Many of the Orioles fans back then didn’t know that thirty years later, in 2018 more specifically, the Orioles would have an even worse record of 47-115, be dead last in the majors in wins, lose a superstar slugger, Manny Machado in a deal to the Dodgers (who then went to the Padres), and for of course Chris Davis to start what would become a record breaking 0 for 54 slump expanding into 2019.
I remember calling the Orioles when the SI issue came out (0-18) and saying how sorry I was for their troubles. The lady on the other end chuckled and thanked me.
@Schrodinger's Snuffleupagus this year's orioles lost more games and they started 3-0 😆 Edit: it not for surprising win totals vs the Yankees and redsox were talking 1962 Mets here....
I was in high school in the Baltimore area when this happened. The day after that first loss, I was at the Baltimore Science Center with my parents when one of the exhibitors saw my Orioles hat and tried to poke a little fun at the ol' home team. "It's just one game!", I told him defiantly. I was so wrong.
Another joke: Mr Jones was a violent man, beating his son Billy. Billy ran away from home. A policeman found him and asked where he was going. Billy says he's going to Oriole park. The Orioles don't beat anyone.
@@jerometaperman7102 Nope, never heard it ever before I just read his post. I was 16 in '88 and we would have known about it, unless it just circled in old mans language. And if it were in cycle in old man language, Akbar would be about 120 by now and not even know how to type anymore. Have a great day ahead
@@noah_that_bills_fan1613 moneyball will make a competitive team which can win the World Series though spending some money on players wouldn’t hurt I mean unless it does
Football fans: You didn't win for 24 days? Eh, so what you lose 4 or 5 games in a row, that happens sometimes- Every other sport: We play almost every single goddamn day, y'know. Football fans: *Oh shit.*
For me as an modern orioles fan. After knowing how bad the 88 team was initially. It just puts into perspective how bad the 2018 team was, after managing to lose even more games. Pain.
As an orioles fan, I can indeed confirm that it is tough being a member of birdland. I’ll never give up on my O’s though. Someday we’ll be on top again.
I unironically appreciate your optimism. I’m a rays fan, so I know how it feels to be at the bottom. We’re only just starting to look up after like 7 years
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers started out at 0-26, but they were a new Franchise. the Orioles had already won a W.S. and started out 0-21. i'd say that's worse, but Ask Steve Spurrier, the QB who got the crap beat out of him for 14 games the 1st year...he might disagree with me.
As an A's fan I love that they have been doing well during the regular season but every time they make the postseason my heart sinks knowing they just will blow it
While I recall that streak (yes, I am old enough), the team didn't feel that awful and the team bounced back the next year.... not like the current Orioles.
Actually I'd like to see him cover some bad teams as I find them interesting. Since the modern World Series, the 1962 Mets aren't the worst: 1916 Philadelphia Athletics 36 117 .235 1935 Boston Braves 38 115 .248 1962 New York Mets 40 120 .250 And Babe Ruth finished his career with those Braves. Digging back into the late 1800's: 1899 Cleveland Spiders 20 134 .130 1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 23 113 .169 1883 Philadelphia Quakers 17 81 .173 1889 Louisville Colonels 27 111 .196 Louisville was in the American Association, the rest were in the National League. The Spiders and Colonels are defunct franchises. The Quakers changed their name to the Phillies in 1890 and the Alleghenys changed their name to the Pirates in 1891.
Baseball players are mentally tough. They have to be because they play almost every day. Can’t get too high when you win, or too low when you lose. But to go through something like this is something that would bring down even the mentally tough. There’s only so much failure anyone can take.
I think from a baseball psychology standpoint. The opponent would expect or anticipate a 0-10 team would be "Due for a win" and would play harder. Whereas a 10-0 team might be due for a loss.
I remember reading about this in a Cal Ripken autobiography in 8th grade. I forget exactly what the things he said about it were but it was interesting to hear how a player of his stature dealt with those kinds of struggles he had in 1988
Was it Count Me In? I remember reading that book in elementary school and it made me an immediate Cal Ripkin Jr fan, even though by then he had long retired.
The past is history and we learn. Positive mind set...Orioles were always a good team regardless and they were dominating in the 70's and always in the playoffs
The 2021 Orioles as of this post are sadly approaching that mark again, and already have become the first team to have two losing streakings of at least 14 games in the same season since the 1935 Boston Braves, and have the highest margin of defeat in Major League History since way back in the inaugural 1876 season for the current 15-game losing streak. Even drawing 10,000 fans is a challenge nowadays, compared to the frequent sellouts at Camden Yards during the '90s. The pitching is even worse now than in '88 with a team era of 5.85! I've never lived to experience a pennant and a World Series appearance like my dad did, who grew up during those glory years.
A bad season was going to happen for the Orioles. Ok maybe not an 0-21 start. But, after winning the World Series in 83, many of the core players from the 70's retired or were older and closer to retirement- Singleton, Al Bumbry, Scotty Mac, Dempsey. Then top prospects didn't pan out, Mike Young, Sheets-to a certain degree, and a bunch of pitchers. Then the Orioles tried a quick fix in 85, signing Fred Lynn, Don Aase, and Lee Lacy. Part of that had to due with the owner Williams who was battling cancer and wanted to see a winning team. So, I understand why they did it, but it wasn't a good move. They even brought back Earl Weaver, but he didn't have the players. The 89 Orioles, with Greg Olsen and could other players who had their career years, almost won the AL East.
Their owner, Edward Bennet Williams, took over the team in 1979 and started eviscerating the farm system, so they became dependent on free agents. Roland Hemond took over the team in 1988 and rejuvenated player development, so they played respectably over the next several seasons. Then another lawyer, Peter Angelos, wrecked the team again.
I remember when the 1996(?) cubs started 0-14(?) when I was like 10. Even at that young age coming back from basketball practice, I knew we were fucked. I can’t imagine another 7 games
Most people forget about this, but the Braves (pretty damn bad themselves in the late 80s) started the 1988 season 0-10. But that didn’t matter, THE ORIOLES WERE 0-21! The Braves were so bad, they couldn’t be better at being bad than the Orioles.
@Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball - (Haha, Happy Fun Ball!) Back then, there was a sports column, and I cannot remember who wrote it. But anyway, he wrote something like, “The Braves aren’t even comically bad. They’re just a bland, Bruce Benedict sort of bad.”
I remember this season like it was yesterday---unfortunately. Ironically, as the losses piled up, the Orioles became the team no one wanted to play because no one wanted to be the first team to lose to them.
Kirby Puckett's quote is beautiful. I can't help but appreciate the cheeky devil. Saying something superficially nice while also stifling the biggest burst of laughter.
Yea but in 18 we knew it was going to be bad, the great Buck Showalter g9ne, hotheads like Manny sent away for being an expensive dirty player...poofed away.
I saw the Orioles play the twins on a Monday night, the last week of the streak. An Orioles player took a swing and corkscrewed his way to the ground after missing a pitch. It was a very sad sight. I was a twins fan and believe me they were no champions, though they won two titles around that time. Sorta by luck. But watching the Orioles that night I never felt so sorry and sad for a baseball team. This is the stuff of Legends.
Thanks for this one Stark Raving Sports/Mike, it brought back an AMAZING memory! Oh Boy...do I remember the 87 O's. I was at the game between the O's and the Jays, Sept 14, 1987 at Exhibition Stadium in TO when Cal Sr, ended Cal Jr;s consecutive inning streak of 8243. On this night the Blue Jays pounded 10 Home Runs on the way to beating the toasted O's 18-3. It was such a wacky wild game with all those dingers that I lost my voice from "yahooing" basically all night. It might be worth showcasing as a sequel to this video. Cheers!
Thanks, I've been trying to recall Larry Sheets' name for several years. All I remembered was a largish player with a mustache hitting a HR, from a Sports Center clip I saw back in the '80's, but that's him for sure.
Dang i'm just happy Orioles are still in Baltimore at this point. Were 23-13 This year and im so proud what weve been able to do so far no matter how the out come it is ths year 2023 World Series Champions ! lol I'm Predicting now hoping me and my Dad gets to see us win one Together 🙏
Oh my god this puts something into so much context for me. The Orioles had a promotional VHS tape for fans that I had as a kid, my grandmother had it at her house where I used to go after school every day and I watched it dozens of times. It was called "Baltimore Orioles: 1989 Why Not?" Now knowing this comes off the back of the season of pain it feels so much different to know this wasnt just a happy go lucky thing for a 3rd or 4th place team.
Lived in Arlington VA for this. One of the local radio stations (think it was 105, but don't quote me on that) used to have a 10 songs in a row commercial free block, and decided they would extend it with the O's. Ended up being like an hour and a half to 2 hours, then an hour of commercials.
I was 12 years old when I witnessed this madness. My father was a lifelong O’s fan who watched every game. To say he was miserable would’ve been the understatement of the century.
Lol I'm just happy and jealous of myself at being a Cardinals fan, cuz after seeing this, I realize how lucky I've been that we are almost always contending or in the playoffs
This was the prequel for one of the most exciting seasons I have ever had as a Baltimore Orioles fan. The 1989 Why Not? Season. Went into the final series against division leader Toronto with a chance to overtake or tie them but fell short.
I loved these days at old Memorial Stadium. Im a Phillies fan but my dad and uncle would take us to Baltimore from Jersey for the weekend to see the Orioles for 2 games along with the Inner harbor. I always remembered being blown away at real grass opposed to the Vet Stadium turf.
I remember this. One clip from that losing streak stands out to me because it was later used in a commercial that year. The three outfielders are all close together looking up trying to find the fly ball the other team's batter has just hit. The cameraman noticed before they did that the ball had already landed a little to the left/right (can't remember which) of all three of them and panned a little to the left/right of them showing the ball on the ground. And the commercial? It was for a shortlived soft drink called Slice that ran a memorable ad campaign that year that always began with someone saying, "Who's got the juice?" Then they'd show various clips of something cool and say, "Got it!" and then show a clip of something lame and say, "Uh-uh, ain't got it." That clip of the Orioles' outfielders looking in vain for the ball that had already landed was of course the one they ran for "Uh-uh, ain't got it."
There is a part 2 to this story. The Oriole returned to Baltimore at 1 and 23 to face Texas on what was called "fantastic fan night". They won before a crowd of over 50k screaming fans! There it was announced that the Orioles has signed a 15 year lease to play at a new stadium to be built in the Camden Yards industrial area near the Harbor.... Do a youtube or google search on Orioles fantastic fan night 1988 for more information. And as others have mentioned they almost came in first in 1989!
@2:31 - the Cleveland Indians didn't use the "C" as their logo in 1988, but Chief Wahoo. Please don't don't try to rewrite history as fact, that's a disgrace.
As an Orioles fan I stopped watching baseball when Eddie Murray was traded as a scapegoat. So this season is one of my last Memories of watching baseball regularly
And now, with a 5-1 loss to the Oakland Athletics on August 5, 2024, the 2024 Chicago White Sox have now lost 21 straight games, tying the 1988 Baltimore Orioles.
I clearly remember this year and they blew massive chunks. I recall a DJ from 98 Rock living up on a rooftop until they won a game, he stayed there a while. Good old Larry "Between The" Sheets, forgot Bout him.
The Orioles turned it around in 1989. They unexpectedly competed for the AL East crown finishing 2nd, 2 games behind the Blue Jays. They went to Toronto for a season ending 3 game series 1 game behind the Jays but lost the first two games of that series to be eliminated on the next to last day of the season. Btw, this Orioles team is not the worst in franchise history. They are the 7th worst. 1939 St. Louis Browns 43 111 .279 2018 Baltimore Orioles 47 115 .290 1911 St. Louis Browns 45 107 .296 1937 St. Louis Browns 46 108 .299 1910 St. Louis Browns 47 107 .305 2019 Baltimore Orioles 54 108 .333 1988 Baltimore Orioles 54 107 .335
Say what you will about this losing streak, but nothing will ever hold a candle to the infamous Earl Weaver rant from back in the day. You old timers know I'm talking about & for the younger generation, just type in Earl Weaver Rant & you'll see for yourselves what I mean. In one word to describe that one, CLASSIC!!!
I still remember this because the second Brewers series happened during my chicken pox bout when I was eight...and it was fun watching all this go on and watching the Brewers announcers gleeful over their horribleness.
In 1988 the started broadcasting the oriel's and people in my area had a choice, the braves were the only option before, and the oriel's then continued to be record shatteringly horrible, it was fun
Rex Barney former Brooklyn Dodgers flamethrower was the P.A. Announcer at Memorial Stadium and as long as I can remember (at least 1978) he would say that line after a nice grab by a fan. He was one of the best.
As a White Sox fan this is depressing to see that the Orioles beat that 21 game losing streak.......but at least the Sox currently swept them before the All-Star break. Thank you, Baltimore. 😂
in AFL (Australian Rules Football) a team called the sydney swans went 0-6 to start an 23 game season in 2017 before only losing 2 the rest of the year and coming 5th in league.
Okay, I'm pretty sure what happened with that run at 4:24 is they did the thing teams like to do with runners on first and third where they'll have the guy on first try to steal second, and if the catcher throws to second, the guy on third tries for home. Then they caught the guy going for second in a rundown, but while they were doing that, the run scored.
@StarkRavingSport, you might considered to come up with new version since this 2021's Baltimore Orioles are back it with another possibility to breaK their own record and even the old time at least in losing streak at any time of the season.
In Spain but the S is silent
In champagne but the Cham is silent
Windowpane but the window is silent
Propane but the pro is silent
Campaign but Cam is silent
Cocaine but the Co is silent
Many of the Orioles fans back then didn’t know that thirty years later, in 2018 more specifically, the Orioles would have an even worse record of 47-115, be dead last in the majors in wins, lose a superstar slugger, Manny Machado in a deal to the Dodgers (who then went to the Padres), and for of course Chris Davis to start what would become a record breaking 0 for 54 slump expanding into 2019.
Thanks, but us Orioles fans don't need the reminder.
I understand and feel the same pain you feel as an Orioles fan myself.
The Chris Davis deal will go down as the worst in MLB history...
Yeah, it's been tough for us Orioles fans.
And endure back to back 100+ loss seasons since 1953-1954.
I remember calling the Orioles when the SI issue came out (0-18) and saying how sorry I was for their troubles. The lady on the other end chuckled and thanked me.
Say what ?
O's doing the reverse Undertaker.
1-21.
The disrespect...
the reek
Racist picture bro
@@BoleDaPoleGet some fresh air bro. You're gonna need it if a picture offends you lol.
WOW. And I’m both a baseball fan and a wrestling fan. You had to be THAT GUY LOL. Great joke!
The fact they won 54 games after all this is kinda impressive to me
@Schrodinger's Snuffleupagus this year's orioles lost more games and they started 3-0 😆
Edit: it not for surprising win totals vs the Yankees and redsox were talking 1962 Mets here....
officer down!
I’m 62 I grew up an Orioles fan I remember that year it was like driving past a bad wreck you just couldn’t look away
I’m so sorry
I was 10 years old during that season and I remember it well. The 1989 season was so much fun. That was our “why not?” season.
I was in high school in the Baltimore area when this happened. The day after that first loss, I was at the Baltimore Science Center with my parents when one of the exhibitors saw my Orioles hat and tried to poke a little fun at the ol' home team. "It's just one game!", I told him defiantly.
I was so wrong.
You need to make a sequel about the “Why not season?” Of 1989.
I know. Only two games out of first the next season.
Exactly
And if I remember correctly we had a lead in all 3 games vs the blowjays in the last series of the 89’ season
The radio jockey was one of the first twitch streamers
There was a joke that year: Q: How are Michael Jackson and the Baltimore Orioles alike? A: They both wear a glove on one hand for no apparent reason.
That’s a good one! 🤡
Another joke: Mr Jones was a violent man, beating his son Billy. Billy ran away from home. A policeman found him and asked where he was going. Billy says he's going to Oriole park. The Orioles don't beat anyone.
@@akbarlebowitz8151 - I never heard that before 1988 but I believe you. Da Cubss!
@@jerometaperman7102 Nope, never heard it ever before I just read his post. I was 16 in '88 and we would have known about it, unless it just circled in old mans language. And if it were in cycle in old man language, Akbar would be about 120 by now and not even know how to type anymore. Have a great day ahead
The 2020 Tampa Bay Rays: Moneyball pt.2
Can’t blow a 3-0 lead, right?
Hopefully they won't make a shitty vanity project about them too.
@@therealjaystone2344 nah
Well now ya know
MONEYBALL NEVER WORKS.
@@noah_that_bills_fan1613 moneyball will make a competitive team which can win the World Series though spending some money on players wouldn’t hurt
I mean unless it does
Football fans: You didn't win for 24 days? Eh, so what you lose 4 or 5 games in a row, that happens sometimes-
Every other sport: We play almost every single goddamn day, y'know.
Football fans: *Oh shit.*
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 0-26 first 2 seasons.
I actually had Larry Sheets as an instructor during my week at Cal Ripken’s baseball camp in 2012.
For me as an modern orioles fan. After knowing how bad the 88 team was initially. It just puts into perspective how bad the 2018 team was, after managing to lose even more games. Pain.
As an orioles fan, I can indeed confirm that it is tough being a member of birdland. I’ll never give up on my O’s though. Someday we’ll be on top again.
I unironically appreciate your optimism. I’m a rays fan, so I know how it feels to be at the bottom. We’re only just starting to look up after like 7 years
That's my dad. He bit he's and complains about the O's yet, watches and cheers every game. Even when they are doing well he will find things wrong
Someday has come!
Me: *cries in Orioles fan*
dude don’t cry. your team actually had a good year this year and they played a lot better than expected
Yup I was surprised on they played this year. In the future they’ll be a good team
Owen nah Yankees just played worse than expected lol
Nah the o’s was the real deal this year.
Its tough being a Os fan, atleast we got the Ravens
as an orioles fan, i didn’t need to see this title😔
I feel you man. As a Padres fan i feel you dude. I would pat your back but don't give up hope. Eventually the Orioles will get strong.
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers started out at 0-26, but they were a new Franchise. the Orioles had already won a W.S. and started out 0-21. i'd say that's worse, but Ask Steve Spurrier, the QB who got the crap beat out of him for 14 games the 1st year...he might disagree with me.
Thats what is so strange about it two HOFers: Ripken and Eddie Murray were on that Team.
Now do a video about the Indians 22 game win streak
That’s probably more painful for Indians fans than this was for O’s fans.
@@KingJori_ are you okay?
@@jawbreakerhd9887 it is painful considering there’s only 2 or 3 guys left from that 2016/2017 team.
As an A's fan I love that they have been doing well during the regular season but every time they make the postseason my heart sinks knowing they just will blow it
‘88 was the year of Eckersley vs Gibson. Iconic.
This is the story of the 1984 Tigers in reverse
Poor Jon Miller having to broadcast every one of those games
One tough way to become a hall of fame broadcaster!
?🥸🗣 he still got paid $$ Miller ended up just fine
@@josephhale9198 right, but who said that making big money was easy?
@@anthonybrooks5040 anything that isn’t easily earned is definitely worth having so I’m sure he didn’t mind in the end
5:14 Damn y'all really forgot about his Triple Crown World Series MVP season of 1966
Yo Huffle Pass me a Bat ima go play for my fav team in MLB!
They beat my Sox in '83 to get to the WS and to go like this with Cal & Murray was mindblowing 5 yrs.later
While I recall that streak (yes, I am old enough), the team didn't feel that awful and the team bounced back the next year.... not like the current Orioles.
This made the 1989 season, the "Why Not?" Year, even more special
I hope you cover the 1962 Mets in the future and find a way to build an expansion team that could get to .500 in 1962.
you mean like build a team that could do it? bc those mets went 40-120
@@floppaturnt 40-120 in 1962
Actually I'd like to see him cover some bad teams as I find them interesting. Since the modern World Series, the 1962 Mets aren't the worst:
1916 Philadelphia Athletics 36 117 .235
1935 Boston Braves 38 115 .248
1962 New York Mets 40 120 .250
And Babe Ruth finished his career with those Braves.
Digging back into the late 1800's:
1899 Cleveland Spiders 20 134 .130
1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 23 113 .169
1883 Philadelphia Quakers 17 81 .173
1889 Louisville Colonels 27 111 .196
Louisville was in the American Association, the rest were in the National League. The Spiders and Colonels are defunct franchises. The Quakers changed their name to the Phillies in 1890 and the Alleghenys changed their name to the Pirates in 1891.
@@sdgakatbk Foolish Baseball already made a video on the 1899 Cleveland Spiders
Baseball players are mentally tough. They have to be because they play almost every day. Can’t get too high when you win, or too low when you lose. But to go through something like this is something that would bring down even the mentally tough. There’s only so much failure anyone can take.
No one should suffer that long of a losing streak. Ever. I am sorry you suffered through that hell.
I think from a baseball psychology standpoint. The opponent would expect or anticipate a 0-10 team would be "Due for a win" and would play harder. Whereas a 10-0 team might be due for a loss.
I was 14 years old. The very first Orioles game I watched that season was their 9-0 win over the White Sox.
I remember reading about this in a Cal Ripken autobiography in 8th grade. I forget exactly what the things he said about it were but it was interesting to hear how a player of his stature dealt with those kinds of struggles he had in 1988
Was it Count Me In? I remember reading that book in elementary school and it made me an immediate Cal Ripkin Jr fan, even though by then he had long retired.
@@Gemnist98 I think so
I love the Baltimore Orioles, the Washington Nationals, the Atlanta Braves, and the Cleveland Indians.
I remember all of this and do not care. I am proud to be a Oriole fan. Go Birds!!
The past is history and we learn. Positive mind set...Orioles were always a good team regardless and they were dominating in the 70's and always in the playoffs
Crazy how this team doesn’t have the worst regular season record in history though
If these were the worst, the hypothetical record would be 36-126.
The 1988 Orioles began the season 0-21 and yet ended up with the same number of wins then the Bad News Braves (Atlanta Braves) that season with 54.
98 Rock DJ Bob Rivers did stay on air until the O's won, often playing the whole side of an album so he could take 20 minute naps.
The 2021 Orioles as of this post are sadly approaching that mark again, and already have become the first team to have two losing streakings of at least 14 games in the same season since the 1935 Boston Braves, and have the highest margin of defeat in Major League History since way back in the inaugural 1876 season for the current 15-game losing streak. Even drawing 10,000 fans is a challenge nowadays, compared to the frequent sellouts at Camden Yards during the '90s. The pitching is even worse now than in '88 with a team era of 5.85! I've never lived to experience a pennant and a World Series appearance like my dad did, who grew up during those glory years.
A bad season was going to happen for the Orioles. Ok maybe not an 0-21 start. But, after winning the World Series in 83, many of the core players from the 70's retired or were older and closer to retirement- Singleton, Al Bumbry, Scotty Mac, Dempsey. Then top prospects didn't pan out, Mike Young, Sheets-to a certain degree, and a bunch of pitchers. Then the Orioles tried a quick fix in 85, signing Fred Lynn, Don Aase, and Lee Lacy. Part of that had to due with the owner Williams who was battling cancer and wanted to see a winning team. So, I understand why they did it, but it wasn't a good move. They even brought back Earl Weaver, but he didn't have the players.
The 89 Orioles, with Greg Olsen and could other players who had their career years, almost won the AL East.
I remember the Sport Illustrated cover that said 0-18 the agony of the Orioles.
Their owner, Edward Bennet Williams, took over the team in 1979 and started eviscerating the farm system, so they became dependent on free agents. Roland Hemond took over the team in 1988 and rejuvenated player development, so they played respectably over the next several seasons. Then another lawyer, Peter Angelos, wrecked the team again.
I remember when the 1996(?) cubs started 0-14(?) when I was like 10. Even at that young age coming back from basketball practice, I knew we were fucked. I can’t imagine another 7 games
Close, it was 1997. But yeah, that was horrible.
@@alexvokoun9272 yep, the season that killed Harry. Then we got stuck with Chip, who was never a Cubs fan, but we did have a really fun 1998.
Mgr.Treblehorn met the press across the street at the firehouse for a beer and 4,000 fans showed up wanting his head!
@@daniellinehan63 wrong year. Tom Trebelhorn was there in 1994. Jim Riggleman was the manager in 97.
Fortunately everybody was following the Bulls that spring of 1997.
Most people forget about this, but the Braves (pretty damn bad themselves in the late 80s) started the 1988 season 0-10. But that didn’t matter, THE ORIOLES WERE 0-21! The Braves were so bad, they couldn’t be better at being bad than the Orioles.
@Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball - (Haha, Happy Fun Ball!) Back then, there was a sports column, and I cannot remember who wrote it. But anyway, he wrote something like, “The Braves aren’t even comically bad. They’re just a bland, Bruce Benedict sort of bad.”
I remember this season like it was yesterday---unfortunately. Ironically, as the losses piled up, the Orioles became the team no one wanted to play because no one wanted to be the first team to lose to them.
Kirby Puckett's quote is beautiful. I can't help but appreciate the cheeky devil. Saying something superficially nice while also stifling the biggest burst of laughter.
He was such a genuinely nice dude. Gone way too soon.
I wasn’t alive in 1988 but I was in 2018 so as an Orioles I know what it’s like to lose like that.
Yea but in 18 we knew it was going to be bad, the great Buck Showalter g9ne, hotheads like Manny sent away for being an expensive dirty player...poofed away.
I’m a pirates fan and we honestly aren’t too far off from that kind of futility rn. It’s gonna be a long ass year. At least we won on opening day lol
I saw the Orioles play the twins on a Monday night, the last week of the streak. An Orioles player took a swing and corkscrewed his way to the ground after missing a pitch. It was a very sad sight. I was a twins fan and believe me they were no champions, though they won two titles around that time. Sorta by luck. But watching the Orioles that night I never felt so sorry and sad for a baseball team. This is the stuff of Legends.
Thanks for this one Stark Raving Sports/Mike, it brought back an AMAZING memory! Oh Boy...do I remember the 87 O's. I was at the game between the O's and the Jays, Sept 14, 1987 at Exhibition Stadium in TO when Cal Sr, ended Cal Jr;s consecutive inning streak of 8243. On this night the Blue Jays pounded 10 Home Runs on the way to beating the toasted O's 18-3. It was such a wacky wild game with all those dingers that I lost my voice from "yahooing" basically all night. It might be worth showcasing as a sequel to this video. Cheers!
Forgot to mention the Blue Jays 10 Homeruns still stands as the record for 1 team in 1 game.
Young prospect Fred Mcgriff HR'D in that game. Went on to have a HOF career.
Thanks, I've been trying to recall Larry Sheets' name for several years. All I remembered was a largish player with a mustache hitting a HR, from a Sports Center clip I saw back in the '80's, but that's him for sure.
"As a fan, 0-6 is the point where you start to get scared."
*Looks at the 2021 A's*
Thinking the same thing
The Orioles might have another big losing streak this year.
Unfortunately yea
I was in the 7th grade when this happened.
This reminds me of my slow pitch softball team. Pretty sure we blasted past 21 games in a row tho
Hey Airtime I remember you from another srs video
Whatttt, A.T.T. on a baseball video, hell yeah, Go Os
i subbed at “bottom of the six when the wheels fell off”
Woohoo! An Orioles video!!!
Oh...
Were we suck
Amazing content!! As a Yankee fan born in 85 I never knew about this.
Dang i'm just happy Orioles are still in Baltimore at this point. Were 23-13 This year and im so proud what weve been able to do so far no matter how the out come it is ths year 2023 World Series Champions ! lol I'm Predicting now hoping me and my Dad gets to see us win one Together 🙏
This brings back memories as a kid going to the games back then.
Oh my god this puts something into so much context for me.
The Orioles had a promotional VHS tape for fans that I had as a kid, my grandmother had it at her house where I used to go after school every day and I watched it dozens of times. It was called "Baltimore Orioles: 1989 Why Not?" Now knowing this comes off the back of the season of pain it feels so much different to know this wasnt just a happy go lucky thing for a 3rd or 4th place team.
Lived in Arlington VA for this. One of the local radio stations (think it was 105, but don't quote me on that) used to have a 10 songs in a row commercial free block, and decided they would extend it with the O's. Ended up being like an hour and a half to 2 hours, then an hour of commercials.
“Joe Carter hits a home run...probably the most important he will hit in his life.” I laughed out loud 😂
Winning a World Series with a home run isn't nearly as important!
I am watching this in 2024 and my White Sox are just like this team
I was 12 years old when I witnessed this madness. My father was a lifelong O’s fan who watched every game. To say he was miserable would’ve been the understatement of the century.
That's some mad respect for your Dad. Not jumping out of Orioles fan dome.
And they almost made the playoffs the next year
Lol I'm just happy and jealous of myself at being a Cardinals fan, cuz after seeing this, I realize how lucky I've been that we are almost always contending or in the playoffs
This was the prequel for one of the most exciting seasons I have ever had as a Baltimore Orioles fan. The 1989 Why Not? Season. Went into the final series against division leader Toronto with a chance to overtake or tie them but fell short.
FR also won a WS in 1966 with Baltimore.
I loved these days at old Memorial Stadium. Im a Phillies fan but my dad and uncle would take us to Baltimore from Jersey for the weekend to see the Orioles for 2 games along with the Inner harbor. I always remembered being blown away at real grass opposed to the Vet Stadium turf.
I remember this. One clip from that losing streak stands out to me because it was later used in a commercial that year. The three outfielders are all close together looking up trying to find the fly ball the other team's batter has just hit. The cameraman noticed before they did that the ball had already landed a little to the left/right (can't remember which) of all three of them and panned a little to the left/right of them showing the ball on the ground.
And the commercial? It was for a shortlived soft drink called Slice that ran a memorable ad campaign that year that always began with someone saying, "Who's got the juice?" Then they'd show various clips of something cool and say, "Got it!" and then show a clip of something lame and say, "Uh-uh, ain't got it." That clip of the Orioles' outfielders looking in vain for the ball that had already landed was of course the one they ran for "Uh-uh, ain't got it."
There is a part 2 to this story. The Oriole returned to Baltimore at 1 and 23 to face Texas on what was called "fantastic fan night". They won before a crowd of over 50k screaming fans! There it was announced that the Orioles has signed a 15 year lease to play at a new stadium to be built in the Camden Yards industrial area near the Harbor.... Do a youtube or google search on Orioles fantastic fan night 1988 for more information. And as others have mentioned they almost came in first in 1989!
@2:31 - the Cleveland Indians didn't use the "C" as their logo in 1988, but Chief Wahoo. Please don't don't try to rewrite history as fact, that's a disgrace.
? Also history is written by the winners.
As an Orioles fan I stopped watching baseball when Eddie Murray was traded as a scapegoat. So this season is one of my last Memories of watching baseball regularly
God I’m old, I cried that season, I was 16 and heart broken!
Being an O's fan is a lesson in masochism. I have firsthand experience and can testify.
Finally found a guy to help me learn about baseball history like mike korzemba did with basketball and the nine club did with skateboarding 🤙🏻
This video was way better than I expected
And now, with a 5-1 loss to the Oakland Athletics on August 5, 2024, the 2024 Chicago White Sox have now lost 21 straight games, tying the 1988 Baltimore Orioles.
The losing streak that had no end in sight… 19 in 21…. I’m looking forward to 2023!
I clearly remember this year and they blew massive chunks. I recall a DJ from 98 Rock living up on a rooftop until they won a game, he stayed there a while. Good old Larry "Between The" Sheets, forgot Bout him.
The Orioles turned it around in 1989. They unexpectedly competed for the AL East crown finishing 2nd, 2 games behind the Blue Jays. They went to Toronto for a season ending 3 game series 1 game behind the Jays but lost the first two games of that series to be eliminated on the next to last day of the season.
Btw, this Orioles team is not the worst in franchise history. They are the 7th worst.
1939 St. Louis Browns 43 111 .279
2018 Baltimore Orioles 47 115 .290
1911 St. Louis Browns 45 107 .296
1937 St. Louis Browns 46 108 .299
1910 St. Louis Browns 47 107 .305
2019 Baltimore Orioles 54 108 .333
1988 Baltimore Orioles 54 107 .335
I was born and raised in Baltimore. 1988 was the first year I followed baseball and that was a brutal way to start.
I think that was the year I saw the Orioles vs Yankees at the old Memorial stadium
Eddie Murray was incredibly clutch and even he couldn't pull them out of this
Say what you will about this losing streak, but nothing will ever hold a candle to the infamous Earl Weaver rant from back in the day. You old timers know I'm talking about & for the younger generation, just type in Earl Weaver Rant & you'll see for yourselves what I mean. In one word to describe that one, CLASSIC!!!
You should do a video on the 89 Orioles. Totally different story that year.
I still remember this because the second Brewers series happened during my chicken pox bout when I was eight...and it was fun watching all this go on and watching the Brewers announcers gleeful over their horribleness.
Orioles still being a nightmare 😬
It hurts being an os fan and all I know is pain
Yes, the Orioles were pretty wretched in 1988, but look how good they were in 1989. Just goes to show you how anything is possible in this game.
You used the Hastily Assembled Cleveland Tourism Videos! You absolute legend.
Two more games and history repeats itself.
The 0-21 Orioles did something not even the 2018 Orioles could: still be mathematically alive for playoff contention at the end of August.
In 1988 the started broadcasting the oriel's and people in my area had a choice, the braves were the only option before, and the oriel's then continued to be record shatteringly horrible, it was fun
It got so bad the announcer would say give that guy a contract anytime a foul ball went into the stands
Rex Barney former Brooklyn Dodgers flamethrower was the P.A. Announcer at Memorial Stadium and as long as I can remember (at least 1978) he would say that line after a nice grab by a fan. He was one of the best.
As a White Sox fan this is depressing to see that the Orioles beat that 21 game losing streak.......but at least the Sox currently swept them before the All-Star break. Thank you, Baltimore. 😂
in AFL (Australian Rules Football) a team called the sydney swans went 0-6 to start an 23 game season in 2017 before only losing 2 the rest of the year and coming 5th in league.
As a Tribe fan (Guardians now), surprised O’s got swept twice. Tribe wasn’t that good in the 80’s.
I was still collecting baseball cards in 88. Was the last packs I ever bought.
Okay, I'm pretty sure what happened with that run at 4:24 is they did the thing teams like to do with runners on first and third where they'll have the guy on first try to steal second, and if the catcher throws to second, the guy on third tries for home. Then they caught the guy going for second in a rundown, but while they were doing that, the run scored.
If someone gave Bo Jackson a pair of skates as a kid he probably would have been the greatest power forward in NHL history.
@StarkRavingSport, you might considered to come up with new version since this 2021's Baltimore Orioles are back it with another possibility to breaK their own record and even the old time at least in losing streak at any time of the season.