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At #9 is Seattle. Hard to argue with this one. BUT, the Seattle Storm captured the 2004 WNBA championship. Hmmmm. Now here's a dilemma. I assume the writer of the SI story then does not consider women's basketball a sport. There it is, by the authority of none other than Sports Illustrated, the WNBA does not count as a sports league. Rather chauvinistic, isn't it?

Then theres the one that really bugs me the most, Los Angeles at #8. Ahem, I believe the Lakers 3 championships as recently as 2000-2002. That completely should throw them off this list. Now, when they will have their next one, I don't know, could be awhile, although theres always the Dodgers. But a slump? A NBA championship 5 years ago ain't too shabby, take it from a Warriors fan. LA should not at all be on this list.

#7 is Washington DC. Now I really can't make an argument against that one at all. Yeah, you fans are about just as bad off as Philly. However, you're not very far from Baltimore, and the Ravens won a championship not too far back. Otherwise, yes, you belong on this list.

I have another huge problem with #6. New York? Um, the Yankees? Who in the world feels like the Yankees are slumping. No no no no. They don't get to be on this list, just because of the Yankees alone. Its been awhile since the last World Series win, true. But being in contention like that every year should eliminate you from this list.

Now the tricky question of #5, Minneapolis-St Paul. Its been 16 years since the Twins won the World Series last. The Vikes are still 0-3 in Super Bowls, and haven't even been to one in like 30 years. So their a shoe-in for this list, right? The dilemma? The North Stars/ Dallas Stars Stanley Cup win in 1999. This was a few years after they left, true, but still a year before the Wild made their debut. So probably a lot of North Star fans felt that the Stars were still their team when they won the Cup, just maybe they weren't playing a lot of Home games that year, right? I mean, Dallas and Hockey? C'mon. So Minny might have a claim to this list, but even taking the Twins last championship, it was still more recent than Oaklands.

Cleveland at #4 I really can't argue with either. The Browns stink. The Cavs made the finals, but did anybody really think they had a shot against the Spurs? The Indians almost did something this year, now just look forward to next year. So Cleveland legitimately belongs on this list.

At #3 they have Buffalo. Buffalo does not have a NBA team. They used to, they were called the Braves. Remember them? Well, they moved West. First to San Diego, then to Los Angeles. We are talking about the Clippers. Buffalo, do you know how big a bullet you dodged there? If the Clippers had never moved, you might lay claim to #1 on this list. So be thankful for your #3 ranking and keep looking at the Bills cheerleaders, who by the way, are pretty Hot looking also.

At #2 is Atlanta. While they haven't had many championships, the baseball Braves were so dominant, for so long, Atlanta should be a few notches down here. And, they Did win 1 Championship about 10 years ago. That's not too bad, you know. So Atlanta is a little too high on this list. The Falcons, Thrashers and Hawks should keep you on this list for a few more years, though. Until the Braves can reload enough to reclaim their place.

And so the list finishes with Philly. Refer to paragraph 2. Lots of problems with this list I have. Oakland for one that is close to my heart. How about San Diego? Just because they don't have NHL shouldn't preclude anybody from this list. Thinking of that, why doesn't Seattle have a NHL team? Just curious. You would think that far north they would have one.

I've been busy this week, which explains my absence for most of the week from Fannation. Another side effect of working is that I didn't drink much beer this week, which means I didn't really think of much to say about beer for the blog. Hopefully, readers will forgive me. Readership will go down, no doubt, without saying something regarding beer.

So, since I didn't have much time, this link is the most I can find for the IFB link of the week. Hope you enjoy.  http://home.freeuk.net/pupaspringeye/ And for Thugmeisters personal collection of the week is here http://picasaweb.google.com/ThugMeisterG/ThugmeisterSFindingsOct26

Thanks for dropping in, and catch it again next time.