[losing streak] the americans do it big time

You don't see much American pro-ball on this site but this must take the biscuit as an amazing record:

Bad starting pitching, brutal relief and hardly any hitting. Oh, and lots of booing. Loss No. 10,000 came Sunday night when Albert Pujols hit two of the St. Louis Cardinals' six homers in a 10-2 rout of Philadelphia.

By the ninth inning, fans in the sellout crowd of 44,872 were thumbing their noses at the dubious mark, standing and cheering. One fan held up a sign that read:

"10,000 'N Proud."

"It's just another one as far as I'm concerned," said 81-year-old fan Ty Ayars, of Swedesboro, N.J. "They need pitching and until they get good pitching, they're not going to win a World Series any time soon."

What sort of a person supports a team like this? What is his psychological makeup? Then again, I was a Crazy Gang supporter and still watch Vinnie with affection in his pro-film career.

In Australia, there is a team named St.Kilda which operates much the same way and St Kilda supporters are generally greeted with both a smile and admiration of their fortitude.

They did well in recent years but have now dropped back again, as usual.

Also, what sort of team takes the name of their home city and contorts it into a moniker? Imagine Man U as "the Mannies" or Real Madrid as the "Maddies".

Suppose it takes all sorts.