9th October 2008, 7:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 9th October 2008, 9:05 PM by A Black Falcon.)
Phillies win game one... hopefully they win the NLCS, I don't want Manny (isn't is amazing how his "injuries" disappeared as soon as he left the Red Sox? Still, I do think they made a mistake in trading him, overall...) and Joe Torre to win anything... :)
Philadelphia's even worse off than Chicago, amazingly.
There was an article today in the NY Times about the Phillies and their general total lack of success, and it had a chart looking at the five cities or metropolitan areas that have had sports teams in all four major sports in every season since 1983, the last time a Phillidelphia team (the 76ers) won a major championship.
Those five cities are Boston (4 teams), Detroit (4 teams), New York (9 teams), Philadelphia (4 teams), and Chicago (5 teams). Since 1983 Philadelphia has 1 championship, Boston, Detroit, and Chicago have 8 championships, and New York has 13.
... That's a pretty amazing string of failure for Philadelphia... not that that makes what happened any better for Cubs fans, of course (six of those eight Chicago wins are from the Bulls, of course). But it was an interesting chart.
DMiller Wrote:What kills me is they haven't even made it to the World Series since 1945. World War II was still going on! At least when the Red Sox had their long streak without a Series win they had made it there a few times.
Philadelphia's even worse off than Chicago, amazingly.
There was an article today in the NY Times about the Phillies and their general total lack of success, and it had a chart looking at the five cities or metropolitan areas that have had sports teams in all four major sports in every season since 1983, the last time a Phillidelphia team (the 76ers) won a major championship.
Those five cities are Boston (4 teams), Detroit (4 teams), New York (9 teams), Philadelphia (4 teams), and Chicago (5 teams). Since 1983 Philadelphia has 1 championship, Boston, Detroit, and Chicago have 8 championships, and New York has 13.
... That's a pretty amazing string of failure for Philadelphia... not that that makes what happened any better for Cubs fans, of course (six of those eight Chicago wins are from the Bulls, of course). But it was an interesting chart.
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