Well, maybe ‘playing baseball’ is a bit much, but the Chicago Cubs of yesteryear at least attempted to play the game. The 2012 campaign featured a whopping 101 losses and only one of the players on the roster are on the roster now, that being Anthony Rizzo. The likes of Joe Mather, Blake DeWitt, Bryan LaHair and Cubs Twitter favorite James Russell were all occupying the roster back then.
2012 was the first season that Theo Epstein was in charge of operations, and he has not disappointed during his six seasons, 2019 being his seventh.