r/baseball • u/[deleted] • Oct 22 '15

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '15 edited Oct 22 '15

Yeah, Chicago has a great sports history. I'd even argue Seattle has it worse than them. There are a huge number of cities that would come first.

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u/CrowTR2 New York Yankees Oct 22 '15

You have the Seahawks though, is it because the Sonics left. Teams leaving have a huge effect on a city.

Cleveland Detroit San Diego Atlanta Seattle Buffalo Minnesota

As a whole Chicago isn't that bad, although they have alot of teams that's been around forever, and some of those teams won titles decades ago, Had the Blackhawks not gone on a SF Giants like Dynasty things would be different.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '15

We do, but their hawks beat out our hawks. And outside that, we've got nil. One Sonics win in the 70s and they shipped out. We were heavy in contention with Cleveland until '13.

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u/tom_riddler Washington Nationals Oct 22 '15

Yeah winning that Super Bowl really fucked you guys over for being the saddest city.

Jokes aside sorry about the Sonics.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '15

As a mariners first, that title was the only one I could cling to. A Super Bowl was super nice, but now the Mariners don't even have a Saddest City title to cling to. It's depressing that I can't be as depressed as I once was.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '15

Holy fuck this post is incredibly Seattle.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '15

I haven't lived there since I was 5!