In the days after taking on the greatest challenge in baseball 12 years ago, Dayton Moore knew his success or failure would be judged by the long term. But, all the same, he had two personal goals he held firm and shared with at least some.
“I’ve never finished last and I’ve never lost 100 games,” he said. “I don’t plan on starting now.”
Moore had no way of knowing how difficult his new job was in those days, not fully, and that team spent every day after April 12 in last place and lost exactly 100 games.