Re: Stats Gone Wild! Plus Triple-Play Bonus

In article <59jm2492sn95k7a7sm26nj7eqe6205nk7f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 M C Hamster <davolson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Richard R. Hershberger <rrhersh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> >It's only been fifteen years since the Pirates' last winning season.
> >I don't see what the complaining is all about.  (Recall that I am a
> >Phillies fan:  our history of futility is second to none.)
> 
> Harumph.

The Phillies have lost 10,046 games, the most in the history of s****ts. 
They would have to win their next 1,171 games - more than seven seasons' 
worth - just to get to .500.

The Cubs actually have a winning record over the life of the franchise 
(10,008-9,475). They're not even _second_ to the Phillies in number of 
losses.

The Cubs have appeared in 10 World Series, the Phillies only five. The 
Cubs have won two World Series, the Phillies only one. The Cubs have won 
18 World Series games, the Phillies only eight.

The 1961 Phillies hold the modern major league record for consecutive 
losses with 23.

And the Cubs have never choked the way the 1964 Phillies did.

Harumph yourself.

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are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by
destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people
will solemnly vote against their own interests." (Gore Vidal)