Why Cleveland Sports Are Terrible All The Time
Those who look at Cleveland sports have a tendency to think that every team in the Cleveland area is terrible all the time. The thing is, though, people relate not winning championships, which they have been good at since 1964, with being “terrible all the time”. The thing is, though, since the Browns hoisted the NFL Championship in 1964, Cleveland sports teams have not been as terrible as you may think.
Starting with the Browns, while they have never been to the Super Bowl (all their championships came before the Super Bowl was born), they did make three Conference Finals in the 1980′s (sorry to remind you about that). The Indians? You typically focus on how they haven’t won a World Series since 1948, and how they went 40 seasons without making the Playoffs from 1954-1994. What you probably don’t talk about is the fact that since 1994 they have gone to the playoffs seven times, with two World Series appearances (though you probably don’t want to think about those either). And sorry to do this to you, but during the LeBron years with the Cavs, they went to the playoffs five times with one finals appearance. Has Cleveland had painful loses? Absolutely. But have they also been more competitive then you might have imagined? Yes.