# Could any city capture the MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL championships at one time?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 25, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-any-city-capture-the-mlb-nba-nfl-and-nhl-championships-at-one-time/461219 "2008-08-25T18:18:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-any-city-capture-the-mlb-nba-nfl-and-nhl-championships-at-one-time/461219/61 "2008-11-24T17:47:36Z")

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Detroit really is close. Wings are the best. Tigers may be back on track. The Pistons are very good.  
The Lions are only 10 or 12 wins from being contenders.

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**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-any-city-capture-the-mlb-nba-nfl-and-nhl-championships-at-one-time/461219/62 "2008-11-24T17:57:45Z")

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unfortunately for the Lions, they have to get them all in the same season.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-any-city-capture-the-mlb-nba-nfl-and-nhl-championships-at-one-time/461219/63 "2008-11-24T18:43:12Z")

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> [@Rysto](#):
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> Don’t look now, but the Bruins are leading the East. No, seriously.

You said it out loud! Don’t do that!

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-any-city-capture-the-mlb-nba-nfl-and-nhl-championships-at-one-time/461219/64 "2008-11-24T23:59:04Z")

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> [@Ellis Dee](#):
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> You could say the same about the five burroughs in New York, so I’m not sure if that’s a compelling reason to consider them distinct.

The five boroughs of New York are all part of one city, and, AIUI, the locals do, in fact, consider their sports teams quite distinct.

> [@RickJay](#):
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> New Jersey’s different from Manhattan, but we’re giving New York credit for winning the Super Bowl. The Patriots don’t even play in Boston. Actually, the LAKERS don’t play in LA, either; they play in Inglewood, which is sure as hell a lot different from Hollywood (it’s in LA County, at least.) All big cities vary from subcity to subcity, that’s not unique to the Los Angeles area.

Los Angeles County and Orange County are two very, very different places. Most people in San Diego and L.A. objected to the Angels taking on the L.A. tag when it happened. It just doesn’t make sense, culturally speaking.

The Patriots, by the way, certainly _do_ play in New England, which I suspect is why they’re called the New England Patriots rather than the Boston Patriots.

> [@Raygun99](#):
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> unfortunately for the Lions, they have to get them all in the same season.

😃

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