Curse you!

I may have written about this before, and if so, sorry. It’s a distressing day to me personally, so I’m phoning it in..

A coupe of years ago, my dad said, “Which is worse, not winning the World Series in nearly 100 years [referring to the Cubs], or winning your division for fourteen years straight, and only winning the World Series once? [referring to the Atlanta Braves]?”

Either way: Ouch.

But what are the cursed teams out there? For the record, the Braves only count the Atlanta Braves. Once you move cities, your record starts over, in my opinion. The players on the team at the time might move, but the entire fan base, and thus the team as an entity has changed. The Atlanta Braves are not also the Milwaukee Braves and the Boston Braves. The San Fransico Giants do not carry the New York record. The Chicgao White Stockings becoming the Chicago White Sox–that’s the same team, with a new name. Those are my rules. Just live with it.

Cubs:
Divisional Winners: 1984, 1989, 2003, 2007
World Series Appearances: 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1945
World Series Wins: 1907, 1908

White Sox:
Divisional Winners: 1983, 1993, 1994 (at time of strike), 2000, 2005
World Series Appearances: 1906, 1917, 1919, 1959, 2005
World Series Wins: 1906, 1917, 2005

Braves:
Divisional Winners: 1991-2005 (1994 does not count–they were not in the lead at the strike, though)
World Series Appearances: 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999
World Series Wins: 1995

Red Sox:
Divisional Winners: 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007
World Series Appearances: 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986, 2004, 2007
World Series Wins: 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007

Most years between World Series wins? Cubs: At least 100
Most years between World Series appearances? Cubs: At least 63

Now I ask you: for the few teams that have never won the World Series, they weren’t around the last time the Cubs won the world series. So, is it better to go 100 years between wins, or to never win at all, but in a lesser time period? Personally, I’ll take the one win 100 years ago–at least there are stories, even if they’re second-hand accounts by now.

The Timberwolves are 22-60, as is Memphis. The Sonics are 20-62, and the Heat are 15-67. In lacrosse, the Swarm won last weekend in a dramatic overtime win, so they have a 9-4 record. They’re still undefeated at home (although they barely managed to do that–tying with 1 second left in the game), and in possession of first place in the NLL-East by a half a game.