Over in the National League the top records since the All-Star break belong
to teams that have been strong all season: Cincinnati, Washington, Atlanta.
However, as Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times notes the American League’s
top post-break record belongs to the team that had the league’s worst record
going into the break.
Seattle went 36-51 in the first half, but the Mariners are now 23-13 in the
second half and tied with the Rays for the AL’s top mark during that time.
And the doubly amazing part is that they had a five-game losing streak within
that, meaning the Mariners went 23-8 surrounding the five losses in a row.
They’re still in last place in the AL West at 59-64 overall, but thanks to
the second Wild Card being added the Mariners are now at least on the fringes
of contention. With just two more wins they’ll match their 2010 win total
and eight more wins will match their 2011 win total.
明星赛后美联战绩最佳的球队你猜到了吗？答案是水手队，在今天获胜之后，明星赛后
战绩来到24W-13L，全美联最佳，更令人惊讶的是这当中包含了一次5连败。
虽然因为明星赛前战绩太差，所以累积战绩目前看起来还距离领先群有一段距离，
但在今年多一张外卡名额的情况下，水手在接下来的一个多月球季会创造奇蹟吗？
source:http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/
Aaron Gleeman