I am currently at a work conference in Ohio. My job is in Higher Education (for the present time), and I work with folks from around the country. One of my colleagues came up to me yesterday and began to talk about baseball. Obviously, this is a topic near and dear to my heart. I will talk baseball with anyone who wants or has the time. He remarked how some of his buddies in the Boston area are already cashing the season in and looking ahead to next season. To the average baseball fan who knows the season is only 2 weeks deep, this is ludicrous. Still, it got me thinking about what is the worst start for a team in MLB history? Furthermore, what's the worst start to a baseball season for a team to make the playoffs?
I remembered a Tigers team who recently had a 100+ loss season. According to http://www.baseball-almanac.com/, the Tigers finished 43 - 119 in 2003. This was after going 55 - 106 in 2002. In 2002, the Tigers started 0 -11. In 2003, the team started 0 - 9, and finished April with a 3 - 23 record. Talk about a tough couple years to be a Tiger fan.
If you google "Worst start to a baseball season", you will find multiple links to the Baltimore Orioles. The 1988 Baltimore baseball club started the season 0-21...yikes. Still, they finished that season only one game worse than the 2002 Tigers. In other words, they played better baseball after game 21 than the Tigers. Got to find a glass half full moment somewhere in this blog.
So there you have it. The worst start to a Major League Baseball season. On to the team that made the playoffs!
Almost all the sports info sites were telling me I need to give credit to the Kansas City Royals in a strike shortened season. This is bogus to me. I'm not having it. I demand real answers!
This will be kind of a let down, if you're anything like me. There hasn't been a single team who started 0 - 6, to make the playoffs. I guess I was hoping for some kind of cinderella storied baseball team. But alas, it's kind of the black mark, so to speak, starting 0 - 6. All I can say for Boston is I'm cheering for you guys to break the mold. Go on a 15 game winning streak and shut up the critics! It's probably not going to happen, but us baseball fans can hope...
Um...Go Indians?!?
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