A plea to drop "most losses" from the record books

[OdysseyTigger]

It is rather hard to toss a shutout without any fielders (average 4 range, high errors, pathetic arms) and if set on a short hook. The three nickel relievers and the three starter onlys and the likelyhood of an aggressive relief setting and maximized closer all further reduce those chances.

[NEILKAHN]

It was not clear to me, on casual inspection of his roster that the defendent was, in fact, intentionally losing, but speaking now as Chief Justice Wahoo, I must rule that the evidence put forth by the prosecution, in particular one O.Tigger,Esq. provides convincing evidence and a plausible explanation for the maintenance on the roster of the usually dominating starters. He could not rack up impressive loss totals if he did not use them the entire season, AND that these pitchers, in particular, were SOOO unsuccessful appears to be his intention. I believe it to be a scorched Earth mentality on the part of the GM, a primitive reaction to his frustration at losing. Since he could not control events to produce the desired results, he chose to control events by trying to lose, and to appease his ego. Lose? HAH! I MEANT to do that! I do not think he was trying to influence the outcome of the pennant races. I do not think he thought it out that far.

[NEILKAHN]

This discussion has actually caused me to engage in a certain amount of introspection on the subject of my numerous theme teams. I must confess, they often do not do very well. Using a restrictive pool of players limits your options. However, I honestly do try to do the best that I can within the parameters of the theme to field the best team that I can, and I play the season to the bitter end, putting out the best team I can, and trying to win. A few of my theme teams have done very well. I did win a championship with the Herd! on the third try, and my Hands of Stone team made the finals. Many have finished at least .500 or better. My criminals and miscreants theme team lost in the finals. [Can't say that it broke my heart.] Anyway, I know that there are people on here that take this all very seriously, and it may perturb some if it appears that I am not, but for what it is worth, if my teams do prove to be mediocre, rest assured that they will be as relentlessly and equally mediocre for everyone to beat on, equally, from day and game one right up to the bitter end. so help me HAL.

[Sneezedoc]

That 42 game losing streak NO MATTER WHAT is incredible...he lost 14 games of those 42 by 1 or 2 runs!! that is almost unheard of...also even if he manipulated his starting pitchers to short hook, they still pitched a majority of his innings....
That is really remarkable
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[Simon31]

Good to know HAL has momentarily shifted his attentions from me!

[mighty moose]

Well, at least he wasn't the all-time #1 losing team. And if it's any consolation, I won't post it unless someone actually makes such a request in the appropriate thread. - There's lots of categories in the record books that are basically pointless - wild games for one, and I already killed off cycle games. - It's there for balance, I suppose. - A more complete record books, so to speak.