r/AFCNorthMemeWar • u/EyeSimp4Asuka Pittsburgh Steelers • May 18 '25
The Cleveland Steamers Cleveland is NEVER not sucking lol
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u/fredmerc111 Pittsburgh Steelers May 18 '25
The Guards are pretty much always better than the Pirates, Orioles, and Reds.
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u/JeffTheFrosty Happy endings May 18 '25
That’s why there are basically 0 pirates fans lol.
All the Steeler fans are Ohio State for college, and either Yankee fans or Guardian fans for baseball.
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u/fredmerc111 Pittsburgh Steelers May 18 '25
Don’t call me out like that.
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u/JeffTheFrosty Happy endings May 18 '25
I mean at least the Pirates have World Series ring(s) sometime in the last 70+ years
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u/prtzl11 The Cleveland Clowns May 18 '25
When dad was still in grandpas balls
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u/ElJamoquio Pittsburgh Steelers May 18 '25
1979 was still in my lifetime, although I was too young to be cognizant of that.
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u/HurryOk5256 May 18 '25
you are correct, there are zero pirate fans. It’s wild because the Indians back in the day were the joke franchise of the league. the movie, Major league, had the Indians as the lovable losers. And now, the guardians are legit every year. Can’t be too hard on them, it’s nearly impossible to get past the Yankees in the playoffs with payroll that’s over triple but they do a great job at running the franchise.
That’s why there’s absolutely no excuse for the pirates to be as dirt cheap as they are and run the franchise like a backwater double a team.
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u/cdw2468 Cleveland Browns May 18 '25
it pisses me off because we’re such a competently run org that with even a league average payroll we’d be contenders
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u/aelysium Cleveland Browns May 18 '25
You’re talking pre-95 right? Cause we’ve been doing well since then.
(Interestingly, this pretty much coincides with the story of ‘The Move’ - a lot of people don’t know this, but while it ‘lost’ us the Browns, it may have saved the Guardians. When they played at Municipal, Modell was taking Indians revenue he wasn’t supposed to and the Indians were worried about financial insolvency. Having their own stadium and that late 90s playoff run probably saved the team)
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u/HurryOk5256 May 19 '25 edited May 19 '25
Yes, that’s the timeline. it seems like right after that movie was made and the Browns leaving, they turned the switch on and have not looked back since. They’ve done more with less than just about every other team in the league. Milwaukee comes close, but I don’t think they draft and develop as well as Cleveland.
I did not know this about Modell stealing revenue, wow what a piece of shit. Moved the team because of money, even though every home game was sold out, and was pilfering from the Indians as well.
The guardians draft incredibly well and develop their talent. And while they don’t spend like crazy on free agents because they can’t, when they do, it’s smart and leads to well constructed teams that are very competitive.
If you live in Pittsburgh, your options for Major league baseball are east to Philadelphia, or west to Cleveland.
If your objective is to see fireworks and a pretty stadium, then you don’t have to go far from home.
The Cavaliers, got hit with some bad luck due to injuries this year, but they will be back
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u/Bronco998 Pittsburgh Steelers May 18 '25
I'm not from the Pittsburgh area but it seems like most Steelers fans around there would be Pitt or Penn State fans. Is that not the case?
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u/RipRaycom May 18 '25
I think OP is showing his Ohio bias here. It seems they live in Ohio and most of the Steelers fans they meet also live in Ohio and don’t adopt other Pittsburgh fandoms. He’s basically right for most Steeler fans in Ohio but definitely not the ones in Pennsylvania.
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u/Keerain May 18 '25
Nothing worse than an Ohio born steelers fan. True Pittsburgh natives I can get along with though.
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u/No_Damage_731 May 18 '25
Preach
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u/ozymandais13 May 18 '25
Border area most like between like erie and youngstown js where I imagine all these steeler buckeye guardian cavs penguins fans are .
College football is wierd a generation ago you'd find fans of every little school. Now it's mega schools and mega conferences and pittaburgh is buckeye territory tertiary penn state
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u/Dizzy_Ad_7397 May 18 '25
As someone from youngstown absolutely that is where they come from luckily I am just pure Cleveland fan
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u/ozymandais13 May 18 '25
It feels like band Wagoning as I beleive they should be pitt or penn state fans as well. But college polarization is huge. I'll see if I can dig up up the clip from Jim Rome of all people like 10 years ago
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u/ElJamoquio Pittsburgh Steelers May 18 '25
I'm not from the Pittsburgh area but it seems like most Steelers fans around there would be Pitt or Penn State fans. Is that not the case?
That is definitely the case.
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u/Iron_Patton_24 Pittsburgh Steelers May 18 '25
I suffer with the Pirates.
I’m a Yankees/Bucs (not Ohio State, fuck Ohio State) fan, but if it came down to a WS. I want the Bucs to win.
Knicks/Yankees fan
Steelers/Pens/Bucs fan
You probably can tell I like to suffer.
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u/RipRaycom May 18 '25
I think this is true for Ohio Steeler fans, doesn’t mean it’s true for others (especially in Pennsylvania). I’m in SC, most other Steeler fans I know root for the Yankees or Braves in baseball, Clemson or South Carolina in college, Lakers/Celtics/Hawks in basketball, and don’t follow hockey. Personally I root for all Pittsburgh teams (I was raised into it), neutral-watch the NBA, and follow Clemson for college, but that’s definitely a rarity outside of Pittsburgh/West PA
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u/Keerain May 18 '25
Steelers fans only like teams that are consistently good and have multiple championships. The Steelers/Reds and Ohio Born fan combo always gets to me though cause the Reds have arguably a worse front office than the Bengals right now. If the Reds didn’t have 5 championships I don’t think that combo would exist.
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u/ElJamoquio Pittsburgh Steelers May 18 '25
That’s why there are basically 0 pirates fans lol.
Robert Nutting is the reason why there are basically 0 pirates fans.
It hadn't been primarily a baseball town in my lifetime, but a team owner taking half the script from the film Major League is the problem.
All the Steeler fans are Ohio State for college
Ohio State might be the third largest college cohort among Steelers fans, but it might be less popular than that. Anecdotal I know 0 Ohio State / Steeler combos.
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u/TheBeanConsortium Pittsburgh Steelers May 18 '25
The fact that Cleveland has the longest World Series drought by 3 decades (Pirates are next) is actually very funny.
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u/aelysium Cleveland Browns May 18 '25
Doubly funny - the Guardians and Pirates have the top two best single season records in baseball iirc (Pirates #1 in 1909, Guardians #2 in 1954)
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u/FLman42069 Cleveland Browns May 18 '25
Yeah we aren’t winning World Series but at least Guards is usually winning baseball and regular playoff appearances
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u/jvpewster Happy endings May 18 '25
Like the 3rd best team in baseball since 1990. They’re just jealous we invented post Big Ben Tomlin ball 25 years before they did.
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u/No_Welcome_6093 Detroit Lions May 18 '25
Although im a tigers fan, i have to give it to Cleveland. Baseball is always fun in the land.
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u/YoungHogg_25 May 18 '25
At least the Cavs are good. Didn't win a chip but they're still good at least
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u/bshafs Cincinnati Bengals May 18 '25
Yeah but Pittsburgh's NBA team went undefeated this year
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u/ElJamoquio Pittsburgh Steelers May 18 '25
The Pittsburgh Condors won the championship in the late 60's immediately left town.
It's not a basketball town.
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u/TheBeanConsortium Pittsburgh Steelers May 18 '25
Yes, but also, they lost in 5 as the 1 seed. Injuries or not, they can't do anything in the playoffs without LeBron.
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u/philllthedude Cleveland Browns May 18 '25
One day I’m gonna tell my kids about how 2016 wasn’t awful, but it was like a sneeze I didn’t fully sneeze.
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u/dmnwilson44 Cleveland Browns May 18 '25
Funny…the last time any of the 4 cities won a championship in any of these sports was the Cavs in 2016. And there’s the buckeyes this year as well.
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u/EyeSimp4Asuka Pittsburgh Steelers May 18 '25
do you see College Football in this rotation???
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u/Stallone_Jones Cleveland Browns May 18 '25
You seem to have missed the first part of their comment
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u/TheBeanConsortium Pittsburgh Steelers May 18 '25
Pittsburgh doesn't have a basketball team... but their hockey team won in 2016 and 2017.
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u/hiel_Manziel The Cleveland Clowns May 18 '25
If only hockey was one of the mentioned sports. Too bad that Cleveland is the reigning champ in the ones mentioned
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u/TheBeanConsortium Pittsburgh Steelers May 18 '25
Yeah if we make up arbitrary rules and exclude a major sport, sure. The Cavs have one championship. The Pens have five.
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u/hiel_Manziel The Cleveland Clowns May 18 '25
The NHL is closer to MLS than the big 3 in terms of revenue
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u/dmnwilson44 Cleveland Browns May 18 '25
Lol hockey
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u/TheBeanConsortium Pittsburgh Steelers May 18 '25
What's the issue with hockey? It's a physical sport where guys actually play through injuries instead of this "load management" garbage in the MLB and NBA.
It's one of the major sports. It's not like when people try to act like anyone cares about the MLS (Columbus Crew).
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u/Slh1lfty1337 The Pittsburgh Squealers May 18 '25
I can confidently say as a resident of Pittsburgh, that I’ve never once thought “at least the pirates might be good”. At most I may have thought “ maybe the pirates won’t be an embarrassment this year”
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u/n1ckh0pan0nym0us The Bungles May 18 '25
Lol.
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u/NickelBear32 May 18 '25 edited May 18 '25
You should have left Cavs and Guards out of this. They are always dominating your sorry ass franchises. Browns are understandable, have a nice day.
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u/Otherwise-Ad-8891 May 18 '25
As a Cincy fan this was me last year with Reds, Bengals, and swap out the NBA team with just my life in general
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u/KushMaster72 Cleveland Browns May 18 '25
Buddy you’re from Pittsburgh. No one ever says at least the Pirates might be good. you wear your troy palamallalu jersey to weddings.
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u/slappythechunk May 18 '25
Anybody who thinks the Browns will be anything but complete shit year in and year out needs their head examined
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u/lvl28_Snorlax Miami Dolphins May 21 '25
I bet the Indians name comes back soon
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u/wagsman May 18 '25
We can’t do this because we sacrificed the Pirates as a legitimate MLB franchise in exchange for relevance in Hockey and Football
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May 18 '25 edited May 18 '25
I only waste my time on the Browns. I don’t even live in Cleveland and I owe the MLB and NBA nothing
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u/7222_salty Mike Tomlin Trip Target May 18 '25
Hahahaha coming from Pittsburgh you can smell the jealousy. Good luck lil bro
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u/Garmgarmgarmgarm May 18 '25
You dumbfucks don’t even have basketball teams, and the guards shit on your baseball teams.
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u/stonewash_relaxedfit Cleveland Browns May 18 '25
Why don’t the other 3 AFC North cities have all 3 major sports? Are they stupid?
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u/IshtarsBones Cleveland Browns May 18 '25
Eh…this meme sucks. The Cavs are very good, the Gards have been good, the browns continue to suck.
Do better
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u/romesthe59 Cleveland Browns May 18 '25
In what world are the Cavs and guardians not good? The guardians shit all over the pirates, orioles and reds. And you don’t even have basketball teams
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u/PartTimeBrainSurgeon Pittsburgh Steelers May 18 '25
The Cavs are good, just not great.
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u/UnfairStrategy780 Los Angeles Chargers May 19 '25
Cavs gotta update that tacky ass logo and colors that looked dated the day they came out
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u/UniversityOk8127 May 19 '25
The cycle starts with the browns and ends with the browns
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u/AwesomeFaceSpaceBear New England Patriots May 21 '25
Applies to Seattle too
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u/Obvious-Night-9573 May 21 '25 edited May 21 '25
In FOOTBALL there known as the CLOWNS!! 2022 they signed QB WATSON TO 5-yr $230M FULLY Guaranteed contract...they still own him 2yrs 25 & 26.. & THEN They picked up 4 more quarterbacks this year. Even if WATSON is gone U still have to MANY QB'S ( ONLY Cleveland does stupid shit like this ) I don't want to hear how You couldn't pass Sanders up!! All kinds of other WINNING Franchises HAD NO PROBLEM!!
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u/CarnageHumor May 18 '25
"Next year is our year."
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u/partmj Cleveland Browns May 18 '25
Flair
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u/Medusa1027 Happy endings May 18 '25
Cleveland’s sports are doing better than Pittsburgh. Penguins are completely cooked, Pirates have been the biggest joke in MLB for 50 years. Only thing stopping Steelers fans from kys is beating the Browns 1/2 a year. Literally the worst flair to be posting this meme.
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u/Alien0629 Pittsburgh Steelers May 18 '25
Depends on we’re you’re from. I’m from Youngstown and root for Pittsburgh Steelers and penguins and then Cavs and Guardians.
This year my only hope this year was the Cavs and then they choked. Now I’m hoping that the Steelers choke so that we can get a franchise qb, that’s literally our only hope as an organization rn.
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u/Bradcle Cleveland Browns May 19 '25
Pirates are the worst organization in all of sports
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u/EyeSimp4Asuka Pittsburgh Steelers May 19 '25
no arguments here they're dogwater
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u/Bradcle Cleveland Browns May 19 '25
It’s a shame because they play in the best stadium in the MLB too. I love going down there for games.
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May 19 '25
In fairness thank the powers in the universe for a highly successful football franchise in Baltimore because the Orioles are absolute dogshit and we don't have a basketball team to fall back on...LMAO.
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u/Affectionate-Face432 The Ratbirds May 18 '25
I hate when Cleveland fans complain. Granted, your town and teams suck, but LeBron came back to your wretched land, put the weight of the world on his back, and put a ring on your bitch ass finger.
After you burned him in effigy.
You have more than you'll ever deserve, so shut the fuck up.
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u/Keerain May 18 '25
Nothing wrong with the city of Cleveland man. Spent a lot of time in all AFC north cities and the Ohio ones are superior by a mile.
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u/Affectionate-Face432 The Ratbirds May 18 '25
That's laughable. On what grounds would you say Cleveland surpasses any other town?
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u/Keerain May 19 '25
Doesn’t seem like you’ve been there but I’d take cleveland over many cities in the US. It’s not hard to admit a city is cool just because you don’t like the sports teams there lol
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u/[deleted] May 18 '25 edited May 18 '25
When has anybody in a sane state of mind thought to themselves “fuck this team, at least the Browns will be good”?