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