 Although the team had a dismal 2012 season, losing 101 games (the worst record since 1966) it was largely expected.The record included a 13-game losing streak in mid-May, the team's longest in 15 years.The youth movement ushered in by Epstein and Hoyer began as longtime fan favorite Kerry Wood retired, followed by Ryan Dempster and Geovany Soto being traded to Texas at the All-Star break.