How Baseball’s Next Dynasty Became The Worst Team In History

[@PoeticProphetic]

Honestly I think the Angels being swept by a team that had 120 losses at the time is more embarrassing

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

And the Angels under their worst starting pitcher by the numbers (Canning) _crushed_ the Dodgers this year. Just one game, but still. Baseball has an odd sense of humor.

[@RookMeAmadeus]

@@MMuraseofSandvich 2024 was truly the year of Baseball Chaos (Patent Pending). Nothing made sense, but it was REALLY entertaining to watch.

[@YouTubeChannell7]

Watching this after the report that the white Sox are getting sold, here’s hoping it happens and this team gets cared for properly

[@Squidpaws469]

The reports were that Jerry (our owner) WANTS to sell. Saying that he’s interested in making a deal with former A’s player Dave Stewart who is very involved in Nashville professional sports. If Reinsdorf sells to Stewart the team will likely move to Nashville. Now Jerry has talked about moving many times but backed down because he was ultimately just trying to get more funding from the city of Chicago.

[@mlbwhitesox1320]

@@Squidpaws469I was about to mention that very true

[@ChairmanMeow1]

They arent getting sold. He's already pulled this trick before to try and get more public funding for a new stadium. He's a PoS.

[@WuhBubba]

Hope they go to Nashville, get f outta here

[@madizzle90]

They aren’t getting sold. They have too much of an established history in Chicago.

[@wilbert3842]

One other fun fact about the record clinching game vs the tigers is that Jason Bennetti was calling the game, a life long white Sox fan, and he got his contract terminated early for professionally calling out the poor performance and that the team needs to be better

[@snowberrysalad]

jerry is also an ableist who referred to jason's taste testing ballpark food segment "disgusting" due to his (benetti's) poor motor skills from cerebral palsy. this fucking asshole sucks not only does he ruin each season, but he ruins his employees' well-being

[@anthonythephilosopher1782]

And then the Tigers hired him as their play by play commentator this season; a season which they made the playoffs for the first time in years by, you guessed it, beating the White Sox to hand them their 121st loss. Life has a funny way of working out.

[@WuhBubba]

@@wilbert3842 now they have a worse shameless homer than that turd squawk harrelson

[@hankglidden1463]

Mark Buehrle and his coveted 10,000 innings to go alongside his 650 wins and 1100 complete games. Cy Young ain't shit. The GOAT.

[@dlo3695]

Agreed

[@pwx13]

He didn't win 650 wins, Mark isn't a top 50 pitcher of all time. He is a good pitcher but not a hall of famer

[@hankglidden1463]

@@pwx13 Congratulations, you found the joke, he also didn't have 10,000 innings as stated in the video. Shockingly Mark Buehrle did not pitch for 45 years.

[@pwx13]

@@hankglidden1463 lol well done

[@guccimane3731]

*cought* Koufax *cough*

[@TheHuskyK9]

Kopech going from the White Sox to winning a ring on the Dodgers is a crazy switchup in the SAME season. Also, I feel extremely bad for Vargas. Going from a World Series team to the White Sox is complete whiplash

[@aidanwow1593]

And they will supposedly be cutting payroll further next year. They're going for the Cleveland Spiders' record-low win percentage.

[@Wolf-wc1js]

As bad as that sounds, it’s actually smart. They’re not competitive right now and they have no clear identity nor young core to build around. Why waste money spending on players when you’re not in the position to compete?

[@Squidpaws469]

@@Wolf-wc1jshonestly 18th lowest payroll isn’t low enough for the worst season ever. The tigers made the ALCS with way less payroll. I’ve been saying it’s not the players fault for a while and it’s why Pedro Grifol is one of the all time worst managers. He was the second highest paid manager in baseball and said there was nobody to blame except the players. Then we got a new manager and still weren’t great but started performing so much better with a new manager. Not drafting Jac Caglione this year will always be a big reason why I won’t trust Chris Getz. I understand they probably don’t want a player who will likely turn into a big contract and have to leave the team because we won’t pay him. But they wanted another Lefty pitcher and he’s not only that but also an amazing power hitter. He probably would’ve been our next biggest mistake after Tatis. But what are we gonna do with that lefty from Arkansas? Keep him for 6 years then let him walk? (Sale, Cease, Lopez, Kopech, Crochett, Quintana) The white sox don’t need to change by spending more money. But they need to change by making the same commitment to development and analytics that successful small market teams have (TB, AZ, DET, KC, MIN, 2023 Marlins.)

[@adamb5132]

I agree, whoever is in charge of trades has to be one of the worst of all time. The amount of amazing players we let leave for practically nothing is insane. Especially when they are in their prime and go on to do even better. Extremely frustrating on how this team is ran. Even just a small amount of investing into analytics would significantly improve us

[@Synthetic-Rabbit]

"Down goes Anderson!" I don't know the guy making that call and I don't really watch baseball (I do like videos like these, oddly enough) but I feel like that guy always wanted to call a big boxing match.

[@snowberrysalad]

he has! did it for many years

[@Moody-Boy]

His name is Tom Hamilton, the voice of the Cleveland Guardians since the 90s

[@3-0Greenlight]

Sorry for the lack of an upload lately. I was sick all of last week but I spent a lot of time on this video so I hope you all enjoy :)

[@rich7787]

Glad you’re feeling better! Dig the David Samson reference, I like his show, Nothing Personal

[@michaelhopkins4538]

Hey man, hope all is well :) you never have to apologize for taking care of yourself. We’ll always be here for the next video no matter when it comes in ❤️

[@Mand-kl8sy]

No one cares about excuses. We only care about results

[@devinlehmann2064]

Spent a lot of time, yet mark buerhle 10000 innings and Eloy jimmez was a trade not a signing

[@3-0Greenlight]

@@michaelhopkins4538 I appreciate the support!

[@CZsWorld]

The most valuable thing in their organization is Len Kasper.

[@juuanwick9207]

i’ve played with a few of the guys from the 05 series and golf with ozzie pretty frequently during the summer when he is home. Those guys were genuine and played for the game. these guys now only play till they get paid then slack off and play when they want. He would’ve gone back to manage a couple years ago but jerry being in that office will always deter him from returning 🤦‍♂️

[@jpmnky]

They started nosediving when Michael Kopech went down. Just an observation from a fan not watching the regular season anymore. They had so many prospects in and out the door it had to catch up eventually. And started the decade with possibly the most loaded pitching rotation, on paper anyway.

[@komickaze85]

Great video, explained the whole arc from WS winners to worst team in MLB history. I'm wondering if the 10,000 innings was a joke or a mistake though. I know Buehrle was an innings eater, but he's only got 3283.1 in his career. That's still impressive, seeing how today's pitchers barely throw 5 per start.

[@geordiejones5618]

I think it's important to note that they finished the season 8-6, mostly against teams out of the playoffs. Through 5 months of play they were 33-115, barely winning 1 of every 5 games.

[@adamb5132]

Teams they played were either resting or didn’t care, while the white Sox tried their best (or worst) to avoid the record

[@williamford9564]

Another factor in their downfall in recent years is an unwillingness to accept analytics as the basis for decision making. The owner stated a few years ago that he didn't believe in analytics. La Russa and the regime of Williams and Hahn had the same beliefs. It does appear that the new GM is finally embracing this and now hiring people with knowledge of this. I read a quote from a player who came to the team as a free agent and was shocked to find the team had no system for getting fielders in the proper position when facing hitters and their tendencies.

[@aidenawe9359]

^This. It finally seems like the Wsox are at least trying to solve their issues.

[@drygnfyre]

So basically Reinsdorf is one of those people who will refuse to believe something even in the face of overwhelming evidence and obvious, visible results. Reminds me of a lot of people I know.

[@francisconavarro9629]

Are we not gonna talk about how mediocre Benintendi has been as a White sox???

[@adamb5132]

Mediocre is putting it kindly. He’s easily the top 3 worst contracts for the white Sox. He’s done close to nothing besides consistently being one of the worst hitters on the team while not being injured.

[@anthonygribble23]

Being a Sox fan is so hard mane 😢

[@Blove4592]

Keep uploading vids of this quality and you're gonna be huge man. Great voice for this content

[@DetroitSportsFanSince2002]

I would like to see this White Sox team vs the 2003 or 2019 Detroit Tigers 😭

[@wrecker132]

Brandon Dixon clears Andrew Vaughn

[@DetroitSportsFanSince2002]

@@wrecker132 😭

[@jpmnky]

It’s jarring that World Series team was 19 years ago.

[@achmeineye]

I was there.... 3000 years ago

[@drygnfyre]

What's weird is how it's so forgotten. Maybe because it was a sweep. But it's like the one championship that almost no one outside of Chicago seems to remember. Even other series that ended in sweeps felt like they had some notable game, or play, or whatever. And it's really strange because what is often left out is the White Sox ended an even longer title drought than the Red Sox did.

[@devinlehmann2064]

Jiminez was part of the Quintana trade

[@jpmnky]

Not really keeping up with anything before the LCS series. So seeing LaRussa devolve into President Biden was depressing to see. The younger fans have no idea that man was a titan among managers. Winning WS in both leagues.

[@Slimshady-nf9qx]

White Sox have become new Oakland athletics, playing money ball and refusing to pay players while scooting by on subpar performances year after year with slight flashes of hope.

[@TS1964]

Very good video! You nailed it, every failure from ownership/front office, managers, coaches and scouting!

[@TechTokOffical]

I'm sorry, the only thing the pirates are good at is losing. U cannot take away their 'worst team ever' title until the sox have AT LEAST 20 consecutive losing seasons. Even then they would have to have more last place finishes than the pirates which might in itself is a tall wall to climb

[@oxboweditz]

Forgot about their terrible drafts, even with the rise of tigers hopefully the sox can start a solid rebuild with seizmore now!

[@KT-mw2jt]

Fun fact if bartolo colon doesn’t bomb that homer off James shields he wouldn’t of melted down like he did and request a trade lol

[@modernsaints7881]

Interesting

[@AndysennYT]

W thumbnail don’t change it

[@ower2532]

On top of the league just 20 yrs ago? 20 yrs is a long time alot can happen in 20yrs

[@kurumauzamaki2731]

Every time I see a letter from any owner of any sport I always assume it’s never actually from the owner or their feelings I just assume it’s from an unpaid intern

[@drygnfyre]

You're right. They're just PR statements. Gotta love the one the A's owner put out about how much he loves the fans, and tried so hard to keep the team in Oakland. The news anchors in the area read the letter on broadcast and laughed the entire time, because of how blatantly false it was.

[@jasonhowell7763]

This makes it seem like MLB should have relegation/promotion like soccer does. If the management doesn't want them to be a major league team, send the whole organization down to AAA.

[@javi994]

That would be wild 😂

[@ogKoral]

This includes the A’s, Angels, Rockies, Marlins, Nationals etc and I’m all for it. I can see similarities between Leeds, Sheffield, Sunderland, Wolves etc bouncing in and out and occasionally we could see a team like the Norfolk Tide making a Cinderella run in, getting promoted, then making the playoffs.

[@jonahfalcon1970]

Cleveland Spiders wave "hello".

[@malkinmalone]

To be fair, if they had known Tatis was going to get on steroids they probably would have kept him.

[@ReaperStrikerYT]

You deserve more subscribers

[@anthonyamato5658]

I've been a Sox fan all my life and it's been nothing but pain and suffering

[@brotisbeeer9409]

When is the Corbin Carroll redemption video XD

[@FlipsidebyLanaDelRey]

When I hear the white Sox all I can think of is the Dodgers player who got traded over there 😭

[@GizmoBeach]

There is no doubt the 2024 White Sox are the worst team in modern history. They weren’t an expansion team. They lost a record number of series (and were swept in a record number of them.) They had losing streaks of 21, 14 and 12 games. They were 21-60 in the first half, then got *worse* at 20-61 and that’s counting an 8-6 finish by playing the lousy Angels then a Tigers’ team who didn’t care after clinching a playoff spot. Their best pitcher was 6-12, despite 200+ K’s. None of their best hitters had a WAR rating bigger than 1.4 and finally there’s this: only seven of 30 teams had 90+ wins, and four were in the NL. Chicago managed to lose 121 times in a year where baseball was thoroughly mediocre, outside of a few individual performances. They were shutout 19 times (11.7% of the time) and scored just once in 28 other games (winning once.) They scored 10 or more runs just twice. The most inept offense coupled with a weak staff, terrible bullpen, below-average fielding and of course poor fundamentals (several highlight reels attest to this) created 2024’s catastrophe. Other than a few kids doing fairly well at the end on the mound, and possibly landing some help in a Crochet trade, next year looks no better: 50 wins would be a tall order if the offense can’t improve somehow, and whoever arrives if Crochet is dealt can’t produce.

[@rich7787]

I thought Tony LaRussa said that Yermin was in trouble because he ignored an order to take, not just because he swung 3-0. I say let him swing, but if he was told not to and still did, that’s different. Good video, like always

[@snowberrysalad]

he hadn't communicated to yermin properly. he was trying to yell from the dugout like some drunk dad at a little league game.

[@rich7787]

@@snowberrysalad Ah, got yah! Thanks for the info. In that case, that’s La Russa’s fault. I’m sorry for the late reply, I don’t get notifications when people reply to me.

[@MountPindos]

Of all the faults listed in this video, LaRussa messing with Yermin's mind when he was lights out is the worst. 😑

[@dabbingtoast7743]

It's amazing that Chicago is such a massive sports city and yet basically every single team in the city is utterly incompetently

[@javi994]

The Cubs are alright

[@drygnfyre]

The Dodgers were like this during the 90s and 00s. They were owned by McCourt who was a massive cheapskate who ran the team like they were small market. Made the playoffs maybe 2-3 times over two decades, were never very competitive barring the 2008 and 2009 NLCS runs. And conversely, the Angels were the opposite: quite good during the 00s, now are one of the worst teams in baseball. It always comes down to bad ownership. Doesn't matter how big your city is, bad ownership will always tank it.

[@zh2motorsports867]

2008 to 2010 era kind of killed the Chisox I mean I didn't help that 3B Joe Crede signing with Minnesota SP Freddy Garcia signed with Philly CF Ken Griffey Jr signed with Seattle SS Orlando Cabrera Signed Oakland SP John Garland signed with Anaheim Trading Ace Javier Vasquez & Boone Logan to Atlanta for not a whole lot Trading OF/1B Nick Swisher for a mediocre 3B Wilson Betemit and two relief pitchers that never amount to anything trading Jim Thome to LA for practically nothing trading Brian Anderson to Boston for a mediocre OF/1B Mark Kotsay And then you get to that disaster of a trade that you sent 3B Josh Fields and 2B Chris Getz to Kansas city for UT Mark Teahen and let's come out and say it it really didn't work I mean you did get Jake Peavy from San Diego and Juan Pierre from LA which weren't bad moves but at the same time it really didn't help the team compete for anything

[@sun6262-]

the ws out here getting compared to llws and high level travel ball teams

[@louisminati]

I never really got the LaRussa blame thing. The past two seasons are proof he was an affect and not a cause, and their only recent division titles came with him. A lot of those players were made of glass too. Good video tho ! Enjoyed the rundown.

[@NeoDaOne]

its a backwards move to higher a manager that has been out of the game for over a decade to try and motivate young players in the modern baseball. this team was hiding its flaws simply being better than worst teams in the AL Central division that was terrible at the time. they had losing record against playoff caliber teams. got owned by the astros in the playoffs showing they had no business being mentioned amongst the best. Cocktail Tony was a brief distraction to what was smoke and mirrors. the next year was who they really were. as Tony fell asleep at the wheel (and in the dugout).

[@drygnfyre]

The main issue was LaRussa didn't fit with the team the White Sox were trying to build. They were going for a young core that was analytic-driven (supposedly). LaRussa is one of the greatest managers ever, but he was very old school. That's not a bad thing, but it simply didn't fit the team. And there was a good amount of culture clashing. Basically, LaRussa was long past his prime as a manager and hadn't even been in baseball for a while upon being hired.

[@MountPindos]

For the love of all things good, WS coaches PLEASE teach your players the proper way to head into and round first base. Thank you.

[@mannyfrencha5736]

Let me clarify it, they stopped being the white Sox for a lil minute. They're now the White SUX. And to think, as a young dude, initially I'd go to the games with my Ole Man and brother and sister. We could hear the fireworks goin off for home runs hit as well as the selected nights for them As I got older, my buddies and I would walk to games from time to time. I said all that to say, it does seem like they like finishing in 2nd place. For many years, they would throughout the last several decades league realignment included Personally, all sports nowadays are completely NOT interesting to digest, being completely honest. I ended playing semi-pro in 2009, and I'd rather go to the park to watch those dudes. Things gotta and must change, but, it should be for better, ya think. They've HORRIBLY REGRESSED to this $h1t, 😕 Maybe a change of scenery would be good for them, with a more youthful owner, who knows. This was a fairly decent video, I realize everything couldn't be mentioned. Good job

[@aznpikachu215]

Sounds like Jerry Reinsdorf is a cheap owner.

[@thedenudator2846]

10000 innings??

[@trouserarmadillo8616]

It’s rough being a Sox fan. Everywhere you go in America, you run into Cub fans. There’s very few of us. Not to mention the fact that we are, statistically, the worst team ever. I’m praying they get sold to owners who care.

[@drygnfyre]

Depends on how you define things. If you are talking lifetime franchise records, the Phillies have lost more games than any other team. The 2024 record is the worst in the modern era strictly in terms of losses, but it's not the worst in terms of win percentage, and there were worse teams both in terms of losses and win percentage in the 19th century.

[@mattx2hias]

5:10 bassit and semien helped beat the white sox in the 2020 wild card

[@Mike-we1iv]

That's the 1962 Mets who had 120 losses😜🙄

[@FVine]

The notion that it's wrong to swing on 3-0 because your team has a big lead is such a mindless and ridiculous "rule" and I hope it goes out the window soon. Never in a sport being played at the highest level should you ease up on your opponent. It's a discredit to the game and the fans. I've seen so many big leads disappear in baseball over the years, and I can't understand why anyone would think a lead is ever safe, especially in this era of powerful offensive lineups. Anyone who thinks you should show the other team mercy doesn't belong in the sport. And if the opposing coach or players have an issue with it, tell them to pull their players off the field and forfeit if they really think the game is over.

[@baseballworldwide9439]

Apparently this individual has never heard therm term “INFLECTION”. What a snoozefest

[@RookMeAmadeus]

Jerry Reinsdorf isn't just a blight on the Sox. He's a blight on SPORTS. He owns the Bulls as well. I'll admit he had enough sense to not ruin a dream team he had that got him six titles in the '90s. After that, though? Absolute mediocrity. They were barely making the playoffs or not making it at all, in a league where 16 of the 30 teams make it each year. He's done nothing to turn it around, and seems to have no plans to. He's perfectly happy with his teams being mediocre and collecting money for him. Nothing's going to change until he doesn't own the teams anymore. Given he's 88 years old, though...Odds are it won't be much longer before a change in ownership happens.

[@aidenawe9359]

True on the last sentence

[@drygnfyre]

The Bulls might be the ultimate fluke franchise. They were bad before Jordan, bad after Jordan. They won six titles which is great, but that's it. They literally were ONLY good during that 90s dynasty. This is why I probably wouldn't even consider them a top 5 franchise in the NBA, because they have never demonstrated any kind of sustained success, compared to teams like the Celtics, Lakers, even the Spurs (at least until recently). What it all comes down to is bad ownership. And things can be turned around. Look how quickly the Orioles improved with new ownership. So there is always hope for the White Sox if they can get a new owner who actually cares about making a competitive team.

[@fernsamm]

Do the angels next please.

[@RJicado]

10,000 innings?! Probably meant Batters faced but it was really funny to hear

[@vro2857]

Sounding like the Jimmyhighroller of baseball

[@soloisrollin777]

3:31 I see what you did there

[@anthonyamato5658]

Bryce Harper wanted to be on a team exactly like the white Sox but Jerry wouldn't even entertain the idea due to being a cheapskate

[@jacobburnhill6798]

Og's will remember when the Whitesox almost signed Manny Machado.

[@EthanSchaner]

DOWN GOES ANDERSON!!!

[@dlo3695]

And so will Jram and the guardians soon😂

[@UnkleBot]

great video...im a yanks fan and i thought for sure they were gonna win multiple titles they were fin to watch during covid years

[@TeslaDystopia]

Here after the Crochet trade :c

[@돈없다노숙자]

We Just Witnessed the Worst MLB Team of All-Time...

[@jonahfalcon1970]

Nope. 1916 A's were worse.

[@greatloverofmusic1]

You gotta say at least this team did losing right.

[@TheMPScout]

Williams should have been sacked a decade or more ago ! Always thought that guy sucked as a player and a front office twit !

[@williamford9564]

The 2024 Chicago White Sox were not "the worst team in MLB history". They are the worst team in the era of a 162 game schedule. But they are not in MLB history. The 1916 Philadelphia A's were 36-117 for a .235 winning percentage. The 2024 Sox had a .253 winning percentage.

[@jonahfalcon1970]

And we can also mention the 1899 Cleveland Spiders.

[@drygnfyre]

The 2024 White Sox were also very slightly better than the '62 Mets in terms of win percentage.

[@Mike-rb2kk]

If I was GM I'd have the team make a youtube, start a weekly, well-shot "reality" series focusing on the teams hard as FUCK work, collaboration and growth in the off season - highlighting different team building techniques, health and fitness programs, practice content etc. Take a look at the content Bauer has been putting out and how it naturally highlights his team mates at the Diablos, builds interest, endears the players more than ever to the fans and put their money where their mouth is.

[@hatuletoh]

I just read that the Dodgers will give a World Series ring and full share of the monetary bonus to Miguel Vargas. I'm happy to hear that, because the day before the trade deadline at the end of July the poor bastard Vargas was traded from LA, the best team in the league, to a Chicago White Sox team that wasn't just the worst in the league, but would end up as the biggeet loosers in baseball history. I understand why the Dodgers made the trade and hopefully Vargas does too, but nevertheless, it must have been an unbelievably shitty feeling to watch the team you'd spent most of the season with win a championship in without you. So hopefully getting a ring and credit for the contributions he made to the team for the majority of the season makes the situation a little less terrible for Vargas. Unfortunately for him though, he's still on the White Sox.

[@drygnfyre]

And then we had the opposite: Kopech going from the White Sox to the Dodgers. It's good that Vargas will get a ring. I think generally, most teams will give a ring to anyone who was on the roster at some point during the season. Although sometimes the ring they get won't be as elaborate, and it's never a sure thing to begin with.

[@chihuahuaboi8698]

Jesus loves you

[@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy]

Don’t remind me…

[@UNUSUALUSERNAME220]

This is the embodiment, of Chicago sports! It's one of the reasons that Chicago sports, no longer interests me and why I have finally stopped caring. The Bulls, stink. The Sox, stink, The Cubs, can suck it! The Bears, who has cared since 1985? The Blackhawks, didn't have a problem with a predator in their organization, and they can burn in Hell right along side him! They can keep their overpriced tickets and their overpriced parking! Sports, used to be about entertainment. Now that gambling has permeated every aspect of pro sports, you can keep your filthy habits away from me! The future is moving in the direction of every game in every sport being pay-per-view, I'm not paying for the privilege of being preached at, while watching a sub-par version of something that used to be fun!

[@jmace2424]

That’s really saying something because of all the prior White Sox teams. 🤣

[@javi994]

They’ve made the playoffs like 10 ish times in their 120+ year history 😂

[@JanksBaseball2428]

Did u stream b4 this one? If not I should start streaming again

[@mopey323]

I thought this video was about the 2024 Sox, literally two thirds of this video are filler.

[@Jammin247]

Why did it take 20 mins to get to why i clicked this video?..

[@KingIsle]

Jesus is King

[@raycarlbrown-amory3509]

The good guys

[@jordandimarzio6322]

Modern history yes all MLB history which starts in 1876 not 1901 no the 1899 Cleveland spiders are the worst team in MLB history they lost 134 games and won only 20

[@davidmartinez52420]

Worst team in the World Series era

[@AlonsoRules]

can't hit, can't pitch, can't catch, can't throw, can't get lucky - that's a recipe for the worst team ever

[@johnnydepp4866]

What if they never let go of Rick renteria

[@KNS1996DFS]

The 1899 Spiders only won two consecutive games three times. They were drawing such pitiful crowds to League Park that they played the second half of the season on the road.

[@drygnfyre]

It was all deliberate, though. The Spiders were owned by the same owners that owned the Perfectos (the modern day Cardinals). As the name suggested, ownership was purposefully moving the best players on the Spiders to the Perfectos, and the bad players back to the Spiders. So the losses naturally piled up, and since back then the majority of revenue came from actual tickets, other teams refused to play at the Spiders' stadium. So the Spiders effectively became a traveling team. They were almost like the Washington Generals, in the sense ownership had no intention of making them good. The following year, it was made illegal to own more than one MLB team. This was done to prevent another Spiders situation.

[@KNS1996DFS]

@drygnfyre Well, sure. But the fact remains that they only won twenty games.

[@drygnfyre]

@@KNS1996DFS I wasn't disputing that. I was providing context for why they were so bad. Frankly, because it was basically a giant scam, I can almost forgive it. Compared to a team like the 2003 Tigers that had no such excuse, they were just bad. The Spiders were not trying to be good, that's the difference.

[@zach458]

but hey apparently the reason no one goes to their games is the area. right guys? that makes sense

[@cityhawk]

What has been a black cloud hanging over the White Sox's long history has been two things: 1) Cheap ownership. 2) Threatening to move the franchise. I hate to say it, but maybe the White Sox would be better off getting new ownership that will be willing to spend and develop quality talent and move them out of Chicago (maybe to Nashville). It'll probably end the cycle of nonsense and mediocrity once and for all.

[@MountPindos]

Fair or not Reinsdorf has a reputation of being more anti-union than the other owners. Makes players/agents not want to deal with him. Not sure what cheese he gets from the other owners for being more anti-union than them.

[@valeriekeefe8898]

41-121 > 40-120-1, stop, PLEASE

[@aidenawe9359]

Yes

[@burningphoneix]

TLR is the only reason these bums like Moncada, Eloy and Robert ever won anything

[@dlo3695]

Yea because he batted for them you bum

[@aidenawe9359]

They are the 5th worst team in history not the worst team of all time

[@davidmartinez52420]

Worst team in the World Series era

[@michaelleroy9281]

Cleveland Spiders are BEFORE 1900

[@davidmartinez52420]

@@michaelleroy9281 Not to mention the owner of the Spiders also owned the St. Louis Browns and basically "traded" most of the Spiders best players to the Browns in exchange for the Browns' worst players. The Spiders were set up to be terrible and just lived up to expectations.

[@avgGamer662]

Too many Hispanics in that club

[@dlo3695]

Ok trump

[@jeremiahsmith8499]

Cool bait bro.