Check in if you live in a town with a sports team that's made losing a dynasty

[HEyHEY]

Vancouver canucks fan here... or the "CanKnuckleheads" as they're known by dedicated fans. Almost forty years and nothing but losing except two trips to the Stanley cup final. They will NEVER fucking win the cup. It's just that fucking bad.

So, when I say a losing team, I mean like HOPELESSLY will never ever win a fucking thing.

[yellowdogintexas]

1. Texas Rangers baseball team. The Mavericks were the Basement Dwellers

in the NBA until Mark Cuban bought them.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Cheer up....

Both the Seattle Mariners and the Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos have also never felt the joy of ever playing in a World Series game in their existance.

[yellowdogintexas]

47. trust me, I have not lost one bit of sleep over the Rangers, Cowboys, Mavericks or

Stars. My interest is not aroused except if one of them gets in a playoff then I sort of pay attention just so I don't feel too stupid when people are talking about it.

I used to check in on the Cowboy games to see if they were winning before I called my mother in law if I happened to need to talk to her on a game night. I learned if they were losing she wasn't much fun to be around.

I am so glad my husband isn't a sports junkie.

[jobycom]

37. The Mavericks were great in the mid 80s.

Mark Agguire, James Donaldson, Rolando Blackmon... They lost to the Lakers in the playoffs a couple of times, and had a 55 win season at least once. For a while they were hotter than the Cowboys in Dallas.

When Dick Motta quit and John MacLeod took over, they collapsed. Some of that was MacLeod's lousy coaching, some was the age and injuries of their star players, and a lot of that was Roy Tarpley, if anyone remembers him. He had superstar talent but kept melting down off the court, getting banned for drug use and doing other boneheaded things. The Mavs kept trying to build a team around him, and he kept self-destructing. That's what started their bad gunkie of the 90s.

[yellowdogintexas]

45. I missed out on that. I didn't get here until the end of 1989 and they were

in the basement for a LONG time.

[Chan790]

2. I grew up a Whalers fan...

that gives new meaning to losing.

We never won shit, traded our 2 best players away for nothing, couldn't fill an arena and finally lost the team when the city and the team couldn't close a $10,000 gap in a multi-million dollar arena deal.

[Initech]

4. Angels. I'm surprised they got one.

And it seems they haven't made it past the first round ever since. And one time they got fucked by a dumbass umpire.

[charlie and algernon]

32. Angel's don't count

they may suck in the playoffs, but they're usually the team with the most regular season wins, or close to it.

[Initech]

33. That's generally because the AL West is a shitty division to begin with.

Seattle? HA!!!

Texas? They have some good pitchers but they need to work on offense.

Oakland? Gutting the entire team will either be a good thing or come back to bite 'em in the ass.

[Droopy]

5. Cincinnati Bengals

They were an expansion team in the late 60s. Went to two Super Bowls in the 80s, but lost in both of them and haven't come close since then. They did make the playoffs a few years back, but in the first play of the first game they lost their star QB to a nasty knee injury that ended up requiring sugery, and, of course, they lost the game. This year they are 2-11-1 with 2 games left to play.

[sasquatch]

9. Tell me about it

[unpossibles]

30. yup - Cincinnati

luckily I can't stand most things about football (or baseball for that matter) so I don't mind. I have nothing against the actual game, and have been known to enjoy some backyard football occasionally, but am not a sports fan at all other than the Olympics.

[Godhumor]

6. I live in Buffalo...

Need I really say more?

[baldguy]

52. Wide right.

No goal.

[Iggo]

7. Los Angeles.

The Clippers suck live!

Go Lakers!

[MrSlayer]

8. All our teams were like that until we won the World Series this year.

100 sports seasons of futility. Now our football team hasn't won the Championship in 48 years, our hockey team in 33 and our basketball team in 25. Hell, this World Series is only the second in the franchise's 126 year history. It doesn't come around too often. I can feel your pain. I still have nightmares about Nathan LaFayette hitting the crossbar late in the third period against the Rangers in game 7 of the 94 final. I wanted the Canucks to win so badly.

[HEyHEY]

10. Dude! And that's why I celebrated the Phillies this year!

That's hilarious, loser cities bond! I actually won a t-shirt at a rock concert on that Nathan Lafayette question. We got screwed by the refs anyway. Ever see the riot footage? Frankly, that'll go down in history more than any cup win anyway.

[MrSlayer]

15. The refs were in the bag for the Rangers that entire playoff.

It was disgusting. And despite having to play against both the refs and the Rangers, the Canucks gave them all they wanted.

Yes, I remember the riots up there. Crazy shit.

[JVS]

13. The Phillies are 126 years old? Or are you counting the Philadelphia Athletics to that?

[MrSlayer]

14. Actually 125. Founded in 1883.

Came in as the "Quakers" but changed to "Philadelphians" and shortened to "Phillies" by 1890.

Yes, two rings in all that time.

The Athletics were another franchise altogether. They moved to Kansas City in the 30's or 40's and then on to Oakland.

[Lucian]

11. Minnesota Vikings.

Went to the Super Bowl four times, couldn't win one. They never will.

[JVS]

12. You might need to start a whole new thread for Cubs fans.

Go SOX!

[mopinko]

19. took the words right out of my mouth

odd lot those cub fans. i don't even like to go to that neighborhood any more.

[Bunny]

16. Pittsburgh Pirates, who just this year tied with some other team for longest

losing-season streak ever. 16 years of misery, inflicted on a once proud team. The home of greats like Honus Wagner, Willie Stargell, and Roberto Clemente. We did, however, have a few great moments. This one will live in history:



Bill Mazeroski arriving at home plate after hitting the 1960 World Series-winning, bottom of the ninth home run against the mighty Yankees!

[Richardo]

20. This was my answer too :-(

Hey Bunny, a baseball fan uncle-in-law (?) gave me a CD of the entire radio broadcast of 1960 Game 7. What a hoot - the World Series was much less hyped in those days, and when'd the last time a pen company could afford commercial time during a World Series?

[Bunny]

27. To this day, on the anniversary of that game, a small group of the

faithful gather in Oakland, at the site where the outfield wall of Forbes Field used to be, and listen to the radio broadcast of that game.

I think it's pretty cool that your uncle-in-law got you that tape! Things sure have changed with the World Series. Did you know that the first ever night game of the series was played in Pittsburgh in 1971? That's the first year we beat the Orioles for the title - did it again in '79. :woohoo:

[Richardo]

29. I would SO go to that.

...and yeah, those two Championships were the sports highlights of my yute. That, and four mo-foing rings for the Steelies! Super Bowl XIII was especially sweet.

The 70s were a good decade to be a Pittsburgh fan. *sigh*

[PRETZEL]

26. Sadly, the Bucs have been major disappointments

even though I'll still watch them every chance i get.

[1gobluedem]

17. Detroit Lions...

I don't live IN Detroit but they are the whole state's team really. They have losing down to an art form; their last championship was in 1957.

[TheMightyFavog]

44. The whole state's team?

last time I checked, the U.P. was solid Packer Country.

[1gobluedem]

46. Except the eastern UP

But, you're right, I should've said the Lower Peninsula's team. Except SW Michigan has a lot of Bears fans. Oh dear, maybe they're no one's team.

[susanna]

50. No matter how you cut it, they're awful.

I wish they could turn it around, but I lose hope with every passing year. :-(

[motely36]

18. Sad to say the Orioles

They are taking losing to new heights. Until Angelo sells, the team will continue to suck x(

[Nickster]

21. Hello?? Chicago Cubs fan here! LoL.

[SoxFan]

22. 1918-2004

[Richardo]

23. My favorite trivia re: the 2004 Red Sox:

"Last time they won a World Series, there was still an Ottoman Empire." :rofl:

[foxfeet]

24. Seattle

The whole sports scene (aside from the UW women's cross-country team) has stunk up the entire landscape this year. The Mariners do so yearly.

[HEyHEY]

35. I know, what's with our region?

[foxfeet]

38. I think it has something to do with plate tectonics...

or Juan de Fuca.

[Zuni]

25. Baltimore Orioles/Washington Nationals

I live in Maryland, closer to Baltimore but also close to DC.

[madinmaryland]

28. Same here! Don't forget the Washington Wizards/Bullets!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

43. Well you have a chance with at least one of those teams.

[racaulk]

31. Atlanta Hawks

Although they have improved somewhat over the last few years, that team, when compared to the Braves, Falcons, and Thrashers, is an embarrassment for our city. The last national championship the Hawks won was back in 1958, back when they were still located in St. Louis.

Their 2004-2005 season record of 13-69 was a complete shame, one which will tarnish that team for years to come.

[KamaAina]

34. Two years in New Orleans

proud home of the Bagheads.



The 'Aints have never even appeared in a Super Bowl in over forty years. :puke:

[jobycom]

36. New Orleans is the answer that trumps all the others.

I grew up watching the Saints and the New Orleans Jazz before they moved to Utah. Neither ever had a winning season while I lived their, for twenty-one years.

The Saints had their first winning season in franchise history the year after I moved to Dallas, 1987. For twenty years before that, they only broke even twice. Even now, they've lost almost 60% of the games they've played. The New Orleans Jazz best season ever was 39-43.

[BOSSHOG]

41. Yeah but wait till next year!!

[jobycom]

42. Yes! It does teach one optomism in the face of reality, does it not?

:rofl: I sometimes wonder if my slacker attitude comes from always "waiting till next year" and never actually seeing anything done!

[Burma Jones]

40. When I was a little kid, my Dad was going to Tulane and we had Saints Season Tickets

They were dirt cheap back then (1969 and 1970 seasons) and the games were at the old Tulane Stadium. A big highlight though was Tom Dempsey's 63 yard field goal to beat the Detroit Lions. As we were getting ready to move back to the DC area, we heard the news that Billy Kilmer was traded to the Washington Redskins.....we thought we were doomed....

We also went to a bunch of New Orleans Buccaneers ABA games, they were a winning team, hence not destined to stay in New Orleans for long......

[flvegan]

39. Until this past season, the Rays were pathetic.

They enjoyed their last place (or close to last place) standings each year in the tough AL East.

[Xipe Totec]

48. Boston - we coined the term "The Curse of the Bambino" n/t

[tammywammy]

49. The Texas Rangers

I drive by the beautiful ballpark at least 5 days a week.

[kwassa]

51. Washington Redskins, pride of our nation's capitol!

Their unending pattern: they start off a season well with a winning record, and then proceed to gradually and completely tank.

Washington Wizards! Another fabulous team. They fired their long-time coach, and the Redskins coach may soon follow. The same pattern of great promise and miserable delivery.