Not to suggest it's been a while since anybody won a Triple Crown, but the
last time it happened (1967) a gallon of gas cost 33 cents … the average
salary of a big league baseball player was $10,000 … and the Internet was so
slow, it was almost like it didn't even exist. Heh-heh. Almost.
我也不是要说三冠王是多么了不起的一件事啦，但上次有人达成这项成就是1967年
的时候，那时候一加仑的汽油可只要33分呢!而大联盟球员的平均薪资是$10,000镁
而且那时候的网络慢到跟几乎没有一样!
But now along comes Miguel Cabrera to threaten to force people to learn how
to spell Yastrzemski again. And that's a beautiful thing. But as this edition
of the September History Watch is about to report, there's all kinds of
history out there for Cabrera to make, even if he doesn't win the Triple
Crown:
但现在Cabrera出现啦，而他强迫我们大家试着去拼对Yastrzemski，真是棒透了。
September History Watch又来啦，我们来告诉你即使Cabrera没有达到这项成就
他还是在纪录上留下了些什么。
First off, let's give you a clear picture of how special this is, to find a
man making this serious run at the Triple Crown with a mere two weeks left in
the season.
好，先来个在球季剩下两个礼拜依然追逐著三冠王的男人的照片。
http://tinyurl.com/ckjfhzx
Cabrera leads the league in batting average. And leads the league in RBIs. And
is second in his league in home runs (40), just two back of Josh Hamilton.
Well, friends, that's more astonishing than you might think.
Cabrera现在的打击率跟打点都是美联之冠，全垒打也以40支落后Hamilton两支
(现在只差一支啦)。这可是非常惊人的呀朋友!
This is Year 45 A.Y. (After Yastrzemski). And according to the Elias Sports
Bureau, this is the first time in any of those seasons that any player has
reached the final two weeks of the season, and was leading his league in
batting and RBIs, and within two of the lead in homers.
今年是45 A.Y.。而根据官方的纪录，这是第一次有球员在最后两个礼拜还保有打击率
和打点的领先，而全垒打跟第一名也只有两支的落后。
Think of all the great hitters who have roamed the baseball earth in all
those years: George Brett, Johnny Bench, Albert Pujols, Barry Bonds, Mike
Schmidt,. Kenneth Griffey Jr. and many more. None of them ever made this kind
of run at a Triple Crown. But now Miguel Cabrera has. So he's already on
historic turf.
试着想一下史上那些强大的打者们:George Brett、Johnny Bench、Albert Pujols、
Barry Bonds、Mike Schmidt、Kenneth Griffey Jr.还有其他其他其他的强者们。
没有一个人有在这个时间还保有三冠王的竞争力。所以Cabrera已经创造了历史!
And now another tidbit that astounded us September History Watchers.
Suppose Cabrera wins two-thirds of the Triple Crown but winds up second in
home runs. That would seem like a disappointment, but maybe not after you
hear this:
好吧，那如果Cabrera最后是个两冠王呢?听起来很让人失望对吧，但先来听听
这个，也许你的心情会好点。
Would you believe that we're closing in on nearly a half-century since anyone
won a Triple Crown, and nobody has had a season since in which he won two
legs of this trifecta and finished second in the third category? That word,
again, was "nobody." In fact, we've only had two third-place finishes by
players who led in the other two:
你相信已经有将近半个世纪的时间没有人达成三冠王的成就，也没有人赢了其中
两项并且在第三项居于第二吗?对你没看错，我是说"nobody"!
事实上，纪录告诉我们只有两个人在其中两项第一，第三项是第三。
Jim Rice 1978 (led in HRs and RBIs, third in batting race)
Matt Kemp 2011 (led in HRs and RBIs, third in batting race)
And now another incredible feat on Cabrera's plate: He leads the league in
batting and RBIs. Plus, he has already hit 40 homers. Would you believe that,
in the history of baseball, only two men have ever done that without winning
a Triple Crown? Here they are:
更不可思议的来䁖~Cabrera的打击率和打点领先联盟，另外他已经敲出了40支HR了。
你相信在整个大联盟史上只有两个人有留下这样的成绩吗?就是下面这两个。
Jimmie Foxx 1938 (hit 50 HRs, eight behind Hank Greenberg)
Todd Helton 2000 (hit 42 HRs, eight behind Sammy Sosa)
Speaking of Foxx, he's had his own unique Double Crown all to himself for
more than 70 years, only to find himself in danger of having Cabrera crash
his party. Amazingly, in the live ball era, Foxx is the only man ever to lead
the American League in batting and RBIs but not win a Triple Crown. So even
if Cabrera can't catch Hamilton in the home run race, if he leads the league
in the other two categories, he'll still have done something cool and
historic.
先来谈谈Foxx吧，"这种两冠王"的纪录已经保持超过70年了，但现在他大概
很怕Cabrera会毁掉他的派对吧。事实上在活球时代以后，Foxx是美联唯一的
球员在打击率和打点上领先但最后不是三冠王的。如果Cabrera的全垒打赶不上
Hamilton，但他保持他的另外两项数据，他还是完成了一件很了不起的事。
Over in the NL, for some reason, that particular Double Crown (batting and
RBI titles) hasn't been quite as rare. But it's still been done just six
times in the past 85 years:
而国联的"这种两冠王"好像就没有那么稀少了，但85年来的历史也只有六位。
Stan Musial 1948
Tommy Davis 1962
Joe Torre 1971
Al Oliver 1982
Helton 2000
Matt Holliday 2007
Of that group, only one man had a real shot at a Triple Crown in the last two
weeks of the season. And that was the great Stan Musial, in 1948.
这六位也只有一位在最后两个礼拜还保有三冠王竞争力的。1948年的Stan Musial。
Ralph Kiner and Johnny Mize tied for the league lead in homers that year,
with 40. Musial was sitting on 38 home runs with nine games left in the
season but hit only one more and finished one behind them.
那年Raplh Kiner和Johnny Mize以40支全垒打共享了全垒打王的宝座。
而Musial在剩下九场比赛的时候是38支全垒打，但最后只多敲了1支，以1支
的差距在他们后面。
Hold on. It gets better. Other than Musial, only one other player in the
live ball era managed to lead his league in batting and RBIs and wind up as
close to the league lead in home runs as Cabrera is now (two or closer). This
man:
等等等等。从活球时代以后，只有一个人跟Cabrera现在的状况很像。
The immortal Rogers Hornsby in 1921