Archive for September, 2006

The Stink of Losing - Four Star Stink

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

Level Four of the Stink Matrix is the 11-13 seasons in a row stink, the air becomes more rarified here as children could have grown up never witnessing a winning year by their home baseball team, and that is just plain sad.
**** FOUR STAR STINK
Boston Doves/Rustlers/Braves/
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The Stink of Losing - Three Star Stink

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Today we jump from the two star stink to the three star stink. To get in the door your team needs to have 8 sub (or .500) seasons in a row. As we did before we’ll start back in the days of Cobb and the spitter.
*** THREE STAR STINK
St. Louis Cardinals
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The Stink of Losing

Monday, September 25th, 2006

Ooooh that smell
Can’t you smell that smell
Ooooh that smell
The smell of death surrounds you
Last season the Brewers strained to reach the year above .500, each late September game was marked with the Brewers TV announcers tracking the games being played in hope that the record of consecutive losing seasons would end.
Alas, they fell short […]