Thread: most miserable sports cities

Phoenix is number 3 bitches hooray for being crap!

where did your city (or the closest city to you) end up?

Seattle, Atlanta are most miserable sports cities - Yahoo! Sports

the method:

We scored each city on the number of times one of its teams has lost in the postseason, adjusting the misery points to give the most weight to losing in the final round (World Series, Super Bowl, NBA Final, Stanley Cup Final) and doling out progressively fewer points for losing earlier playoff rounds. We also factored in the number of years since each city’s last title (31 for Seattle), and the ratio of each city’s cumulative seasons to championships won (Atlanta, for instance, has compiled 153 MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL seasons while winning one championship, the 1995 Braves). And to keep the playing field even, we limited the contenders to cities with at least 75 cumulative seasons in the four major sports leagues.

We also tacked on a bonus point whenever a city loses a team to greener pastures.

the results:

1. Seattle
2. Atlanta
3. Phoenix
4. Buffalo
5. San Diego

this is where to go to see the rest (starts at 6)
In Pictures: The Most Miserable Sports Cities - No. 6 Houston - Forbes.com


Before I read the method, couldn't see how Phoenix made it (as they said they didn't look for teams with huge droughts etc.), but the playoff thing had to be one of the things to go in the cities favor, as Arizona sports teams are great at choking in the playoffs when they make it.

surprised san antonio not on there

I am actually very surprised that St. Paul/Minneapolis is not in the top10 on that list.

Originally Posted by flame

surprised san antonio not on there

you have the spurs, who have won championships in the last 10 years. So im not at all surprised that they arent.

Originally Posted by DuDDy

I am actually very surprised that St. Paul/Minneapolis is not in the top10 on that list.

Twins championships from the early 90s maybe? Plus the 2 Favre won for the Vikings...oh wait.


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Originally Posted by CivilWars

Twins championships from the early 90s maybe? Plus the 2 Favre won for the Vikings...oh wait.


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The twins world series championship was out last one, and that was in '91. Since then we've had the North Stars leave, a horrible mid 90's record the Twins, a below average basketball team, AND a football team that can never get to the big game in their last 3 attempts and not to mention have never won it.

Originally Posted by flame

surprised san antonio not on there

San antonio is a cool city though withthe river walk in all

they just always say san antonio is a small market and doesnt support the spurs enough. I like going to the games but if I lived in Houston, baseball! Something about going to a baseball game that I love!

Originally Posted by DuDDy

I am actually very surprised that St. Paul/Minneapolis is not in the top10 on that list.

+1

Hard to believe that it's been 20 years since the Twinkies last run........