Larry Sheets (65), who hit 94 home runs during eight MLB seasons, still cannot forget his nightmare in 1988. In that year, Sheets played as the designated hitter at the Baltimore Orioles, and had to share the record of the most consecutive American League losses with 21 consecutive losses.
As time passed, his son Gavin Sheets (28) grew up to be a baseball player. He is a confident main outfielder of the big league team. However, as he watched his son’s baseball game this year, his father had to recall the terrible memories of 36 years ago. The Chicago White Sox, where Gavin is playing, lost 1-5 to Oakland on the 6th (Korea time), setting a new record of 21 consecutive losses set by Baltimore in 1988. His father and son have become a part of MLB’s losing streak that will continue for generations. “Baseball PTSD (Post Traumatic Syndrome)” his father told The Athletic. Other teams could have just laughed at him, but he couldn’t stand it.
His father Sheets thinks 21 consecutive losses in 2024 will be far worse than the 21 consecutive losses in 1988. At least 24 years ago, he would not have suffered from malicious comments on social media. “Everyone is curious about how the White Sox will lose today,” Sheets said. “I kept saying that I need to draw strength from within,” she said, who talked to her son on the phone every day during the losing streak.토토사이트 순위
What matters most is victory. “At the end of the tunnel, there is light. You just have to overcome the current obstacle. You just have to win one game.” Baltimore ended its long losing streak in 1988 with the White Sox, where its son is now playing. Baltimore, which finished the season with 54 wins and 107 losses, rebounded dramatically the next year with 87 wins and 75 losses and No. 2 in the district. What the father wants from his son’s team is the same story. “During a losing streak, people naturally focus more on their individual performance than on winning or losing,” he said. “But baseball is not like that.”
His father said he would congratulate his son on the day the White Sox ended their losing streak. “You shouldn’t take winning for granted. Winning in the big leagues is very difficult,” he said.
The White Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1 on Sunday, finally ending a losing streak that was too long. Both the father and son could laugh for a little while from their long nightmare.