# Your teams' world/national championships during your fandom **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 3, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506 "2016-11-03T05:13:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/1 "2016-11-03T05:13:36Z")
THE CUBS HAVE WON THE WORLD SERIES! Here is a thread I started six years ago: [Relative success of your favorite sports teams - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=570303) I remarked that every one of my teams but the Cubs had won championships. However, the biggest prize of all, the World Series, had eluded my team since I started following them. SINCE YOU STARTED FOLLOWING THE TEAM, what national or world championships have they won? Chicago Cubs (MLB baseball): fan since 1986, World Series champions 2016 Chicago Bears (NFL football): fan since 1985, Super Bowl champions 1985 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA basketball): fan since 1986, NBA champions 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010 Florida Gators (NCAA football): fan since 1994, national champions 1996, 2006, 2008 Florida Gators (NCAA basketball): fan since 1994, national champions 2006, 2007 ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/2 "2016-11-03T05:24:10Z")
Red Sox (1986) 2004 2007 2013 All other teams ive given up on at one point or another because they got too full of themselves like Newcastle or the Raiders, ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/3 "2016-11-03T05:30:34Z")
I missed the Orioles winning the World Series in 1970 by a month. So: Baltimore Orioles: 1983 Baltimore Ravens: 2013 ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/4 "2016-11-03T12:18:12Z")
Kansas City Royals fan since 1982. World Series champions, 1985 and 2015. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/5 "2016-11-03T12:35:44Z")
I grew up near Pittsburgh. Since I was born in 1957, Pittsburgh championships have included: Pirates - 1960, 1971, and 1979 World Series. Steelers - 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2005, and 2008 Super Bowls Penguins - 1991, 1992, 2009, and 2016 Stanley Cup. I also lived in Denver and became a fan of their teams. Broncos - 1998, 1999, and 2016 Super Bowls. Avalanche - 1996 and 2001 Stanley Cup. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/6 "2016-11-03T12:40:52Z")
N.J. Devils: 1995, 2000, 2003 N.Y. Giants: 2012, 2008, 1991, 1987 N.Y. Yankees: 1977 1978 1996 1998 1999 2000 2009 N.Y. Mets: 1986, not counting 1969 when I was a baby. For baseball I grew up a child of a mixed marriage. Brooklyn Dodgers and Yankees. As a kid I was more of a Mets fan. The 70s championships I was interested in because my mother was a fan but I wasn’t a huge Yankee fan. Then there was a multi-year break where I was overseas or far away from home and I didn’t watch baseball. I returned and the Mets weren’t on TV (cable TV bullshit) and my mother was watching the Yankees everyday so I got into them in a big way. So since the early 90s I have been a big Yankee fan but I still have interest in the Mets and try to go to a couple games a year. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/7 "2016-11-03T13:09:13Z")
I enjoy Chicago sports, but I can only really say I’m a fan of the Bears and the Fire. I also like Illinois football, and the US Men’s national soccer team. The Bears and Fire have won during my lifetime, but I didn’t actively follow either at the time, being 1 when the Bears one and not yet following soccer when the Fire won. So no championships of teams I actually follow. I did enjoy the Blackhawks and Bulls championships, but it’d be a stretch to call myself a fan. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/8 "2016-11-03T13:26:13Z")
Green Bay Packers: '96, '10 Detroit Red Wings: '97, '98, '02, '08 Chicago Bulls: '96, '97, '98 Atlanta Braves: '95 I grew up in rural Iowa, with zero professional teams. So it was Gramma’s teams (Bulls/Braves), the only team we heard about (Red Wings), or the team with the player I heard about (Favre’s painkiller addiction). ---
**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 3, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/9 "2016-11-03T14:00:53Z")
Boston Bruins fan since 1969 - 1970, 1972, 2011 Boston Red Sox fan since 1969 - 2004, 2007, 2013 New England Patriots fan since 1969 - 2001, 2003, 2004, 2014 Boston Celtics fan since 1980 - 1981, 1984, 1986, 2008 ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/10 "2016-11-03T14:17:41Z")
born in 1949 Cleveland Indians (just missed 1948 fan since about 1956) none Cleveland Browns (don’t recall 1949 1950 1954 1955) 1964 Boston Bruins (fan since 1967-8) 1970, 1972, 2011 I only nominally root for the Cleveland Cavaliers 2016 I really appreciate the championship only so people can stop talking about how long it is since Cleveland won anything. ---
**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/11 "2016-11-03T14:52:05Z")
Growing up in Houston, being a fan was a bit rough. All the teams in town have had their opportunities, even the University of Houston (remember Phi Slama Jama?) but while all have come close, only the Rockets have ever clinched a championship. The rest broke our hearts. I was a huge fan of the Oilers, but they never won it all during my lifetime. Kept running into this team from Pittsburgh in the AFC Championship Game. My Astros have only ever been to the Series once. No joy there, either. And the Texas Rangers haven’t helped that Series drought either. The Champs: Houston Rockets: 1994, 1995 Dallas Mavericks: 2011 Dallas Stars: 1999 Texas Longhorns: 2005 Dallas Cowboys: 1971, 1977, 1992, 1993, 1995 ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/12 "2016-11-03T15:12:58Z")
Cardinals 1982 (the best because the first), 2006 (neat because they really were not a very good team that year) and 2011 (game six!). Very Happy for the Cubs though, says the guy whose family consists mainly of Cubs fans. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/13 "2016-11-03T15:43:56Z")
Chicago Cubs (1965ish): 2016 Green Bay Packers (1965ish): '65, '66, '67, '96, '10 Toronto Maple Leafs (1967ish): '67 Leicester City FC (1996): '16 (Premier League Championship); '97, '00 (League Cup) Univ. of Rochester (1977): 1990 Men’s Div III NCAA Basketball (played in title game in '92, '05, but lost) I have no interest in the NBA. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/14 "2016-11-03T15:48:34Z")
The Dodgers won the World Series in '59, '63, '65, '81 and '88. There are no other sports. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/15 "2016-11-03T15:49:47Z")
San Francisco Giants: 2010, 2012, 2014 Pittsburgh Steelers: 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2005, 2008 Sacramento Kings: HAHAHAHAHA! San Jose Sharks: close, but no cigar I was born, raised, and still live in Sacramento…but for some reason latched on to the Steelers as a kid, and never let go. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/16 "2016-11-03T16:08:14Z")
Yankees: 1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009 They won 6 more titles when I was a kid between 1951 and 1962, but I wasn’t a fan then. NY Giants (NFL): 1987, 1991, 2008, 2012 They won the NFL championship in 1956 when I was too young to be a fan. NY Knicks: 1970, 1973 NY Rangers: 1994 ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/17 "2016-11-03T16:14:14Z")
New Orleans Saints 2010 Super Bowl Champions LSU Tigers 2003 National Champions Football LSU Tigers 2007 National Champions Football ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/18 "2016-11-03T16:16:45Z")
Seahawks fan since 1988. We got the Superbowl in 2014 (2013 season). Mariners fan since 1988. Still waiting… ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/19 "2016-11-03T16:23:27Z")
Watched every minute of every game for the 86 Bears. Gave up pro football after they failed to do much the next year. That left pro basketball as the only team sport I followed. I basically got bored of the Bulls winning the thing… Now I don’t have any team I would consider “my” team. Was a Cubs fan as a kid, but 69 cured me of that! Then I was a White Sox fan in the 70s, so I was somewhat interested when they won about 11 yrs ago. Of course, most of my memories were tied to the old Comiskey Park. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/20 "2016-11-03T16:42:18Z")
Cubs fan since the early 80s. I was born in '75, and I still remember the heartbreak of '84. I actually wasn’t in the country during their 2003 run, so it didn’t really affect me as much hearing about the results after the fact. I was surprisingly at peace with them blowing a 3-1 lead in the NLCS. I said if Florida can get past both Wood and Prior at home, they deserve it. They did, and they did. 1989 I wasn’t expecting them to get past the Giants, so that wasn’t difficult. Same with those few years there in the 2000s where they got swept 0-3 in the NLDS. Last year was much more meaningful, as I expected them to get past the Mets or at least win one fucking game against the after sweeping the regular season series 7-0 against them. This year, even when they were down 3-1, I had a quiet confidence that they could still do it, and they did (despite Maddon’s efforts to screw it up.) Chicago Cubs: 2016 Chicago Blackhawks: 2010, 2013, 2015 Chicago Bears: 1986 Don’t really care about basketball, but I was there for all the home conference semi-final, conference finals, and NBA Finals games in '97 and '98. I have to admit, despite not caring about basketball, it was pretty cool when we won it at home Game 6 in 1997, and it was quite something to experience the history. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506.md?page=2)