# S4 E20 - Tortured Fan Nation: Rating Every Suffering Fanbase From the Jets to the Rockies over the Generations Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/generations-talking-bout-my-sports-6576448/s4-e20-tortured-fan-nation-rating-every-suffering-fanbase-from-the-jets-to-the-rockies-over-the-generations Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/generations-talking-bout-my-sports-6576448/s4-e20-tortured-fan-nation-rating-every-suffering-fanbase-from-the-jets-to-the-rockies-over-the-generations.md Podcast: [Generations (Talking 'bout My Sports...)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/generations-talking-bout-my-sports-6576448) Published: 2026-05-30T19:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mysportsgeneration/episodes/S4-E20---Tortured-Fan-Nation-Rating-Every-Suffering-Fanbase-From-the-Jets-to-the-Rockies-over-the-Generations-e3k3s5m Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/e57de50c/podcast/play/120761974/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-30%2F425186819-44100-2-0978a8f469e3e.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/generations-talking-bout-my-sports-6576448/episodes/s4-e20-tortured-fan-nation-rating-every-suffering-fanbase-from-the-jets-to-the-rockies-over-the-generations Duration seconds: 3598 ## Resource Generations Talkin' My Sports | S4 E20 | "Tortured Fan Nation: Rating Every Suffering Fanbase From the Jets to the Rockies" Premiering on Spotify TODAY | Full Video on YouTube Next Saturday The Knicks are in the NBA Finals for the first time in 26 years — and Mark the Millennial is barely holding it together. In Season 4, Episode 20 of Generations Talkin' My Sports, the guys celebrate the Knicks' dominant playoff run, debate rest vs. rust heading into the Finals, then spiral into one of their best debates yet: which fanbases are the most tortured in all of sports — and does making it to the championship but losing actually hurt MORE than being terrible? 🏀 Knicks NBA Finals Watch Mark breaks down the Knicks' historic run — 26 fast break points in one half, Brunson not even needing the fourth quarter in closeout games, and the entire roster contributing. The question now: OKC or San Antonio? Rest vs. rust? And can Mark actually watch the games with other people, or does he need total silence and no eye contact? 😤 Rest vs. Rust — The Real Finals Debate While the Knicks sit in ice baths, the Thunder and Spurs are beating each other senseless in a brutally physical Game 7 series. Steve argues the pounding has to take a toll. Mark says he'll take nine days of rest any day. Jonathan just wants to get to the point. 💔 Tortured Fanbase Power Rankings — Every Team Rated 1-10 The guys go rapid-fire through the most suffering fanbases in sports. Here's the scorecard: New York Mets — One of the highest payrolls in baseball, one of the worst-run franchises. Torture rating: 9+ New York Jets — Beyond tortured. At this point it's sadomasochistic. "The effing Jets" — every year, same result Seattle Mariners — Never made a World Series. Ever. Ken Griffey Jr., Ichiro, R… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/generations-talking-bout-my-sports-6576448/episodes/s4-e20-tortured-fan-nation-rating-every-suffering-fanbase-from-the-jets-to-the-rockies-over-the-generations/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/generations-talking-bout-my-sports-6576448/s4-e20-tortured-fan-nation-rating-every-suffering-fanbase-from-the-jets-to-the-rockies-over-the-generations.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.