If you think your sports team has it rough, consider the Pittsburgh Pirates have now gone 20 consecutive seasons where the number of games lost exceeded the number of games won. That's right. 20 consecutive losing seasons. Do you remember 1992?
"It's 1992. Nirvana and Boyz II Men play on the radio and bump up against each other uncomfortably on various MTV countdowns. A phone is still just a phone, as in it only makes phone calls, on which calls you might discuss, for instance, the fact that Bill Clinton will likely be elected president in a few weeks or that the Pittsburgh Pirates are in the National League Championship Series for the third time."
They had a good team this year that nearly broke this streak before a second half swoon knocked them down to a 79-83 record on the year. Still, that's their best record since also winning 79 games in 1997.
Hopefully the Pirates streak will end at 20 led by a superstar in Andrew McCutchen, who is probably my favorite non-New York Mets player in Major League Baseball.
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