The 15 Most Tortured Sports Cities

[Guest slacklet]

 

Bandits won the MILL title in 1992, 1993 and 1996.

 

I was there for the latter two.

 

Long live The Aud.

 

Baby Joe Mesi's career ending due to a brain hemorage

 

He's still waiting to see a specialist.

 

If the doctor says he's OK now, and that his initial post-fight MRI doesn't show signs of a subdermal hematoma, he'll be able to fight again.

[Slayer 0]

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Says the Canadian.

 

"Canada is just too huge." /Random russian.

Well, if it makes you feel better, nobody really lives in about 90% of it.

-=Mike

If we shifted our border ten miles north, we'd annex 90% of the Canadian populace

[Guest MikeSC]

If thats the case the buffalo getting to the super bowl 4 straight times should be why they are not tourtured.  Winning the division every year and getting tossed in the first or second round year after year AFTER YEAR or coughing up 5-6 world series should definately should count as a tourture.

Well, yeah, maybe, if Atlanta fans actually gave a shit.

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Can...can't really argue that. We do have the worst fans in the world.

 

But you can argue that there are so many transplants here, that not many atlantans are living here.

Still, if you can't sell out playoff games, it'd hard to call the fans "tortured".

 

Now, this season, we might be tortured in baseball...

-=Mike

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

That's Portland MAINE, not Oregon. They're the Red Sox AA team.

Do the Beavers play in Oregon then?

[Guest Vitamin X]

That's Portland MAINE, not Oregon.  They're the Red Sox AA team.

Do the Beavers play in Oregon then?

Considering they are the OREGON STATE Beavers, yes.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

That's Portland MAINE, not Oregon.  They're the Red Sox AA team.

Do the Beavers play in Oregon then?

Considering they are the OREGON STATE Beavers, yes.

Hold on there. There is also a baseball team called the Portland Beavers. They are the AAA affiliate of the San Diego Padres.

[CanadianChris 0]

Looks like Cleveland will be #1...4 through 2 have been Chicago, Buffalo and Philadelphia.

[Jorge Gorgeous 0]

That's Portland MAINE, not Oregon.  They're the Red Sox AA team.

Do the Beavers play in Oregon then?

Considering they are the OREGON STATE Beavers, yes.

Hold on there. There is also a baseball team called the Portland Beavers. They are the AAA affiliate of the San Diego Padres.

Yeah, we've got the AAA Beavers... and the Portland Timbers, some minor league soccer team and our beloved Portland Winter Hawks, proud producer of Adam Deadmarsh and Cam Neely, who play hockey in the WHL... but I thought we were just talking the bigs, here.

[The Czech Republic 0]

Chicago loses to CLEVELAND? How can you be tortured when you have the heartwarming comedy of "Major League"?

[Slayer 0]

Chicago loses to CLEVELAND? How can you be tortured when you have the heartwarming comedy of "Major League"?

Cleveland = No championships since 1964 (Browns)

 

Bad memories in every sport

 

Browns - The Drive and The Fumble.

 

Indians - Years of Basement Dwelling. Get good and then lose two World Series, one to a team that chokes every year and the other to an expansion team.

 

Cavs - Jordan over Ehlo. Twice.

 

 

 

 

By contrast, at least Chicago had the Bears for most of the 80's and the Bulls for the 90's

[starvenger 0]

Chicago loses to CLEVELAND? How can you be tortured when you have the heartwarming comedy of "Major League"?

Because Cleveland's main rival in 2 was Chicago? I dunno. Major League owns Rookie of the Year though.

 

By contrast, at least Chicago had the Bears for most of the 80's and the Bulls for the 90's

So, Chicago is number 4 how then? Oh yes - Page 2 is very MLB-centric when a city has a team there. All other sports are ignored...

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

So, Chicago is number 4 how then? Oh yes - Page 2 is very MLB-centric when a city has a team there. All other sports are ignored...

 

People deeply care more about MLB than any other sports. Its an long term emotional investment, deeper than any other sport.

[The Czech Republic 0]

Yeah. I wish we'd go back to the old days in which baseball was THE sport and football was just second in importance.

[ISportsFan 0]

Bears was not "most of the 80s." It was, at best, the mid-80s. They were on the bigtime downslide after 1986 again.

 

Jason

[MrRant 0]

IMO football is more deeper than baseball. Especially college football.

 

Depends on which sport you think is superior and I think football is superior. Hell the NBA is superior too IMO.

[Guest Anglesault]

IMO football is more deeper than baseball. Especially college football.

 

Depends on which sport you think is superior and I think football is superior. Hell the NBA is superior too IMO.

Baseball has you investing three hours a night five-six nights a week over a six month period.

 

You have to really love it.

[alfdogg 0]

Chicago loses to CLEVELAND? How can you be tortured when you have the heartwarming comedy of "Major League"?

Well, Chicago had "Rookie of the Year".

 

EDIT: And if you listen closely to Major League 2, they say that it was the White Sox who eliminated the Indians from the playoffs the previous year.

[Slayer 0]

Bears was not "most of the 80s." It was, at best, the mid-80s. They were on the bigtime downslide after 1986 again.

 

Jason

From '84-'91, da Bears missed the playoffs only once.

 

Aside from the obvious SB season, they also made the NFC title game two other times ('84, '89)

[nl5xsk1 0]

People deeply care more about MLB than any other sports. Its an long term emotional investment, deeper than any other sport.

Some people might care more about baseball, but a lot of us don't. I'd rather watch women's tennis than baseball. And I really don't see how baseball is a longer term 'investment' than any other sport. If you mean each individual season, maybe, as there's twice as many baseball games per season as either the NBA or NHL. But if you mean over a lifetime, I have to disagree.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

If Philadelphia is not the #1 City, this list is a joke.

[starvenger 0]

If Philadelphia is not the #1 City, this list is a joke.

With the Flyers, Eagles and Sixers doing well in recent years I really can't see how Philly is tortured. Even the Phils made the World Series in '93 (touch 'em all, Joe). Frankly, you could make a case for Philly being one of the more successful cities in the US - albeit one that hasn't won a title since the 80's...

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

The Eagles have done nothing, except go to the 80-81 Super Bowl. Their recent "success" IS the torture. Come on. 3 straight title game losses. Favored in 2 of them...up at the half in the other.

 

The Phillies have the worst winning percentage of any (non-recently expanded) sports team in HISTORY of the big 4.

 

They've gone 11 years without playoffs since 93.

 

The Sixers have been awful since the early 80's, minus a really GREAT 2000-01 season and a couple shitty playoff appearences where you knew the team was going nowhere.

 

The Flyers...god. I don't even think I can talk about it.

[iggymcfly 0]

All these bleeding hearts for Buffalo sports forgot their biggest victory of all. The OJ murder trial. I mean, when the greatest sports hero in the history of your city gets let off for murder, how can it not be a time for you to rejoice.

 

Oh, and I have to say that in professional sports, I think baseball is the most meaningful. College hoops and college football are both tons of fun, but MLB's where it's at for the pros. If I could see the Orioles win a World Series, it would be WAY more meaningful than a Stanley Cup or a Super Bowl or that little gold ball on a stick that you get for the NBA Finals.