Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Every League has ONE!!!!! Part II

Now for the 4 pro sports leagues. I found that these stats are amazing, and that people just tend to root for the underdog. That is why we don't like teams that win all the time unless its our team. Americans tend to like underdogs, most people were rooting for the Cardinals in the Super Bowl because they usually don't even talk playoffs, and Pittsburgh has enough titles. Same thing in baseball last year, everybody was rooting for the Tampa Bay Rays to win the division and beat the Red Sox and Yankees all year. The only advice I can give is don't watch the movie Underdog, its terrible, but lets get to it.
MLB: This shouldn't be a shocker, they own there own TV network (YES), they own there own concession stand company to run there stadium concessions, they are number one in revenue and MLB titles. Yes I am talking about the New York Yankees. You either like them, or they make you sick because they have a ridiculous payroll and can buy anybody. 26 World Series championships, and 39 pennants.

NHL: This is great timing, because this team just got beat in a Stanley Cup game 7 on home ice. Yes I am referring to the team that throws an octopus on the ice for good luck. The Detroit Red wings. 11 Stanley cup titles, most of any United States team, 18 consecutive playoff seasons. Of late they dominant the NHL, they do what they want when they want, and always have good players who will take less money to play there for a title shot than go elsewhere. I will note that in Canada, they are either Montreal fans or against them. They have 24 Stanley Cups, but a lot of those were along time ago.

NBA: This team has 2,970 wins, 61.7% winning percentage in the NBA, 30 NBA finals appearances, 15 titles, and no its not Boston. The Los Angeles Lakers dominant the NBA in these categories except the NBA titles which belongs to Boston at 17 titles. The Lakers organization has built themselves an empire in the NBA, and they are constantly good, and have good players.

NFL: This is a tough one, at least i thought until i dug some info up. But the NFL is different, mostly by decades. Right now its New England Patriots, in the 90's it was the Dallas Cowboys, in the 80's it was San Francisco 49ers, in the 70's it was the Steelers. But the team that is the one in the NFL is the most valuable team in the United States, 2nd in the world behind Manchester United (who would of thought a soccer team was #1) at $1.612 Billion, they generate $269 million a year. They have 5 Super Bowl Championships, 8 conference championships, 41 victories on Monday Night Football, been in 14 NFC Championship games and due to success and popularity have been named AMERICA"S TEAM, the only team to have a Star on their helmet, the Dallas Cowboys.

1 comment:

  1. I love that you threw Underdog under the bus! Good Stuff. Cowboy stats are crazy!

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