Imagine being a Pirates fan and having season tickets for the last 18 years. The Indians have been displaced. Lucky you.
You hope each season will be different, but that's like waiting for someone to come up with a one-calorie pizza. Let's say you're 40, with kids in school and facing middle age. You had just graduated from college back in 1992, the last time the Pirates had a winning season.
The Pirates officially clinched their 18th straight losing season the other day, and you try to figure out how long that is. You notice that four current major league teams —Florida, Tampa Bay, Colorado and Arizona— didn't even exist in 1992. And then it hits you that all four have gone to the World Series since, while your team was spending so much time in last place its name is now on the basement door.