Over the weekend the Philadelphia Phillies did something that no other sports franchise in history has ever done - they lost their 10,000th game. The Phillies with that loss became the losingest team in professional sports. Let's paint this moment in history with numbers:
- 125] The number of years the Phillies have been playing. In 1883 they were known as the Quakers. They morphed into the Blue Jays and finally the Phillies...
- 18,810] Total number of games played...
- 23] Number of consecutive games lost in their worst losing streak...
- 14] Number of seasons of 100-plus losses...
- 1] Number of World Series won (1980)...
Philadelphia was the city that once booed Santa Claus so it was only fitting that a fan watching loss No. 10,000 held this sign at Citizens Bank Park: "10,000 'N Proud". Although the Phillies have a shot at a Wild Card spot and are still within striking distance of the NL East leading Mets, they didn't help their cause last night. They lost game No. 10,001...
10 Timeline Memories:
- 1941] Boogety, boogety. This streak ends: The longest hitting streak in baseball ends in Cleveland for the "Yankee Clipper", Joe DiMaggio. After hitting in 56 games, Indian pitchers stop DiMag. 66 years later, no one has come close to equalling or breaking his record...
- 1954] Jazz matazz: The 1st Newport Jazz Festival is held at the Newport (RI) Casino...
- 1959] "Happy Trails": The legendary Billie Holliday is a victim of cirrhosis of the liver at 44. Here's a special tribute to 'The Lady': http://youtube.com/watch?v=TVSgf5_rsI4 ...2006] Author Mickey Spillane dies from pancreatic cancer at 88...
- 1967] Strange but true: The Jimi Hendrix Experience opens for The Monkees in Forest Hills. Huh???
- 1974] Should I stay or should I go?: John Lennon is ordered to leave America in 60 days. The 60 day order, of course, is wiped out eventually...
- 1975] What's up Dock?: An Apollo spaceship and Soyuz spacecraft dock in orbit. It's the 1st superpower linkup of its kind...
- 1981] Tragedy on the ground: A pair of walkways above the lobby of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel collapses during a dance. 114 are killed...
- 1996] Tragedy in the air: TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 747 bound for Paris, explodes and crashes off Long Island, shortly after take-off from JFK killing all 230 aboard...
- 1997] Nickel and diming days are over: The Woolworth Corp. closes its last 400 five-and-ten stores...
- 2004] Girlie Mahn: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger mockingly refers to Democrats as "girlie men" for delaying the state budget by catering to special interests...
Commentary...
"Happy Trails" to former first lady, Lady Bird Johnson who passed away last Wednesday at 94. An active conservationist (remember her purple flowers along the highways?) Lady Bird stayed active long after her husband, former president Lyndon Johnson died in 1973. Lady Bird died of natural causes...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Mark Burnett (47), Bryan Trottier (51), Phoebe Snow (55), David Hasselhoff (55), Lucie Arnaz (56), Spencer Davis (65) - Spencer and the group with Steve Winwood and his record-executive brother Muff are seen in this video clip: http://youtube.com/watch?v=VxA3atHD2QM , Diahann Carroll (72), Donald Sutherland (73), Phyllis Diller (90) and Art Linkletter (95)...
Timeline Countdown: 13 days away from the opening of all NFL training camps...
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