10,000 Losses?

Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies have lost their 10,000th game. They lost 10-2 at home to the St. Louis Cardinals. While it is funny to see a franchise lose that many games, too much is being made of this. It's not like the current team has lost 10,000 games, although as bad as they've been over the last few years, they're certainly capable of doing it.

What's funny to me is that they kind of had a mini-rally when they reached 9,999 losses. Where was that rally when they were at 9,000? Or even 9,500? Like they were going to be able to stave off loss number 10,000 forever with an infinity-game winning streak.

But let's put this in perspective. Baseball currently plays an 162 game season, the longest season in pro sports. I do believe since the 1900s, they've always played over 100 games in a season, and this particular team has been in existence since 1883. The dust from the Civil War was still settling in 1883.

So let's take it easy on the Philadelphia Phillies. After all, it's just a matter of time before the Braves (next in line at 9,681) reach that milestone, and I truly don't want to try and defend 10,000 losses for the Braves.