Have you ever followed a last place sports team?

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2793 Age : 66

Have you ever followed a really terrible sports team? I've always been a Minnesota Twins fan, and this year they all of a sudden really suck big time. Everything has gone wrong for them so far, and they are in danger of becoming really monumentally sh**y. It's kind of fun in a way when a team is so rotten. Masochistic maybe or something.
Has your favorite team ever had a really awful season?

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3830 Age : 44

My Dodgers are going through it right now, so I know how you feel about the Twins.

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1268 Age : 57

Mariners fan and Padres fan here so yeah, I've been there a few times.

Metal master Number of posts : 924 Age : 56

If they are your team you have to support them right?

I live in Seattle, so I am all too familiar with "losing" teams. Seahawks, Mariners, Sonics...

What really bugsme are the fairweather Johnsons, that support the team only when they are winning.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 6398 Age : 44

Before 2008, for around ten years my Chicago Blackhawks were among the worst teams in the NHL. I don't think they finished dead last, but second to last at least once. But that made it all the sweeter to win the cup last season.

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 40982 Age : 56

I follow the Pirates. Nuff said,there.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3325 Age : 53

The Milwaukee Brewers at one time had the longest streak in any sport of not going to the playoffs. 26 years of futility as I like to call it. I was 11 in 1982 when they went to the World Series against the Cardinals. I was 37 when I saw them end that streak. That was brutal!

King Of Kaiju Number of posts : 30892 Age : 64

I'm a Rams fan so between 2003 and last year there were some pretty lean times. Fortunately it looks like drafting Sam Bradford as the first overall pick last year has us turning the corner.

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Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54

The Yankees had a pretty steady run of suck starting in the early '80s that lasted till Joe Torre took over in the early 90s.

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Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

The Philles and Flyers have had their lean years in the past. The Flyers just can't close the deal.

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GrandNational wrote:: My Dodgers are going through it right now, so I know how you feel about the Twins.

Yeah man I know the feeling.Being a lifelong Dodgers Fan sure has had more downs than ups.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 5014 Age : 55

The 49ers are well past their glory days! Still love em though!

Oh, my wife is a Buffalo Bills fan................. 'nuf said..........

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 6719 Age : 53

Carolina Panthers

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Metal is my Life Number of posts : 12811 Age : 55

I am a long time fan of the Cowboys and I didn't stop being a few during the suck years!!!!!

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3361 Age : 51

1988 Orioles - 0-21 to start the year.

The next year they came one game from the playoffs. Baseball was never as good for me after that great "Why Not?" 89 season. Thankfully I don't follow current baseball (outside of occasionally checking the standings) or the Orioles of the last decade would be painful to follow.

Metal master Number of posts : 994 Age : 32

As a Raiders fan I've been through quite a few bad years but the last one was a little better

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7641 Age : 56

Cincinnati Bengals fan - our suffering is legendary, even in hell.

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1635 Age : 50

Witchfinder wrote:: Cincinnati Bengals fan - our suffering is legendary, even in hell.

+1.

Grew up in Northern WV and they were my favorite team through my youth until I just gave up on sports all together in the late 90's.

King Of Kaiju Number of posts : 30892 Age : 64

Witchfinder wrote:: Cincinnati Bengals fan - our suffering is legendary, even in hell.

Nice Hellraiser reference.

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1862 Age : 50

SpectreFate wrote:

Witchfinder wrote:: Cincinnati Bengals fan - our suffering is legendary, even in hell.

+1.

Grew up in Northern WV and they were my favorite team through my youth until I just gave up on sports all together in the late 90's.

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WHAT?!?!? Who Dey!!! hahaha. I can't believe there are three of us on here. I've grown up in California, but when I got into football, the Raiders were in Los Angeles, and my parents were Niners fans (I was a stupid, rebellious kid). Boy has that been a mistake.

Oh yeah, I'm also a Warriors fan.

The King Number of posts : 23281 Age : 51

I am Phillies fan - we didnt have a professional baseball team from 1984 until 2007 (except one that got lost and ended up in philly in 1993)

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The Prophet of Dio Number of posts : 1348 Age : 29

I live in Chicago; over half of the place follows a complete loser.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 4214 Age : 50

The Patriots in the 80s

Master Of The Crotch Grab Number of posts : 6841 Age : 50

The Lions are still my favorite football team

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1939 Age : 53

Mizzou football used to be a joke but I stuck with it and they've been doing good since Pinkel's been coaching.