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The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego, California. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won two NL pennants — in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both years. As of 2018, they have had 14 winning seasons in franchise history. The Padres are one of two Major League Baseball teams (the other being the Los Angeles Angels) in California to originate from that state; the Athletics were originally from Philadelphia (and moved to the state from Kansas City), and the Dodgers and Giants are originally from two New York City boroughs – Brooklyn and Manhattan, respectively.   The Padres are the only MLB team that does not share its city with another franchise in the four major American professional sports leagues.  The Padres are the only major professional sports franchise to be located in San Diego, following the relocation of the Chargers to Los Angeles in 2017. They are also the only franchise in the MLB to not have a no-hitter, having gone 8020 games without throwing one, a major league record to begin a franchise.

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Being known as one of the worst sports franchises in history is not an easy pill to swallow. Be that as it may, though, the teams below all have a tough history, rife with injuries, an abundance of losing seasons, poor coaching, and so much more. Whether you&#39;re talking the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/cities-with-the-worst-sports-teams/sportsyeah" target="_blank">cities with the worst teams</a>&nbsp;or more specifically&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-teams-to-ever-make-nfl-playoffs/the-round-mound" target="_blank">worst NFL franchise</a>, some sports teams have just never been&nbsp;able to pull it together and remain a worthy adversary for more than a couple seasons&mdash;if any. Though it&#39;s difficult to be such a terrible team, every sport needs its losers to let the winners shine and, unfortunately for these franchises, they&#39;ve long been those losers. So, who do you think are the worst sports teams of all time?&nbsp;

Blame it on the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-team-owners-of-all-time/sportsyeah" target="_blank">bad owners</a>; blame it on the coaches&mdash;there&#39;s a surprising amount of teams that can be considered the worst sports franchises ever. When it comes to bad sports teams, a few quickly come to mind for most: MLB&#39;s San Diego Padres, the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL, and basically any Ohio-based team Lebron James never played for. Then you have those teams who haven&#39;t been completely horrible, but struggle&nbsp;the majority of the time. These are teams like the Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers, and Cincinnati Bengals. Of course, there are plenty of other teams that fall on the list of worst sports franchises. However, who takes the never-sought-after title of the worst team in sports history? That&#39;s up to the fans to decide.

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The baseball teams with the most annoying fans are those American League and National League squads in Major League Baseball that you hate to sit next to at the ballpark. These teams have large and loyal fan bases but bring their thick accents, championship patches and more stories of back in the day than can be told in 12 innings of ball. These are the fans that you hate if you're for the opposing team or embrace if you are a fellow follower. Love 'em or hate 'em, these are the baseball teams with the most annoying fans.Though each fan base will claim the other is the worst of all, the fans of the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox are perhaps the most annoying ever. Yanks fans, complete with their superiority complex, backed up by over two dozen World Series championships, will always claim they are the best fans for the best team of all time. BoSox fans can be just as cocky with their love of homerism and all things &quot;Sweet Caroline.&quot;But Boston and New York are far from the only two teams in professional baseball with annoying fans. Each of the 30 MLB teams have one quirk or another that irks fans of other teams. For many, it's the perpetual drought of success that motivates and depresses fans, such as the always pessimistic fans of the Chicago Cubs, New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays. Each of these teams have great followings but the annoying fans will certainly often remind you of how many years, months and days since the team saw any success or even qualified for the MLB postseason.Whatever these MLB team fans do that is annoying to make them some of the most hated and obnoxious, that all pales in comparison to the fact that these passionate men and women travel thousands of miles each year and spend thousands of dollars to support their teams, win or lose. Between the drunken fans talking smack or the underdogs screaming about their small-market team, watching the fans bicker is nearly as exciting as watching baseball itself. Who said the sport was boring?

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What are the best baseball teams ever? Anyone who loves MLB likely has at least one, or more, favorite teams. Some people fall in love with their favorite teams early on in life; others grow to appreciate a baseball team more and more as they get older. From the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles, this list includes some of the all-time top MLB teams. Vote for the baseball teams you love the most, vote down any you don't like and please, re-rank this list based on your personal opinions - your rerankings will affect the final tally!

What makes a baseball team the best? Certainly, world titles should be considered, but just because a baseball team has won the most World Series' doesn't mean everyone is a fan. Some of the teams listed here are known for having the <a href="/crowdranked-list/best-mlb-ballparks" target="_blank">best MLB ballparks</a>, for example. Sometimes, it's all about the overall experience!

Players are certainly important: Any team with the <a href="/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-baseball-players-of-all-time" target="_blank">greatest baseball players of all time</a> is going to be hugely popular. From the top notch, <a href="/crowdranked-list/best-hitters-in-baseball-history" target="_blank">best hitters</a> to the <a href="/crowdranked-list/best-closers-in-baseball-history" target="_blank">best closers in baseball history</a>, a team's roster certainly matters when choosing the greatest baseball teams.

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On&nbsp;opening day of the 2020 MLB season, the only question most fans are asking already is: Who is going to win the World Series this year? The Washington Nationals are in the mix to defend their title, while the rival Atlanta Braves will give them a challenge just for the National League East, let alone the pennant. In the American League, there are the up-and-coming Minnesota Twins trying to repeat last season&#39;s success and hold off the Cleveland Indians.

Some major talents changed teams in the offseason, with Mookie Betts heading to the already loaded Los Angeles Dodgers, ace pitcher Madison Bumgarner going to the Arizona Diamondbacks, and MVP candidate Anthony Rendon joining the Los Angeles Angels. All of those players will be looking to help their new teams get to the World Series and raise the trophy.

So check out the odds for all the 2020 World Series contenders below, and vote for your playoff picks. Then keep checking back as the season goes on to see how quickly things can change.

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On MLB opening day, the only question most fans are asking already is: What team is going to win the World Series this year? The Boston Red Sox are in the mix to defend their title, while the rival New York Yankees will give them a challenge just for the American League East, let alone the pennant. In the National League, there are the up-and-coming Atlanta Braves trying to repeat last season&#39;s success and hold off the Philadelphia Phillies and their new superstar, Bryce Harper, while the Los Angeles Dodgers are trying to get back to a third consecutive World Series.

Harper wasn&#39;t the only star to switch teams in the offseason, though, with Manny Machado on the San Diego Padres and&nbsp;Paul Goldschmidt on the St. Louis Cardinals among <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-50-current-best-baseball-players" target="_blank">the best players in baseball</a> wearing new uniforms this year.

So vote for who&#39;s winning&nbsp;the 2019 World Series &mdash; and who perhaps will move up the list of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-baseball-teams" target="_blank">best baseball teams of all time</a> &mdash; and keep checking back as the season goes on to see how quickly things can change. Then head over and check out the top contenders for <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/who-will-win-american-league-mvp-in-2019/ranker-baseball" target="_blank">MVP in the AL</a> and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/who-will-win-national-league-mvp-in-2019/ranker-baseball" target="_blank">NL</a>&nbsp;and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/who-will-win-the-2019-american-league-cy-young/ranker-baseball" target="_blank">Cy Young in the AL</a> and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/who-will-win-the-2019-national-league-cy-young/ranker-baseball" target="_blank">NL</a>.

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Baseball mascots are a staple of the all-American game. Are they corny? Of course! But when sports fans are in the moment - reveling in the game they love - anything and everything that screams &quot;Go team!&quot; is fantastic. While sweating in a giant mascot suit is undoubtedly a daunting task, someone has to do it! The best MLB mascots are necessary to get fans riled up between innings and foster some team spirit. Here, you'll find a list of current mascots in Major League Baseball, ranked by your votes. The NY&nbsp;Yankees and the two LA teams, Dodgers and Angels, are the only three teams without official&nbsp;mascots.&nbsp;For some teams, it's easy to translate their name into a physical being. There's Ace the Bluejay of the Toronto Blue Jays, Clark the Bear of the Chicago Cubs, and Fredbird the Cardinal of the St. Louis Cardinals. Other teams have to get&nbsp;a little&nbsp;creative. The New York Mets, for example, are a nod to the The New York Metropolitan Baseball Club, which is not really a tangible entity. Therefore, the Mets adopted &quot;Mr. Met,&quot; essentially an anthropomorphic baseball. Of course, there are also those&nbsp;mascots that don't make any sense. Why are the Arizona Diamondbacks - named for a type of snake - represented by Baxter the Bobcat? And the Tampa Bay rays are named for the devil ray stingray, and yet their mascot is the tuxedo cat DJ Kitty. A little odd, yes, but the fans seem into it!&nbsp;What are the best MLB mascots right now? Vote for your favorite mascots, the cutest, or funniest mascots in baseball. Cast your vote to help decide below!&nbsp;

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Sports teams have been named after animals since organized sports have been around, but did you ever wonder how many profession sports teams are not named after animals? Football and baseball teams in particular have looked to other places for inspiration.

The Houston Astros, LA Galaxy, and Dallas Stars come from the astronomy world, while other teams like the Tennessee Titans and the New York and San Francisco Giants take their inspiration from Greek mythology. The Philadelphia Phillies and New York Islanders are even named after their city, and the Houston Texans are named after their state. These teams are champions full of Hall of Famers and MVPs, and they have accomplished all of that without naming themselves after animals.

So check out this list of all the professional sports teams not named after animals, and vote up the franchises that have had the most success in their sports. Then, head over and check out all the teams named after animals to get the other side of the coin.

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Every MLB team logo represents the spirit of the franchise it stands for. While many of these baseball team <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/sports-team-logos-then-and-now/theodoros-karasavvas" target="_blank">logos have gone through strange histories</a> as teams have moved or rebranded to keep up with the times, they are all instantly recognizable as the logos of their franchise.

The New York Yankees have one of the most famous logos in sports with fans of the franchise living all over the world, and the logo has remained mostly unchanged for the history of the team. Meanwhile, the Miami Marlins (formerly the Florida Marlins) have been around since just 1993 and have gone through numerous rebrands and logo and uniform changes.

Some of these teams have favored a simple, single letter like the Philadelphia Phillies, some a fancy script like the Detroit Tigers, and others have used a fun design that could only be associated with one team (the Baltimore Orioles). But which logo is the coolest? Which is the one you would want on your baseball hat if you were going out? Vote below then check out and help decide <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/coolest-basketball-team-logos/sportsyeah" target="_blank">the coolest logos in the NBA</a>, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-current-nfl-helmets" target="_blank">the NFL</a>, and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-coolest-hockey-team-logos-past-and-present" target="_blank">the NHL</a>.

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The goal of every MLB team at the start of each season is to win a World Series, but there can be only one winner, and the rest of the league has to try again. While 20 teams in league history have won multiple championships, but there remain six baseball teams without a ring. There are six teams who have never had the ultimate celebration at the end of the season.

In 2019, Stephen Strasburg&nbsp;led&nbsp;the Washington Nationals to the first title in franchise history, which was the last time a team won its first World Series. While the Nationals won in their first World Series appearance, teams like the Rangers and Padres have been to the World Series multiple times and come up empty. Meanwhile, the Mariners have the longest streak in league history without even a World Series appearance. But they are all in a position to end the drought soon and get off the list of&nbsp;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/great-mlb-seasons-that-didnt-end-in-a-win/cehudspeth?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">MLB teams without a championship</a>.

But which team is the most likely to end its&nbsp;drought next? Which of these six MLB teams with no World Series wins has the best shot to take home rings? It could happen in the 2020 season, but maybe these fanbases will have to wait a little longer. Vote up the teams that won&#39;t have to wait.

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This is a list of the greatest San Diego Padres players in team history, whether the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-san-diego-padres-pitchers-ever/ranker-baseball" target="_blank">top Padres pitchers</a> or top hitters. Besides beautiful weather and a ballpark that&#39;s considered one of the best in all of baseball, the San Diego Padres haven&#39;t had a lot going for them in the club&#39;s history. But when the team has had success, it usually means either a division title or a deep playoff run. The Padres have won the NL West five times and have played in two World Series. Unfortunately for the Padres, they ran into buzzsaws in the form of the Detroit Tigers in 1984 and one of the greatest New York Yankees teams of all time in 1998. That being said, a lot of great players have spent their best years in San Diego, despite their lack of winning history.

The Padres can count one of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-hitters-in-baseball-history?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best hitters of all time</a> as their own. For 20 years, Tony Gwynn was one of the steadiest hitters in all of baseball, which cemented him as one of the greatest Padres ever. While he didn&#39;t swing the most powerful bat, Gwynn could be counted on to hit well over .300 for most of his career. He won eight NL batting titles in his career and had a chance to reach baseball immortality in 1994 when he was knocking on the door of hitting .400 before the player&#39;s strike ruined that. Gwynn was a 15-time All Star and was elected into the Hall of Fame in 2007, receiving an eyeopening 97.6 percent of the vote, one of the highest in Hall of Fame history.

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San Diego Padres managers have covered every base throughout their years in the MLB, but who is the<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-san-diego-padres-of-all-time/ranker-baseball"> best San Diego Padres</a> manager of all time? This list answers that question by ranking every Padres manager from best to worst according to the votes of baseball fans. So vote up your top San Diego Padres coaches to change the list order and determine once and for all just who managed the Padres best.Bruce Bochy is the Padres' all-time leader for the regular-season game wins with 951. He also lead the Padres to a World Series in 1998. Dick Williams is the only other Padres manager to take the team to a World Series, which he did in 1984. Williams is also the only <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.scorebig.com/san-diego-padres-tickets">Padres</a> manager in <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-players-in-the-baseball-hall-of-fame/ranker-baseball">Baseball Hall of Fame</a>. So it's up to you to decide the greatest San Diego Padres skipper in franchise history. Vote up the winningest San Diego Padres managers. They don't have to be the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-mlb-managers-of-all-time/ranker-baseball">best MLB managers</a> of all time, though, because you can also vote up the coaches you just liked the most.

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The best pitchers in San Diego Padres&nbsp;history are all part of a long legacy of stellar pitching that stretches back to the beginnings of the franchise. Whether they were starters who became a key part of a winning pitching rotation or relievers who filled out the back end of the pitching staff, all of these players have been integral to the Padres becoming a successful franchise.

Former stars like starting pitchers Kevin Brown and Jake Peavy appear below, as well as Hall of Fame pitchers like Goose Gossage and Gaylord Perry. Of course, there is Trevor Hoffman, who played nearly his entire&nbsp;lengthy career as part of the Padres roster.

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