不知道，在接球手面具后的人是陸軍中校威爾-亞當斯，他在過去兩年的大部分時間駐扎在阿富汗。據(jù)《坦帕灣時報》稱，她們以為他會在下周一回家，但實際上威爾在周三就已抵達當?shù)?，秘密居住在一家旅館中。這一秘密驚喜由全美服務組織和光芒隊共同設計。

Before Alayna threw the ball, a prerecorded video of Will offering good luck played on the Jumbotron. "Stay focused, throw the ball and I love you," the army dad told his daughter, notes Tampa's WTSP.
根據(jù)坦帕的WTSP電視臺報道，在阿萊恩投球前，在電視大屏幕上放映了威爾錄好的視頻，來祝她們好運。“集中注意力，投球，我愛你，” 這個軍人父親告訴他女兒。

After the pitch, the man dressed in Rays gear at home plate lifted up his mask. That is when Alayna saw he wasn't an MLB player but her dad, and she ran into his arms.
阿萊恩投出球之后，在本壘身著光芒隊隊服的男人摘掉面具。這時，阿萊恩發(fā)現(xiàn)他不是全美職棒大聯(lián)盟的隊員，而是她爸爸，她投進他的懷抱中。

The surprise made for a super sweet reunion between father and daughter, and footage of the touching moment later went viral online.
這個驚喜造就了超級甜蜜的父女重逢，而那些觸動人心的鏡頭隨后在網上瘋傳。

When asked what she first thought when she saw her dad, Alayna told WTSP, "I don't really know. I thought I was dreaming."
當被問及見到父親的首先想到什么時，阿萊恩告訴WSTP電視臺：“我不知道。我覺得像做夢一樣?！?/div>