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Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:19 am The White Sox have now lost 21 consecutive games.

This ties the season-opening streak that the Orioles suffered through in 1988.

In modern (since 1900) history, only one team has had a longer losing streak; the 1961 Phillies lost 23 in a row.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2024 10:56 am If they can't get anybody else, I'll do it.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2024 11:13 am If you can provide a list of benches that I can talk to, I will consider your application.

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2024 10:47 am 4. Amazingly, they announced his firing without announcing who would take over as interim. They apparently haven't yet been able to talk anybody into doing it. They have a day off today and they hope to have something figured out by tomorrow when the players get to the park.

The Chicago White Sox Nike RBI program won the junior baseball division championship of the 2024 Nike RBI World Series on Saturday at Holman Stadium at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Fla. Chicago won both junior and senior championship match-ups against the Dominican Republic Nike RBI.

G-Fafif wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2024 5:12 pm White Sox fall to 31-100 today.

Sixty-two years after the Mets’ inaugural 1962 season, that team not only remains the worst in modern baseball history, but a symbol of futility even beyond the game -- at least for now. For the first time in more than two decades, the ’62 Mets face a realistic challenge to their record 120 losses from a White Sox club featuring a 31-104 record and a 124-loss pace. What’s more, the Mets have a chance to bury the White Sox further when they visit the South Side of Chicago for a three-game series beginning Friday.

"It might happen,” said Craig Anderson, another ’62 Mets pitcher who finished his career with a 19-game losing streak. “We understand it might happen. But no, we would not want them to do that."

"I wouldn’t wish it on anybody,” agreed Hook. “Why would I wish that somebody is terrible?"

Much as the Mets waited 50 years for their first no-hitter, their 40-120 record in their inaugural season is more a quirk of history than a referendum on the franchise. It’s always been part of what has made the Mets the Mets.

Rather than bemoan all those losses, members of the ’62 team recall the summer fondly. They have warm memories of Stengel charming reporters at the tail end of his career, and of fans who packed the Polo Grounds in upper Manhattan, thrilled to have National League baseball back in New York.

"You know, it could have been a horrible year,” said Hook, who kept the ball after recording the first win in Mets history in the franchise’s 10th game. "But I think with the fan base that we had, and the attendance we had and the way the fans treated us, it wasn’t. It could have been horrible, but it wasn’t that bad."