Found September 07, 2009 on Baseball Musings:
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Lastings Milledge flies out to end a 4-2 Pirates loss to the Cubs Monday afternoon. That gives the Pirates 82 losses on the season, guaranteeing them a losing record for the year. That’s seventeen straight seasons losing more than they won, a new record. The Pirates didn’t put up much of a fight as [...]
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