Maybe we're easily astounded around here. But we never seem to run out of
astounding facts for your reading enjoyment. So once again, our Useless
Information Department now proudly presents the Five Astounding Facts of the
Week:
我想各位读者在读September History Watch时应该常常感到吃惊，但我们的目的就是
要让各位吃惊啊!
这个礼拜呢，我们这个没什么用的单位找到了五个各位读者可能会感兴趣的事件!
1
An amazing thing happened Wednesday in Baltimore: In the fifth inning that
night, the Orioles had a 20-year-old guy (Manny Machado) and a 42-year-old
guy (Jim Thome) hit a home run in the same inning.
1.星期三在巴尔的摩发生的事还蛮令人惊讶的: 当比赛进行到第五局的时候呢，金鹰
队的20岁小将(Manny Machado)和42岁的老将(Jim Thome)在同一局击出了全垒打。
So how often have a 20-year-old and a 40-something homered in the same
inning, you ask? Exactly once in baseball history, according to the Sultan of
Swat Stats, SABR home run historian David Vincent:
所以40几岁的老鸟和20岁的菜鸟在同一局击出全垒打是很常见的事吗?
事实上根据我们的纪录，只有一次。
On April 19, 1958, the Giants got a home run from Orlando Cepeda, age 20, and
Hank Sauer, age 41, in the third inning of a game against the Dodgers. Just
how long ago was that? It was just the fifth game played in the history of
the San Francisco Giants. In other words, it wasn't exactly last week.
那是在1958年的4/19，巨人队的Orlando Cepeda(20)和Hank Sauer(41)在对道奇
的第三局都击出了全垒打。
这是旧金山巨人队成军后的第55场比赛，你觉得这很常见吗?
2
Speaking of amazing home run feats, those never-a-dull-moment Oakland A's did
something Saturday that we couldn't recall ever seeing: They hit three home
runs in the 13th inning at Yankee Stadium