The White Sox Have Lost 20 Straight Games and are Now on the Verge of History.... Can they Really do it?

[redskinsfan1963]

think you might be confused. 96 and 97 teams were top of the league talent. We dispatched the Mariners with Randy, A-Rod, Griffey and Buhner pretty easily, but the Yankees were our kryptonite- like they were for the majority of that timeframe. 98-00 were slightly below .500 teams, and by and large, the Orioles hung around 67-74 wins for all but two seasons from 01-12. They were the definition of mediocrity during that time frame, as Angelos refused to get involved in the international FA market, and refused to give out any big pitching contracts.

one year they lost lots of games starting the season.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

one year they lost lots of games starting the season.

1989, and they still finished right outside of the playoffs, they went down to the second to last game in what amounted to a head-to-head against Toronto for the rights to a one game playoff.

 

[redskinsfan1963]

1989, and they still finished right outside of the playoffs, they went down to the second to last game in what amounted to a head-to-head against Toronto for the rights to a one game playoff.

maybe 95 or 98?

 

[navamind]

maybe 95 or 98?

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The only 90's Orioles teams I'd say were objectively bad were the '91 and maybe '90 squads (and even they were 76-85), but they weren't historically bad. Other than that, they hovered around .500 or better. Not a terrible decade, but not that relevant outside of 96, 97 and 92 (and they faded down the stretch that year). The 1988 Orioles, however, were pretty abysmal. 2018-21 Orioles were laughably bad. They've made quite the turnaround.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

The A's are still the A's

 

[RobToxin]

This is how bad the White Sox are.

Four out of the five teams in the AL Central have a winning record.

But the AL Central as a whole is still 38 games below .500.

 

[navamind]

on the bright side, they got a real chance at winning a series this weekend

 

[Shanemansj13]

So now we can use the saying…

“He just went full White Sox”

And we know shit got bad.

 

[RobToxin]

White Sox are 5-45 in their last 50 games. No team has been this bad across 50 games in over 100 years.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Still time for a hot streak!

 

[Shanemansj13]

White Sox are 5-45 in their last 50 games. No team has been this bad across 50 games in over 100 years.

To add to the fact this season is historic bad…they don’t even get a top 10 pick.

 

[Cedrique]

Still time for a hot streak!

Are you just wishcasting 'cause you don't want them to break the 62 Amazin' Mets record?

 

[calsnowskier]

To add to the fact this season is historic bad…they don’t even get a top 10 pick.

When you are that bad, you really shouldn’t be rewarded for it.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Are you just wishcasting 'cause you don't want them to break the 62 Amazin' Mets record?

It's pretty much the only record we've got

 

[msgkings322]

This is how bad the White Sox are.

Four out of the five teams in the AL Central have a winning record.

But the AL Central as a whole is still 38 games below .500.

They are on pace to easily have the worst record of the modern era (since 1900 (the Sox were founded in 1901))

Blowing past the 1916 Athletics. We're seeing history with them.

 

[msgkings322]

Are you just wishcasting 'cause you don't want them to break the 62 Amazin' Mets record?

'62 Mets aren't even the worst record ever

 

[Cedrique]

'62 Mets aren't even the worst record ever

Really? Who had a worse record than that? Or is this a trivia question?

I just remember the old Phillies announcer Rich Ashburn talking about being on that team. I think they were 40-120 or something.

 

[msgkings322]

Really? Who had a worse record than that? Or is this a trivia question?

I just remember the old Phillies announcer Rich Ashburn talking about being on that team. I think they were 40-120 or something.

MLB TV put up a graphic showing the worst ever records of the modern era and the '62 Mets were like 3rd or 4th but the 1916 Athletics were the worst...until this year's White Sox

The Mets were indeed 40-120 for a .250 winning %

The 1916 A's were 36-117 which is .235

The Sox are actually going to win today so will move to 32-109, which is .227

 

[calsnowskier]

MLB TV put up a graphic showing the worst ever records of the modern era and the '62 Mets were like 3rd or 4th but the 1916 Athletics were the worst...until this year's White Sox

The Mets were indeed 40-120 for a .250 winning %

The 1916 A's were 36-117 which is .235

The Sox are actually going to win today so will move to 32-109, which is .227

Ironically, the A’s didn’t get the #1 pick in the following draft that year, either.

 

[TheGoodMan19]

Really? Who had a worse record than that? Or is this a trivia question?

I just remember the old Phillies announcer Rich Ashburn talking about being on that team. I think they were 40-120 or something.

The 1899 Cleveland Spiders were 20-134. The same people that owned the Spiders owned the St. Louis Cardinals and decided to make one good team. So they shipped anyone good to St. Looie, including Bobby Wallace Jesse Burkett and Cy Young. The Spiders got crapola in return. They were, in every sense, the Cards AAA team and fared as well as a AAA could do in the Majors.