A guest post by Robert White via FeedCrossing…
In 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates set a Major League baseball record for the worst finish by a team that was in 1st place in their Division as late in the season as they were. The club finished 72-90, for their 19th straight losing season.
Here in 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates set another Major League record, becoming the first club in history to finish below .500, after being 16 or more games above .500 at one point during the season. The club finished 79-83 for their 20th straight losing season- once again besting their own record for most consecutive losing seasons by a franchise in North American sports history. (Like 2011, the Pirates would’ve made the playoffs and lifted the losing seasons’ yoke had they simply played .500 baseball down the home stretch of the season.)
That’s 3 colossal records that no franchise should want any part of…and yet the Pirates own all 3. Given such catastrophic season endings, long-suffering Pirate...
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PLAYERS:
Frank Coonelly,
Bud Selig,
Pedro Alvarez,
Scott Boras,
Neal Huntington,
Gerrit Cole,
James McDonald,
AJ Burnett,
Andrew McCutchen,
Neil Walker,
Clint Barmes,
Rod Barajas,
Jose Bautista,
Gregory Polanco,
Clint Hurdle
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Pirates, Toronto Blue Jays
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Pirates, Toronto Blue Jays
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