[外電] Amazing A's on verge of making history

看板MLB (美國職棒/大聯盟)作者allqwdd (乳乳)時間11年前 (2012/09/12 14:45)推噓24(24推 0噓 20→)

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If the calendar says it's September, you know what that means. 如果你注意到現在是九月的話，你大概就知道我要說甚麼了。 Right you are. It means you probably forgot to set your fantasy-football lineup on Sunday. Oops! 當然你可能會先想到星期天你忘了排你FF的陣容。 Ah, but that's not all it means. It also means it's time to kick off our annual September History Watch. And let's get this year's history lesson started with a look at those amazing Oakland A's. 但這並不是我要說的。是時候來研究一下這季有可能要創下歷史紀錄的A's了。 They're a beautiful story, these 2012 A's. We love the way they pitch. We love the way they make those home run trots. We love the way they sport those fashionable green caps. 這季的A's真的表現得很好呀，看他們投球和轟全壘打都讓我感到舒服，甚至看到他們穿著綠色的球衣打球都讓人感到開心呢。 But there's nothing historic about any of that. What makes these guys a subject for our September History Watch is this: 但這些其實都沒有太大的意義，到底是甚麼原因我們要在這邊討論A's呢? They're almost certainly going to have the lowest team batting average of any club ever to make it to the postseason in the division-play era -- and possibly ever. 那就是他們很可能會成為MLB分區後史上進入季後賽的隊伍中團隊打擊率最低的 Here are the numbers you should file away if, like us, you have pretty much no life: 這邊有些數字你應該要看一下。 ‧ Oakland's team average currently sits at .236. That ranks 29th in baseball, ahead of only the perpetually offensively challenged Mariners (.232). Fortunately, the A's walk a lot, homer a lot and find ways to score when they need to. Nevertheless, it's safe to say you don't see a lot of contenders rumbling through September with .236 team batting averages. * A's的團隊打擊率目前是 .236，在MLB30支隊伍中排第29名，只比死屍打線的水手 (.232)高一些。那為什麼戰績可以差這麼多呢? 因為他們有很多保送，還有很多全壘打，在需要得分的時候他們總是有辦法。儘管如此，你絕對可以說幾乎沒看過一支團隊打擊率在 .236的隊伍在九月還保有它的競爭力。 What's the lowest team average by any club to make it to the postseason since baseball lowered the mound and went to division play in 1969? That would be .242, by Bud Harrelson's 1969 Mets. And that number is more unreachable than you might think. 在1969之後聯盟把投手丘降低後的該紀錄保持者是誰呢? 就是1969的Mets，它們的團隊打擊率是 .242，這實在也是一個意想不到的數字。 By our calculations, the A's would have to hit close to .290 as a team the rest of the way to get to .243. So good chance that's not happening, even if they did have an 11-game stretch from Aug. 28 through Sept. 8 where they did in fact hit .290. 在我們的計算中呢，A's在接下來的賽程需要打出 .290這個天文數字它們才能把團隊打擊率提升到 .243。我可以很負責任地說這不可能會發生，雖然在8/28~9/8號的 11場比賽他們的打擊率真的是 .290。 ‧ Of course, unlike those '69 Mets, these A's get to use a DH every day. So what's the lowest team average by an American League playoff participant in the DH era? That would be .244, by last year's Rays. And we're ashamed to say we just realized that. How'd we miss that fabulous piece of history last September, anyway? What's wrong with us? * 當然，這跟 '69的Mets還是不太一樣，因為A's可是有DH的呢。那我們來討論一下有DH制的美聯該項紀錄保持者 --- 去年的Rays .244。呃..這邊我要跟大家說聲不好意思啦去年我們怎麼可以漏掉這個驚人的歷史紀錄呢!! 我是在想這篇文章才知道Rays去年創了紀錄。真是太丟臉了... ‧ But it's also possible that the A's could make even more history. What's the lowest team batting average by any team that played a postseason game in the live ball era? Oh, it's doable. That magic number is .235, by Mickey Stanley's 1968 Tigers, a team that actually won the World Series, thanks to Denny McLain, Mickey Lolich and a pitcher's mound that then stood 18 inches high. * 算了，還是珍惜眼前吧，事實上這個紀錄還可能被延伸!延伸到live ball era(註1) 又是哪支球隊是紀錄保持者呢?喔對了是 '68的 Tigers，他們的魔術數字是 .235，最特別的是這支球隊靠著Denny McLain還真的贏了W's。這個傢伙的投手丘可是有18吋呢。 So it isn't exactly out of the question that the A's could break that record, considering they never got their average above .235 at any point all season until a week and a half ago, when the Red Sox were helpful enough to allow them to get 19 hits and score 20 runs in one game. 毫無疑問的A's非常非常有可能破這項紀錄，它們本季並沒有高過 .235 --- 一直到一個多禮拜前，靠著好心的紅襪讓他們在一場比賽打了19支安打並得了20分。 ‧ What now looks almost certainly out of reach, though, is the lowest team batting average by any team ever to play a postseason game -- a record held by Jiggs Donahue's fabled "Hitless Wonders," the 1906 White Sox. That team hit .230 that year, but still found a way to beat the Cubs in a World Series in which both teams batted under .200. We'd say they both submerged under the Mendoza Line, except for the slight technicality that the inspiration for that line, Mario Mendoza, was still 44 years away from debuting on planet Earth at the time. 嘗試再把這個紀錄往前延伸一點看看，1906的白襪靠著 .230的團隊打擊率打進了季後賽最後還在W's裡面擊敗了Cubs(小熊明年???)，在W's中兩支球隊的打擊率都低於 .200。這麼說吧，這兩支球隊當時簡直在挑戰Mendoza Line(註2)嘛! 喔不過....這場比賽是在Mendoza Line出生的44年之前。 Could these A's still catch those White Sox? Doubtful. The A's were actually hitting below .230 as recently as Aug. 18. But they've been trending northward ever since. So we're not worried about them plummeting that far south in the last three weeks. Jonny Gomes wouldn't allow it. 今年的A's有可能打破當年白襪的紀錄嗎?這就不知道了，但A's在8/18之前是真的低於 .230的，但在那之後它們似乎換了一批人在打球似的。 ‧ Finally, we could be in for a double dose of history this October, because the A's aren't even the only contender with a team average in the .230s. Checked out the Rays lately? They're gurgling along at .239 themselves. So if these two teams pitch their way into the Octoberfest, we'll be looking at an all-time first: * 最精彩的來啦，創造歷史的路上並不只有A's，請把目光移到去年那支被遺忘的光芒。他們現在也是以 .239在爭取季後賽門票啊，如果十月還能看到這兩支球隊在球場上.. 那代表我們見證歷史啦! Two playoff teams with batting averages under .240 in the same season? Never happened. Ever. 蛤? 你說有沒有單季有兩隻季後賽球隊的打擊率都低於 .240? 沒有，從來沒有。 But it could happen this year, friends. And that's the reason this September History Watch has a reason to exist. So stay tuned. There's more to come like this. Way more. Jonny Gomes would allow that. 這在今年是很有可能發生的，這就是為什麼September History Watch會存在，請持續關注我們，像這種歷史紀錄一定還會有很多的! *註1 live ball era http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live-ball_era *註2 Mendoza Line 這個詞和Mario Mendoza有關係，這傢伙是個典型守優於攻非常多的游擊手，守備很好但棒子就....，他在大聯盟生存了八年，生涯avg .215左右，除了首季有到.259之外其餘每季幾乎都在兩成左右徘徊，當然也有幾季是不到兩成的。這個詞彙的生成和應用的詳細介紹想看 http://tinyurl.com/8akv6lp http://espn.go.com/mlb/blog/_/name/stark_jayson 看到今天綠帽又贏了，又看到這篇文章實在是很有趣啊這文章是在今天比賽前寫的，所以綠帽離紀錄又前進了一點點... 另外有強者知道Jonny Gomes是甚麼梗嗎?? -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.120.203.49

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