SPORTSFANS: Which one of your teams...

[Bake Or Die]

I'm not sure

Baltimore Ravens
Florida Marlins
New Jersey Devils

[El Hijo De Slapnuts]

Carolina Panthers.....we've had some good years,but this year was just a giant cluster of fail,and I don't know how we'll get out of it,unless free agency is nice.

Miami Heat.....because now I really loathe you(LeBron is a buttmunch),I miss Alonzo!

[Milkman Norm]

The Cubs. Honestly it's not even close with the others.

[Mac]

It's the Patriots, only for the reason that you seldomly get an all-decade QB with one of the best coaches of all time playing together for your team. It's so rare that there's a good chance once Brady and Belichick are gone a combo like that playing for the Pats wont happen again in my lifetime.

Bruins drive me nuts, and i think opertunity passed them by in the late 80s/early 90s... those Bruins teams were stacked,

[FrankGotch]

Browns: RedRight88, The Drive, The Fumble, The Move.

Indians: The Catch, The Shut Out (95), The Mesa (97)

Cavs: The Shot, The Sweep, The Decision.

I would have listed Ohio State but winning the National Championship in 02-03 keeps hem off the list.

[Orange]

Jan 16, 2011 21:01:31 GMT -5 LONG ISLAND's OWN vinnypic said:

Which one of your teams causes you the most grief/stress? The Isles and Phins try so hard to cause me to stroke out. Thank God for the Atlanta Braves.

Honestly, they are my therapy.

What's the act that's made you the maddest at one of your teams?

Broncos easily, at least this season. Thankfully it was rebounded at the end of the season by the comeback and almost comebacks, but this season was pretty damn painful.

[76flyingeagles]

Being a fan of a soccer team that hasn't been in top flight since 1977-78 is tough and the one cup final you get too your mauled by one biggest teams in the country.

Add fact that you had the chance to be owned by one of the Richest Business Men who is also a fan but your previous board pisses him off and he invests into a team that then goes on to win 9 in a row

As with previous Soccer entry into this your club is nearly bankrupt and might not see a tomorrow.

Thanks I'm now depressed i try and forget I'm an Ayr United fan.

[Dave the Dave]

I live in Cincinnati.

I don't think I even have to elaborate.

[stealthamo]

Well, I'll look at the major sports teams I follow in order of least to most stress:


Red Wings - Have nothing major to be stressed about. Great team year in year out, won a few Stanley Cups.

Pistons - Disappointing now, but they were like the Eagles of the NBA for a while. Made it to the semifinal round, fail to deliver, though at least they won one title.

Lions - They are a very great team, but injuries (Stafford in particular) caused them to do less than their best this year. Take into account the questionable calls that cost us games (both Bears games), and yeah, kinda stressful.

Tigers - I grew up with them. They were a laughingstock, then turned it around and surprised everyone, only to get quickly dispatched by the Cardinals. Since then, it's been could've, should've, would've. They're a great team, but they just can't get it done. Again take questionable calls into affect (09 Play-in game, Galarraga call) and the fact that baseball is my favorite sport to watch which means the Tigers are my favorite team, and that equals a good amount of stress.

[Citizen Snips]

Hmm. I'm only really vested in the Fightin' Phils. For my entire childhood, they were so terrible you didn't really expect anything from them. The last 4 years, even when things are glum, you just remember when they were terrible and think "Hmm. Getting eliminated in the NLCS isn't THAT bad..." and they then they get Cliff Lee back.

Now, the couple season from 2004-2006 when they'd finish a game or so out of the playoffs...that was trying.

[MiLo Duck]

The Vikings.

-historically folding when we are the better team
-QB situation. This Brett Favre thing is only the latest. We seem to not be able to develop our own talent outside of the Dante Culpepper before he got hurt and Fran Tarkenton. We trade for crap or old guys.
-The ownership situation. We're risking losing them like Lakers and the North Stars. Seriously? The Dome collapsing should be the writing on the wall to get that new stadium done but no. Let's lose another franchise to LA so they can go ahead and not appreciate it like they do with all their football. B.S.!
-I live in Wisconsin, but am from Minnesota. I don't know if there is worse fan group, but Packer fans are obnoxious about me wearing my team stuff. Joking is one thing. Them crossing the line on a consistent basis makes being a fan less enjoyable.

I suppose at least I got the Twins, eh? No pitfalls there as a fan from my experience. Good team, great ownership, plenty of respect even from a lot of opposing fans. Always love my Twinkies.

[Lupin the Third]

Atlanta Braves. Seriously, 14 or so straight division titles and we can only get ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP?!!

Dallas Cowboys. They have all this talent, yet they can't seem to get all their ducks in a row.

[HMARK Center]

I'm a Mets/Devils/Giants fan.

The Mets cause me the most spaz-outs, since I'm most fiercely dedicated to them as a lifelong fan. Plus, they have a habit for tearing my still-beating heart out of my chest repeatedly and stomping on it.

The Devils are usually my tonic, but they're God awful this year. That said, I have faith in them as a sound, smart organization that they'll turn things around relatively quickly.

The Giants are infuriating to watch most of the time, since I don't think any other team in the league does more to sabotage their own chances of winning every year. They have a Super Bowl calibur front office and roster, and even won recently, but when they lose, it's usually their own damn doing (bad penalties, horrible choices, etc.).

[Biggtone23]

The Yankees, just because they are the only ones I'm passionate about. I root for the Seahawks but being on the east coast I dont get to see their games every week and despite the playoff run I know they are rebuilding so I dont expect much and I dont really follow hockey or basketball until the playoffs start.

[fw91]

The Mets, oy vey. So many terrible moments. But just to name a few.
2002: The worst team money could buy, After a disappointing 82-80 in 01, everybody thought that the Phillips had a tremendous offseason. We picked up several all stars in the off season. Roberto Alomar, Mo Vaughn, Jeremy Burnitz. And even traded for Shawn Estes, who was a very solid pitcher at the time. With those pick ups, along with Piazza, and Alfonzo we thought we had an offense that we would just ride our way into the october, But the offseason acquisations all turned out to be severe busts, and the Mets did horrendously.

2006: The team, the time. This was one of the Mets greatest teams. For one season you did not expect the Mets to ever lose. As a matter of fact, losing was a rarity and even unusual. Bottom line, they were supposed to get it done this year. Everything seemed to go right for them. Until the end. They made easy work of the Dodgers, in the NLDS, and everybody thought that they would easily take care of the 83 win Cardinals. But they f***ed it up. They even had momentum on their side, when Endy Chavez made that catch, and still couldnt capitalize.
2007: The epic collapse. The Mets seemed to lose their intensity down the stretch, the "Eye of the Tiger" if you will. The Phillies were not quite ready yet, as it was evident in their quick elimination. If they kept it up, I couldve have easily seen them in the world series that year, as the NL was filled with inexperience teams in the playoffs.
2008: I wouldnt really call this a collapse as the Phillies were finally ready, and they were neck in neck for most of the season. However they had two chances to make the playoffs. The divison and wild card, but they still couldn't get it done.
2009: The injury plagued year. The Mets still had high expectations but injures plagued them with a terrible losing season.
2010: what the hell happened? The Mets did not have really high expectations, but we expected them to have some sort of a rebound form the injurie plagued 09 campaign. They actually played decent ball up into the all star break. Then things just went downhill, and sort of revealed that 09 was not just injuries, but a lack of talent all around. Now the mets are at rock bottom, and we cannot expect to be competitive as we already seemed to throw the towel for 2011, and banking on a successfull offseason, but I just dont think its in the works

[triplethreatmark]

Just to further reiterate on my previous post:

The LA Kings - How is it that this team that has had so many great teams before (The Triple Crown Line teams, The 88-93 teams, 2000-2002; currently) only come away with one division title? This team has been around since 1967 and we have nothing to show for it. The one time where could have won, we got our hand stuck in the cookie jar just because Marty McSorely decided to make his blade longer than was allowed and then we lost all of our momentum. And in between these short bursts of greatness, it's nothing but suck. Even this season, they started out as the best team in the NHL and now are stuck in mediocrity with no way out in sight.

The Ducks - Well, they've won a Stanley Cup and have a very good young team now. I'm just pissed off that they couldn't get anything serious going when we had Selanne-Ruccin-Kariya back in the mid to late 90s.

49ers- Ever since the DeBartolos sold the team, the magic's kinda been gone. Our last hurrah was that Wild Card game against the Giants. For such a storied franchise, one memorable playoff moment in almost 10 years with nothing else to show for it simply will not do.

Colts- This year, I'll cut 'em some slack with all those injuries. Yes we have a title and I appreciate it very much, but it's just that our defense has never really been that serious (even when they won the SB, they were the worst rush defense during the regular season); I wish the front office would be just a little more aggressive with Free Agents.

Lakers - The only problem I have with them is that they get wicked complacent throughout the season and that just annoys me when they do it.

Angels- Again, we have a championship to our name, but what have we done since then? We've gone to the ALCS twice since 2002, but each time we've gone, the teams has been totally outmatched by the other team. We wasted three years jobbing to the Red Sox in the ALDS when we could have gotten somebody or found a way to beat them, especially in 08 when we had probably the strongest team ever, including over the 2002 World series team. I've lost all hope in Artie Moreno and the front office who promise us big signings in the off-season, but then we get stuck with Hideki Matsui and Fernando Rodney. And now that the Rangers have emerged as the team to beat out west with the A's improving, I just don't see this team going anywhere near the playoffs for a while.

[Impact Zone's #1 DUMMY...YEAH]

Teams:

Redskins
Ravens
Orioles
Nationals
Capitals

A couple of those should speak for themselves as far as most hair-pulling-outist moments.

Gus Frerotte headbutting a wall at Giants Stadium, I believe it was
every Caps season, including and maybe moreso 89-90 and 97-98. They annually had one of the best teams in the league, yet kept being upset in the playoffs. The two years they do get beyond the first round, they got swept in the conference finals in 89-90 and swept in the Stanley Cup Finals in 97-98.
Orioles had a 5 year run with consistently good teams in the early to mid 90s. Went from 67 wins in 1991 to 89 in 92, won 85 in 93, finished 2nd in the strike-shortened season in 94, fell back to 3rd in 95, but then made the ALCS in 1996 and 1997, losing to the Yankees in 96 and Indians in 97 on two badly missed umpire calls. Then the "genius" owner Peter Angelos let Rafael Palmeiro and Robbie Alomar walk, replacing them with Will "I'm no longer the Thrill" Clark and Delino "I never had a prime" Deshields, and things continued downhill from there.

[FrankGotch]

Jan 16, 2011 23:04:37 GMT -5 triplethreatmark said:

Just to further reiterate on my previous post:

The LA Kings - How is it that this team that has had so many great teams before (The Triple Crown Line teams, The 88-93 teams, 2000-2002; currently) only come away with one division title? This team has been around since 1967 and we have nothing to show for it. The one time where could have won, we got our hand stuck in the cookie jar just because Marty McSorely decided to make his blade longer than was allowed and then we lost all of our momentum. And in between these short bursts of greatness, it's nothing but suck. Even this season, they started out as the best team in the NHL and now are stuck in mediocrity with no way out in sight.

The Ducks - Well, they've won a Stanley Cup and have a very good young team now. I'm just pissed off that they couldn't get anything serious going when we had Selanne-Ruccin-Kariya back in the mid to late 90s.

49ers- Ever since the DeBartolos sold the team, the magic's kinda been gone. Our last hurrah was that Wild Card game against the Giants. For such a storied franchise, one memorable playoff moment in almost 10 years with nothing else to show for it simply will not do.

Colts- This year, I'll cut 'em some slack with all those injuries. Yes we have a title and I appreciate it very much, but it's just that our defense has never really been that serious (even when they won the SB, they were the worst rush defense during the regular season); I wish the front office would be just a little more aggressive with Free Agents.

Lakers - The only problem I have with them is that they get wicked complacent throughout the season and that just annoys me when they do it.

Angels- Again, we have a championship to our name, but what have we done since then? We've gone to the ALCS twice since 2002, but each time we've gone, the teams has been totally outmatched by the other team. We wasted three years jobbing to the Red Sox in the ALDS when we could have gotten somebody or found a way to beat them, especially in 08 when we had probably the strongest team ever, including over the 2002 World series team. I've lost all hope in Artie Moreno and the front office who promise us big signings in the off-season, but then we get stuck with Hideki Matsui and Fernando Rodney. And now that the Rangers have emerged as the team to beat out west with the A's improving, I just don't see this team going anywhere near the playoffs for a while.

Cry me a freaking river 4 of your 6 teams have a world titles this decade most less then 5 years ago. One of them won the title LAST YEAR, and the other won as recently as 94. You have nothing to complain about.

[triplethreatmark]

Jan 16, 2011 23:31:21 GMT -5 FrankGotch said:

Jan 16, 2011 23:04:37 GMT -5 triplethreatmark said:

Just to further reiterate on my previous post:

The LA Kings - How is it that this team that has had so many great teams before (The Triple Crown Line teams, The 88-93 teams, 2000-2002; currently) only come away with one division title? This team has been around since 1967 and we have nothing to show for it. The one time where could have won, we got our hand stuck in the cookie jar just because Marty McSorely decided to make his blade longer than was allowed and then we lost all of our momentum. And in between these short bursts of greatness, it's nothing but suck. Even this season, they started out as the best team in the NHL and now are stuck in mediocrity with no way out in sight.

The Ducks - Well, they've won a Stanley Cup and have a very good young team now. I'm just pissed off that they couldn't get anything serious going when we had Selanne-Ruccin-Kariya back in the mid to late 90s.

49ers- Ever since the DeBartolos sold the team, the magic's kinda been gone. Our last hurrah was that Wild Card game against the Giants. For such a storied franchise, one memorable playoff moment in almost 10 years with nothing else to show for it simply will not do.

Colts- This year, I'll cut 'em some slack with all those injuries. Yes we have a title and I appreciate it very much, but it's just that our defense has never really been that serious (even when they won the SB, they were the worst rush defense during the regular season); I wish the front office would be just a little more aggressive with Free Agents.

Lakers - The only problem I have with them is that they get wicked complacent throughout the season and that just annoys me when they do it.

Angels- Again, we have a championship to our name, but what have we done since then? We've gone to the ALCS twice since 2002, but each time we've gone, the teams has been totally outmatched by the other team. We wasted three years jobbing to the Red Sox in the ALDS when we could have gotten somebody or found a way to beat them, especially in 08 when we had probably the strongest team ever, including over the 2002 World series team. I've lost all hope in Artie Moreno and the front office who promise us big signings in the off-season, but then we get stuck with Hideki Matsui and Fernando Rodney. And now that the Rangers have emerged as the team to beat out west with the A's improving, I just don't see this team going anywhere near the playoffs for a while.

Cry me a freaking river 4 of your 6 teams have a world titles this decade most less then 5 years ago. One of them won the title LAST YEAR, and the other won as recently as 94. You have nothing to complain about.

Yeah, but I want them to keep winning. You see how that works don't you? One you have a piece of that pie, you want more.

I really list them in this order:

1. Kings
2.49ers
3. Angels
4. Ducks
5. Colts
6. Lakers (they really shouldn't be on this list, but meh, I threw them in anyways).

Besides, you have a few people complaining about the Devils/Giants/Yankees and they've won titles in this decade too.

[corpen11]

I second the Braves.

As much as I love them, the Falcons.