Trading McCutchen would be a betrayal by the Pirates . . .

[dmetz]

2E252D2124253E7B7D0A332B2225256429254A0 wrote: I'll never be able to not be a Pirates fan.   What I said was that I won't raise my boys into a Pirates or nothing mentality.   Its a loser organization that doesnt try to win.   It's a bad example of a baseball organization.   



Hopefully they're able to enjoy an NL team that won't try and an AL team that does at the same time.  Then maybe they won't grow into their late 30s having never even seen a pennant.   



Or perhaps even longer.   Not happening next year.   40 years? 45 years? 50 ?   13 more years without a WS appearance, and it's half a century.






The Indians now have the longest drought of winning a World Series.  It is now 68 years.  It has been 37 years since the Pirates last won the World Series.



If you just care about pennants, you do have a case. 



Here is the top ten in droughts:



Year - Team - Last Championship Won - Last WS Appearance

68 - Cleveland Indians - 1948 - 2016

56 - Texas Rangers -  Never - (franchise began 1961) - 2011

55 - Houston Astros - Never - (franchise began 1962) - 2005

48 - Milwaukee Brewers - Never - (franchise began 1969) - 1982

48 - San Diego Padres - Never - (franchise began 1969) - 1998

48 - Washington Nationals - Never - (franchise began 1969) - never

40 - Seattle Mariners - Never - (franchise began 1977) - never

37 - Pittsburgh Pirates - 1979 - 1979

33 - Baltimore Orioles - 1983 - 1983

32 - Detroit Tigers - 1984 - 2012








I care about organizations trying to win. Playing the game "the right way". Being willing to perhaps deficit spend to go for a championship because of the return later. One thing I definitely don't care about is your opinion, which I disagree with almost universally on every topic.

[dogknot17@yahoo.co]

Ha ha, sorry when facts get in the way. If you want to root for a different team, Cleveland probably isn't that team. Just trying to help. Larry Dolan has owned the Indians since 2000. Bob Nutting has owned the Pirates since 2007.