Minnesota has missed the playoffs in 14 of the past 15 seasons and hasn't won a playoff series since making it to the Western Conference finals in 2004. Unless you don't want to. It's also stuck in a competitive AL West. Fuck the Cubs' stupid brick outfield wall and the dumb overhang above it, too. Think about all the Dodgers have going for themfun-ass Yasiel Puig, hook-dropping Clayton Kershaw, Justin Turner running around looking like Tormund Giantsbane, and Vin Scully's time in the booth will score them points long after his retirement. #. Evan Longoria wasn't traded until his prime was over but for most everyone else, the Rays are like a really good internship program that places talented people in high-paying jobs with other companies. He struggled to make solid contact, too, so they dealt him to the Colorado Rockies. All in all, New Englanders like Robert Sullivan of Timecautiously stated that Valentine was coming into "a perfect situation.". Thanks to a young, aggressive, suffocating defense, the Bills are set to make the playoffs for the second time in 20 seasons. The two-time defending AL Central champions re-signed veterans Carl Pavano and Jim Thome after both experienced tremendous success in 2010. Ricky Jordan 1 of 35 Taken in the first round. No, there are no reasons to hate a team that's averaged like 70 wins a year since 2012, but I'm getting on the hate bandwagon early. Colorado Rockies: 2022 win projection: 74 Randal Grichuk of the Colorado Rockies celebrates hitting a home. So what the heck happened in the Twin Cities? Historic underachiever but good for 30-35 pts over 82 games. Call me Follicle." Were they trying to attract Amish fans? This team is the little brother of the real Los Angeles team and I will pull for them to have their day in the sun. . The Wolves have another star in Karl-Anthony Towns, but will he have to do what Garnett and Kevin Love did before him -- leave town to play on a championship team? 35 GP. We occasionally recommend interesting . 1972-73 Milwaukee Bucks 1 of 20 19. The Yankees and the Astros receive most of their hatred from the West, with the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Alaska and Colorado hating on either of the two teams. The Redskins were once one of the NFL's marquee franchises, as they won three Super Bowls between 1982 and 1991 and played in a fourth. A pool in the outfield is dynamite, though. The five primary factors in the Fan Misery Index formula: 1. Again, they have time to turn it around, which I still think they will, but its going to be tough to catch the Astros and Angels at the top of the division. We Dont Really Know. Now that Ronald Acua Jr. has returned from injury, this team should be headed in a better direction. 4. Yost eventually made the switch and the Royals weirdly began to win more games but it was too late. The Pirates found a way to take one of the sport's best, most well-liked players in Andrew McCutchen and run him out of town because they don't want to pay him next offseason. And, of course, Joe Mauer seemed bound for all-around greatness in the first year of his $184 million contract extension. Tick, tick, tick. 2G and 18 pts - Jeff Skinner. However, far worse than any flaws with the offense have been the teams pitching woes, which have completely tanked a staff that once ranked among the games steadiest. Theres still a looooooong way to go this season and the trade deadline is still two months away so a lot can change, but now seems like an apt time to compare teams records to their preseason expectations. It's not just a matter of rarely making the playoffs, though. Their name is literally the Brewers! It seemed like a pretty simple proposition -- rallying for a second consecutive playoff appearance (something that only happened one other time in the franchise's 50 seasons in Milwaukee) would be enough to drop the Brewers off this list completely. The team has won nine World Series titles and has had several famous players including Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Jose Canseco, and Mark McGwire. Glenn James/NHLI via Getty Images. The Redskins have only won two playoff games since Gibbs left, with one of those coming when Gibbs briefly returned to coaching. 10. Imagine how bad they'd feel if Houston won its second World Series title in the past three years. BEST OF THE BEST. Washington's championship caused one baseball team to rocket up this list, while another one cracked the top 25 for the first time since this list was originally released in September 2018. Throughout Pete Rose's career, he was caught cheating with the Reds. New York doesn't have the highest payroll like in olden times but acquiring Stanton for nothing is the exact reason we've come to hate the Yankees over the past two decades, and that hate is back stronger than ever. In that time, the Angels haven't won a playoff game, much less a playoff series. The thing I enjoy most about the Twins is the fact Paul Molitor looks like Mark Harmon, so you can pretend Gibbs from NCIS is managing the team. This was not debatable; they were coming off back-to-back finishes as the top two vote-getters in NL Cy Young balloting. The Yankees added this guy twice! Toxic Milton Bradley wasn't any better. South Florida is nice in the winter, but imagine how much better it'd be if the local hockey team wasn't so miserable. How they're underachieving so far: Given the number of sluggers on the roster, the Yankees certainly did not expect to rank among the lowest-scoring teams in baseball. Buuuuuuut they also got swept in the first round of the playoffs, as is tradition. You can't root against the Blue Jays the way you can't root against puppies at the Puppy Bowl. The Suns used to be on the entertaining side of bad, as they've had star players such as Charles Barkley, Steve Nash and Jason Kidd. Drew Butera, Joe Mauer and Rene Rivera combined for a.185/.250/.259 triple-slash line in their 585 plate appearances behind the plate. 6 of 11 7 of 11 Baseball fans watch the Baltimore Orioles and the Pittsburgh Pirates play during a spring training baseball game, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Bradenton, Fla. Brynn Anderson/AP Show . Pittsburgh lost 22 of its final 31 contests for a 79-83 overall record. Watch. The franchise started by losing 26 consecutive games and hasn't gotten much better since, as the Buccaneers haven't qualified for the playoffs since 2007 (the second-longest streak in the NFL behind the Browns) and have only made it twice since winning Super Bowl XXXVII. One of their rare draft picks that hit big (Kristaps Porzingis) demanded to be traded away. Aside from Suzuki, none of the regulars achieved an .800 OPS. Preseason No. c As much as $200,000,000 of the sale price included the team's 20-percent stake in Fox Sports San Diego. The lineup would feature Jacoby Ellsbury, Adrian Gonzalez and Dustin Pedroia. It might be tempting to point to the Twins reduced power output and conclude that a team so reliant on the long ball (51 percent of Minnesotas runs in 2019 and 2020 came via homers) will naturally struggle if that power starts to fade. Buy some of those citronella candles and stick them around the stadium. This was based entirely on Aaron Judge, who seems delightful and every at-bat of his is must-watch stuff, but the Yankees are still a cesspool worthy of your vitriol. That means they should replace the troughs in the men's rooms with urinals sometime around 2145. ", White Sox: [puts on Cubs hat] "The White Sox won the World Series in 2005. How are you going to hate this team when you can't name more than five players on the roster? The winter blues soon will be replaced by a seething hatred of ESPN's strike zone box. A geotagged map analysing MLB Twitter data has ascertained that the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, and Houston Astros are amongst the most hated MLB teams. At the very least, the streak of four consecutive winning seasons was going to extend. Most hated MLB teams: LA Dodgers, New York Yankees and Houston Astros lead the way according to geotagged Twitter data as per a recent survey. And the Jameis Winston question still has an inconclusive answer. While the success of the Patriots hasn't helped, being unable to come close to replacing the production of Marino is the primary reason the Dolphins have gone from a consistent playoff team in the 20th century to a trainwreck in the 21st. 1 in the NFL misery rankings. Which first-round prospects should Raiders focus on at combine? These are the teams we should all love. 1 at the start of the season, only to come crashing back down to earth. Lloyd Carr was the Big Ten's Mark Richta consistent winner that underachieved in Ann Arbor. Sabres fans not only have had to watch their team flounder, but they've also had to watch the nearby Penguins win three Stanley Cups since 2009. Those things are delicious. Despite his birth certificate, Jamie Moyer was a dependable rotation leader for the Seattle Mariners. You can see the bridge and think about how Bane blew it up. Minnesota has only made the postseason nine times and fell in the first round in eight of those appearances. The Reds fell slightly in this installment, but things aren't exactly rosy for Cincinnati. Paul Goldschmidt sounds like the name of a German beer that costs $9 a bottle in New York bars. All rights reserved. Other instances of awkwardness and miscommunication hampered the Red Sox, as they were unable to get above the .500 mark. The Kings actually have a bit of positive mojo for once, as their young roster hung around the playoff race for a while last season and they have a good shot to break their playoff drought in this campaign. related: Not only that, the Rays won the wild card and took the AL champion Astros to the brink in the division series. Being that close to eliminating a team that eventually won the World Series was another in a long line of punches to the stomach and kept the Brewers on this list. They also haven't won a playoff game since 1994 and, once again, feel far away from breaking both of their futility streaks.Defeat and disappointment have been a staple for the Panthers for 23 years and counting. The map created by Betonline.ag gathered geotagged Twitter data gathered in the last month, and over 90,000 tweets were tracked, including those that mentioned hating a specific team. Why the Packers' transition to Jordan Love, whenever it happens, will require patience, A new home for Michael Thomas? Even Michael Douglas in Wall Street would have let Martin Sheen get discharged from the hospital before canning him. Clemson football is one of the most popular teams to discuss for the national media for a few reasons. "Hey, remember that Jeffrey Maier kid who stole the home run in Yankee Stadium? I have a hard time mustering hate for a team that is clearly cursed. Also, Toronto felt optimistic that newly-added Ted Lilly could bolster the starting rotation. And with Christian Yelich in and (more often) out of the lineup, the Brewers 2020 offensive struggles have carried over into 2021 thus far. Kerry Wood, who had reinvented himself as an All-Star closer, was supposed to secure the ninth inning. Theyd get up, walk to the bathroom sink, tell themselves it was all a dream. Either because of injury, aging, dysfunction or a combination of three, they didn't validate the preseason hype. They're a talented bunch, but depth is lacking on this roster and with the myriad health concerns being faced by key players, I foresee some disappointment as the summer moves along. It's official: Bears fans can't have nice things. All the Cleveland Indians enthusiasts from Waiting for Next Year counted on excellence after hearing only "amazing" reports from spring training. While much of the Raiders' fan base is more into the mystique and attitude of the franchise rather that its location, it's still rough for the East Bay-based fan base to be losing the team at this time, as it's been a mostly frustrating quarter century since moving back from Los Angeles. Using our JEFFBAGWELL metric to blend WAR from Baseball-Reference.com and FanGraphs, for which you can download data on GitHub. No ones gotten bitten by the injury bug as badly as the White Sox, but still, this was one of the biggest World Series favorites that are now treading water around .500. Who knows what their record would look like if they werent in the worst division in baseball? Charlie Keller and Joe DiMaggio played for the 1939 New York Yankees the team that our Elo ratings say is the best since 1903. In the fleeting moment in which the Kings were really good, they lost to the Lakers in the 2002 Western Conference Finals after some controversial officiating in Game 6 (the name Tim Donaghy ring a bell?) As for the Rangers, they came within one strike of the club's first championship on multiple occasions during the World Series. As we move into midseason, we get a chance to look back at whether teams have performed up to preseason expectations. February 24, 2023 1:30 pm ET. Best fans? Run like Mays, hit like Ron Swanson, I guess.". The Angels are so insecure about where they play they lie about it in their team name, so I don't want to say anything negative about them. He single-handedly took away legitimacy from Nippon Professional Baseball by struggling in every facet of the game. Every heater is like someone dropping a shot of whisky in your crappy light beer. While watching Trout (and Shohei Ohtani) provides entertainment value, the lack of positive results in Orange County is distressing. The only guarantees right now for Jets fans are dysfunction, misery and jealousy of the rival Patriots and former Jets coach (for a day) Bill Belichick. Teams 26-123 are at the bottom of the article. If they ever rebooted Major League, they would use the Braves. But hey, at least there's a new stadium that will prevent fans from melting in the oppressive Texas summer heat. But it was even worse watching former ace Gerrit Cole lead the Astros to the World Series and seeing young prospects Austin Meadows and Tyler Glasnow -- whom Pittsburgh foolishly parted with last season to get Chris Archer -- tear it up for the Rays in the postseason. The Yankees have scored 74 runs in their 22 games and 16 of those runs came in one game, so 22 percent of their runs were scored in 5 percent of their games. These are the 20 richest MLB teams: 20. Is it a coincidence that this team's key players seem to be suffering injuries at the same time the stadium started selling grasshoppers? It would be premature to criticize anybody at the quarter pole, so this list only includes teams from the past decade of full seasons. Theyd splash some water in their face, look up at the mirror, and see Vlad Guerrero Jr. staring back at them. But if you're a fan in your early 30s or younger, all you know is pain and misery, and you probably hate Daniel Snyder with a passion. The T-Wolves have fallen slightly since making their debut in September, but there are plenty of reasons for their fans to be glum. Think about it. Though Michigan football makes the list, it's not near the top. I really want Joe Mauer to win a World Series because that state's sports teams have been through enough hell the past two decades. Hoffman converted only 30 saves and served up eight long balls. In the National League, the New York Mets top NL East with a 20-17 record, 1.5 games ahead of Philadelphia Phillies. Manager Eric Wedge pushed the right buttons toward the end of the previous summer, but grossly underachieved from the get-go. The Washington Nationals went from never having won a postseason series in their time in the nation's capital to being the first team in American professional sports history to win four road games in a championship series. But even good Suns teams have been firewalled by slightly better teams, with the Bulls and Rockets blocking them in the 1990s and the Spurs and Lakers killing good Suns runs in the 2000s. 2022 MLB Standings, Team and Player Statistics, Leaderboards, Award Winners, Trades, Minor Leagues, Fielding, Batting, Pitching, New Debuts The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. So how did the Padres move down in misery? Their inability to close out the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series gives hope to every sports team that finds itself trailing 3-0 in a best-of-seven format. Minnesota Twins Underrated season: The 2006 Twins had the AL MVP, AL Cy Young, and AL batting champion and won the very competitive AL central on the final day (only division in MLB with three 90-win teams, no other division had even two). 2028 2027 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Drew, Jason Varitek and Tim Wakefield all retired after subpar seasons. Read on to refresh your memory. Fresh off deep playoff runs, the 2006 Chicago White Sox and 2007 New York Mets expected to compete in October. But since 2003, when Ron Wilson was the man behind the bench, the Sharks have been one of the most elite teams in the NHL. America's foundation is being gutted by billionaire robber barons selling off businesses piece by piece in order to turn a profit that leaves employees devastated. He proceeded to bat.256/.369/.568 with 19 HR once the Chicago Cubs picked him up in mid-May. They also spent the day picking up some smaller. And we know that past clutch performance is not very predictive of future clutch performance. They were both surprisingly hittable, too. Despite being around for the entirety of the World Series era, the Pale Hose have only made the playoffs nine times in 116 seasons and have missed the postseason 11 years in a row. He used to bet on games, which certainly is cheating. St Louis Cardinals lead the Central Division with a 3 game advantage over the Chicago Cubs, while the San Francisco Giants are atop NL West with a 28-16 record, one game ahead of the San Diego Padres. But it's still not enough to move the ChiSox off this list, even considering their relatively recent World Series title in 2005 and lack of a misery bonus. Unlike the downtrodden franchises above, Lions fans have gotten to watch some entertaining, top-level players on their losing teams (Barry Sanders, Calvin Johnson). However, if your most recent championship was 25-plus years ago, it's almost as if you've never won at all. That's marijuana now, so in 2033, there could be a team called the Omaha Weed Farmers or the Gainesville Growers. Jeter, who made about $265 million as a player and countless other millions in endorsement deals, made it his top priority to reduce costs and increase profits because rich people can't ever get enough money. The ChicagoWhite Sox top the Central Division with a 26-16 record, and are 2.5 games ahead of second-placed Cleveland Indians. Whos Good And Bad In MLB This Year? Schilling missed time due to an appendectomy and fractured metacarpals. After Wednesdays loss to the Chicago White Sox, Minnesota owns the second-worst record in the game (14-27), and its playoff odds in our forecast model have dwindled from 64 percent in the preseason to a mere 7 percent today. This team's only redeemable quality is it isn't the Yankees but the Red Sox are almost indistinguishable from the dynasty teams now. More like the shittiest fans! The Braves have about $81MM committed before arbitration raises to Johnson, Diaz, Church, Moylan, and Logan. He batted an anemic .200/.279/.304. Trevor Bauer is a dumbass who will probably donate his $420.69 to Trump-backed organizations that will lobby for the Indians to keep their logo. Those teams were loaded with talent. Meanwhile, Willis, a former All-Star in his own right, projected as a reputable back-end starter in the rotation. And it doesn't look like a second win is coming anytime soon. We take the notion of "rated" seriously around here. This marked the first time since then that another team had finished in last place. . Overall, Minnesota ranks dead-last in pitching WAR, putting them on pace to become just the fifth team in the expansion era (since 1961) to drop to last place in pitching value a year after finishing among the top 10. But the ugliest numbers belonged to Australian southpaw Ryan Rowland-Smith: 1-10, 6.75 ERA, 49/44 SO/BB in 109.1 IP. But on Saturday, less than a year later, before most teams had even played their first spring training games, MLB Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark sat in the union's Scottsdale . The Los Angeles Mets of New York. It's another bad team with a beautiful park, which I'm beginning to realize is how you get me to like you. The 20 seasons post-Dan Marino have been awful in South Beach, as the Dolphins have only made the playoffs four times -- including only once in the past 11 -- and haven't won a playoff game since 2000. If that wasn't enough, the Mariners also own the longest playoff drought in professional sports, having not made the postseason since 2001. They also have the second-highest average exit velocity of any team, according to StatCast, tied with Atlanta and Boston. Detroit has missed the playoffs four of the past five seasons and has made the postseason only three times since 1999. They've been held. Great offensive players like Bret Boone, Raul Ibanez and Ichiro Suzukihighlightedthe batting order. "The Mariners may come close to running out an all Gold Glove-caliber team in 2010," he wrote. It's been seven games now that Chychrun has been out of Arizona's lineup and still no trade despite reports of interest from teams . See who leads the league in Batting Average, Home Runs, Runs Batted In, Hits, On Base Percentage, Slugging Percentage, On Base Slugging Percentage . Not only did the Brewers lose to the Nationals to stop their playoff journey, but they also blew a two-run lead in the bottom of the eighth inning with one of the game's best closers (Josh Hader) on the mound. When they followed that up with the leagues fourth-best record during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, it seemed to announce that Minnesota was here to stay as a contender.1 Across those two seasons, the Twins went 137-85, notching the second-best winning percentage (.617) in any pair of consecutive seasons in franchise history, trailing only the 1932-33 Washington Senators. Aaron BooneA man with zero managerial experience was handed the reins of the sport's flagship team because his last name is Boone and he hit that home run a long time ago. Josh Beckett (5.8) and Jon Lester (4.4) headlined the rotation, while John Lackey's Tommy John surgery wassupposedlyan addition by subtraction. Problem is that the first memory is the only positive one and the only season the team won a playoff series. Major League Baseball's Most Underachieving Players in 2020 | by Andrew Martin | SportsRaid | Medium 500 Apologies, but something went wrong on our end. Like the song says their "fandom has no earthly bounds, from the universe above echos a familiar sound, 'lets go Dodgers." 1998: MLB Expansion to 30 Teams. After making a big splash by moving from out of the Top 25 to No. By signing up, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy & to receive electronic communications from Vice Media Group, which may include marketing promotions, advertisements and sponsored content. Jakob Chychrun, Coyotes. Gaby Sanchez slid from.266/.352/.427 to.202/.250/.306, prompting the Marlins to trade him at midseason. The Kings haven't made the playoffs since 2006 (the longest drought in the NBA) and haven't won a playoff series since 2004, meaning that a teenage sports fan can't remember seeing the franchise triumph in anything important. The Knicks have not made the playoffs since 2013 and haven't made it past the second round since 2000. 1999-2000 St. Louis Blues 2 of 20 Watch more top videos, highlights, and. They actually spent money on free agents this summer! Speedy utility man Emilio Bonifacio missed most of the season with thumb injuries and dropped more than 100 points in OPS when active. Beyond all belief, there was a sentiment last season that the Yankees were now likable. He took a.235/.332/.276 batting line into the All-Star break, which included a 33-game stretch with zero extra-base hits. Probable Pitchers Starting Lineups Transactions . Former first-round draft pick and top pitching prospect John Patterson did not build off his solid 2002 performance. @Neil_Paine, MLB (783 posts) Johnson and Logan are potential trade/non-tender . But there are groups of teams that should be achieving more than they are. The map created byBetonline.aggathered geotaggedTwitter data gathered in the last month, and over90,000 tweets were tracked, including those that mentioned hating a specific team. In the late 1970s and early 80s, the Twins had built one of the best and deepest pitching staffs in baseball the team had five pitchers post at least 2.0 WAR in 1980, for instance. The Cubs were like those people living in the woods in The Village. Even if the team did underperform in the postseason both years. Eat shit, Kingery! MLB teams that dropped from the top 10 in pitching wins above replacement (WAR) to last place, 1961-2021, *2021 Twins ranks are through the first 41 games of the season, Sources: Baseball-Reference.com, FanGraphs. Others have made their own bid for the top spot. But those four second-round defeats would seem like gold to the contemporary Hornets fan, as the Charlotte franchise has mostly seen misery since it was rebooted as the Bobcats in 2004 and renamed the Hornets in 2014. Please let the Angels make the playoffs this year. Left fielder/designated hitter Frank Catalanotto went on and off and on and off and on the disabled list (three separate stints). That one glorious moment is also the last time the Buccaneers won a playoff game, and they combined for as many playoff wins that season (three) as they've had in the other 43 seasons of the franchise. Having to endure 223 losses the past two seasons is more than enough misery for a fan base to endure. Seattle scored 513 runs in 2010. A 5.09 ERA was more than doubled his 2.44 mark from the previous season. 3. Refresh the page, check Medium 's site. The coaching staff pulled the plug on Rogers (5.70 ERA) after 30 starts. Also out of the bullpen, lefty specialist Jose Mijares battled control issues. The Orioles are the only team with a manager that appeared in a Seinfeld episode. It's about the quarter mark of the MLB season, with most teams surpassing 40 games played. But nothing compares to the 2004 New York Yankees. The Minnesota Twins also acquired 26-year-old infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka following his breakout season in Japan. It's cute that we let Canada have a team. Read more. Jose Altuve is a marvel but the Astros are about to go on a run of dominance that will surely turn us against them. While that made for some ugly and terrible football this season, you can't blame Miami for venturing outside the box, as its track the past two decades has been one of despair and sullenness. Focus on Sport/Getty Images. Bryce Harpers hair is so good that he may also have mutant powers. Our own Zachary D. Rymer thought Miami would at least finish above .500. This is the team that made Wilmer Flores cry in the middle of a game. Boston Red Sox. Positive points mean higher misery, while negative points mean less, just like golf. The former led the American League in RBI and OPS, while Wells ranked No. The Toronto Blue Jays had both the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner (Roy Halladay) as well as the 2002 AL Rookie of the Year, Eric Hinske. NINETEEN-EIGHTY EIGHT! The Arizona Diamondbacks exchanged platoon manextraordinaireErubiel Durazo for young pitching, but otherwise, the roster hardly changed. The best part? Then the NL wild-card game happened. In the long run, some of those bad breaks will surely turn around. Using the PECOTA-generated numbers behind Jay Jaffe's season-opening edition of the Prospectus Hit List and our preseason depth charts , we pegged all 30 teams' winning percentages. Having their two primary division rivals (the Yankees and Red Sox) combine for nine World Series titles since the Orioles' last title in 1983 hasn't been easy for Baltimore fans to stomach, either. That should piss me off more. With Derek Culver and Oscar Tshiebwe on the court, West Virginia's opponents . Projecting the futures of Kirk Cousins, Dalvin Cook and other Vikings veterans. A full season out of Tatis, and improvement from Manny Machado, could have the Padres in business next season. May this team go 81-81 for all eternity. Defending champions Los Angeles Dodgers were the most hated team in nine states, placing them atop the list. With a rebuild that's still far away from bearing fruit and many more losses to come, the Orioles could be very high on this list for a long while. 32 NFL players who could change teams this offseason, Disputed loan at center of Commanders probe, 2023 NFL franchise tag tracker: Commanders' Payne first to be tagged, Meet the man scouring Nigeria for the next generation of NBA and NFL talent, 2023 NFL combine preview: 15 future fantasy football stars to watch, The Sports Misery Index: How NFL teams rate, The Sports Misery Index: How MLB teams rate, The Sports Misery Index: How NBA teams rate. And after Mitchell Trubisky's struggles, their never-ending search for a franchise QB might start up again. Between that and their untimely hitting, the Twins have easily been the worst clutch team in baseball as much worse than No. The Raiders haven't won a playoff game since the 2002 AFC title game, either.Pirates baseball since Barry Bonds left after the 1992 season hasn't been great. 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