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It’s a sports record that’s sure to be broken sooner rather than later. No, not the home run record being chased by Barry Bonds.
In their defense, my Philadelphia Phillies are, “the oldest, continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional sports.” [source] So it’s not surprising that a team that has been playing for 124 years is approaching a rather dubious record — 10,000 losses. They put off the inevitable today.
The six-run cushion was enough for Hamels. Ryan Madson and Antonio Alfonseca finished up and delayed Philadelphia’s inevitable 10,000th loss for at least one more game. If they win the series finale, the Phillies could reach the mark on their seven-game West Coast trip.
Philadelphia would be the first professional sports team to lose 10,000 games.
On the other hand, it was their 8,810th win.
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Jim,
That continuous name claim is disputed. From the wikipedia entry on the Phillies-
For two years in the 40’s the team’s owner renamed the NL Philadelphia team.
Only a hardcore baseball nut like me would even know that. LOL.
Bill
I only wish the 10,000 loses were in dispute as well!
Thanks.
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After further research (Hey, you made me curious) I found that the name Blue Birds was never official.