Who are the storied franchises in MLB?

[Robotech]

They've won the most by far

Were the Cardinals not a National League team for all of their WS titles? Now I am wondering.

 

[Montalban]

Were the Cardinals not a National League team for all of their WS titles? Now I am wondering.

What? What are you referencing?

 

[msgkings322]

In the words of the immortal Donny Osmond: "Go away little girl...."

I bet you just went and looked up how wrong you were.

Edit: you totally did LOL...Robotech above quoted what you had there initially, but then you looked it up and quickly changed it to the Osmond bit. Holy shit are you stupid LOL.

 

[msgkings322]

Were the Cardinals not a National League team for all of their WS titles? Now I am wondering.

Yes they were, won 11 titles to the Giants' 8 but this clown is funny that way. He gets stuff wrong and then when offered a chance to fix it he rarely takes it. Makes for easy trolling.

 

[msgkings322]

Did you know that the decade that just passed (the 2010s) was the first decade that the Yankees missed the WS since the 1910s? Also, since the 1920s, the Yankees have won at least one WS in every decade except the 1980s and 2010s.

Because I'm a nerd I've memorized all the World Series winners from 1903 on, to have something to zone out with when working out.

The Yankees help because there are whole stretches (1936-1939, 1949-1953, etc) where you can skip ahead a few slots LOL

 

[Robotech]

I thought they were the Gothams as well, but I couldn’t confirm that in my quick search. Was that their OFFICIAL name, or just a nickname?

I believe it was official, but I don't know. This is from San Francisco Giants Team History & Encyclopedia | Baseball-Reference.com. With a .519 winning percentage as the Gothams, which is slightly better than the SF Giants winning %, let's petition for a name change back to Gothams!

 

[calsnowskier]

I say Bench, but you can't really go wrong with either.

Bench had a good portion of his career at 1B. Fisk was always a catcher.

 

[msgkings322]

I believe it was official, but I don't know. This is from San Francisco Giants Team History & Encyclopedia | Baseball-Reference.com. With a .519 winning percentage as the Gothams, which is slightly better than the SF Giants winning %, let's petition for a name change back to Gothams!

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That's a damn good winning % for the NY Giants

 

[calsnowskier]

Were the Cardinals not a National League team for all of their WS titles? Now I am wondering.

Don’t question yourself based on anything that fool says

 

[Cedrique]

Well…

New York.

A bit of a media bias going on there.

And look at their competition…

Padres
Pilots/Brewers
Mariners
Colt 45s/Astros
Twins/Senators
Expos/Nats
Angels

Marlins (2 ‘ships in 30 years ain’t bad)
Rockies
D’Backs
Rays (most understated dominant team in sports, probably)

Lol, yeah you're right they really don't have much competition. I guess it makes sense since a lot of expansion teams are in markets that are smaller than the original teams and NY is a giant media center. Given that list, the Mutts are really the only team close to being "storied" with maybe the Angels being second based on a couple of movies and also the Fregosi curse, and then the Astros.

 

[Robotech]

Don’t question yourself based on anything that fool says

LOL. I know the Astros and Brewers were forced to change leagues, so I honestly wondered about the Cards. However, the Cards are a storied team and I imagine that there would be a ton of resistance if a team like that were asked to change leagues.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Giants were the Gothams at one point very early in their history. Dodgers should go back to Bridegrooms. LOL.

I liked Superbas

 

[calsnowskier]

I believe it was official, but I don't know. This is from San Francisco Giants Team History & Encyclopedia | Baseball-Reference.com. With a .519 winning percentage as the Gothams, which is slightly better than the SF Giants winning %, let's petition for a name change back to Gothams!

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Wikipedia made no mention of the Gothams. I checked a few other places (forget where) and couldn’t find an easy reference.

 

[Robotech]

That's a damn good winning % for the NY Giants

Incredible. Too bad the Yankees kept beating them in the WS. At least that is who I would guess was the culprit.

 

[Cedrique]

I started following sports when I was 7 years old in 1987. I found out some years later that Darrell Evans used to play for the Giants, but I always think of him as a Tiger. The Tiger and Twins faced each other in the first baseball postseason I watched.

I love Speier, but he was just an average player, utility guy in the seasons I watched. I didn't even know until years later that I was watching his second stint on the Giants. But even crediting him with the excellent seasons from the early 1970s, I still have to give the starting SS spot to Brandon Crawford.

Yeah I guess Evans had his best seasons on some other teams. He had some big years with the Braves too.

 

[msgkings322]

Incredible. Too bad the Yankees kept beating them in the WS. At least that is who I would guess was the culprit.

Yes it was often the Yankees. Too often.

 

[calsnowskier]

Lol, yeah you're right they really don't have much competition. I guess it makes sense since a lot of expansion teams are in markets that are smaller than the original teams and NY is a giant media center. Given that list, the Mutts are really the only team close to being "storied" with maybe the Angels being second based on a couple of movies and also the Fregosi curse, and then the Astros.

For the most part, the “other” team rarely sees a lot of success. I suspect there is a case of a “little brother” syndrome.

The A’s used to be the alpha team in the Bay Area, but then they were stupid and signed over their rights to the South Bay to the Giants in the early 90s and that was that. The Giants almost instantaneously became the alpha franchise and the A’s have struggled ever since. There is obviously much more to it (KNBR being a major factor as well), but I think the SJ deal cemented the A’s position as a beta.

The Mets, White Sox and Angels all suffer the same inferiority complex.

 

[Robotech]

Lol, yeah you're right they really don't have much competition. I guess it makes sense since a lot of expansion teams are in markets that are smaller than the original teams and NY is a giant media center. Given that list, the Mutts are really the only team close to being "storied" with maybe the Angels being second based on a couple of movies and also the Fregosi curse, and then the Astros.

As I shared earlier, I became a sports fan in 1987. I quickly learned that they were the defending champs. I looked at them like gods. Strawberry, Gooden, Keith Hernandez, Gary Carter, and company were so good. They really could've won more than one WS in those days.

Of course, they also have Tom Seaver and the 1969 WS. Can we credit them a little bit with Nolan Ryan?

 

[calsnowskier]

I liked Superbas

The dodgers had a shit ton of weird names in the early days.

 

[msgkings322]

For the most part, the “other” team rarely sees a lot of success. I suspect there is a case of a “little brother” syndrome.

The A’s used to be the alpha team in the Bay Area, but then they were stupid and signed over their rights to the South Bay to the Giants in the early 90s and that was that. The Giants almost instantaneously became the alpha franchise and the A’s have struggled ever since. There is obviously much more to it (KNBR being a major factor as well), but I think the SJ deal cemented the A’s position as a beta.

The Mets, White Sox and Angels all suffer the same inferiority complex.

What did the A's receive for that giveaway?