New York Mets: The 1969 World Series "Miracle."
Chicago Cubs: Wrigley Field.
St. Louis Cardinals: Stan "the Man" Musial.
San Francisco Giants: Willie Mays.
Los Angeles Dodgers: Sandy Koufax. Maybe Jackie Robinson if you count their Brooklyn era.
Detroit Tigers: Al Kaline, Denny McLain & the rest of the 1968 World Champions.
Pittsburgh Pirates: Roberto Clemente. Maybe Bill Mazeroski, or Willie "Pops" Stargell and his 1979 "Family."
Cincinnati Reds: The 1970s "Big Red Machine."
Oakland Athletics: The 1970s "Mustache Gang."
Milwaukee Brewers: The 1980s "Harvey's Wallbangers."
Toronto Blue Jays: Joe Carter.
Baltimore Orioles: Cal Ripken and his streak.
Seattle Mariners: The 1995 American League Division Series.
Washington Nationals: The 2019 World Series.
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But not every team has a good "first thing you think of":
Chicago White Sox: Sorry, after 100 years, it's still the Black Sox Scandal.
Cleveland Indians: Sorry, it's still the choking: 1954, 1997, 2007, and now, 2016.
Los Angeles Angels: Sorry, even after 2002, it's still the choking: 1982, 1986 and 1995.
Philadelphia Phillies: Sorry, even after 1980 and 2008, it's still the choking: 1964, 1977 and 1983.
Miami Marlins: The 1997-98 First-to-worst performance.
Atlanta Braves: Sorry, it's not Hank Aaron and 715, it's that stupid Tomahawk Chop.
San Diego Padres: The awful uniforms.
Minnesota Twins: The homer-happy Metrodome. Good riddance.
But not every team has a good "first thing you think of":
Chicago White Sox: Sorry, after 100 years, it's still the Black Sox Scandal.
Cleveland Indians: Sorry, it's still the choking: 1954, 1997, 2007, and now, 2016.
Los Angeles Angels: Sorry, even after 2002, it's still the choking: 1982, 1986 and 1995.
Philadelphia Phillies: Sorry, even after 1980 and 2008, it's still the choking: 1964, 1977 and 1983.
Miami Marlins: The 1997-98 First-to-worst performance.
Atlanta Braves: Sorry, it's not Hank Aaron and 715, it's that stupid Tomahawk Chop.
San Diego Padres: The awful uniforms.
Minnesota Twins: The homer-happy Metrodome. Good riddance.
Colorado Rockies: The homer-happy Coors Field.
Texas Rangers: Taking nearly half a century to block Texas' heat with a dome, and then doing it with a stadium that looks like a giant warehouse.
Tampa Bay Rays: The worst baseball stadium of the modern era.
And it could be worse:
Houston Astros: Cheating with electronic sign stealing.
Boston Red Sox: Cheating with steroids, and maybe also with electronic sign stealing.
Kansas City Royals: Cheating with pine tar.
Arizona Diamondbacks: Ruining New York's post-9/11 comeback with a tainted World Series.
Texas Rangers: Taking nearly half a century to block Texas' heat with a dome, and then doing it with a stadium that looks like a giant warehouse.
Tampa Bay Rays: The worst baseball stadium of the modern era.
And it could be worse:
Houston Astros: Cheating with electronic sign stealing.
Boston Red Sox: Cheating with steroids, and maybe also with electronic sign stealing.
Kansas City Royals: Cheating with pine tar.
Arizona Diamondbacks: Ruining New York's post-9/11 comeback with a tainted World Series.
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