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[AV6NHBP6SPD]

so who was watching brazils game?

[ikethegreat]

Wow Bulger.....talk about an awesome insurance policy!  

Mike, wanna bet again before the preseason starts who's going to make a deeper push into the playoffs this year? Or have you finally come to your senses and realized the greatness that is the Ravens?

[Mike]

The Ravens blow! I'm actually not to confident this football season thought. It's baseball season brother care to place a wager on that?

[ikethegreat]

Sure.

Wanna bet on if the O's will set a record for the MLB's worse win-loss record ever?

I'm fairly sure this is one record that is well within our reach!

[Mike]

I may take that bet I don't think they are that awful.

[ikethegreat]

The Bottom Line: 2010 Orioles through 70 games

As Orioles fans are well aware, record-wise, the team is easily the worst in the major leagues at this point in the 2010 season. The Pittsburgh Pirates are the next closest, a full six games ahead of the Orioles with a 25-45 record through 70 games.

In addition to being the worst team in the majors right now, the Orioles are flirting with the historical distinction of being one of the most dreadful teams in the modern era.

So, here at The Baltimore Sun, we've decided to begin charting the team's record compared to other notably bad teams in team and major league history -- the 1954 and 1988 Orioles, as well as the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics and 1962 New York Mets.

In the first year of the Orioles' existence, the team went 54-100 in 1954. The 1988 Orioles became the only other team since the franchise moved to Baltimore to lose 100 games when they finished 54-107.

The 1916 Athletics compiled the worst winning percentage in the modern era (.235) and ended with a 36-117 record. The 1962 Mets lost the most games in the modern era and finished with a 40-120 record.

UPDATE: I'm adding the 2003 Detroit Tigers, who finished with a 43-119 record. They weren't historically bad -- meaning they didn't set the record for most losses or worst winning percentage in the modern era -- but the Orioles Insider readers convinced me to add them to the list because they were so close.

2010 Orioles: 19-51 (.271)

Notable win-loss records through 71 games (win percentage in parentheses):

1916 Philadelphia Athletics: 18-52-1 (.254)
1954 Orioles: 27-44 (.380)
1962 New York Mets: 19-52 (.268)
1988 Orioles: 19-52 (.268)
2003 Detroit Tigers: 18-53 (.254)

[ikethegreat]

I was sad to hear Valentine withdrew from our coach search yesterday, but I can't really blame him.

[Mike]

I would bet that they finish better than a .200 win percentage.

[alpha]

Go USA! Let's beat Ghana!

[Abailey4]

^I wish these dudes could for once keep a clean sheet in the first 5 minutes! God!

[fabulous010]

Go england!

[ikethegreat]

I talk some shit and now they are on a 4 game win streak! How long will it last is the question...

[Mike]

I'd say they lose the next game.

[ikethegreat]

25-58 and they just put Millwood on the DL 


Will anything go right for the O's this year? 

[Mike]

Sox are in the same boat. Other than the pitching it's our AAA team night in and night out.