| They started off on May 1st 1883 as the | | | | history. Ted Williams always seemed to come up |
| Philadelphia Quakers. The Quakers lost their first | | | | short in October when it came to squaring off in |
| game 4-3 and went on an 8 game skid. This is | | | | the World Series. Tony Gwynn, looked upon by |
| how the Philadelphia Phillies began their march to | | | | many as the greatest hitter since Ted Williams, |
| become one of the worst franchises in | | | | never could lay his hands on a ring. Great players |
| professional sports. Not only that, but during their | | | | and poor teams seem to always form an unholy |
| first year, the would be Philadelphia Phillies lost 81 | | | | union. |
| of their inaugural 98 games. So it is no wonder | | | | The point of all this is that it's not so |
| that the Phillies became the greatest losers in | | | | extraordinary to be a loser. In fact it is much |
| sports when they became the first professional | | | | more common to be a loser than a winner. |
| team to lose 10,000 games. | | | | Winners are unique in the fact that they triumph |
| In typical Phillies fashion, yet another instance of | | | | over the masses. So that fact that many news |
| the cruel irony which embodies the Phillies played | | | | papers made note of the fact of the Phillies |
| out when the youngest player ever to reach 100 | | | | 10,000 loses does not make them a horrible |
| home runs struck out to end the game and give | | | | organization. Considering they have been in |
| them they're 10,000 loss. But Ryan Howard isn't | | | | existence for more than 100 years is a |
| the first great player to play for a sorry team. | | | | testament to their good business sense and |
| Mr. Cub himself Ernie Banks was a 2 time MVP. | | | | means more than their 10,000 loses ever will. |
| The Cubs are also one of the worth franchises in | | | | |