2003 San Diego Padres finished 64-98 as the worst team in the MLB
2004 San Diego Padres finished 87-75 and competed for NL Wild Card (with a new logo, jersey, and ballpark)
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Alas, the Patriots who made headlines every single week for destroying opponents and escaping others to end the regular season having gone undefeated, were expected to win it all (until the most important game of them all rolled around and then… oops). Tough luck, but the craziest thing about their shenanigans is that the Patriots organization is attempting to trademark the phrase “19-0″ and “19-0 The Perfect Season.”
Let that sink in a little: The Patriots. Are trying to trademark. Numbers. From a business stand point it would theoretically bring in trillions of dollars of royalties (just think of all the math classes, sports scores, phone numbers etc.). At least, that is, if it wasn’t an utterly RIDICULOUS idea.
They would use the phrases “19-0″ on a number of toys and whatnots, thereby forever mocking themselves for winning 18 games only to choke on the last one. Clever clever people.
Resources: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0421081pats1.html
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…that isn’t skeet shooting… (not that we’re saying skeet shooting is a sport).
That thing to the left is not the most uncomfortable (and rather proudly large) cup on the planet. It’s the instrument of death and destruction as brought to you by Spaniards. It’s worn with a glove and is used to hurl a small ball close to 200 mph at a wall (put it like that and the game sounds kinda silly *cough* Nascar *cough*). “Jai Alai”, meaning “Merry Festival” in the Basque language (Spain), is played in a “fronton” (an open-walled arena) and is pronounced “high lie” (like what you tell your parents when they smell something coming from your room…).
Get a nifty diagram and some sweet footage after the jump…