0-and-9! This puts Maroth within five games of the record for consecutive losses to start the season, now held jointly by Joe Harris of the Boston Pilgrims (1906) and Matt Keough of my beloved Oakland Athletics (1979). Six more losses and Maroth takes out a record that’s stood for one hell of a lot longer than that piddly HRs-in-a-single-season thing that got so much attention a couple of years back. Where is the man so heartless that he does not wish Maroth well in his quest to get back on the horse tonight? Ah, but where is the man, woman, child or mute beast who does not secretly hope that Maroth will lose yet again, bringing his consecutive-losses-to-start-the-season streak to a dazzling 0-10?
