Season 2 continues with the next installment of our saga tackling the legendary losers, baseball's own Cleveland Spiders, who won just 20 games in the 1899 season. This week, we take a deep dive into the 1899 season from hell and highlight some of the worst losses and rare wins, then we explore the Spiders' legacy and how they are still shaping the baseball world today.
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Put Me In, Coach! is a baseball podcast hosted by Matt Coggins and Carl Mizell.
Theme music is by Quack Quack Seat Back. Edited and produced by Matt Coggins / Arctic Sounds.
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FOOTNOTES
Hetrick, J. Thomas (1999). Misfits! Baseball's Worst Ever Team. Pocol Press.
David L. Fleitz, Baseball Almanac (2001). The 1899 Cleveland Spiders: Baseball's Worst Team
Audrey Stark, SBNation (2019). What can we learn from the worst team in baseball history?
The Great Baseball Revolt: The Rise and Fall of the 1890 Players League by Robert B. Ross (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2016)
Bob Bailey, SABR (1990): Four Teams Out: The National League Reduction of 1900
Foolish Baseball, Baseball Bits: The Team That Lost 134 Games
Fox Sports: MLB History: Owners Prevented from Owning More than One Team
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