3. The Cleveland Indians
3 and 1 going into the fifth game of the World Series. The entire world rooting against them (except for a single state). A sad history of decades of losses, trumped by their competitors’ longer history of losses. Game 7 of the World Series might well go down as one of the most riveting and intense games of baseball played, which basically means that the Indians’ loss has been immortalized.
Now, it’s hard for us to feel that bad for any professional sports loss – we know the big players are still rolling in cash. And the Indians had a successful year outside of November 2’s big day, but it’s still not hard to find some sympathy for the team. They would have been cultural villains if they would have won, but even that would be better than what they were after they lost their big lead on the Cubs: forgotten.
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