[fhayek]

Perhaps you are right, but who were the Miami Dolphins in 1972? They were a six year old team with no tradition, no history, yet they made their own history with a perfect season. The Marlins went from nothing, to World Series champion, tore back down to nothing and built back to the World Series- all in the span of ten years. I don't think that they should be blamed for not getting out of the way of the Cubbies. You got to earn your way in.

[F16Fighter]

"Perhaps you are right, but who were the Miami Dolphins in 1972? They were a six year old team with no tradition, no history, yet they made their own history with a perfect season."

Well, the AFL league itself was only about 12 years old at the time.

There was also the intrigue of "The Perfect Season," while the team had character -- remember "Butch and Sundance" (Csonka and Kiick)??

[The KG9 Kid]

"... Perhaps you are right, but who were the Miami Dolphins in 1972? They were a six year old team with no tradition, no history, yet they made their own history with a perfect season."

That's true, but you forgot to mention that since then they've pretty much been the Chicago Cubs of the NFL.