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rurallib

(63,119 posts) Mon Aug 19, 2024, 04:40 PM Aug 19

Historic season

I just happened to notice that the White Sox were playing at an incredibly bad .244 pace. So I did a little math and calculated that with any luck (all bad) they could easily set the record for worst season ever since 1900.

At the time I looked they were 29 - 89. Since then they have won 1 and lost 6 and now stand at an incredible 30 - 95 (.240). From what I looked up the worst record since 1900 was the Amazin' Mets with a 40 - 120 record.

I think the record is in sight! Let us hope they do not lose their focus and go on a win streak. At their current pace of .244 and 35 games to go they are looking at 39 - 123.

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Historic season (Original Post) rurallib Aug 19 OP

I know this is going to come as a tremendous shock True Dough Aug 19 #1

I posted something similar a week or so ago, before they played the Cubs. rsdsharp Aug 19 #2

The Sox Fans I Know... ProfessorGAC Aug 21 #3

I am not much of a baseball fan these days, but many years ago was a huge fan rurallib Aug 22 #4

Sure Looks That Way ProfessorGAC Aug 22 #5

True Dough

(19,959 posts)

1. I know this is going to come as a tremendous shock

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Mon Aug 19, 2024, 04:58 PM

Aug 19

but the White Sox were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention over the weekend.

rsdsharp

(10,053 posts)

2. I posted something similar a week or so ago, before they played the Cubs.

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Mon Aug 19, 2024, 05:04 PM

Aug 19

Their possible futility is even worse when you focus on the fact that the Mets only played 160 games in 1962. It was (however remotely) possible they could have finished with 41 or 42 wins.

ProfessorGAC

(69,558 posts)

3. The Sox Fans I Know...

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Wed Aug 21, 2024, 06:45 PM

Aug 21

...aren't depressed or discouraged. They're disgusted!
They won a world series, in a sweep, in '05, and they have Bern between mediocre and rotten almost the whole time since.
People are thinking Reinsdorf is pulling a Rachel Phelps so he can move the team to Nashville before he dies & leaves the team to his family.
The Bulls have been a big disappointment too.
Those franchises (worth $10 billion combined) are run like a family owned thrift store.
The fans are really upset.

rurallib

(63,119 posts)

4. I am not much of a baseball fan these days, but many years ago was a huge fan

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 22, 2024, 07:21 AM

Aug 22

And I remember when Jerry Reinsdorf bought the White Sox. I just looked it up and it was January of 1981.

My recollections that he has pretty much run the team as if it were the family owned thrift store you describe. It is as if he is taunting the fans of Chicago for some strange reason.

ProfessorGAC

(69,558 posts)

5. Sure Looks That Way

Reply to rurallib (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 22, 2024, 07:44 AM

Aug 22

I don't have a dog in the fight, because I'm a life-long Cubs fan, but not a Sox hater.
Somehow Reinsdorf harbors resentment that he couldn't take over the city from the Cubs. Just a guess.

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