Bay Area Sports Teams Lack the Balls to Finish

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Posted by: erichthecanadian Original: 5/10/2007 1:42 AM Views: 40 Comments: 11 eProps: 22 Read Comments Post a Comment Back to Your Xanga Site

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Thursday, May 10, 2007

Bay Area Sports Teams Lack the Balls to Finish

Today's Golden State Warriors loss to the Utah Jazz typifies how Bay Area sports teams have always seemed to disappoint their fans in the last 20 years. Wheather you are a Warriors, Giants, A's, Sharks, Cal, or Stanford fan can you think about a moment in the last 20 years where you felt a charactric release? None of these teams ever live up to expectations or have the balls to close out any game or series. I am giving the 49ers a break because they have won 4 championships.

But when was the last time as a Bay Area Sports fan that you truly celebrated. Warriors over Dallas this year? Cal over USC in 2003? A's sweeping the Giants in 1989? The Warriors should have beat Dallas the way the were playing. I may give you Cal over USC but it was still won in OT on a FG. And the A's simply were better then the Giants and Bay Area team beating another doesn't really count.

Now for the disappointments....
Warriors: As illustrated today, blew a 5 point lead with 35 seconds left. They haven't been to the playoffs in 13 years so it's hard to think other examples of disappointment-- other than perennial disappointment-- O, hold on... they blew a 9 point lead with 3:24 left to Dallas in Game 5.

Sharks: 2007, lost to Detroit 4--was up 2-1 in the series and up 2-1 in Game 4 with 30 secs left. 2006, lost to Edmonton - was up 2-0 in the series.

Giants: 2002, lost to the Anahiem Angels in the World Series-- was up 3-2 in series, top of the 7th with a 5-0 lead.

A's: 2000-2002, losing all the 5 game series. 2003, lost 3-2 to Boston-- was up 2-0.

Cal: Football: 2004 at USC, down six with 4 tries at the endzone at 9 yrd line.

Stanford: Every year a 1st or 2nd Rd knockout in March Madness. (Maybe I'll give them that final four when Madsen pounded his chest for 5 mins)

Maybe, I'm wrong and being too hard on Bay Area sports teams. But I'm not. There has never been a moment where a team has come through or closed out a series when they needed to in the past 20 yrs. I'm not talking about the games or series we should win. I'm talking about those games or series that mean something.

It sucks to be a Bay Area sports fan.

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i feel ya

Posted 5/10/2007 2:06 AM by prettygrace - reply

well, we had the niners in the 80s and early 90s. i could care less about stanfurd, but all those other teams... sigh.

Posted 5/10/2007 2:15 AM by karchiu - reply

i feel you too...

Posted 5/10/2007 2:16 AM by chrisdliu - reply

so frustrating to watch yesterday... and i'll be exhausted all day to remind me of the OT i stayed up for

Posted 5/10/2007 6:21 AM by jayl3346 - reply

did you write this?

Posted 5/10/2007 11:49 AM by elizabethng - reply

you should try being a kansas city sports fan,

Jayhawks, Chiefs, Royals = sucks, sucks, and sucks some more. I mean, c'mon, jayhawks constantly underperformin in the tourney (2 consecutive 1st round losses when expected to go much further?), royals 100 loss seasons in 4/5 last seasons?

I'd much rather watch bonds at ATT park, listen to Jon Miller on KNBR, watch Cal stomp Furd in the big games, go to a cheap NBA game (when the warriors sucked), dallas - GS series best of NBA i've seen in a looong time, A's still pretty fun, and if I had time on sundays, 49ers, even though they suck. and if i knew how to watch hockey, Sharks. Regardless of the dissappointments, I would trade Bay Area for KC in a heartbeat. Very few, if any, metro areas in teh US has as many teams as teh bay area.

Posted 5/10/2007 2:32 PM by gammaknife2 - reply

go niners!

that's five championships, i believe...

Posted 5/11/2007 1:32 PM by endposse9 - reply

Now all you have to do is move to Boston... Well, they did beat the Yankees in the last couple years

Posted 5/12/2007 1:12 AM by lingling23 - reply

I will give you that we lack the balls to finish, but I think Bayarea sports are not that bad. We are just very average. you are only complaining because the sharks lost.

Baseball:I remember not that long ago, the A's and Giants were at first place on their division. Raiders was in SuperBowl not that long ago. and A's is one of the best well manage small club in major league and they are always in playoff. That's enough for them, kinda like the Braves who are always in. Winning the whole thing is a totaly different story, you have to be hot and lucky. The Giants, it's run more like a money making machine. So I don't really care if they don't win.

Football: okay, i think right now, we have the worst 2 teams in the league. but not that long ago, Raiders were in superbowl. and Foootball is another one of those thing that turn around is big. You need good management. I personaly think their management suck. So I am not too dissapointed by them either.

don't know much about hockey. and college sports is total different stories because there are so much of unfair recurting involve. Warrios had the worst management. But who knows, Not too long ago, I remember the Suns being the worst team in the league. I think they are heading into the right direction if they can draft better.

Speaking of lacking the the balls to finish. Bay Area>New york>>>Chicago

Just think about it. The bears, the bulls, the cubs.HAHAHA

Posted 5/12/2007 2:56 AM by matcheaven - reply

Haahaaahaaa. Those sports teams love you, Eric. You still talk about them even when they are doing only so-so. They're a business, and they know it. They love diehard fans like you.

Personally, I'm not a big sports fan, especially after the trading of players exploded in the '80s. I mean, whom do I root for: the team, the players, or the coach? If I root for the players or the coach, I would have to follow them wherever they go. If I root for the team... isn't that the same thing as just rooting for the owners of the team?

Posted 8/1/2007 6:59 PM by jhuangwithnmr - reply