Sports’ most depressing team, plus the Knicks take a 2-0 Finals lead
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Good morning!
At least the weather is nice in Orange County today.
Coming up:
🫠The hopeless Angels
🏀 Knicks in the driver’s seat
🎾 A historic title bid
Has your team ever had the second-worst farm system in baseball, sat in last place, trailed 7-0 at home against a team that lost 119 games a year ago, and then gone down more when your right fielder missed a fly ball with his glove and volleyed it over the wall with his head for a home...
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