Seattle and its champion teams

Seattle has yet to see an Super Bowl, World Series, or an MLS Cup brought home by the Mariners, Seahawks, and Sounders. Seattle has only seen the 1979 Supersonics and the 2004 and 2010 Storm bring home a major championship (though I wouldn't consider the WNBA a real championship). The Mariners have been the team that has shown the least hope that another title will be brought to the city of Seattle. During the 90s the Mariners saw two American League West titles. In '95 the Mariners had that amazing Refuse To Lose run to the AL West title. The Mariners beat the then California Angels in a one game playoff to take the title and then after being down 0-2 in the American League Division Series the Mariners came home for games 3,4, and 5 and swept the Yankees moving on to face the winningest ball club that year for the American League Pennant. The Mariners would lose to the Cleveland Indians in 6 games but the team was proud of what they accomplished that year. Two years later in 1997 the team would win a then team record 90 games, lead the American League in runs and break the season record for homeruns by one team, Ken Griffey, Jr., would win his first and only MVP. The Mariners would go into the '97 ALDS to play the Baltimore Orioles and would be embarrassed in 4 games.

The Mariners would begin the 2000s on a nice touch, the team would win their first American League Wild Card title and would sweep the Chicago White Sox in 3 games but would fall to the New York Yankees in 6 games. The next year would see the Mariners win a MLB record 116 games and would have to go the full 5 games against the Cleveland Indians but would fall to the Yankees for the second year in a row and would be humiliated as the team to win 116 games and not make it to the World Series. The next two year would see the Mariners win 93 games in each seasons but failed to win the Wild Card and the AL West. Since then the Mariners have not made the playoffs. Now in my opinion the Mariners are within 2-3 years of making the playoffs so be patient M's fans.

Now, lets talk about the Seahawks. The Seahawks came close in 2005 to bringing the Lombardi Trophy to Seattle but was swiped up by the Steelers. The Seahawks have made the playoffs 12 times and have come very close several times to either going or winning the Super Bowl. 1983 the Seahawks made it to the playoffs for the first time in franchise history and made a run that had everyone saying "Super Bowl champs". The Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos in the Wild Card game, they then beat the Miami Dolphins in the Divisional round but then they would fall short of the Super Bowl as they would lose to the eventual Super Bowl champs Los Angeles Raiders. Last year the Seahawks made a great one in the playoffs, they would win their first road playoff game since '83 but would lose to the Atlanta Falcons. Now, I know this is our year to win the Super Bowl, they are the favorite to win it all and I see plenty of Vince Lombardi Trophies in the Seahawks future.

So now we move on to the Sounders. Since the Sounders have been in existence they have made the playoffs every year but they have brought 3 US Open Cups home to Seattle. The Sounders won their first playoff series last year against Real Salt Lake but fell to the LA Galaxy. So far this year they are not showing their good stuff. They lost in the US Open Cup in the third round and if the season ended they would play the Galaxy in the MLS Cup Knockout round. If the Sounders want to see an MLS Cup brought to this city they have to get better on defense and offense.

Well, there's my brief summary of the teams in Seattle and its history in the playoffs.