Posted on 07/15/2007 10:54:03 PM PDT by GOP_Raider
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Through the last-place finishes, September collapses and every agonizing failure over the past 125 seasons, no team has lost quite like the Philadelphia Phillies.
Futility has followed them since the day they were born, and Sunday night was no different for the losingest team sports history. Loss No. 10,000 came when Albert Pujols hit two of the St. Louis Cardinals' six homers in a 10-2 rout.
Not surprisingly, this defeat resembled the thousands that came before. Bad starting pitching, brutal relief and hardly any hitting. And, of course, lots of booing.
"I don't know too much about 10,000 losses," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "I try and concentrate on the wins."
From Connie Mack Stadium to the Vet and Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies have had few moments to celebrate. The franchise, born in 1883 as the Philadelphia Quakers and briefly called the Blue Jays in the mid-1940s, fell to 8,810-10,000.
Next on the losing list: the Braves, with 9,681 defeats. It took them stints in three cities (Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta) to reach that total. Not even those lovable losers, the Chicago Cubs, come close at 9,425.
And for those counting, it was the 58th time the Phillies have lost by that exact 10-2 score, the Elias Sports Bureau said.
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Philly fans booed Santa Clause at a football game for God’s sake. Also being a Buffalo Sabres fan, I am proud to HATE the Flyers! Worst team in the NHL.
Philly sports SUCK.
Sign at the Baker Bowl in the 1930's.
"And they still stink!" - Unnamed Phillies fan of the same era.
Hey at least the Lions have won an NFL Championship within the past 50 years.
Yeah, I’ll put the Chicago/St. Louis/Arizona Cardinals over the Lions as worst football franchise.
I think when New Orleans made it to the NFC Championship Game, that left the Cardinals, along with the expansion Texans as the only NFL teams to never make it to a conference championship game.
AS my father used to say, “Washington, first in War, first in peace, last in the National League.”
LOL, I was hoping someone would mention the old Baker Bowl Lifebuoy sign.
Already? This season?
No kidding.
That was 1972 when Carlton won something like 15 in a row and th streak ended aganst the Atlanta Braves is a duel with Phil Niekro. The Phillies won their lone championship in 1980 versus the Kansas City Royals.
How are those Buffalo Bills?? and Buffalo Braves?? and Pro BaseBall Team?? and Thanks for your Sabres Captain! and Worse you elect Schumer and Clinton as Senators..
Don't forget Marty Biron, our backup goaly!
Don't worry. Danny Briere traded $52M for the knowledge he will never win the Stanley Cup in Philly.
:-)
As an aside, I am strictly a hockey fan, I don't really like any other sports. So that's where my "hate" (it's not serious) of Philly goes. I know there's more bad blood between Eagles/Bills fans, but I will leave that to them. I like Philly as a city, it's awesome. The best martini I ever had was in Philly. The bar served really good wasabi mashed potatoes too hahaha.
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