April 14, 2008

Tonight on WIP: Philadelphia Complains About Not Being Miserable Enough

News Item: Forbes ranks most miserable sports cities; Philadelphia ranked ninth.

Atlanta is ranked first, followed by Seattle, Buffalo, Phoenix (?), San Diego, Houston, Denver (???), Cleveland, Philly, and Minneapolis/St. Paul.

Pretty dumb, if you ask me. Atlanta, of course, won 15 straight division titles in baseball, and if no one comes to any of their games in any sport, it's their own damn fault they're so miserable. Seattle I can see, now that they're losing their NBA team, but Phoenix? Which won a World Series this decade and has a perennial contenders in basketball? Denver, which wins frequent Stanley Cups, was in last year's World Series, and has one of the NFL's marquee franchises? And how could anyone living in San Diego be miserable for any reason at all?

There's no way any city other than Cleveland or Buffalo should be considered for this "honor." Then again, Forbes is the same magazine that named Kevin McHale the best GM in sports a few years ago...

Posted by Stephen Silver at April 14, 2008 05:18 PM
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