Why do Boston teams always win?

[Old and In the Way]

I don't get it....the Sox and the Pats win, probably the Bruins, and. in the future, the Celtics. So how does one area have so much success?

[JayhawkSD]

1. The Patriots are not a Boston team.

They are the "New England Patriots" and play in Foxborough MA, which is a suburb of Boston.

[Capt. Obvious]

5. NY Giants and NY Jets are not a New York team

They play in New Jersey which is another state entirely.

[KamaAina]

10. The 49ers are not a San Francisco team

Santa Clara is 40 miles south, roughly the distance between DC and Baltimore. The fact that they now suck green moss-covered rocks is purely a coincidence.

[many a good man]

2. Better generals

[Old and In the Way]

15. If only the footballs had been inflated an extra 1mm on the balls cicumference, they would have won.

Because .039" of an inch is the difference between failing and big time failing! Oh well, Hatriots goota hate!

[hughee99]

3. It helps to be in a significant sized market and get a lot of fan support.

When the teams play better, they fill the stadiums (or can charge more for tickets, if they're already filling it) and sell more merchandise to make more money, so there's a greater financial incentive in this market than some others, which gives the owners a greater financial incentive to invest in management (good GM's and coaches), or to change personnel when it's not working. Look at teams like the Tampa Rays or Marlins or even Atlanta who had some great seasons and still couldn't fill their stadiums, or teams like the Bengals that seem to have inexplicably given Marvin Lewis a lifetime job. Boston (the whole market, not just the city) is also a multi-sport market, so teams have to compete for the fans money more than in cities where a single team (or maybe just two) dominate the market. Also, it's a good bit of luck.

[Old and In the Way]

16. Very true.

Sucessful franchises sell more stuff. The Pats are encroaching on NYY territory, except today there are free agency rules....no Yankee could go the "free agency" route back when they had their dinesty. But
players want some of that great team majic. That is why Revis, Browner, and lots of players want in.with the Patriots. Please continue to believe they are cheaters...and then continue to watch their record grow as winners!

[trumad]

4. LOL

It took the Red Sox almost a hundred years to win a World Series....and from the look of last season it may take another 100.

Everything is cyclical.

[WilliamPitt]

6. We don't.

Pats haven't won a title in 10 years, but have been to the big game twice in that span, only to be defeated by Eli EXPLETIVE DELETED Manning.

Bruins lost in the Stanley Cup finals in '13.

The Celtics are terrible.

The Red Sox finished in last place this year.

So.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. You're Right, But. . .

. . .with the Pats, 6 SB's in what, 13 years(?) is pretty amazing.

[WilliamPitt]

12. Yes

It is.

[trotsky]

8. Well obviously they don't "always."

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[WilliamPitt]

13. And we have the banner to prove it

Makes me want to kill things.

WHO HANGS A FUCKING BANNER TO COMMEMORATE LOSING THE SUPER BOWL.

But I'm not bitter.

[Yavin4]

9. In NY, it's Wall Street's fault

NY sports teams sell ridiculously priced tickets. So, they have to chase stars in order to justify the ticket prices. Instead of building teams through the draft and developing talent, NY teams have to have stars to satisfy the Wall Street banker fan base.

[KamaAina]

11. Because Buckner.

[Capt. Obvious]

14. Poor Buckner. I remember his suicide attempt after that series.

He ran in front of the Mets team bus but it went through his legs.

[Old and In the Way]

17. oh yeah, that is a nightmare....

I was on a Delta Express flight from NYC T0to BOS that day. Got a Mets hat on the trip down and a Sox hat on the wY back. Guess which one I still have?

[El Supremo]

18. Do you have to remind us? >>