Die-hard sport fans don’t root for their teams to lose. Until they’re about to make history, that is. With the Chicago White Sox poised to capture the record for most losses in a modern MLB season with less than a week of games, its fans are finding themselves in the previously unthinkable position of wishing for the next defeat. It’s a feeling other fans of historically losing teams have, unenviably, experienced. “Once you’ve been down so long, what’s a little lower?” asked Michael Campbell, a lifelong Detroit Lions fan who moved to Chicago from Michigan shortly before the team went […]
Silver lining for White Sox fans? History, say fans of other losing sports teams: ‘Once you’ve been down so long, what’s a little lower?’
