OT: Bullshitting at the Barbershop

[Comeds]

Johnny Manziel announces that he’s going by a new name now

He now goes by the name Joe Montana Jr.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

I couldn't figure out if this belonged in the NHL thread or the NFL thread, so I'm putting it here.

Sports misery index: Most miserable fan bases in pro sports

So close to being the most miserable in both.

 

[forty_three]

I couldn't figure out if this belonged in the NHL thread or the NFL thread, so I'm putting it here.

Sports misery index: Most miserable fan bases in pro sports

So close to being the most miserable in both.

11. Arizona Coyotes, 18.95
Movement: Even

The Coyotes haven't been in Arizona long -- 22 seasons, to be exact -- but they've already caused a lifetime of misery for Phoenix fans, HAVING TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO FUCKING GLENDALE




And any rating system that doesn't have the Orioles in the top 5 is flawed.

 

[dare2be]

And any rating system that doesn't have the Orioles in the top 5 is flawed.

Plus, I don't see how the Pirates aren't in the top 25, and the Reds are. 20 years of losing seasons followed by a flash-in-the-pan wildcard win and 2 wildcard losses. Now 3 straight seasons of .500 or below, on to the next 20 years? The last playoff series win was the same year as the last WS win, 1979, while the reds have done both in the 1990s.

 

[Comeds]

I am not happy with them but I don't think the Orioles belong near the top. It might not seem like it but they had a pretty decent stretch before last year. The five seasons from 2012 to 2017 no one in the American League won more games.

Largely terrible for 30 years, but a decent stretch recently.

 

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For all the griping that Canucks fans do, they are higher than both the Oilers and Flames. Also, they live in one of the most beautiful places in North America.

 

[dash]

Johnny Manziel announces that he’s going by a new name now

He now goes by the name Joe Montana Jr.

Will likely be as successful as Frank Sinatra Jr., I reckon.

 

[puckhead]

For all the griping that Canucks fans do, they are higher than both the Oilers and Flames. Also, they live in one of the most beautiful places in North America.

i feel much sadder than 67th

and fuck edmonton. they had their run.

 

[naslundfan19]

Longest current playoff drought in sports, have never played in a World Series, and the Mariners are tied for 12th? They should be higher.

 

[forty_three]

I am not happy with them but I don't think the Orioles belong near the top. It might not seem like it but they had a pretty decent stretch before last year. The five seasons from 2012 to 2017 no one in the American League won more games.

Largely terrible for 30 years, but a decent stretch recently.

Counterpoint: Peter Angelos.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Longest current playoff drought in sports, have never played in a World Series, and the Mariners are tied for 12th? They should be higher.

Do the M's even have a rivalry? Most of the teams above them have seen rivals have significant success and it says that plays a part (3 of the top 8 teams are AFC East teams), although that also begs the question of the two Phoenix teams being directly above them since most people forget either team exists most of the time.

 

[Comeds]

Counterpoint: Peter Angelos.

Yeah, hes awful but he is 89 now so I am not sure how much he has to with the club anymore.

And while he is/was a bad owner the bigger problem with him is he is just a dick. If he could come across as slightly less of a dick perhaps he would have been given more slack by the fans. His team is in a really tough division with two teams that can spend about double what he can so there were legit issues that make it hard to succeed. But two seconds into any interview he is talking down to the interviewer and fans and saying how great he is.

 

[naslundfan19]

Do the M's even have a rivalry? Most of the teams above them have seen rivals have significant success and it says that plays a part (3 of the top 8 teams are AFC East teams), although that also begs the question of the two Phoenix teams being directly above them since most people forget either team exists most of the time.

Oakland I guess would be the closest. For me, I’d pick the Astros and Rangers.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Oakland I guess would be the closest. For me, I’d pick the Astros and Rangers.

I guess maybe the Rangers.

The Astros is kinda like Jays fans who think the Yankees or Red Sox see them as a rival. They don't even think about you lol

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I'd give the Orioles heartbreak points just based on the fact that somewhere, Zack Britton is still eyeballing Buck Showalter wondering when he's gonna get put in that WC game.

 

[dare2be]

Yeah, hes awful but he is 89 now so I am not sure how much he has to with the club anymore.

And while he is/was a bad owner the bigger problem with him is he is just a dick. If he could come across as slightly less of a dick perhaps he would have been given more slack by the fans. His team is in a really tough division with two teams that can spend about double what he can so there were legit issues that make it hard to succeed. But two seconds into any interview he is talking down to the interviewer and fans and saying how great he is.

I'd still give the nod to the Orioles, just for being subjected to We Are Family.

 

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I'd still give the nod to the Orioles, just for being subjected to We Are Family.

 

[Comeds]

My biggest memory of that World Series is Lee Majors being in the front row of one of the games and being interviewed.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Oprah was behind this

 

[forty_three]