From the I-guess-it-could-be-worse-in-Chicago-baseball depar♏tment, the White Sox continue their march toward the wor🧔st kind of history.
With yet another loss last night, the Sox extended their current losing streak to 12 games. You have to say current losing streak, because they’ve done it a lot:
That last bit there; pretty wild when you think about it. Like, your historical record doesn’t “matter” for anything, but to the extent you find it interesting, then it’s funny to see the White Sox’s 125-ish year historical record absolutely eviscerated by a single season.
That single season, by the way, remains on track to be the worst ever in Major League Baseball history. At 31-109, the White Sox are on pace for just about 36 wins. That would tie the modern record for fewest wins in a season, but since these Sox are playing a 162-game schedule (unlike the 1916 and 1919 Philadelphia A’s), they would set a new record for winning percentage.
Part of last night’s loss was this horror show of a play, kicked off by none other than a living reminder of so much of the recent disappointment (who, by the way, is playing much better in Baltimore):
I guess the White Soxꦦ got him back in the next at bat:
That’s just kind of emblematic of how it’s been this season for the White Sox. It is VERY DIFFICULT to be this bad.
I don’t know that it actually makes me feel any better about the Cubs’ disappointing season, but I suppose I’m certainly glad I’m not here tracking my favorite team barreling toward the literal worst season in baseball history.
