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Longest Droughts in Sports ... Part Deux.

The last post the other day looked at Championships, but ... the next step is ... you can't win anything if you don't even make the playoffs,  so of the four major sports ... Who has the longest current Playoff Droughts.

1.)27 Seasons MLB Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos (Who had their best season the strike shorten season in which the World Series was canceled.  Poor guys)
2.) 23 Seasons MLB Kansas City Royals.
3.) 16 Seasons MLB Pittsburgh Pirates
4.) 15 Seasons MLB Toronto Blue-Jays
5.) 14 Seasons MLB Cincinnati Reds
6.) 12 Seasons MLB Baltimore Orioles
7.) 10 Seasons MLB Texas Rangers
8.) 9 Seasons NFL Detroit Lions
9.) 9 Seasons NFL Buffalo Bills
10.) TIE   8 Seasons    Florida Panthers NHL  and   Seattle Mariners MLB

The Longest streak in the NBA is 5 Seasons between the Knicks, Timber-wolves and Bobcats,  but considering in Basketball and Hockey over half the teams make the playoffs.  It was destined to be full of Baseball teams and even after the expansion the playoffs, it is a lot of the same teams over and over again.   Oh congrats Yankees, sorry you had to wait so long for this one.

It is hard to believe as a fan its been 9 years since Satan in the body of a former NFL'er Matt Millen came to Detroit and with him came the locust and frogs, water to blood,his minion Granholm and by no coincidence the collapse of the auto-industry. 

The playoffs would cure so much so a lot of these teams, including our Lions.

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of Pride of Detroit's main writer, Sean, or the site in general. FanPosts are valued expressions of opinion by passionate and knowledgeable fans.

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Well, once again, at least we aren't on the top of that list.

2009 = The start of the Lions Golden Age (We hope).
Zack Follett: he will hurt your mind.

by Hyperion Ecta on Nov 6, 2009 6:55 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Millen only brought 1 locust?

He can’t even get that right. Should have brought more locusts.

What? He can’t block a dead gopher? Humph, details.

by GRLion on Nov 8, 2009 12:53 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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