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Long losing streaks: can be stressful as well as embarrassing.(Warm Up Tosses)
BASEBALL'S LATE COMMISSIONER BART GIAMATTI ONCE EXPRESSED HIS DEEP feelings about the game in an essay entitled "The Green Fields of the Mind." In the essay, published in the Yale Alumni Magazine and Journal in 1977, he wrote this line about America's summer pastime: "It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart."
Giamatti was expounding his views on how defeat affects a fan, but his observation also applies to teams and individual players who have suffered emotionally crushing or embarrassing losses throughout the storied history of the major leagues.
Such was the case with the Kansas City Royals last August 17 when they dropped their 18th ...
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