# The Allegheny Line: baseball curse

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-allegheny-line-baseball-curse/546468>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 12, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-allegheny-line-baseball-curse/546468 "2010-07-12T23:28:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![MTRG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-allegheny-line-baseball-curse/546468/1 "2010-07-12T23:28:55Z")

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Being from Pittsburgh, I admit, I’m gifted. We have the Steelers, Penguins, Pitt Basketball is top 20, and the Pirates have [history](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_World_Series)…

But these days with baseball, oy!

My three favorite teams, the Pirates, Indians and O s suck

Is it any coincidence that the three cities are almost linear (as the crow flies)?  
Washington ain’t too far behind.  
Detroit, watch out , you are in the swath of suck!

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**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-allegheny-line-baseball-curse/546468/2 "2010-07-13T02:30:42Z")

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Nah, it passed through here a few years back. Must be heading East.

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**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-allegheny-line-baseball-curse/546468/3 "2010-07-13T02:38:21Z")

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> [@ZenBeam](#):
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> Nah, it passed through here a few years back. Must be heading East.

With any luck, it will be headed Northeast, passing through New York and New England.