Contributed by: filbert Thursday, August 18 2005 @ 08:29 AM CST
Pathetic[*1] .
Sitting in last place, 15 games under .500, the Mariners certainly aren’t going to feel bad about beating anybody.
But having just swept the hapless Kansas City Royals with an 11-5 drubbing in front of 35,224 at Safeco Field, Seattle’s manager and players could certainly sympathize with the team that just lost its 18th consecutive game to tie the 10th-longest streak in major-league history.
Royals need to go 43-0 to finish .500, 25-18 to avoid 100 losses, 1-42 to avoid losing all of their remaining games.