Obviously, the much-maligned city of Cleveland is now in mourning over the Cavaliers' 25-game losing streak. That, coupled with the departure of Lebron James and the general state of pro sports in Cleveland has those poor people feeling pretty bad for themselves.
Pat Brennan is a man of the people, and I'm with you guys. I was in the same position... until 2008 when the Phillies made me a winner again. I sympathize though.
The Cavaliers-inspired debate had people nominating the most unfortunate and unlucky sports teams/cities. I scrolled through a good many posts and you had some obvious picks- Detroit Lions, the city of Buffalo, the New York Islanders, and of course the Chicago Cubs. The list went on for a while.
There were also a few creative and funny picks for most tortured sports franchise/city. Personally, I was a fan of the yahoo that said the Washington Generals. Someone pointed out the Pittsburgh Pirates, which hasn't made baseball's playoffs in 15 years.
My personal favorite...well, I'll just let you read it:
"Mets r always losing, phillies r always winning."
Yes, I think that person makes a strong, albeit grammatically incorrect argument that the New York Mets are the most unfortunate professional sports team. After suffering the greatest collapse in baseball history back in 2007, Mets ownership is now being sued for $1 billion for alleged involvement in the Barnard Madolf ponzi scheme.
Not good for business.
For all the posts and wild arguments people were making, I did not see one person argue that the Kansas City Royals are the most tortured team in American sports right now.
Do you know how I know its the Kansas City Royals? Because as soon as I brought them up, you all were like "damn I should be checkin' my facebook right now," or "mmhmm I need to pay those online bills." You switched gears, you took a mental holiday.
You see, nobody wants to talk about the Royals because they are depressing. When you see a Royals highlight come onto Sportscenter, you lose interest. You can't change the channel fast enough. You see their empty stadium and sea of vacant, blue seats and the whole thing just makes you want to gag. They don't have good players and when they do manage to stumble onto someone they could structure their franchise around, like Zack Greinke, they trade him away. Just today on ESPN, someone wrote an article saying "the Royals did what they had to do by selling Greinke away."
Really?
What happens when you've traded every decent prospect the team has had in the last 10-15 years? They are perpetually selling-off their top talent to "reload" their farm system- a farm where talent does not grow in great enough quantities.
The Royals haven't had a sniff of the playoffs since 1985 (though they did win the World Series that year). They haven't had a winning season since 2003, and they have a whopping total of 3 winning seasons sine 1990. They've also lost 85+ games in a season 16 times since 1990.
Enough said. The Royals stink. It can't get any worse.
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