Jerry Reinsdorf’s Very Painful Series of Unfortunate Events is nearing its endgame as the Chicago White Sox season winds down. Barring a sudden September surge, the 2024 Sox soon will be known as the worst team in modern baseball history. They enter Friday’s series opener against the Oakland Athletics with 114 losses and must win 10 of their final 15 games to avoid tying the 62-year-old record of 120 defeats set by the expansion 1962 New York Mets. The ultimate agony-of-defeat moment, which Sox fans have been bracing for the last three months, could occur next week.