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Ryan Thompson has now been on two teams that have lost 100 games. (Morry Gash/AP)

Players arrived early to take some hacks in the batting cage while others played cards in the clubhouse. Manager Jerry Royster painstakingly filled out his lineup card while chatting with reporters. The trainers attended to the walking wounded and clubhouse staff started preparing for post-game travel.

There was one big difference, though. Right there in the newspaper.

"There is nothing good about 100 losses for anybody," Royster said after his team slipped to 54-100 with a loss to the Giants on Saturday. "Whether you are a player, a manager, a strength guy, a general manager or the owner. There is nothing good about it. When it says that your organization lost 100 games, that's it."

Royster played for the Atlanta Braves when they finished 61-101 in 1977 and went 54-106 in 1988.

"There is no way to sugarcoat that for any reason," he said. "I don't care what team we have here. If we brought a team of Little Leaguers and lost 100 games, it's not going to look good."

The Brewers became the 137th ballclub since 1890 to lose at least 100 games in a season, a list that could bloom to 138 and include four teams this season. The 2002 Brewers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Detroit Tigers have already lost No. 100, and the Kansas City Royals entered play Sunday with 95.

The Athletics have lost 100 most often -- 16 times in Philadelphia and Oakland since 1915. The Dodgers and Yankees have done it only twice -- the Dodgers as the Brooklyn Superbas in 1905 and 1908, and the Yankees as the New York Highlanders in 1908 and 1912. The Giants have posted only one 100-loss campaign (in 1985) over 120 years as the New York Gothams and the New York and San Francisco Giants.

Before Saturday, Milwaukee, Houston and Anaheim were the only existing franchises more than 10 years old that had avoided 100 losses. Younger franchises in Arizona and Colorado also have yet to lose that many.

Big question marks: The Brewers are counting on three injured players -- Geoff Jenkins, Alex Sanchez and Jeffrey Hammonds -- to return healthy and fill out the outfield next season.

Matt Stairs says he wants to come back to be the fourth outfielder and Ryan Thompson said Sunday he'd love to be the fifth.

"If they offer me a contract, I sign," said Thompson, 34-year-old outfielder. "I finally found a place where I feel comfortable in this game. It's a good feeling."

At the request of the training staff, Thompson did not travel with the Brewers on their season-ending road trip. Instead, he left before the game and returned home to Indianapolis to begin rehab and enjoy his Colts and Pacers season tickets.

Fantasy edge: Richie Sexson has dropped off the map with a bone bruise in his thumb, and now a sore right knee. He batted .231 in a three-game series at Arizona and was hitting .211 in the final homestand of the season entering Sunday's finale. Stuck on 99 RBIs, Sexson has not plated a run in his last 12 games and is homerless in his last 80 at-bats.

Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to approval by Major League Baseball or its clubs.