Column: The 2024 Chicago White Sox are the worst team in MLB history, a record in futility that was well-earned (But wait!)

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-28 23:21:18 | Updated at 2024-09-30 09:28:41 1 day ago

Column: The 2024 Chicago White Sox are the worst team in MLB history, a record in futility that was well-earned (But wait!)
Chicago Tribune ^ | 28 September 2024 | Paul Sullivan

Posted on 09/28/2024 4:07:07 PM PDT by Vigilanteman

After listening all week to Chicago White Sox general manager Chris Getz, manager Grady Sizemore and players discussing their feelings about the inevitable modern-era record for losses the team finally broke Friday night in Detroit, one word seemed to be missing.

Frustrating? Difficult? Disappointing? Painful?

No, we heard those descriptions a few dozen times.

The word I never heard uttered was “unacceptable,” as in “this loss was unacceptable.”

Time and again we heard about the bad breaks, as if the Sox had a monopoly on bad luck. We get it. They were millimeters short of a win on Aug. 28 when Texas Rangers left fielder Travis Jankowski’s brilliant leaping catch robbed Andrew Vaughn of a walk-off home run. The Sox bullpen has blown 35 saves. If only a handful of those went the other way, the Sox would’ve avoided going down in history as the worst team ever.

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Sullivan should have waited at least another day to unload beacuse, if the Sox win tomorrow, they will STILL have a better winning record than the 1962 New York Mets, who finished at 40-120.

The White Sox are currently at 40-121 after an impressive 4-0 win against Detroit wrapped up just hours ago. If they win tomorrow and finish at 41-121, they will have a winning percentage of .3% higher than the hapless Mets.

1 posted on 09/28/2024 4:07:07 PM PDT by Vigilanteman

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