{"id":107991,"date":"2024-09-28T16:27:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T09:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107991"},"modified":"2024-09-28T16:27:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T09:27:50","slug":"white-sox-lose-121st-game-of-season-most-by-any-team-in-modern-baseball-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107991","title":{"rendered":"White Sox lose 121st game of season, most by any team in modern baseball history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>DETROIT \u2014\u00a0After the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"98\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/whitesox\/\">Chicago White Sox<\/a> swept the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"105\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/angels\/\">Los Angeles Angels<\/a> to prolong their march toward the most losses in <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/\">MLB<\/a> history another day, team owner Jerry Reinsdorf left his suite and squeezed into a packed media elevator.<\/p>\n<p>This was, perhaps, the closest thing the White Sox have had to a prideful moment all season. Some of their own fans still booed their pyrrhic victories. Others chanted barbed words directed toward the owner: Sell the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou saved your best for last, Jerry,\u201d a reporter quipped inside the elevator.<\/p>\n<p>Reinsdorf responded: \u201cI understand what you mean, but I wish we saved our best for first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, after Friday\u2019s 4-1 loss to the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"102\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/tigers\/\">Tigers<\/a>, the White Sox have officially lost more games in a single season than any other team in modern baseball history.<\/p>\n<p>For 62 years, that record felt untouchable. The 1962 <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"110\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/mets\/\">New York Mets<\/a> lost 120 games. Only the 2003 Tigers, who lost 119 games, ever truly got close. Then along came the White Sox, who have lost 121 games, with two more chances to make their new record even harder to touch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never thought that this would be broken while I was still around,\u201d said 86-year-old Craig Anderson, a member of those 1962 Mets. \u201cFor the Mets fans, it\u2019s off your shoulders. Now, we\u2019re not the worst in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The title of worst in the world now belongs on the South Side of Chicago, where the specter of failure has loomed all season. Pick any stat you want. The White Sox are probably at or near the bottom of the league. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5797301\/2024\/09\/27\/mlb-awards-2024-mvp-cy-young-rookies\/\">As <em>The Athletic<\/em>\u2019s Jayson Stark noted<\/a>, the White Sox have used 29 position players this season. An astonishing 17 of those players have been worth negative wins above replacement. Three more are at 0.0. Six are at 0.2 or lower.<\/p>\n<p>The first resounding signs of baseball despair came after a 3-22 start in April. The idea of a special kind of failure then gained traction during a 14-game losing streak. The White Sox then outdid themselves with a catastrophic 21-game skid, in which they only narrowly avoided setting the record for the longest losing streak in modern baseball history. After their most recent downturn \u2014 a 12-game skid \u2014 the White Sox besting the Mets for worst ever became a matter of when, not if.<\/p>\n<p>The allure of witnessing that wretched history brought a massive throng of media to Guaranteed Rate Field before the team\u2019s final home series against the Angels. There were 10 television stations, with lights and microphones zeroed in on general manager Chris Getz, along with a throng of reporters from outlets both in Chicago and from across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Getz used his forum to apologize to the fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t deserve this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5792679\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5792679 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/09\/24220548\/GettyImages-2174258430-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/09\/24220548\/GettyImages-2174258430-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/09\/24220548\/GettyImages-2174258430-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/09\/24220548\/GettyImages-2174258430-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/09\/24220548\/GettyImages-2174258430-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/09\/24220548\/GettyImages-2174258430-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-credits\">\n<div class=\"inline-credits-container\">\n      <span class=\"table-cell-span\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"credits-text\">White Sox general manager Chris Getz speaks to an outsized media contingent on Tuesday. (Justin Casterline \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Getz, like manager Grady Sizemore, tried to frame the team\u2019s struggles in a positive light. He pushed the idea that forward steps were taken this year and building blocks were put into place. Getz insisted the White Sox are on the right trajectory and even said ownership will \u201cpotentially\u201d invest more in the organizational infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Sizemore took over for dismissed manager Pedro Grifol midseason and has said he is interested in staying in the manager position permanently. He wore the same lucky shirt for each game against the Angels, sweated through the garment on a hot day but refused to change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn such a year where I\u2019m sure everyone will look at a lot of the negative in a loss of a year, I\u2019ve had a lot of fun,\u201d Sizemore said. \u201cI\u2019ve had a lot of joy just being on the field with these guys and working with them, getting to know them and learning from them and learning from the staff. I wouldn\u2019t trade this experience for anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Such positivity is a hard sell, surely, for the fans who have watched this team blow leads, boot balls and fail to overcome a ninth-inning deficit even once all season. The White Sox did record their first eighth-inning comeback on Tuesday night, climbing back for a 3-2 win that elicited those boos from the home fans who had paid to see history.<\/p>\n<p>The push against inevitability finally ended Friday. Flamethrower <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"ltsIEVCwtg9Kx6U0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/garrett-crochet-ltsIEVCwtg9Kx6U0\/\">Garrett Crochet<\/a> held the red-hot Tigers at bay for four innings. But by the fifth, the White Sox trailed 2-0 thanks to all-too-familiar self-inflicted wounds. Relief pitcher <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"3ZQmwzYTxl2nnszs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/jared-shuster-3ZQmwzYTxl2nnszs\/\">Jared Shuster<\/a> walked a batter, surrendered a base hit, then walked another. He then threw a wild pitch that just as easily could have been scored a passed ball on catcher <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"zg7xqlwi9xbyFwFY\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/korey-lee-zg7xqlwi9xbyFwFY\/\">Korey Lee<\/a>. The Tigers scored their first run on the wild pitch, then added a second via a sacrifice fly. Chicago scored on a <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"KK4FkkSthHElFtPI\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/zach-deloach-KK4FkkSthHElFtPI\/\">Zach DeLoach<\/a> home run, but the team\u2019s second error and third wild pitch of the evening contributed to the Tigers\u2019 two-run seventh inning.<\/p>\n<p>In the opposite clubhouse, the Tigers celebrated clinching their first postseason appearance in a decade. As the Tigers, <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"104\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/royals\/\">Royals<\/a> and <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"100\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/guardians\/\">Guardians<\/a> have bolstered the strength of the AL Central, the White Sox have only helped to pad their records.<\/p>\n<p>For the players, the season has been disheartening and shocking. There are holdovers from the club that won the American League Central by 13 games just three years ago. Now members of this White Sox team will shoulder the burden of 121 losses and counting into an uncertain future.<\/p>\n<p>After so many games this season, <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"pPo62FcaJJSyZ9wT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/luis-robert-jr-pPo62FcaJJSyZ9wT\/\">Luis Robert Jr.<\/a>, the best position player on this team, would sit at his locker stall, fully dressed, stewing in silence in an attempt to decompress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see myself as one of the faces of this team,\u201d Robert said. \u201cAnd when the faces of this team aren\u2019t producing or are struggling, in a rough season like this, that\u2019s on us, that\u2019s on me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Players such as <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"PKnfrCGanAOaa23W\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/gavin-sheets-PKnfrCGanAOaa23W\/\">Gavin Sheets<\/a> tried to truck through the hard days with hopeful reminders of what better times were like.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI certainly wasn\u2019t expecting to be in this position,\u201d Sheets said. \u201cAs players, that falls on us. At the end of the day, wins and losses are how we do on the field. It\u2019s sad to be in this position right now. Hopefully it\u2019s the last time we\u2019re in this position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sometime in the summer, disappointment turned to numbness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess when you lose 120, it\u2019s kind of easier to brush off,\u201d <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"ZsX0pkMVmRhEtRGu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/andrew-benintendi-ZsX0pkMVmRhEtRGu\/\">Andrew Benintendi<\/a> said earlier in the week. \u201cIt sucks to go through it \u2014 no one wants to do it. But that\u2019s where we\u2019re at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But when <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"3QPHBfslnS5UgTTA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/andrew-vaughn-3QPHBfslnS5UgTTA\/\">Andrew Vaughn<\/a> flied out to right-center field for the final out that sealed an unfortunate place in history, the sense of finality hit. While the Tigers embraced and dogpiled, Vaughn unstrapped his batting gloves and made a solemn jog to the dugout. Inside the losing clubhouse, silence permeated the room until Sheets bore part of his soul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was definitely more frustrated than I thought I\u2019d be,\u201d he said. \u201cI think winning three in a row, you start to think, \u2018Hey, maybe we can do something special and ride it out and win six in a row,\u2019 and you start to believe in that and start to think maybe (the loss record) is not going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2003, the Tigers rallied to win five of their final six games and avoid the ultimate ignominy. That would not be the case for the 2024 Chicago White Sox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of a sudden, the last out, you realize you\u2019re part of the wrong side of history,\u201d Sheets said. \u201cIt was a little more frustrating, hurt a little more than I expected it to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now with two games remaining, the White Sox may still tighten their grip on what could become an unbreakable record for futility.<\/p>\n<p>The lone silver lining?<\/p>\n<p>This long, exhausting, embarrassing season is almost over.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>(Top photo: Justin Casterline \/ Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5792656\/2024\/09\/27\/white-sox-mlb-loss-record\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DETROIT \u2014\u00a0After the Chicago White Sox swept the Los Angeles Angels to prolong their march toward the most losses in MLB history another day, team owner Jerry Reinsdorf left his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107991\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107991\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}