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Cliff Curtis
“You can’t win ’em all.” It’s said with a shrug, a human acknowledgement that nobody goes undefeated, that nobody is perfect, that even if you do everything possible sometimes you will lose.
The origin of this phrase could be Connie Mack after the 1916 Philadelphia A’s went 36-117. But it could also be from Cliff Curtis, one of the most hard-luck pitchers to ever throw a ball in a major-league game. In 1910-11 with the Boston Doves, Curtis lost a major-league record 23 consecutive decisions (since broken by Anthony Young), and didn’t win a game in 28 consecutive starts, also a record (now a three-way tie with Matt Keough and Jo-Jo Reyes). - SABR
Redid the facegen.
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