I don't get this at all.
Yes, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays are a crap franchise. No, St. Petersburg doesn't deserve to have Major League Baseball, based on their lack of support so far.
As the story says, Yeah, we know, they've only been around for five years. But they've packed a lifetime of disappointments and embarrassing moments into that time.
But to call them one of the 10 worst franchises? EVER?
Please.
There is no way that you can lump them in with teams like the Seahawks and the Brewers and the Orioles, for whom financial management borders on the fiscally criminal. Teams like the Denver Nuggets and the Arizona Cardinals have had decades to pull things together. The Devil Rays will only start getting national television broadcast revenue from Major League Baseball THIS YEAR, for crissakes.
Thank god for sports. Otherwise, we'd only have political pundits to criticize for half-witted, poorly reasoned opinions.