# What is the closest your 4 favorite teams ever came to winning the championship... **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 5, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-closest-your-4-favorite-teams-ever-came-to-winning-the-championship/451835 "2008-06-05T03:42:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-closest-your-4-favorite-teams-ever-came-to-winning-the-championship/451835/21 "2008-06-05T23:12:46Z")
When I was an 11-12 year old Pittsburgh expatriate on the West Coast, we won two straight Super Bowls and the intervening World Series, which I think is about the best possible age to have that happen at. I didn’t follow any other sports, so that was about the best possible case scenario. By 1990, I was following the 49ers, who won the Super Bowl in January, then the Trail Blazers made it to the Finals that summer. That would probably be second place. Now I am in Chicago, eagerly awaiting the Cubs-Bears-Bulls trifecta which will start this October. Or waiting for the nice nurse to hand out my meds, whichever comes first. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-closest-your-4-favorite-teams-ever-came-to-winning-the-championship/451835/22 "2008-06-08T12:48:43Z")
[QUOTE=Parthol] I moved to Boston in 1992, and now am a big fan of the Boston sports teams. That made 2007 a pretty nice year: - The Patriots lost in the 2007 Super Bowl - The Red Sox won the 2007 World Series - The Celtics are in the finals for the 2007/2008 season - The Bruins – well, they made the playoffs, anyway - (Bonus sport!) The Revolution lost in the 2007 MLS finals -P [/QUOTE] '86 was also pretty exciting in Boston. Celtics went to the finals. Red Sox went to the World Series. Patriots (technically '87, but all the other games were '86, so it counts) went to the Super Bowl. The Bruins were mediocre. Only the Celtics won, but it was still an exciting year. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-closest-your-4-favorite-teams-ever-came-to-winning-the-championship/451835/23 "2008-06-08T16:21:28Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] Uh.. yeah, not sure about that decade thing,from 1980-1989 they were 92-60,5-4 in the playoffs. Take out 85 and 86 they are a very average 63-57,2-3 in the playoffs,with 4 losing seasons and a .500 season. They did good from 84-88 though. [/QUOTE] The Redskins from 1982-1991 immediately spring to mind, 4 Super Bowl appearances, winning three… ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-closest-your-4-favorite-teams-ever-came-to-winning-the-championship/451835/24 "2008-06-08T21:10:30Z")
Being a Northern California boy, my favorites are the San Francisco Giants, San Jose Sharks, Sacramento Kings, and of course the Pittsburgh Steelers… So, I can only go back as far as 1991, which means the only Championship I’ve got going for me is the 2005 Steelers. But I think my best year all around is 2002: \*\*Giants \*\*- lost the World Series to the Angels (I’m still bitter about that one) \*\*Kings \*\*- lost the Western Conference Championship to the Lakers (I’d just rather not talk about \*this \*one…) \*\*Sharks \*\*- lost the Western Conference Semifinals to Colorado \*\*Steelers \*\*- lost in the Second Round to the Titans My teams collectively came _this clos_e to having a fantastic year…and instead wound up with a whole bunch of nothin’… Oh well, we’ll get 'em next year! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-closest-your-4-favorite-teams-ever-came-to-winning-the-championship/451835/25 "2008-06-09T02:19:25Z")
[QUOTE=Suburban Plankton] \*\*Giants \*\*- lost the World Series to the Angels (I’m still bitter about that one) [/QUOTE] No no, that can’t be right. The last I noticed, you guys were up 3-2 in the series and had a lead in Game 6. Surely you went on to win that game and the World Series, right? 😉 ::d&r:: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-closest-your-4-favorite-teams-ever-came-to-winning-the-championship/451835.md?page=1)