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1. 2 days ago on Tank McNamara

   The 1899 Cleveland Spiders went 20-134.

   The 1884 Wilmington Quicksteps went 2-16 for the worst-ever winning percentage of .111. They were in the UA, which folded after one season.

   How bad was the UA? St. Louis won the league with a 94-19 record. They joined the NL and finished 36-72 in 1885.

2. 2 months ago on Working Daze

   Was the Peter Principle at work here?

3. 4 months ago on Tank McNamara

   The sport selection for LA2028 was done before the Paris games. A host city can chose several sports to add to the core list; Paris added breaking, while Los Angeles didn’t.Los Angeles will have cricket as a sport, however.

4. 6 months ago on Tank McNamara

   Bill James says the game used to have a clock. “It was called the sun.” Games had to be played quickly for them to end before sunset.

5. 7 months ago on Two Party Opera

   I’ve walked on water. I had to wait for the river to freeze over first.

6. 8 months ago on Working Daze

   The last movie I saw in a theater was Aelita, Queen of Mars.

7. 8 months ago on Tank McNamara

   Every individual dressage medal in the past six Olympics, and every gold in that event in the past nine, was won by a woman.

8. 11 months ago on Tank McNamara

   1) Luis Rubiales, former head of Spanish football, for his behavior at last year’s Women’s Cup Final.

   2) Julio Gutierrez, who added 42 minutes of stoppage time to a Bolivian league game. The league temporarily suspended operations last year due to dishonest referees.

   3) I’m still trying to decide on this one.

9. 12 months ago on Tank McNamara

   If you want incompetent refereeing, there’s Julio Gutierrez of Bolivia, who added 42 minutes of extra time to a soccer match.

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10. over 1 year ago on Fowl Language

    It could be worse.

    Dave Barry once picked up his son from school – while driving the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile.

    https://www.miamiherald.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/dave-barry/article1934773.html