Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · Jun 24 Before the Pittsburgh Pirates lost last night to the noble, morally correct Seattle Mariners, over the franchise’s 144-year history they had a cumulative record of exactly 10,949-10,949, which I think is just beautiful
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Wow the pirates must have been very good before my lifetime
“Morally correct Seattle Mariners” is so good I hope never to forget it. One day I hope to live to see my Mariners win the World Series but until then… they are the morally correct Seattle Mariners.
Having met 2,605 times, the Giants and Dodgers are currently tied at 1,294 wins apiece en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgers...
As a Pittsburgher, this really underscores how abysmal the win average has been over the last 30 years to undo the win average of the preceding century.