re: Theory regarding success of your favorite teams.

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-- The O’s go into the tank and have the 0-21 start in 1988. When they do finally get good in 1996, the Yankees rob us in the ALCS thanks to that friggin’ kid.
-- Len Bias and the subsequent Maryland basketball probation
-- The Colts move in 1984 and there is no NFL football until 1997
-- Maryland football goes from a regional power to one of the worst teams in the nation
-- The Bullets go through an era just as bad as the Clippers. Seriously.
-- The Caps routinely make the playoffs and are eliminated in the first round (even blowing a 3-1 series lead three different times). In 1993, they make the conference final, the first in franchise history. They are swept in 4 games. It is the highwater mark of any area team save the Redskins, who I hate because I was a Colts fan. Which makes their success painful.

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