MLB 2010 Season Thread

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Originally Posted by Supreme Olajuwon I guess I never really attribute torture to a fan base that hasn't had a championship team. Like it's only torture if your team won before so you got a taste of it and it's been torture trying to get it back. And yeah the Giants won before but it wasn't in San Francisco so it's not like San Franciscans knew what they were missing out on. If Texas would've won nobody would've called it an end to 49 years of torture because the Rangers had never won a title before. Also "What?" @ 56 years of "losing." You've had 34 winning seasons out of 52 seasons in San Fran. Not to mention you had both the greatest all around player of all time and the all time home run leader on your teams. If that's what passes for tortured, I'm moving to Guantanamo.

Actually, winning seasons followed by a disappointing postseason is far more stressful, or torturous, than an uneventful losing year. So by the statistics you've so graciously provided, we've had more stressful years than not. But of course, the context of my previous statement was obvious. 56 years of not winning a world championship.

So okay, by your logic Cubs fans aren't really going through torture, since they don't know what they're missing out on? It's been 100 years, safe to assume the city has nearly forgotten the feel of their last world championship. Go watch Game 7 of the 2003 NLCS. Watch all the crying fans. I assure you, they know what they're missing out on.