Nothing before has ever come close. Even playing a distinct 2d fiddle in their home market, no large-market team should ever be this horrific for this long. Before this trifecta of trauma, Sox had a comfortable margin over .500 as a franchise--they fell below .500 lifetime last year. They were a solid franchise from 1981-2006, and they had a 17-year run of winning seasons from 1951-67.