The worst world champions of all time

[Homebrewer]

LOL!

Have to go 100% along with two already mentioned
The 88 Dodgers(that one made me a Lasorda and Dodger hater for life) and..
The 86 Mets..
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[Vegas Halo Fan]

Mets took the A'th to 7 games in the 1973 WS.....

after winning the NL East with an 82-79 record and beating the Big Red Machine in the NLCS.

 

Possibly the worst league champion of all time.

[halobob]

Looks like the road to backdooring a playoff spot is right on target!  Rangers lose, Astros lose.  2 GB of the wildcard.  Leeeeesssssssssssssss gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[Angel Oracle]

Possibly the worst league champion of all time.

Pathetic offense, but 3 really good starters in Seaver, Koosman, and Matlack.

Willie Mays at age 42 finished his career with the Mets that season, and really struggled.

Edited September 19, 2015 by Angel Oracle

[NrM]

Pathetic offense, but 3 really good starters in Seaver, Koosman, and Matlack.

Willie Mays at age 42 finished his career with the Mets that season, and really struggled.

 

I swear you must be a baseball historian as your profession. 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Pathetic offense, but 3 really good starters in Seaver, Koosman, and Matlack.

Willie Mays at age 42 finished his career with the Mets that season, and really struggled.

 

I remember Mays flailing at several outside pitches in that series in a way that would have made Josh Hamilton proud.

 

Rather ironic, that once upon a time George Carlin made a joke about Willie Mays being traded to the Mets for the entire Mets team - and that is where he wound up finishing his career.

Edited September 19, 2015 by Vegas Halo Fan

[Puget Sound Angel]

Jeff Weaver was a World Series hero. That tells you how bad the '06 Cardinals were.

[ELEVEN]

but if the angels win the world series, who makes up most of the success pie?

Aunt Bea?

[Angel Oracle]

But Goober and Gomer get some too.

Never mind, Gomer pitches for StL.

[Stradling]

Jeff Weaver was a World Series hero. That tells you how bad the '06 Cardinals were.

It doesn't really. That's the beauty of baseball, guys can have great moments or great series and never be heard from again.

[Homebrewer]

guys can have great moments or great series and never be heard from again. >>>

A guy named Freese comes to mind.

[Guest]

In  terms of most hateable, how can you go with anyone but the '86 Mets?

The '86 Mets took care of the Red Sox. That's good.

[Pujols4MVP]

and they had Jeff Weaver as their #2 . He shutdown every team he faced in the playoffs I think.

Dave Duncan probally practiced witch craft.

The 2006 Cardinals were by far the worst hunk of shit ever to 1- make the playoffs and 2- win the whole damn thing. **** that team.

[jh82]

The 86 Mets won 108 games.  I don't think they deserve mentioning in this thread.  Now if the thread was titled "Most hated world series winner" or "World series winner with the most d-bags and a-holes" then yea, the 86 Mets would be right there at the top of the list.  

[Guest]

The 86 Mets won 108 games.  I don't think they deserve mentioning in this thread.  Now if the thread was titled "Most hated world series winner" or "World series winner with the most d-bags and a-holes" then yea, the 86 Mets would be right there at the top of the list.  

 

If we exclude series that were before my time, then 2005 White Sox.

 

Even if the Angels were to hypothetically sign AJ Pierzynski as a free agent this offseason I would still boo him every time he appeared.

Edited September 19, 2015 by ScottLux

[halobob]

Hahahahahaha 1.5 GB!!! Leeeeeessssssssssssssssssssss gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[halobob]

Oh no we suck again!

[TooCool]

Oh no we suck again!

 

It's the Halo way. Gotta make everyone panic.

[Guest]

It's the Halo way. Gotta make everyone panic.

 

 

The Angels will not appear in the World Series until they get rid of this painfully accurate song.

Edited September 22, 2015 by ScottLux

[Angel Oracle]

And replace it with "Centerfield".

[halobob]

1.5 GB...I'm totally getting buttercupped!  Lessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[Oz27]

This team making the playoffs would be really funny. We can't hit at all and can't pitch all that well either. We have a negative run differential and a lousy record but somehow we've out ourselves in a position to sneak in. I'm sure we will still find a way to blow it, but it's getting hard not to be a little excited.

[Guest]

This team making the playoffs would be really funny. We can't hit at all and can't pitch all that well either. We have a negative run differential and a lousy record but somehow we've out ourselves in a position to sneak in. I'm sure we will still find a way to blow it, but it's getting hard not to be a little excited.

After the allstar break I swore I would not let myself get buttercupped unless the Angels swept a series against the Astros and/or Rangers. If such a sweep does in fact happen this year I may end up getting built up just in time for the Angels to go to the postseason. If they get in, anything can happen

Edited September 23, 2015 by ScottLux

[QuinlansMinion]

We have a 6 game home stand against the Mariners, and A's.  Followed by 4 in Texas, who might have already clinched the division by then.  The fact that we are just 1 game back in the loss column of the Astros means we have a really good shot at making the postseason.  

 

The Astros play 3 against Texas, then 3 in Seattle.  But they struggle on the road even worse than we do.  Then they finish with 3 in Arizona, who arent as bad as their record might indicate, with a +24 run differential.  We still have to worry about the Twins too, we still have lost 1 more game than them.  Its a toss up for who gets that 2nd wild card spot.  But it would be pretty funny if all 3 teams tie for the 2nd spot.  That would create some scheduling problems for sure.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

We have a 6 game home stand against the Mariners, and A's.  Followed by 4 in Texas, who might have already clinched the division by then.  The fact that we are just 1 game back in the loss column of the Astros means we have a really good shot at making the postseason.  

 

The flip side is is that we will have six games against teams with nothing to lose, who would like nothing better than to kill our postseason chances. I don't necessarily believe that we have a good shat just because the M's and A's are coming to town. We will still need outside help regardless.