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  • #166
    Re: 122 Franchises Ranked Bottom to Top:

    Originally posted by joecct View Post
    It the seagulls
    I haven't been in Salt Lake City in awhile, they did have a seagull monument in downtown: two arches spanned an intersection corner to corner, intersecting above the middle, with the seagull on top.
    "Hope is a good thing; maybe the best of things."

    "Beer is a sign that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -- Benjamin Franklin

    "Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy." -- W. B. Yeats

    "People generally are most impatient with those flaws in others about which they are most ashamed of in themselves." - folk wisdom

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    • #167
      Re: 122 Franchises Ranked Bottom to Top:

      Originally posted by FreshFish View Post
      I haven't been in Salt Lake City in awhile, they did have a seagull monument in downtown: two arches spanned an intersection corner to corner, intersecting above the middle, with the seagull on top.


      It's apparently an eagle, though it sure looks like a seagull.

      There is a seagull, stuck on a poll:



      I like the eagle a lot better.
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      • #168
        Re: 122 Franchises Ranked Bottom to Top:

        Originally posted by CommAvHusky View Post
        100. Florida Panthers

        Why?...Literally no one gives a rat’s *** about this team.

        The Good….Got the Stanley Cup Finals in their third season (1996). On the night of the Panthers' 1995–96 home opener, a rat scurried across the team's locker room. Scott Mellanby reacted by "one-timing" the rat against the wall, killing it. That night, he scored two goals, which Vanbiesbrouck quipped was "a rat trick." Two nights later, as the story found its way into the world, a few fans threw rubber rats on the ice in celebration of a goal. The rubber rat count went from 16 for the third home game to over 2,000 during the playoffs.
        My cousin lives down that way, and he went to a game or two back during the rat tossing days. He told me, "Think about this. They actually sell these toy rats in the arena team souvenir store. So, you throw all these toy rats on the ice. They clean them up. What do they do with them? They probably put them right back in the store for the next game. They just keep reselling the same rats. What a racket!"
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        • #169
          Re: 122 Franchises Ranked Bottom to Top:

          Originally posted by Russell Jaslow View Post
          My cousin lives down that way, and he went to a game or two back during the rat tossing days. He told me, "Think about this. They actually sell these toy rats in the arena team souvenir store. So, you throw all these toy rats on the ice. They clean them up. What do they do with them? They probably put them right back in the store for the next game. They just keep reselling the same rats. What a racket!"
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          • #170
            Re: 122 Franchises Ranked Bottom to Top:

            99. Philadelphia Phillies

            Why?....the last original MLB team to win the World Series

            The Good….2 World Series Titles is better than none.

            The Bad....Prior to the 1955 season, 13 of the 16 original MLB teams had won the World Series. In 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers broke thorugh. In 1966, the original St. Louis Browns, now the Baltimore Orioles broke through. It took until 1980 for the Phillies to win their first World Series.

            The Ugly...Did you know that in 1964, the Phillies had a 6 ½ game lead in the National League with 12 games to play. The Cardinals won the pennant.

            Where they play? Citizens Bank Park, it replaced the old Veterans Stadium, that replaced Shibe Park, that replaced Shibe Park, that replaced the Baker Bowl.

            Owner: Phillies Limited Partnership (led by John S. Middleton), in fairness the Phillies are rather limited team.

            Manager: Last week, Gabe Kapler, was just named manager for the 2018 season. Has the nickname “The Hebrew Hammer”….oy vey.

            Top Current Players: Maikel Franco and Aaron Nola

            Hall of Famers…Richie Ashburn, Steve Carlton, Mike Schimdt, Chuck Klein, Robin Roberts
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            • #171
              Re: 122 Franchises Ranked Bottom to Top:

              Originally posted by CommAvHusky View Post
              110. Minnesota Twins

              a.k.a Washington Senators (version 1)
              Twins/Sens have a better overall WIN% than 10 other MLB franchises including the Mets, Rangers, Orioles, Phillies and Mariners and 15th best in the WS. fwiw

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              • #172
                Re: 122 Franchises Ranked Bottom to Top:

                Originally posted by CommAvHusky View Post
                99. Philadelphia Phillies

                Why?....the last original MLB team to win the World Series
                The Cubs were not an original MLB team?
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                "Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy." -- W. B. Yeats

                "People generally are most impatient with those flaws in others about which they are most ashamed of in themselves." - folk wisdom

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                • #173
                  Originally posted by FreshFish View Post
                  The Cubs were not an original MLB team?
                  1908 winners. The Phillies took a while for win #1.

                  IIRC, the St. Louis Blues are the only remaining Second 6 without a Cup win.
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                  • #174
                    Re: 122 Franchises Ranked Bottom to Top:

                    Originally posted by joecct View Post
                    1908 winners. The Phillies took a while for win #1.

                    IIRC, the St. Louis Blues are the only remaining Second 6 without a Cup win.
                    Depends whether you count the Seals as the Dallas Stars or not. That merger was weird.
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                    • #175
                      Originally posted by FreshFish View Post
                      The Cubs were not an original MLB team?
                      Cubs won back to back titles in 07 and 08, numbnuts.

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                      • #176
                        Originally posted by unofan View Post
                        Cubs won back to back titles in 07 and 08, numbnuts.
                        Maybe he read last to win as in "most recent".
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                        • #177
                          Re: 122 Franchises Ranked Bottom to Top:

                          Originally posted by JF_Gophers View Post
                          Maybe he read last to win as in "most recent".
                          That's how I read it as well.
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                          When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
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                          • #178
                            Originally posted by joecct View Post
                            1908 winners. The Phillies took a while for win #1.

                            IIRC, the St. Louis Blues are the only remaining Second 6 without a Cup win.
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                            • #179
                              Re: 122 Franchises Ranked Bottom to Top:

                              Originally posted by CommAvHusky View Post
                              99. Philadelphia Phillies

                              Why?....the last original MLB team to win the World Series
                              Originally posted by unofun View Post
                              Cubs won back to back titles in 07 and 08,....
                              and also in 2016, in case you hadn't noticed.
                              "Hope is a good thing; maybe the best of things."

                              "Beer is a sign that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -- Benjamin Franklin

                              "Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy." -- W. B. Yeats

                              "People generally are most impatient with those flaws in others about which they are most ashamed of in themselves." - folk wisdom

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                              • #180
                                Re: 122 Franchises Ranked Bottom to Top:

                                Originally posted by CommAvHusky View Post
                                The Bad....The only time they sell out is when they offer an Early Bird Special from 4:30-6
                                Florida ... early bird special ...

                                Masterfully played. Bravo.
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