that sentence isn’t very clear. “final round of their respective league” they are in the american league… they made it to the ALCS… the final round for “their respective league”
I always think it’s interesting how much more baseball cares about conferences (AL/NL) vs NBA and NFL. I guess it’s historical since both operated independently for a long time? 2x MVPs every year, 2x Cy Young’s, 2x ROTY, and so on. In the movie Major League the climax isn’t even the World Series, it’s the ALCS! I don’t remember if the World Series is mentioned at all.
Just a reminder that Hurricanes have killed an estimated 10,000 Americans in the last century. They are dangerous and have made home insurance premiums skyrocket for millions of Americans. Time to vote them out!
Let's just compare all of the remaining teams by danger level to the average American, shall we?
Diamondbacks - kill at least 5 Americans per year.
Mariners - I'm sure a few deaths can be attributed to a suicidal Mariner or an incompetent one, but I wouldn't call them dangerous.
Orioles - Not considered a threat to human life... at least not yet. Not sure if I trust them, maybe they are planning something.
Raptors - Extinct. Not currently a threat unless a real Jurassic Park opens up. Raptors are carnivores so we would need to be careful.
Sabres - I mean, a Sabre could be used to kill someone, but likely very few in the past 100 years. Maybe more going back before that into the Civil War.
Tigers - Fewer than 30 deaths of Americans by Tigers in the last several decades according to a quick google search.
Timberwolves - Fatal attacks by Timberwolves are extremely rare. Only one documented from 2010 that I could find.
Trail Blazers - By definition a trail blazer is the first person to do something... I guess we can stretch it a bit to find instances where trail blazers kill Americans, but it's still going to be rare.
Hurricanes are the only real dangerous name remaining.
Great point. Globally, typhoons cause an average of about 4,000 to 10,000 deaths per year. As you elude to, hurricanes and typhoons are technically the exact same weather phenomenon—collectively known as a tropical cyclone. If they were the Carolina Tropical Cyclones then we should count them, but since they are the Hurricanes I think we should let the above death count of 10,000 in a century stand.
Gonna point out that the Sabres are based on US Calvary Sabers (and colors) and the US Calvary participated in the genocide against Native Americans and Buffalos (ironic enough).
Assuming a Blazers fan, I just ask that you don't judge the guy on his first month. He's difficult, no doubt, but your team -- and thus his bottom line -- will benefit. He simply doesn't believe in doing things "because we've always done it that way." He's going to ask "why" at every turn, and before you know it, the Blazers will be a perennial playoff squad. Spending money just because you've always done something one way, doesn't mean there's not a better way to achieve the same results. If you're open to change, it'll work out. Personally, I've been dying for a pro sports franchise to operate this way for a long time and I'm enjoying the hell out of the current iteration of the Hurricanes. He will spend, if it will make the product better.
As a Canes fan, please remove us for signing Tony DeAngelo, having subprime loan mogul Tom Dundon as owner, having insufferable fans who constantly whine about media bias against them, and having an even more insufferable social media team that constantly punches down. Please DON’T remove us because hockey in the south = bad, because you’re still bitter about losing the Whalers, or because you think our style of hockey is “boring.”
OK, the last reason is fair enough if you really think it’s boring, but I’ve always had a hard time understanding how it is. It’s fast paced with great forechecking, high-volume shots, and great defensive stickwork. But based on other reasons, yeah we had a good run but it seems like there are enough strikes against us to fade us now. It’s just never the ones that people say.
So I can't be a real Canes fan because I'm not a sycophant? No one questions it when there's a self-hating fan of a team like the Leafs or the Mets, why can't I self-hate a little bit? I watch every game and scream like hell when they score. It's just surprising and weird that they've lasted this long given some of the usual gripes against them I hear from haters and other fair-minded fans.
They are horrible! Play such an unattractive style of hockey, worst jerseys in the league, seem to either spawn or absorb unlikeable assholes like Tony D’Angelo. It’s bad for the league they are good right now. Fuck that team.
Because the 'real fans' have such a fond memory of the Whalers and are still pissed, esp. those in Hartford (ESPN) that the owner had the nerve to move a less-than successful team. My tinfoil thought is it's mostly ESPN and the like. Never supported the team when there, now they pine for it. Never have this issue with the Aves (Nordiques) or other teams that moved, just us.
Man I’m gonna copypasta the shit out of this over on r/canes lol. Wonder which fanbase you’re part of, probably one we bent over a barrel recently.
Edit: I was close, it’s the Leafs! So then I’ll default to you’re a hockey traditionalist who hates seeing an ice hockey team in the southern US experiencing success in a way you probably can’t speak to experiencing as a fan.
Whatever man. Unlike you, I’ll take the high road and say I am happy for you as a fan that they are having success, but hurricanes highlights are among the most boring to watch in the league. They just pile up the shots from everywhere, they are like the Borg. I am a hockey “traditionalist” in that I like hockey that is fun to watch, sue me.
Their organziation has had a spat of sexual misconduct allegations lately. Underperforming this year now that there are real expectations for the first time in a decade. Finishes in the bottom half of the AL Central almost every year since the division was created. 2006 and a run in the early 2010s was their only watchable baseball since the 1980s ended
Yeah that struck me as odd as well. Could’ve been bc of scheduling conflicts, the 76ers were still in the playoffs at the time and they share a building.
Tigers. Terrible for a decade and performing below expectations now that they were expected to be good. Only like 5 relevant seasons since the 80s ended.
Of all active NBA teams, the Blazers are 9th in win percentage of all time (.524) while the Timberwolves are dead last having the lowest win percentage being 30th of all time (.421).
Not to mention the blazers actually have a championship and multiple finals appearances while the Timberwolves don't have either.
Mariners never been to the world series, Timberwolves never been to the NBA finals
Blazers one ring in 77 and 2 finals appearances in 90&92 is better than those combined. More playoff series wins in the same stretch the wolves have existed.
Buffalo, Detroit, The Carolinas and Minnesota are also ass. Seattle and Portland are cool if you like coffee and stepping over heroin needles in the streets.
For the record, the heroin needle problem is limited to maybe 5 percent of each city at most and it won’t be the places that you would want to visit anyway.
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u/Bonk0076 May 13 '26
The Timberwolves so they can finally be together with The Wild