If the calendar says it's September, you know what that means.
如果你注意到现在是九月的话，你大概就知道我要说什么了。
Right you are. It means you probably forgot to set your fantasy-football
lineup on Sunday. Oops!
当然你可能会先想到星期天你忘了排你FF的阵容。
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.
但这并不是我要说的。是时候来研究一下这季有可能要创下历史纪录的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.
这季的A's真的表现得很好呀，看他们投球和轰全垒打都让我感到舒服，甚至看到
他们穿着绿色的球衣打球都让人感到开心呢。
But there's nothing historic about any of that. What makes these guys a
subject for our September History Watch is this:
但这些其实都没有太大的意义，到底是什么原因我们要在这边讨论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