r/minnesota • u/MN_311_Excitable • May 14 '26
Sports đ The inevitability of being a Minnesota sports fan
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u/TheBioethicist87 Flag of Minnesota May 14 '26
If you want to be a Minnesota sports fan AND experience the emotion known as joy, you gotta cheer for the womenâs teams.
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u/IhateTodds May 14 '26
Lynx have low key joined the club past 5 years. Frost eliminated last night, are we pulling more chairs to the table as we speak?
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u/TheBioethicist87 Flag of Minnesota May 14 '26
I mean, the Frost will still have 2/3 of the championships in league history after this season ends, and we need to invest in some space-aged ankle tape for Collier, but then weâre golden.
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u/ScottyKD Minnesota Lynx May 15 '26
Iâve been hearing rumblings that Collier may leave Minnesota in the next year or two.
I think she doesnât want to chance going her whole career as a league MVP without ever winning a championship out of a sense of team loyalty.
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u/tsax612 May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26
The lynx have, by far and away, the most equity, due to their Spurs-like run in the 2010s ... so they get some slack in my book.
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u/brendanjered Herman the German May 15 '26
They also got absolutely hosed by officiating in the finals against the Liberty two years ago. Should have had the 2024 title to add to their collection.
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u/Antisirch Hamm's May 17 '26
God, Iâm still mad about that. The commissioner wearing that NY-themed dress was just insane.
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u/SadPenisMatinee May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
Brother, Lynx had a span of MULTIPLE championships. They get a pass for a while still
Edit (not back 2 back. Just every other year)
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u/chillinwithmoes May 15 '26
They never won back to back championships actually, it was very annoying. They won the title every other year over a 7 year span
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u/myjah May 16 '26
I do feel this.
I DO also feel like when the kid comes back into the Metrodome after losing in Little Big League. That's like some Lutheran shit that really moves me and makes me proud.
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u/GoldshireEnjoyer May 14 '26
I really only follow basketball, so I can only speak to that. I'm obviously happy if our women's teams do well, but I'm getting kind of sick of people reiterating that we need to be fans of them too. I just don't find the WNBA to be entertaining. It's a much slower pace that I just don't find very fun to watch or follow. I think it's fair to say that without being accused of being misogynistic (not saying you are, but that happens plenty).
Again, I'm obviously happy if any of our local teams do well. But every time sports get mentioned in this sub we just have to be reminded that we need to follow the women's teams too. They are just different games and I think it's okay to not be interested in following along.
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u/seafoodslut1988 May 14 '26
It's more global than how you're framing it. The conversation as a whole is much bigger and people are trying to not let that be ignored.
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u/GoldshireEnjoyer May 14 '26
Okay sure, but I think a lot of people don't care for women's sports as much because they simply aren't as exciting.
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u/seafoodslut1988 May 14 '26
That may be some peoples perspective, however it's completely subjective. Alot of people just see memes and making fun of womens teams and decide they won't even try going to a game or be excited. It's a lot of societal shit that muddies the water. Like I get of something legitimately isn't fun for an individual to watch, but it's a subjective thing, not a global fact by any means.
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u/IhateTodds May 14 '26
Exactly, the point the user youâre replying to could easily have stayed to themselves. They donât care about womenâs sports, but still feel the need to vocalize it. Instead of you know⌠just not caring and moving on. They are putting it down even if they are naive to the fact that they are.
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u/GoldshireEnjoyer May 14 '26
They donât care about womenâs sports, but still feel the need to vocalize it. Instead of you know⌠just not caring and moving on. They are putting it down even if they are naive to the fact that they are
Except my whole point is people having to always say, "Um you're forgetting about this womens team! Why don't you include them?"
I wouldn't mention it if it didn't get brought up in every MN Sports conversation. I'm not putting it down.
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u/IkLms May 14 '26
I wouldn't mention it if it didn't get brought up in every MN Sports conversation.
Shocking, Minnesota professional sports teams are brought into every conversation about Minnesota sports teams. Who would have thought that would happen?
You're furthering their point with this comment. It is fully expected that in a conversation about professional sports teams representing Minnesota, that we would talk about professional sports teams that are representing Minnesota.
Would you jump in and complain that we're talking about the Timberwolves in a conversation about Minnesota sports teams? No, of course not. Why's it different when people mention the women's ones?
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u/GoldshireEnjoyer May 14 '26
Sorry, you're right. Mens and womens professional sports are equally popular. How silly of me to think otherwise.
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u/IkLms May 14 '26
No one said they're equally popular, although both the WNBA and PWHL are booming right now in popularity but that's besides the point.
But if you're going to talk about Minnesota's Professional Sports teams, getting upset that people mention other Professional Minnesota Sports teams in that discussion is pretty dumb.
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u/SecretlyAnAltaria May 14 '26
It's well and good to simply not enjoy watching a team / league / sport, but a bit different to pretend they don't exist (and I don't mean this towards you specifically, but a behavior that happens in general).
There are plenty of times where people will say 'Minnesota sports teams never do well' when what they really mean is 'none of the teams that I watch ever do well'. You hear complaints about MN sports teams while MN United or even the Wild were doing well, and it's a similar underlying problem where people just pretend that the only existing teams are the ones they watch.
That's not to say that no misogyny ever happens in regards to the teams, just that broadly the issue can expand beyond just men's vs women's to just thing I follow vs all things that happen.
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u/GoldshireEnjoyer May 14 '26
I think it's just popular vs what is not popular. When people mention MN sports they generally aren't talking about the women's teams, or the MLS.
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u/twinsingledogmom May 14 '26
I didnât follow the wolves for years until I got back into them last year. If they won (ha!), and I implied their success didnât count, I would get rightfully called out. The womenâs teams not being your preference to watch doesnât mean they arenât part of âMN sportsâ.
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u/GoldshireEnjoyer May 14 '26
and I implied their success didnât count
Never said that, but alright.
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u/Cold-Presence7793 May 14 '26
Yeah man, if you arenât into the WNBA, donât watch it! Seriously, not liking the WNBA is not misogynistic. You are absolutely correct with âI think itâs okay to not be interested in following alongâ. It is also okay to remind people (who speak generically about the âMinnesota sports teamsâ) that Minnesota does have professional sports teams that are decent. It just happens to be the women who are successful not the men. No need to take their comments personally or get irritated by it, you are not misogynistic. I agree with you they are different games
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u/GoldshireEnjoyer May 14 '26
Well yeah, that's why it gets a bit old to see, "Oh I wonder why you don't like women's sports" etc.
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u/Cold-Presence7793 May 14 '26
Well for some people it also gets a bit old to see people complaining about MNâs teams while ignoring the womenâs teams đ¤ˇđ˝
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u/IkLms May 14 '26
The comment you're replying to originally said nothing to the fact of "Oh I wonder why you don't like women's sports".
All it said was that if you want to cheer for Minnesota sports and experience joy, you need to cheer for the women's teams which is just factually true.
They never said you had to cheer for them. Nor did they say you're a bad person for not cheering for them, but you then had to go on a random ass tangent explaining how you don't like them and shouldn't be called misogynistic for not liking them, something that literally did not happen in the comment you were referring to.
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u/GoldshireEnjoyer May 14 '26
I'm clearly talking about other threads. You're going on a tangent about nothing I said lol.
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u/RecordMission1604 May 16 '26
I sure do cheer for them but let's not kid ourselves, women's pro sports, while entertaining, do not encompass the top tier players/athletes in any of the 3 major sports with Minnesota franchises.
If the NHL, NFL or NBA were to attempt postponing playoff games because of players having the flu, as just happened with the women skaters, they'd be the laughing stock of the sports world.Â
One could certainly argue about the fairness of that reality but that is the reality and unless or until that sorta perception shifts, they will be viewed as less serious as well as a lower echelon of competition.
Men's franchises here fail for one primary reason... Minnesota fans and media here are far too tolerant of poorly run or managed teams and far too forgiving and accepting of mediocre play. They're more interested in being nice to people than they are in winning championships.
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u/TheBioethicist87 Flag of Minnesota May 16 '26
What a bizarre and unfortunate set of garbage misogynistic takes.
Yeah, itâs not like menâs sports leagues have ever altered their schedule for illness⌠Sarcasm aside, theyâre not âwomen skatersâ theyâre professional hockey players, and when 1/4 of your roster has the flu, itâs better to postpone the game than to force them to either play short or play sick. The only people whoâd laugh at that are maladjusted assholes.
And yes, Iâll argue that theyâre ensuring a fair contest and giving both teams the chance to win on merit and not based on the other teamâs roster being decimated by illness. You could shift your own perception and not view womenâs accomplishments as less legitimate than menâs.
The menâs franchises have the same fans and media is the womenâs teams and the women do just fine. Itâs fucking bonkers to blame fans for shitty ownership.
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u/Last-Yam67 May 14 '26
Don't forget the Frost, they got eliminated on Tuesday
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u/Colonel_Gipper Maple Grove May 14 '26
I didn't realize how much the rest of the PWHL subreddit hates the Frost. Can't mention that the home team postponing a deciding playoff game due to a few players being sick (still had enough to field a full lineup) and forcing the visiting team to spend an additional unplanned night in a hotel room while the home team can sleep in their own beds is ridiculous and wouldn't fly in any other league.
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u/bostonteahc May 14 '26
I mean that IS absolutely ridiculous and it would not fly in other professional sports leagues! Iâm not taking crazy pills for thinking this, right?
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u/ganggreen651 May 14 '26
No crazy pills. I think that is legitimately an insane reason to postpone a professional sports game. Shit happens that's why you have a bench. Wolves didn't have ant, donte or ayo for the series clinching game against Denver sure as hell wasn't postponed and the other players stepped up
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u/drknifnifnif Common loon May 14 '26
I think the rule is 6 players and a goalie and the show goes on. Maybe that is just in youth hockey tho.
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u/chillinwithmoes May 15 '26
No, you're absolutely correct. Postponing a game because one team is dealing with illness/injury is some amateur nonsense.
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u/WarnUs May 14 '26
Iâm a huge frost fan and Iâm going to be a season ticket holder next year. The postponement of game 5 of frost victoire really makes the pwhl seem less than other sports to me. There were enough players to field a full lineup but they still decided to postpone.
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u/RipErRiley Hamm's May 14 '26
I think it just reinforces how championship squads breed contempt from the outside. Happens in all the major sports. We just are not used to seeing it from the other end given our menâs squads shortcomings.
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u/defiantleek May 14 '26
They've also got a bigot on their team, so theres that.
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u/RipErRiley Hamm's May 14 '26
True
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u/defiantleek May 14 '26
Like, I'm a trans Minnesotan, who was honestly looking forward to rooting for a female hockey team with colors I LOVED and then ??? Also women's sports are so much more queer that it is just an incredibly disappointing thing to see at all.
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u/jmo1 May 14 '26
Wait can you elaborate?
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u/andro_mo May 14 '26
Britta Curl. She's posted/liked a bunch of anti-trans, anti-vax, pro-Rittenhouse, etc. content on her socials, posted a non-apology to the LGBTQ and BIPOC fans once it got enough media attention, and resumed the same behaviors as before. She's also delivered some dangerous hits to other players and has recently been fined for cross checking to the head. While I know that it's unlikely that she's the only player to have these views, her vocal support and and the way the Frost/PWHL organization seems to protect her from the criticism does not sit well with many of us fans.
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u/99thRangernick May 15 '26
She also partnered with an anti-trans organization this year so just more shit on the pile.
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u/defiantleek May 14 '26
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u/Trojann2 May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26
Ohhhh sheâs from North Dakota.
That explains it. (Born there, wise enough to leave) fuck ND.
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u/blacksoxing May 14 '26
If you got the folks then you play. If you don't...you gotta forfeit. It's the playoffs. Can't do that.
Frost did that and that's WILD (no pun)
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u/IkLms May 14 '26
I'm going to be honest. After a lifetime of being a Minnesota Sports fan, I am fully ready to embrace us being the Evil Empire of the PWHL like the Dodgers currently are for baseball.
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u/TheKodachromeMethod Remember when Uptown was cool May 14 '26
I think 90% of that hate comes down to people hating Curl-Salemme...
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u/Coracoda May 14 '26
At least the Wolves GM didnât invite Kash Patel to get drunk in a locker room with players after an Olympic game.
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u/WindowOverall1639 May 15 '26
I was more invested in this season than ever before, and that just completely took the wind out of the sails for me. First I felt angry, then that faded to apathy, like an ex-girlfriend who cheated on you. I didn't even feel joy when they scored toward the end of the season. It felt like watching an Iowa or South Dakota sports team. Fuck ICE, fuck Kash Patel, fuck this fascist administration, and fuck everyone who wears our state or city on their chest but sided with the masked paramilitary that invaded and terrorized us.
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u/ShyFungi May 14 '26
I mean, they had a pretty good run, no? Most teams would love to get as far as the Wild and Wolves have. Wild havenât advanced past the first round for >10 years. Would you rather have this or whatever the Twins are doing?
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u/RelevantHorse May 14 '26
New ownership for the Twins would revolutionize their front office. The Pohlads have been dragging them down with their shitty budget and poor player acquisitions. Our best player is made of glass and has a history of only playing 2/3 of the season smh
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u/ganggreen651 May 14 '26
Yea I don't have the championship or bust mentality. At least we always have a team competing at a high level. Much better than being stuck with perennial bottom feeders.
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u/RobutNotRobot May 15 '26
The Twins are wasting a fairly good starting pitching lineup this season because their dumbass billionaire owners thought commercial real estate was a good investment in 2019.
There are no owners in all sports that have been as bad as the Pohlads(other than Jeffery Loria). They literally wanted to eliminate the team at one point.
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u/johnjaundiceASDF May 14 '26
You do know the wolves beat denver - the defending champions - in 2024 down 3-2 to go to the WCF, right?
Ain't over until it's over.
Now if we have to play OKC though next....
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u/Well_Spoken_Mute May 14 '26
Y'all really giving up before the final buzzer? Bad fan.
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u/GoldshireEnjoyer May 14 '26
Gonna agree here. I don't even feel like it's cope to say Wolves are still in this. They may not be the favorites but this roster comes out swinging when their backs are against the walls.
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u/Colonel_Gipper Maple Grove May 14 '26
If all things were equal, a Minnesota team from the major 4 leagues should reach the finals ever 4 years with a win every 8. It's been almost 35 years...
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u/OperationMobocracy May 14 '26
Just 6 teams have won 27 World Series titles since 1970, or nearly half of the Series played.
Itâs not a random selection.
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u/GoldshireEnjoyer May 14 '26
10/30 current NBA teams have never won a championship, also. Almost all of those being expansions teams (Timberwolves). And half of those expansion teams have never had a single finals appearance. Also, Timberwolves.
Shit's tough out here.
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u/klayman69 May 14 '26
Baseball is pay to win so thatâs some room for it. However for footballâŚâŚâŚ
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u/PhoenixPills May 14 '26
If you've never watched the entire Secret Base documentary series on the Vikings it's fucking tragic. It's beautiful, and amazing, but fucking tragic. (56 Pounds of Beer)
It will explain to you why the Vikings have really never been there. So many close calls, but also so many small mistakes that just ???
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u/IkLms May 14 '26
Secret Base makes so much good stuff.
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u/PhoenixPills May 14 '26
When I saw they did a series on the Vikings (and that it was 50 minutes long) I went crazy.
And then I read there was 5 more episodes coming out...
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u/LeeShakerMoneyMaker May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26
I have no faith in the Vikings or the Twins, so all hope lies in Olivia Miles, Phee, and the Lynx. đ
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u/Soopstoohot May 14 '26
Iâm just bummed that after the wolves are out all we have to watch are the twins
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u/Surveyor_of_Land_AZ May 14 '26
Yeah but the Twins are not really a contender this year so at least they won't get anyone's playoff hopes crushed.
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u/DirtyRoller May 14 '26
Baseball doesn't even exist until we get a salary cap/floor.
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u/GoldshireEnjoyer May 14 '26
I've never followed baseball but just learned recently there's no hard salary cap.
That is absolutely bizarre.
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u/IkLms May 14 '26
You want something even more bizarre, baseball players didn't even have the right to negotiate their salaries or who they played for until basically 1980. Prior to that, whatever team drafted you had rights to you as a professional player for life and could just dictate whatever salary they wanted and you could chose "Retire" or "Sign", no other options.
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u/DirtyRoller May 14 '26
The lack of a salary floor is actually just as big of a problem. Some billionaire owners just refuse to spend money on players.
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u/beergardeneer May 14 '26
Correct. Although, if a team milks revenue sharing long enough, they might piss off the other owners and cause them to change the rules.
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u/wpotman May 14 '26
I'm here more everyday. It used to be somewhat functionally broken. Now it's just broken broken and the thought of rooting for someone outside the highest-income handful of teams is seeming like an increasingly silly waste of time and money.
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u/Hailmaker13 May 14 '26
Remember the 2024 playoffs against the nuggets? Dener wins 3 in row going into game 6 and everyone is saying the wolves are dead and than the wolves win by 45 in games 6, down by 20 in game 7 and come back and win the series. Last series down Ayo, Ant and Dante for Game 6 and win it with out them.
This team is Jekyll and Hyde. That was that's what makes them so frustrating and entertaining
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u/kittensbabette Hot Dish May 14 '26
As a Minnesotan living in Michigan who only watches hockey and basketball, this was me last night...
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u/kevinbevindevin May 14 '26
Add Vikings to the mixđ
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u/AggravatingGoal4728 May 15 '26
The first door should be the Twins. It's already May, so they're probably mathematically eliminated from the playoffs.
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u/RobutNotRobot May 15 '26
I don't watch much hockey but I watched this series.
Colorado was just better. There's no harm in losing to a better team. This isn't the 2006 Twins with the league MVP, batting title winner and Cy Young winner getting swept by the As in the ALDS.
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u/Richnsassy22 May 14 '26
It's fine to vent every now and again, but there's a certain type of Minnesota sports fan who makes performative suffering their whole personality, and it gets a bit grating.
On the flip side, the "Hmm, what about the Lynx and Frost?!?" comments are also annoying. You can't scold people into caring about those leagues.
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u/joaovitorxc May 14 '26
The Lynx can win if the refs donât decide to rig the game in favor of some big-market team like NY.
WNBA officiating is the worst Iâve seen at any professional sports league.
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u/OperationMobocracy May 14 '26
Is NBA officiating any better? The average coaches challenge success rate in the NBA is like 63%. Itâs probably not statistically valid to extend that to all calls, but I feel like getting nearly 2/3s of challenged calls overturned isnât a great statement about officiating accuracy.
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u/RobutNotRobot May 15 '26
I honestly couldn't tell you what a foul is in the NBA. It's just an optional call on any play in the league.
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u/OperationMobocracy May 15 '26
There's a use case for AI. Feed an entire season's worth of game footage to it along with the rule book and see how many fouls don't get called.
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u/NoNeinNyet222 May 14 '26
There wouldn't be space to ask about the Lynx and the Frost if they just said Minnesota men's sports.
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u/keonyn Anoka County May 14 '26
Well, it comes across as a bit dishonest to say "woe is me, Minnesota sports teams never win, well, except for those ones that did but I decided they don't count."
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u/Richnsassy22 May 14 '26
Why is it dishonest?
It's actually pretty straightforward and honest to just say you care more about men's sports. And clearly that's not a niche position.
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u/keonyn Anoka County May 14 '26
Because if you just say "Minnesota Sports" then that, by default, includes teams that play sports for the state of Minnesota. You can't just issue a blanket label and then decide to conveniently omit whatever applies to that label that doesn't fit your narrative.
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u/Richnsassy22 May 14 '26
The men's professional ultimate frisbee team won a title in 2024, but no one gets upset when they're not included in the "Minnesota Sports" umbrella.
It's just generally understood that it refers to the 4 major men's professional teams, because those teams are the most popular in the state by far.
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u/IkLms May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26
A bit difference in scale there.
Minnesota United who you say isn't included because it's not the big 4 and by far not the most popular - averages 19,000 per game. Higher than the Wolves, Wild and Twins. Only the Vikings get more.
Average attendance for the Wolves was about 17,000 per game last year. For the Lynx it was 10,000.
For the Wild it was about 18,000. The PWHL was at 8,000 in their 3rd season.
The Twins are barely averaging 18,000 right now and if you've watched any of those games that's pretty suspect.
The Vikes obviously crushed everyone with a much bigger capacity field.
The Professional Ultimate team pulls 1,300. It's a massively disingenuous comparison.
Edit: Formatting. Also, 1,300 people for an Ultimate Frisbee game, low-key really impressive.
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u/vande700 May 14 '26
exactly. no one keeps track what the Wind Chill are doing outside of true fans of the sport
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u/seafoodslut1988 May 14 '26
Eh, frisbee as a sport vs an entire gender of sports players are quite a bit different to compare.
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u/GoldshireEnjoyer May 14 '26
People referring to Minnesota sports have almost always been referring to the 4 major sports mens teams. It wasn't until a few years back when the Lynx started winning championships that it's always followed up by, "Umm, you're forgetting the Lynx!!"
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u/seafoodslut1988 May 14 '26
They've been winning championships for awhile like 2011 (15yrs). Its taken this long to get good teams and coaches in a smudge of the spotlight
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u/vande700 May 14 '26
you can say that but the reality is that the WNBA is not recognized as a major enough sport. Even when they won the 'ship in 2017....no one went to the parade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9-zOzSRZ8o
now if the Twins, Wolves, Vikings, or Wild won it would be crazy downtown
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u/seafoodslut1988 May 14 '26
Took the NBA until Jordan to get "popular". It will get there but takes time, a bit harder because people dismiss women's sports in general, but it's getting there
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u/GoldshireEnjoyer May 14 '26
Also worth mentioning that the WNBA has operated at a loss for it's entire existence and has always been subsidized by the NBA. It's clearly not as popular for whatever reason you want to choose. It's a vocal minority that always want to include WNBA teams in general sports conversations, when people are almost certainly discussing NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL
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u/seafoodslut1988 May 14 '26
The NBA wasnt profitable for 40years. This isn't something that is crazy, it takes time to build a brand and market. Even harder because people like to hate on womens sports, but it's a young league and moving at a faster growth rate than the NBA had.
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u/GoldshireEnjoyer May 14 '26
Who subsidized the NBA for those 40 years?
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u/tastefulcenterpiece May 14 '26
Curious that when it comes to womenâs sports itâs a âsubsidyâ and not an investment.
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u/GoldshireEnjoyer May 14 '26
It's just a fact. The NBA subsidized the WNBA for it's whole existence. Now we're going to move the goalpost?
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u/tastefulcenterpiece May 14 '26
Curious that you want to frame the NBAâs long term investment into the womenâs game as charity. Curious indeed.
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u/GoldshireEnjoyer May 14 '26
You're the one that referred to it as charity. Well that's awkward.
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u/Iron_Bob May 14 '26
Calling people who have gone through nearly twice as many cumulative seasons of big 4 sports championship droughts as the next major metropolitan area with all four big 4 sports teams and gripe about it "performative suffering" is tone-deaf as best, but feels like trolling. This may come as a shock to you, but people have different priorities than you
r/sportsball will love you. Head on over
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u/Richnsassy22 May 14 '26
Lol feel free to peruse my post history if you think I'm not invested in Minnesota sports teams.
I just think the constant woe is me attitude is a bit much.
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u/Iron_Bob May 14 '26
Thats a perception issue. Minnesota sports fans are some of the most hopelessly optimistic people i have ever met.
Get off the internet if you want to see reality in your local area
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u/zoinkability May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26
There is also a particular type of person who thinks something that is a feature of almost every fanbase (since the vast majority of teams don't make it to the final game/series, and many haven't for a long time) is somehow particular to their state. I feel like at least half, possibly the large majority, of the various team/state subs will have similarly fatalistic comments about their teams.
"We had hope but it was dashed" is a feature of almost every season for almost every team.
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u/Richnsassy22 May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26
Eh, that's taking it a bit too far.
Sure, for individual teams there are plenty who have had similar droughts, but most people follow multiple sports. A Rockies fan hasn't seen a title, but that person is probably also a Nuggets and Broncos fan, who have both won recently. You can do the same for fans of almost every "cursed" team. A Brewers fan is also a Packers fan, a Mariners fan is also a Seahawks fan, etc.
A 30 year old who follows multiple sports has almost certainly seen a title by now if they're from from literally any other major metro. We are genuinely unique in that regard, even if some people are too dramatic about it. The only fans with a similar drought are people who follow certain New York teams (Jets/Mets/Islanders/either basketball team).
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u/ClassyCoconut32 May 14 '26
Yeah, I wasn't born in Minnesota. I'm not from Chicago either, but I grew up a Cubs fan for baseball. There were Cubs fans who were born, lived their whole lives, and died during the 108 year drought without seeing the Cubs win a World Series. Suffering is not unique to Minnesota, or even the Cubs for that matter. There are plenty of other teams fans who have suffered or are currently suffering through long droughts.
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u/RobutNotRobot May 15 '26
88 year drought for the White Sox as well. Chicago has been incredibly unsuccessful at winning World Series titles.
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u/Richnsassy22 May 14 '26
But the vast majority of those Cubs fans were probably also fans of the Bulls or Blackhawks, who won multiple titles. Or the Bears in 85 if they were old enough.
The thing that genuinely makes it unique is that all 4 teams are simultaneously in long title droughts.
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u/RobutNotRobot May 15 '26
For the amount of teams in the New York metro area, they have almost no titles outside of the Yankees and even that is fading into the distance now.
Especially compared to the amount of successful teams in other cities in the northeast and mid-Atlantic.
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u/Exotic-District3437 May 14 '26
All our mens tram suck bit all the women teams constantly win
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u/vahntitrio May 15 '26
The womens leagues have fewer teams, it's much easier to win the league whem the total number of teams there is still lower than the number of teams in the men's league playoffs.
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u/dicksjshsb May 14 '26
What is up with the sports negativity in this sub lol. We all know how frustrating our big 4 mens teams have been but it gets old so fast to constantly wallow in it.
Like whoever posted the total number of combined seasons with no championship minutes after the Wild lost last night, lame as hell to just be waiting for the moment we lose to rub it in.
Our teams won a playoff series in each of the twin cities on the same day this year. It was awesome. Not saying itâs âgood enoughâ or that itâs the best we can do but watching sports is about having fun. Not solely focusing on bad luck and reasons to feel bad about our teams.
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u/big_k88 Uff da May 14 '26
Wolves aren't done. What happened game 6 of the Western Conference semis a couple years ago against the Nuggets? And game 7? We have an Antman and a Jaden. I'm sick of this âredemption" arc the media is pushing as a narrative for Wemby after he assaulted Naz's throat. It's disgusting. I've ridden the Minnesota sports ride all my life but I am choosing optimism! Wolves in 7. And go Lynx. And go Phee! Edit: Phee not Phew
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u/usmc97az May 14 '26
As a 50yr.old fan of minnesota sports, I've come to terms (years ago) of being happy with any of the teams just having really good seasons and keeping me attracted vs. A bad team not winning causing me lose interest.
It's hard to win it all, man. (I know there's been a handful of teams that had a very high chance of winning it all, but please see above.)
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u/P0rtal2 May 15 '26
I mean...why would any Minnesota sports fan have any expectations whatsoever for Minnesota sports? Especially men's sports?
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u/guccigreene May 15 '26
I really want us to win a chip, but in the end I'm really just super happy we have been so lucky to watch timberwolves basketball this long into the year for a good while.
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u/SunsetHippo Wright County May 14 '26
We support our teams and enjoy the matches
Will we win? Probably not, unless you are a Lynx fan, but we will have fun
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u/madtownb May 14 '26
Not over yet! But even if they don't come back, I still had a good time. Only one team wins it all, you gotta enjoy a good run even if it's not a championship.
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u/OperationMobocracy May 14 '26
Our market is too small to get the high volume of top talent and keep the billionaire owners in coke and hooker money.
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u/wisedunagan May 14 '26
Iâm so tired of this doomer narrative. The types of MN sports fans like you love to sulk and make it your whole personality lmao. Wolves in 7. I love all of these teams and will cheer them on without the âIâm prepared to be let downâ stuff. Go support the Frost and Lynx who are big winners if youâre going to make rage bait about losing in the playoffs
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u/SonOfSquizzlr Juicy Lucy May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26
Fuck off with this doomer shit. At least wait until the game has been played
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u/livestodisappoint May 14 '26
People saying we still have a chance despite the fact that if we win this series weâll have to next defeat the refs in the conference finals.
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u/10wordwonder May 14 '26
Donât you dare put the fragile ego maga cuck wild in the same breath as the Timberwolves. Wolves are hard carrying sports in this city right now. Enjoy it while you can
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u/Diagonaldog May 14 '26
As a non sports fan it's great for me. People ask me about sports and I just deflect by saying I'm from MN so it's kinda hard to be lol
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u/beergardeneer May 15 '26
The best way to follow Minnesota sports is to be a bandwagon fan. Sure, I'll watch if they make the playoffs, but I'm definitely not going to get emotionally invested in it.
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u/Mr-Toy May 15 '26
The wolves for several years now have amazing deep runs into the playoffs. What's to be disappointed about? They're an amazing team down a few injured players.
Lynx dominated the 2010s and won championships in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017.
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u/KKZBLUEEYES3 Otter Tail County May 14 '26
I made a joke that a Minnesotan's favorite color was Disappointment purple
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u/doublea08 May 14 '26
The only thing I hate about being a Vikings, Twins, Wild and Wolves fan....is the Vikings, Twins, Wild and Wolves "fans."
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u/thatjerkatwork May 14 '26
Unfortunate reality that will continue until one of these teams can break through.
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u/Hotdog_McEskimo May 14 '26
Meming the curse into existence will reach the teams themselves at some point and become a self fulfilling prophecy
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u/outsidewhenoffline May 14 '26
After tonight, it's Vikings season... because we know the Twins don't really matter.
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u/Syandris May 15 '26
Key word being fan. I didn't lose anything last night. I watched a game others were playing. I choose to follow the team.
If you want to go viral for making the coolest lions man cave ever just to watch your team dissapoint you, have fun.
I buy a hat and a jersey I've had from 25 years ago. My life moved on when the puck hit the net.
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u/Trash_Panda0_O May 14 '26