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Jan 31st

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MLB Longest Wait #6

Team: Kansas City Royals Last Series Title: 1985 Wait: 26 years If you are a fan of the Kansas City Royals then God bless you. Before investigating this team for the countdown I only knew that they had been abysmal of late and won a World Series title in 1985. I never bothered to check how the team did between now and then. If you are a Royals rooter, please spare yourself the heartache and do...

Jan 28th

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MLB Longest Wait #7

Team: Los Angeles Dodgers Last World Series Title: 1988 Wait: 23 years It is a rare Series that leads off with its signature moment, but that was the case in ’88. The Oakland Athletics led the hometown L.A. Dodgers in Hollywood when veteran Kirk Gibson came to the plate. By all accounts the big left hander should not have been holding lumber that game: when he woke up that morning he literally...

Jan 25th

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MLB Longest Wait #8

Team: Oakland Athletics Last World Series Title: 1989 Wait: 22 years Since moving to the Bay Area in 1968, the Oakland Athletics have had both good times and bad. The A’s won three straight World Series from 1972-74… but also lost 108 games in 1979. The Elephants won the 1989 Series…then got swept out of the Fall Classic the following year. That brooming would prove to be the...

Jan 20th

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Jan 20th

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MLB Longest Wait #9

Team: Cincinnati Reds Last World Series Title: 1990 Wait: 21 years There is a long history of professional baseball in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1866, the Cincinnati Red Stockings were established as America’s first pro baseball team. In 145 years of ball in the Queen City, the Reds have won five World Series titles including two in the Big Red Machine Years of the 1970s. However, since the...

Jan 19th

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MLB Longest Wait #10

In baseball, it is often more difficult to maintain success than to attain it. Repeat champions are rare, especially now in the days of free agents, trades, and Scott Boras. This list is an account of the ten cities that have been forced to endure the longest waits in between championships. Note the key word “cities;” I am looking out for the interests of the residents, not of...

Jan 18th

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Jan 17th

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A Las Vegas casino in August 1999

Good afternoon sir, what can I do for you today? Hey nice jersey, is your last name Hillis? Um, no. Don’t worry about that. Do you accept sports bets here? We certainly do what would you like to put money on? I want $100 dollars on the Browns having six coaches in the next thirteen years. The expansion team? Really? Are you sure? I am. You know the original Browns needed 38 years to go through...

Jan 14th

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My Jersey Jinx

On Sunday, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ only player worth his contract, center Anderson Varejão, was placed on injured reserve which means he will miss the rest of the season. I blame myself. I wasn’t on the court when he was injured. Hell, I’ve never met the man. No my sin is much more heinous than anything as pedestrian as actually causing him physical harm: I got Andy’s jersey for Christmas. I do...

Jan 12th