Unluckiest City for Sports?

June 11, 2007, 11:54 pm Unluckiest City for Sports

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The Philadelphia Phillies have lost more games than any professional franchise in any sport. The Phillies are 14 losses from a particular threshold of ignominy — the 10,000th defeat for a club that has won one lonely World Series title (in 1980) during its 125 years of often dreadful existence.
No city with teams in the four major professional sports has gone longer without a title — 24 years, since the 76ers hoisted the N.B.A. trophy in 1983.
What do you think is the most star-crossed city for sports?



http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/0...ty-for-sports/

Personally I think it's just the NY guys looking for some way to make other teams look as bad as the Yanks. But that's just me....

I'm an Eagles fan...I don't watch basketball, baseball or hockey but i do cheer for the Philly teams as well. It hurts but we're gonna get one soon enough

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I saw this also. Someone named "My Two Cents" posted it up in the sports section in the comments area under the Phillies column.

I think the guy that wrote this article is just trying to stir up beef between the two cities to start up a rivalry. And although I am Anti-Philly in all sports for my own reasons, I don't go blasting Philly Fans, and I keep the bashing of their teams restricted to my myspace page.

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"The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions." Mike Krzyzewski

I like the following comment posted on the NYTimes:

"WE MAY ACHIEVE THAT RECORD THIS YEAR BUT WILL HOIST OUR BLUE-COLLAR GLASSES OF BEER TO TOAST THE FAILUE OF KING GEORGE’S YANKEES WHO,DESPITE HIS EMBARASSING PAYROLL, WILL NOT REACH POST-SEASON PLAY , EVEN WITH A $28,000,000 WASHED UP PITCHER."
— Posted by TOM