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17th May '13 10:58:51 PM CrazyLuigi

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* The '''Seattle Mariners''' are now known for a high number of Japanese players and fans and a good budget who never close the deal. They are one of only two teams (along with the Washington Nationals) who have never played in the World Series. The team's only real run of success came from 1995 to 2001 when they made the playoffs four times, and in three of those four occasions, advanced to the League Championship Series (though they never got any farther). In 2001, they had the best regular season record in baseball history, but still failed to reach the World Series. The club has had a few stars in its history, most notably Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson, and Ichiro Suzuki, all of whom are likely future Hall of Famers and likely candidates to have ''any'' number besides 42 become permanently retired for the first time [[hottip:*:Seattle has a special condition where they ''only'' retire a number if they played about 5 or so years with the Mariners and said player ends up going to the Hall of Fame. Although, we do admit it'll be interesting to see how they'll handle both Randy & Ichiro's numbers at the same time since they '''both''' have/had the same number there.]]. Alex Rodriguez also began his career with the Mariners before moving on to greater fame with the Rangers and Yankees. An interesting note is that this team's currently owned by Creator/{{Nintendo}}. It explains how Ken Griffey Jr. got a couple of video games on some of [[SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Nintendo's]] [[{{Nintendo64}} consoles]].

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* The '''Seattle Mariners''' are now known for a high number of Japanese players and fans and a good budget who never close the deal. They are one of only two teams (along with the Washington Nationals) who have never played in the World Series. The team's only real run of success came from 1995 to 2001 when they made the playoffs four times, and in three of those four occasions, advanced to the League Championship Series (though they never got any farther). In 2001, they had the best regular season record in baseball history, but still failed to reach the World Series. The club has had a few stars in its history, most notably Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson, and Ichiro Suzuki, all of whom are likely future Hall of Famers and likely candidates to have ''any'' number besides 42 become permanently retired for the first time [[hottip:*:Seattle has a special condition where they ''only'' retire a number if they played about 5 or so years with the Mariners and said player ends up going to the Hall of Fame. Although, we do admit it'll be interesting to see how they'll handle both Randy & Ichiro's numbers at the same time since they '''both''' had the same number there.]]. Alex Rodriguez also began his career with the Mariners before moving on to greater fame with the Rangers and Yankees. An interesting note is that this team's currently owned by Creator/{{Nintendo}}. It explains how Ken Griffey Jr. got a couple of video games on some of [[SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Nintendo's]] [[{{Nintendo64}} consoles]].

23rd Apr '13 9:23:42 AM AnotherStatsGuy

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* The '''Atlanta Braves''' are, along with the Cubs, one of the two franchises that have existed since the beginning of the National League, though they were originally based in Boston and later Milwaukee. Actually, they're even older than that; they were formed when the first professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, folded and their manager and key players migrated to Boston. They are the oldest continuously existing sports franchise in America. Historically, they've had flashes of success interspersed with long periods of being a ButtMonkey. For an example of the first, there's the team of Hank Aaron, who broke Babe Ruth's career home run record despite receiving numerous death threats. After Aaron, they went from mediocre to horrible in the mid-to-late 1980s. In 1991, they went worst-to-first, went on an absolute tear in the second half of the season, defeated the Pirates on a controversial call in the NL Championship Series, and lost in the World Series. Then, in 1992, they basically did the same thing all over again. From then until 2005, they made the playoffs every year, won one World Series, and were best known for their outstanding starting pitching rotation. After 2005, they've alternated between also-rans to low-rung playoff team. They are one of two teams (the other one being, again, the Cubs) that has had nationwide television coverage thanks to Ted Turner's WTBS "superstation" (now Atlanta-only), and, therefore, one of the Majors' biggest fan bases. The Braves have played the most seasons out of any professional sports franchise, due to the Cubs losing two seasons over the Great Chicago Fire.
* The '''Chicago Cubs''': TheWoobie of Major League Baseball, and the oldest professional team still in existence. They have not won the World Series since 1908 and haven't even reached it since 1945. Superstitious Cubs fans claim that the team's lack of postseason success is the result of the "Curse of the Billy Goat" (don't ask). They've had a couple of agonizingly close calls (most prominently 1984 and 2003). They play in Wrigley Field, the oldest park in the National League (1914), and second oldest in all of baseball, behind only Boston's Fenway Park, and, also like Fenway Park, among the most well-known and loved Major League stadiums. It's famous for countless quirks such as ivy-covered outfield walls, fans sitting on nearby rooftops to watch the game, and the fact that night games were not allowed there until 1988. They are also well known for now-deceased broadcaster Harry Caray, known for his 7th inning renditions of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" as well as his unique approach to color commentary.
** {{Irony}}: The Cubs have made history in the World Series in over a half-dozen ways: (beginning with their crosstown loss to the White Sox in the 1906 World Series). They went 2-2 in the World Series over a five year span from 1906-1910 (not appearing in 1909).
* First Team with multiple World Series Appearances (Two, Three, Four)
* First Team with Consecutive World Series Appearances (Two, Three)
* First Team with multiple World Series' wins (Two)
* First Team with consecutive World Series win (Two)
* First Team to win a World Series without a loss (4-0-1 in 1907 against the Detroit Tigers)
** First Team To Play an extra innings Game (12 innings in a Game 1 Tie in 1907) 
* First Team to win two World Series against the same opponent (1907 & 1908 vs. Detroit Tigers)
* First Team to win an extra-inning World Series game (Game 4 in 10 innings in 1910 [for their lone victory] against the Athletics)
* Longest World Series Game winning streak (6 Games)
* Most Consecutive World Series Games Won (6 —- the last 4 in 1907, and took a 2-0 lead in 1908 [They won in 5])

28th Mar '13 3:13:37 PM Sterok

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* The '''Seattle Mariners''' are now known for a high number of Japanese players and fans and a good budget who never close the deal. They are one of only two teams (along with the Washington Nationals) who have never played in the World Series. The team's only real run of success came from 1995 to 2001 when they made the playoffs four times, and in three of those four occasions, advanced to the League Championship Series (though they never got any farther). In 2001, they had the best regular season record in baseball history, but still failed to reach the World Series. The club has had a few stars in its history, most notably Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson, and Ichiro Suzuki, all of whom are likely future Hall of Famers and likely candidates to have ''any'' number besides 42 become permanently retired for the first time [[hottip:*:Seattle has a special condition where they ''only'' retire a number if they played about 5 or so years with the Mariners and said player ends up going to the Hall of Fame. Although, we do admit it'll be interesting to see how they'll handle both Randy & Ichiro's numbers at the same time since they '''both''' have/had the same number there.]]. Alex Rodriguez also began his career with the Mariners before moving on to greater fame with the Rangers and Yankees. An interesting note is that this team's currently owned by {{Nintendo}}. It explains how Ken Griffey Jr. got a couple of video games on some of [[SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Nintendo's]] [[{{Nintendo64}} consoles]].

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21st Mar '13 5:19:28 PM IlGreven

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* The '''Cleveland Indians''', a charter member of the American League, are the Cubs of the AL, only with a nice stadium. No one really remembers how they got their name (popular belief asserts that it came from an early Native American-descended player named Louis Sockalexis, but this is wrong), but some agree it's politically incorrect. Their previous stadium was cold, windy, and in general a horrible place to play. Their new stadium is nicer, but players and fans occasionally get attacked by swarms of insects (which actually helped the Indians win a key playoff game in 2007) and, in 2009, seagulls. They lost a game in 1974 when their fans, drunk on cheap beer, began to attack the opposing players. They were perennial last-place finishers in the '80s, which led up to the movie ''MajorLeague'', in which a fictional version of the Indians overcomes their idiosyncrasies and ineptitude to win the pennant. Incredibly, a few years after the release of the movie, the franchise turned its fortunes completely around and became one of the most consistently successful teams in the American League for several years. They haven't really been competitive since 2007, but an improved farm system and some promising young players provide hope for another turnaround.

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* The '''Cleveland Indians''', a charter member of the American League, are the Cubs of the AL, only with a nice stadium[[note]]But unlike Chicago, who has the Bulls, Bears, Blackhawks, and White Sox all winning titles in recent history, Cleveland doesn't have that option...[[/note]]. No one really remembers how they got their name (popular belief asserts that it came from an early Native American-descended player named Louis Sockalexis, but this is wrong), but some agree it's politically incorrect. Their previous stadium was cold, windy, and in general a horrible place to play[[note]]The fact that it was designed for football first played a major role in that.[[/note]]. Their new stadium is nicer, but players and fans occasionally get attacked by swarms of insects (which actually helped the Indians win a key playoff game in 2007) and, in 2009, seagulls. They lost a game in 1974 when their fans, drunk on cheap beer, began to attack the opposing players. They were perennial last-place finishers in the '80s, which led up to the movie ''MajorLeague'', in which a fictional version of the Indians overcomes their idiosyncrasies and ineptitude to win the pennant. Incredibly, a few years after the release of the movie, the franchise turned its fortunes completely around and became one of the most consistently successful teams in the American League for several years. They haven't really been competitive since 2007, but an improved farm system and some promising young players provide hope for another turnaround.

14th Mar '13 5:33:16 PM LongLiveHumour

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* The '''New York Mets''': TheUnfavourite of the two New York baseball teams, the Mets have, for most their history, been the polar opposite of their more popular and older brother. They tend to go through cycles of brilliant play for five or six years followed by stretches where they're one of the worst teams in the league. They've won two World Series titles, both of which are the source of major Baseball mythology (the first one literally considered a miracle, the second one only happening because they were playing the Red Sox during their [[TheWoobie Curse of the Bambino]] stage (see: Bill Buckner). The Mets' first season (1962) featured only 40 wins in 160 games, and is considered the worst team in modern history. They have one of the higher budgets in the majors, but in recent years have an uncanny tendency to collapse in the season's final weeks, having done so (both times losing a division championship to the Phillies) in 2007 and 2008. Don't worry, they have their fans ([[BigNameFan most notably]] [[TheDailyShow Jon Stewart]], Jerry Seinfeld, and Lady Gaga). Everybody loves an underdog, right? The Mets are also infamous for attracting somewhat rowdy, undisciplined players; as a case in point, many of the players on the 1986 World Series team had cocaine problems at some point during their career.

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* The '''New York Mets''': TheUnfavourite of the two New York baseball teams, the Mets have, for most their history, been the polar opposite of their more popular and older brother. They tend to go through cycles of brilliant play for five or six years followed by stretches where they're one of the worst teams in the league. They've won two World Series titles, both of which are the source of major Baseball mythology (the first one literally considered a miracle, the second one only happening because they were playing the Red Sox during their [[TheWoobie Curse of the Bambino]] stage (see: Bill Buckner). The Mets' first season (1962) featured only 40 wins in 160 games, and is considered the worst team in modern history. They have one of the higher budgets in the majors, but in recent years have an uncanny tendency to collapse in the season's final weeks, having done so (both times losing a division championship to the Phillies) in 2007 and 2008. Don't worry, they have their fans ([[BigNameFan most notably]] [[Series/TheDailyShow Jon Stewart]], Jerry Seinfeld, and Lady Gaga). Everybody loves an underdog, right? The Mets are also infamous for attracting somewhat rowdy, undisciplined players; as a case in point, many of the players on the 1986 World Series team had cocaine problems at some point during their career.

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* The '''Boston Red Sox''' are often considered by their fans -- beg your pardon, [[InsistentTerminology Red Sox Nation]] -- to be LaResistance to the Yankees' [[TheEmpire Evil Empire]] (a view not much shared by fans of other teams these days, [[RuleAbidingRebel given that they have effectively acted exactly like the Yankees since 2004]]), and had a 86-year span from 1918 to 2004 in which they did not win a single World Series (this is sometimes known as "The Curse of the Bambino", although despite what the [[CulturalTranslation American film version of]] ''FeverPitch'' told you, barely any hardcore Sox fans believed that this curse was why they kept losing). That finally ended in 2004 when the Red Sox, coming off a MiracleRally that saw them come back from an unprecedented 3 games to nothing hole to beat the Yankees, swept the Cardinals in the World Series (during [[WeirdMoon a lunar eclipse]], nonetheless). The Red Sox are SeriousBusiness in Boston, and the rivalry between them and the Yankees is the biggest FandomRivalry in North American sports, if not sports period. When viewed from outside the rivalry, however, the Red Sox have since the end of the curse merely become the lesser of two evils (the result of [[HeWhoFightsMonsters adopting Yankee-like spending habits]]). For a while they were said to be "{{Moneyball}} on an unlimited budget", as their (then) general manager Theo Epstein used those ideas to great effect. The Red Sox play in Fenway Park, the oldest stadium in Major League Baseball. Fenway itself is known for "The Green Monster", a ridiculously high left-field wall erected to compensate for its close relative proximity to home plate. (Short pop flies that would be easily caught in other parks can turn into home runs over the Green Monster, while hard liners that would fly out of other parks bounce off the Green Monster for doubles or sometimes even singles. In rare cases balls have come close to landing on the nearby Mass. Pike.) [[NeverLiveItDown Because of the management after Jackie Robinson's debut, they were the absolute last team to integrate in baseball]], passing on both Robinson and Willie Mays.

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* The '''Boston Red Sox''' are often considered by their fans -- beg your pardon, [[InsistentTerminology Red Sox Nation]] -- to be LaResistance to the Yankees' [[TheEmpire Evil Empire]] (a view not much shared by fans of other teams these days, [[RuleAbidingRebel given that they have effectively acted exactly like the Yankees since 2004]]), and had a 86-year span from 1918 to 2004 in which they did not win a single World Series (this is sometimes known as "The Curse of the Bambino", although despite what the [[CulturalTranslation American film version of]] ''FeverPitch'' told you, barely any hardcore Sox fans believed that this curse was why they kept losing). That finally ended in 2004 when the Red Sox, coming off a MiracleRally that saw them come back from an unprecedented 3 games to nothing hole to beat the Yankees, swept the Cardinals in the World Series (during [[WeirdMoon a lunar eclipse]], nonetheless). The Red Sox are SeriousBusiness in Boston, and the rivalry between them and the Yankees is the biggest FandomRivalry in North American sports, if not sports period. When viewed from outside the rivalry, however, the Red Sox have since the end of the curse merely become the lesser of two evils (the result of [[HeWhoFightsMonsters adopting Yankee-like spending habits]]). For a while they were said to be "{{Moneyball}} on an unlimited budget", as their (then) general manager Theo Epstein used those ideas to great effect. The Red Sox play in Fenway Park, which was built in 1912, making it the oldest stadium in Major League Baseball. Fenway itself is known for "The Green Monster", a ridiculously high left-field wall erected to compensate for its close relative proximity to home plate. (Short pop flies that would be easily caught in other parks can turn into home runs over the Green Monster, while hard liners that would fly out of other parks bounce off the Green Monster for doubles or sometimes even singles. In rare cases balls have come close to landing on the nearby Mass. Pike., and it is not unheard of for home runs to reach the nearby parking lot and break windshields) [[NeverLiveItDown Because of the management after Jackie Robinson's debut, they were the absolute last team to integrate in baseball]], passing on both Robinson and Willie Mays.

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* The '''Miami Marlins''': Formerly known as the Florida Marlins. Came into the league in 1993. Until 2012, they played their games in a giant football stadium intended for the NFL's Miami Dolphins to miniscule audiences that would make even a smaller stadium appear empty. Announced attendances were small enough already, usually hovering around 10,000, but the crowd actually in the stadium had a tendency to go into triple digits from time to time, to the point where hecklers who would never be heard in a [[ICantHearYou regular game setting]] were thrown out of the game as the umpire could hear them very well, and player chatter was [[QuieterThanSilence easily heard in the stands]] without amplification. In a stadium with a capacity over 75,000. This comes partly as a result of Miami being a football town and the distance to the stadium from population areas (suburban stadiums distant from a city are fine for football games and concerts, but nobody wants to make that drive up to 81 times a year for baseball), but more as a result of poor ownership. Weather is also a factor; games in Miami are extremely prone to being rained (or even hurricaned) out. The Marlins have won two World Series championships in 1997 and 2003, but both titles, and several other seasons besides, were immediately followed by releasing or trading virtually every [[{{BreakoutCharacter}} breakout player]] on the team. They made frequent threats to move the team if a new stadium was not built, which they finally got; they will move into it in 2012, which will both have a retractable roof and a backstop featuring [[AwesomeButImpractical an aquarium with real fish]] (which will be protected with hopefully multiple layers of Lexan). As a side effect, they will be known as the Miami Marlins when they move, a condition of the new stadium deal. Current Marlins' owner Jeffrey Loria is arguably one of the most hated owners in baseball behind Baltimore's Angelos and New York's Steinbrenner. He's been accused of deliberately putting an inferior product on the field simply to save money, and has on two separate occasions fired a well-liked, well-respected manager for failing to win with such a cash-strapped lineup.

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* The '''Miami Marlins''': Formerly known as the Florida Marlins. Came into the league in 1993. Until 2012, they played their games in a giant football stadium intended for the NFL's Miami Dolphins to miniscule audiences that would make even a smaller stadium appear empty. Announced attendances were small enough already, usually hovering around 10,000, but the crowd actually in the stadium had a tendency to go into triple digits from time to time, to the point where hecklers who would never be heard in a [[ICantHearYou regular game setting]] were thrown out of the game as the umpire could hear them very well, and player chatter was [[QuieterThanSilence easily heard in the stands]] without amplification. In a stadium with a capacity over 75,000. This comes partly as a result of Miami being a football town and the distance to the stadium from population areas (suburban stadiums distant from a city are fine for football games and concerts, but nobody wants to make that drive up to 81 times a year for baseball), but more as a result of poor ownership. Weather is also a factor; games in Miami are extremely prone to being rained (or even hurricaned) out. The Marlins have won two World Series championships in 1997 and 2003, but both titles, and several other seasons besides, were immediately followed by releasing or trading virtually every [[{{BreakoutCharacter}} breakout player]] on the team. They made frequent threats to move the team if a new stadium was not built, which they finally got; they moved into it in 2012, it has both a retractable roof and a backstop featuring [[AwesomeButImpractical an aquarium with real fish]] (which will be protected with hopefully multiple layers of Lexan). As a side effect, they will be known as the Miami Marlins when they move, a condition of the new stadium deal. Current Marlins' owner Jeffrey Loria is arguably one of the most hated owners in baseball behind Baltimore's Angelos and New York's Steinbrenner. He's been accused of deliberately putting an inferior product on the field simply to save money, and has on two separate occasions fired a well-liked, well-respected manager for failing to win with such a cash-strapped lineup.

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* The '''Milwaukee Brewers''' are descended from Seattle's original team, the Pilots, who were a complete disaster that only lasted one season. Then they were bought by a Milwaukee car salesman, Bud Selig, who somehow worked his way up to commissioner of MLB. The Brewers are best known for playing at Miller Park, considered by many to be the best modern ballpark, and for their odd traditions such as the 6th inning "sausage races" and the mascot, Bernie Brewer, who formerly slid into various containers of liquid but now just slides down a waterpark-sponsored slide as [[ThinkOfTheChildren a cute mascot marketed towards children can't dive into an oversized mug of beer these days]]. Brewers fans are also considered to have invented tailgating back when the team played at County Stadium. Bob Uecker, better known outside of Wisconsin for his appearances in Lite Beer commercials, ''[[MrBelvedere Mr. Belvedere]]'', and the ''MajorLeague'' movies (not to mention being choked by AndreTheGiant at WrestleMania IV), has been the team's radio announcer since 1971. The Brewers had their glory days in the early '80s, nearly winning the 1982 World Series. They are the first of the currently existing MLB teams to have switched leagues, as they were American until 1998. Despite their fairly small market (smallest in MLB by Nielsen TV market size), the Brewers are generally considered an above-average team. In many ways, they're considered a SpiritualSuccessor to the Milwaukee Braves, having retired Hank Aaron's jersey and erected a statue of him outside of Miller Park despite having only spent two uneventful seasons with the Brewers. The Brewers are also the fourth team to have the name; the first two were short-lived (as in one season) teams in the also short-lived American Association and Union Association, and the third is now the Baltimore Orioles.

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22nd Feb '13 9:14:29 AM RyanStoppable

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Moving the Astros to the AL list.

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** The Tigers have boasted several Hall of Famers in their history, including Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford in the 1900s and '10s, Hank Greenberg (the majors' first Jewish-American star) and Charlie Gehringer in the '30s and '40s, and Al Kaline in the '50s and '60s. Another Tiger Hall of Famer is the late broadcaster Ernie Harwell, who called the team's games for over 40 years and was basically the AL counterpart to Vin Scully.
* The '''Houston Astros''' (originally the [[AwesomeMcCoolname Colt .45s]]) are the world record holders for [[{{WTHCostumingDepartment}} most ugly uniforms.]] MLB awarded the franchise in 1962 when owners unable to obtain expansion teams decided to form their own league, the Continental League. The league was intended solely to [[{{The Plan}} bluff]] MLB into awarding the cities MLB franchises; the Astros were awarded in response along with the Senators (now Rangers), Angels and Mets. The Astros are responsible for both the domed stadium (the Astrodome) and, because grass doesn't grow indoors, for artificial turf, better known as [=AstroTurf=]. The team often contends, but [[{{EveryYearTheyFizzleOut}} always fizzle out]], even though they did have a streak of success in the late 1990s and early 2000s. If you're any kind of player and have a last name starting with B, join the Astros and you're the next [[{{GangOfHats}} Killer B]], a reference to a period when the team had several very good players whose last names all began with the letter B (Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, Lance Berkman, and several lesser names). Moved into [[{{UnfortunateNames}} Enron Field]] in 2000, just in time for Enron to have a major Enron-killing scandal; the stadium was quickly rebranded into Minute Maid Park. In 2011, Jim Crane officially decided to buy the team, in exchange for their move into the AL West (Pacific) division in 2013; this makes them the second of the currently operating teams to have switched leagues.

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* The '''Houston Astros''' (originally the [[AwesomeMcCoolname Colt .45s]]) are the world record holders for [[{{WTHCostumingDepartment}} most ugly uniforms.]] MLB awarded the franchise in 1962 when owners unable to obtain expansion teams decided to form their own league, the Continental League. The league was intended solely to [[{{The Plan}} bluff]] MLB into awarding the cities MLB franchises; the Astros were awarded in response along with the Senators (now Rangers), Angels and Mets. The Astros are responsible for both the domed stadium (the Astrodome) and, because grass doesn't grow indoors, for artificial turf, better known as [=AstroTurf=]. The team often contends, but [[{{EveryYearTheyFizzleOut}} always fizzle out]], even though they did have a streak of success in the late 1990s and early 2000s. If you're any kind of player and have a last name starting with B, join the Astros and you're the next [[{{GangOfHats}} Killer B]], a reference to a period when the team had several very good players whose last names all began with the letter B (Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, Lance Berkman, and several lesser names). Moved into [[{{UnfortunateNames}} Enron Field]] in 2000, just in time for Enron to have a major Enron-killing scandal; the stadium was quickly rebranded into Minute Maid Park. In 2011, Jim Crane officially decided to buy the team, in exchange for their move into the AL West (Pacific) division in 2013; this makes them the second of the currently operating teams to have switched leagues.

26th Jan '13 10:31:42 PM CallingAlameda

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I wouldn't call the Indians consistently solid anymore.

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* The '''Cleveland Indians''', a charter member of the American League, are the Cubs of the AL, only with a nice stadium. No one really remembers how they got their name (popular belief asserts that it came from an early Native American-descended player named Louis Sockalexis, but this is wrong), but some agree it's politically incorrect. Their previous stadium was cold, windy, and in general a horrible place to play. Their new stadium is nicer, but players and fans occasionally get attacked by swarms of insects (which actually helped the Indians win a key playoff game in 2007) and, in 2009, seagulls. They lost a game in 1974 when their fans, drunk on cheap beer, began to attack the opposing players. They were perennial last-place finishers in the '80s, which led up to the movie ''MajorLeague'', in which a fictional version of the Indians overcomes their idiosyncrasies and ineptitude to win the pennant. Incredibly, they became successful a few years after the release of the movie and today are one of the most consistently solid teams in the American League (though they have yet to win a World Series since 1948).

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* The '''New York Yankees''': If you can name only one baseball team, it probably is this one. Being the most successful team in the World Series era (27 titles) and the fact that it is based in the BigApplesauce have combined to make the Yankees the most popular team in America.... and the most hated team in America. You must, by internet law, either [[{{Hatedom}} hate them with a passion that rivals the love you have of your own team]] or be an [[FanDumb obnoxious]], [[UnpleasableFanbase unpleasable]] pinstripe-wearer. An entire industry exists of anti-Yankee media, and although primarily centered in UsefulNotes/{{Boston}}, it thrives throughout North America, including New York itself. The same thing goes for pro-Yankee media. ''Easily'' the BigBad of Major League Baseball. Team owners [[BigScrewedUpFamily George Steinbrenner and his sons]] are, however, universally considered an example of EvilOverlord (or at least a MeanBoss), while Lou Gehrig is universally beloved. This is not a new phenomenon. The play ''Damn Yankees!'', about a man who hates them so much he sells his soul to the Devil to beat them, was written over fifty years ago. Choked in game 4 of the 2004 ALCS, allowing the Red Sox to make the first 0-3 comeback in baseball history and win their first Series title in 86 years. Red Sox fans [[NeverLiveItDown will never let them forget this]]. Notable for having not one (Ruth), not two (Gehrig), not three ([=DiMaggio=]), but four (Mickey Mantle) names in the argument for best baseball player ever. Their 27 World Series championships make them both the most successful team in Major League Baseball, AND North American professional sports. Their current GM is Brian [[MeaningfulName Cashman]].

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* The '''New York Yankees''': If you can name only one baseball team, it probably is this one. Being the most successful team in the World Series era (27 titles) and the fact that it is based in the BigApplesauce have combined to make the Yankees the most popular team in America.... and the most hated team in America. You must, by internet law, either [[{{Hatedom}} hate them with a passion that rivals the love you have of your own team]] or be an [[FanDumb obnoxious]], [[UnpleasableFanbase unpleasable]] pinstripe-wearer. An entire industry exists of anti-Yankee media, and although primarily centered in UsefulNotes/{{Boston}}, it thrives throughout North America, including New York itself. The same thing goes for pro-Yankee media. ''Easily'' the BigBad of Major League Baseball. (And CreatorsPet too: wherever you are in America, like 'em or not, odds are there's a Yankee game on the tube.) Team owners [[BigScrewedUpFamily George Steinbrenner and his sons]] are, however, universally considered an example of EvilOverlord (or at least a MeanBoss), while Lou Gehrig is universally beloved. This is not a new phenomenon. The play ''Damn Yankees!'', about a man who hates them so much he sells his soul to the Devil to beat them, was written over fifty years ago. Choked in game 4 of the 2004 ALCS, allowing the Red Sox to make the first 0-3 comeback in baseball history and win their first Series title in 86 years. Red Sox fans [[NeverLiveItDown will never let them forget this]]. Notable for having not one (Ruth), not two (Gehrig), not three ([=DiMaggio=]), but four (Mickey Mantle) names in the argument for best baseball player ever. Their 27 World Series championships make them both the most successful team in Major League Baseball, AND North American professional sports. Their current GM is Brian [[MeaningfulName Cashman]].

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