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This is an edition of the September History Watch that we September History
Watchers didn't want to write -- any more than Clint Hurdle or Andrew
McCutchen or A.J. Burnett want to read.
這篇文章實在是本單位非常不願意寫的一個單元，海賊王和Burnett和Hurdle
絕對也不會想看。
But at this point, we can't help ourselves, because the Pittsburgh Pirates
are hurtling toward the kind of history nobody wants to make.
但說實在的，海盜現在正在邁向一個大家都不想要有關係的紀錄。
As recently as Aug. 6, a mere seven weeks ago, they had a record of 62-46.
That's 16 games over .500, if you're subtracting along at home. And they'd
played 108 games at the time. That's two-thirds of the season.
僅僅是8/6時候的事，大概七個禮拜吧，海盜還保有62-46的戰績。
距離五成勝率足足有16場!那是108場比賽，也是幾乎2/3的球季!
So if there ever was a lock for them -- or any team -- to finish with a
winning record, this was it. Right?
那大家應該都會覺得，這樣的隊伍在球季結束的時候一定會有五成以上勝率吧?
OK, wrong. Obviously. We know that now. We know it because the Pirates have
tumbled, stumbled and bumbled their way to a record that now sits at two
games under .500.
很顯然的，海盜這幾個禮拜荒腔走板的表現讓大家都知道自己錯了。
沒錯他們現在離五成勝率差了兩場的勝場。
And that means this team is on the verge of doing something no team has ever
done:
這是不是代表了這支隊伍準備要創下一個別隊沒有達到過的紀錄呢?
Find itself at least 16 games over .500 after 108 games and finish with a
(gulp) losing record.
我們用打完108場後勝場扣掉敗場大於16的條件去查。
We spent way too much time Monday morning studying this depressing topic. We
found more than 500 teams through the years that were 16 games over .500 or
more after 108 games. And you know what they all had in common?
星期一早上我們用了很多時間去研究這項不光榮的紀錄。
我們找到了超過500支球隊符合這個條件，也就是打完108場後勝場減去敗場大於16。
你知道我們發現了甚麼嗎?
Not one of them wound up with more losses than wins. Not one!
沒有任何一隊最後是以不到五成勝率的戰績坐收。
沒有。
It seemed so hard to believe that we asked the Elias Sports Bureau to
double-check, just to make sure we weren't nuts.
這讓我們很難相信，所以我們要求Elias Sports Bureau再做一次確認。
只是想要確定我們沒有散發錯誤訊息。
Nope. That was the deal, all right.
就是這樣，紀錄是這樣告訴我們的。
Not one!
一支都沒有!
The sort of good news is, we did find two teams that finished at .500 on the
nose, at least:
但我們是找到了兩支最後勝率剛好五成的隊伍啦。
‧ There was Herman Franks' infamous 1977 Chicago Cubs. That team was 25
games over .500 at one point, was still 18 over (63-45) after 108 games and
finished at 81-81, completing their legendary Cubbie-esque plunge from first
place, and an 8½-game lead, to fourth place, 20 games south of first place.
那是1977年的小熊，他們的勝場-敗場一度是25，打了108場後也還保有18(63-45)
但最後以81-81坐收。
‧ And then there was Buck Rodgers' 1989 Expos. That club was also 63-45
through 108 games, and also staggered home to finish 81-81, with the help of
an attractive 5-15 kaboom in its final 20 games.
再來就是1989的Expos，這支球隊在打了108場後的戰績是63-45，但在最後20場
繳出了5-15的成績以81-81收尾。
And that's the whole group. So what's the closest any team has ever come to
being as far above .500 as these Pirates were, after 108 games or later, and
finishing on the wrong side of Mount .500?
我們查到的就只有這樣，那歷史上最接近今年海盜的狀況的有誰呢?
就是在打了108場後勝率遠遠超過五成，但最後以不到五成勝率坐收的這種狀況。
Elias reports it was Toad Ramsey's 1886 Louisville Colonels, who were 15 over
(64-49, plus one tie) after their 114th game -- then went a spiffy 2-21-1 in
their final 24 games to finish 66-70.
根據Elias的報告那是1886年的事啦!
Louisville Colonels他們在打了114場後的戰績是(64-49,有一場平手)
但在最後的24場是贏2場，輸21場，再以中止連敗來結束球季。
對他們的戰績最後是66-70。
Now clearly, this is not the kind of company any team wants to keep. But
fortunately, we'd like to remind these Pirates of something they might want
to hold on to:
很顯然地沒有球隊想要跟這種紀錄沾上邊，但我們還是嘗試想要告訴海賊們一些
比較正面的東西。
The season isn't over. All they need to do is go 7-3 in their final 10 games,
and they can avoid being lumped in with any of the teams in this group. And
just to prove how upbeat we are about the chances they could pull that off,
we won't even mention that they've only won seven times in their past 23
games.
這個球季還沒結束啦，只要他們最後十場繳出7-3的成績，他們就不會跟這個紀錄
有任何的關係。當然我們很希望他們可以振作起來，所以我們也不會跟他們說
他們最近23場只贏過7場^^
Oops. Strike that last sentence from the record, please. And let's hope that
in a week and a half, these Pirates can forget Toad Ramsey, Herman Franks and
anything we just typed -- because no team deserves that fate, especially a
team that hasn't had a winning season since Sid Bream slid into home.
喔拜託千萬不要理我剛剛說的那句話，大家來幫海賊們祈禱，希望他們永遠不會
讓我剛剛說的那兩隊逃離這個紀錄啊!
沒有任何一支球隊需要知道這麼殘酷的事實，尤其是這支幾百年沒有達到五成
勝率的球隊。
/*
→ Herlin:最後一句的Sid Bream 是有典故的
→ Herlin:上次海盜隊勝率大於五成是1992 年 那年他們跟勇士打NLCS
→ Herlin:第七場 被Francisco Cabrera 打出逆轉再見安打
→ Herlin:勇士的致勝分跑者就是Sid Bream
*/
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感謝指正，其實整篇我都翻得很饒舌。不知道是我中文不好還是英文不好
orz 我打錯字 我是想要打沒有隊伍想跟這個紀錄有關係
版主果然細心啊
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→ Herlin:所以才會說since Sid Bream slid into hom
→ allqwdd:打完以後斷線，雖然有存到暫存檔 但我的P幣啊... 09/25 21:52
推 ps20012001:海盜今年又後半季落海了... 09/25 21:55
→ allqwdd:結果海盜今天又輸了，所以剩下九場要贏七場 09/25 21:56
推 cd12631:好慘喔 鑿戰19局後連兩年烙賽 09/25 21:57
推 Ayukawayen:海盜上次勝率五成以上那年 Chipper Jones還沒上大聯盟 09/25 22:02
推 evilwyh:百年紀錄真孤獨 09/25 22:03
推 cd12631:19局之前還以為今年海盜很穩 結果...... 09/25 22:04
→ Ayukawayen:現在CJ打了20年要退休了 還沒見過海盜破五成過..... 09/25 22:04
推 o0991758566:海賊好衰...每次都是季末氣力放盡 09/25 22:11
→ msn12345679:這篇可以戰NL MVP 大伙進攻囉 戰!!!!!!! 09/25 22:18
→ msn12345679:麥卡臣for MVP!! 09/25 22:19
推 ck3300511:沒人想戰 09/25 22:21
→ o0991758566:沒什麼好戰的 Posey得的機率非常 非常高 09/25 22:23
推 immortalqq:McCutchen其實盡力了 另外AJB的勝投也是卡很久 因為進 09/25 22:24
推 id25394:戰力幾乎=0 Posey for MVP!!! 09/25 22:24
→ immortalqq:攻薄弱 09/25 22:25
推 cd12631:真要戰的話 就是看去年拿mvp那個今年再拿一次XD 09/25 22:25
推 a126053:Braun for MVP!!!!!! 09/25 22:26
推 yungwena:最後海賊超過五成勝率 MVP就給海賊王好了(誤 09/25 22:37
→ Herlin:16 games over .500 or more after 108 games 09/25 22:41
→ Herlin:這部分翻得怪怪的 09/25 22:42
→ Herlin:就直接翻成: 打了108場後 勝場扣掉敗場至少有16 以上 09/25 22:43
→ Herlin:這就可以了 我想or more 出現的位置可能混淆了你的翻譯 09/25 22:44
→ Herlin:company 也不是翻成紀律 這裏的company 是keep company 09/25 22:48
→ Herlin:with someone (跟某人作伴) 的意思一樣 09/25 22:48
→ Herlin:很顯然地沒有球隊會想跟他們作伴 <- 大概是這樣吧 09/25 22:50
→ Herlin:最後一句的Sid Bream 是有典故的 09/25 22:52
→ allqwdd:我知道，但我不是很清楚那個典故，google了一下也找不到 09/25 22:52
→ Herlin:上次海盜隊勝率大於五成是1992 年 那年他們跟勇士打到NLCS 09/25 22:53
→ allqwdd:還在趕程式 版主知道就幫忙補充一下吧 09/25 22:53
→ Herlin:第七場 被Francisco Cabrera 打出逆轉再見安打 09/25 22:55
→ Herlin:勇士的致勝分跑者就是Sid Bream 09/25 22:56
→ Herlin:所以才會說since Sid Bream slid into home 09/25 22:56
推 jaky11:季中大家還很熱絡討論袁博士會很爽 季末就...... 09/25 23:03
推 alex2426chen:1992 NLCD Doug Drabek 一人吞三敗 G7 在九下被逆轉 09/25 23:07
推 nickofbsb:那支再見安打是打到Bonds的管區 09/26 02:30
→ nickofbsb:http://tinyurl.com/c3vrps7 09/26 02:31
推 kelpiejo:記得有人PO文說他遇到袁博士，也只是淡淡地說有五成就好 09/26 07:41