Central Georgia Sports ReportComment

FYI Friday: A potpourri, a gumbo of items you can win bets with, or just be happy to be smarter after reading

Central Georgia Sports ReportComment
FYI Friday: A potpourri, a gumbo of items you can win bets with, or just be happy to be smarter after reading

By Michael A. Lough

The Sports Report

centralgasports@gmail.com

          Welcome to The Central Georgia Sports Report’s new feature: FYI Friday.

Every Friday (or a day or two later), during the visit you should make every day to The Sports Report to gain knowledge, come get specific information on specific topics, answers to questions you didn’t know you had, but answers you’re glad to get.

          If you like being smarter. Welcome.

As we reach the All-Star break, the standings are sort of a mess. Contenders kind of stink, teams can’t get out of their own way, the billion-dollar payroll – it seems – just broke a 7-game losing streak.

                   

          So, who where does everybody rank in winning percentage? Not wins, because the older teams will obviously have more wins than many teams. The 16 oldest teams are at least 120 years old.

          The good – and perhaps surprising news – is that the Atlanta Braves organization is tied for ninth – through a day or two ago – at 50.3 percent. That ranges from 1876 when the Braves were the Boston Red Caps.

          They moved to Atlanta in 1966.

          The bad news: In all that time, the organization has a paltry four World Series titles, in 1914, 1957, 1995, and 2021.

          That total is also tied for ninth, but as per Baseball Reference, the Braves are second in total games played with 22,310, just behind the Cubs. The site in this case ranks organizations from the start, not current franchises.

          A bright spot for Atlanta fans: Philadelphia is seventh in games played, and has only two World Series titles.

          The most futile? Milwaukee’s Brewers started in 1969, and have no World Series titles.