The statistic-happy sport of baseball loves big, round numbers.
But the Orioles and their fans sure aren’t embracing the triple digits bearing down on them like a fastball — 100 losses.
Entering Friday night’s game at the Tampa Bay Rays, Baltimore had a major-league-worst record of 41-99 with 22 games remaining. The last time the Orioles lost at least 100 games was 1988. Before that, they had avoided triple-digit defeats for 34 years.
One-hundred losses holds a special place in the pantheon of baseball futility marks, along with being no-hit and failing to bat .