The Leicester City Equivelent

I know that most of my readers are probably not familiar with the English Premier League.  This is one of the top four soccer leagues in the world (along with Spain's La Liga, Germany's Bundesliga and Italy's Siere A), and the equivalent of the NFL here.  Something absolutely incredible has happened there.

In the European Leagues, they practice something known as promotion/relegation.  It would be similar to knocking the bottom-finishing MLB baseball teams to AAA at the end of the season, and giving the best AAA teams a shot at the majors in their place.  (Except the AAA teams would be independent and not farm clubs of the Major League Teams.)

In England, the Leicester City Football Club was promoted to the English Premier League for the 2014/15 season.  In their second season in the top tier league, they win it.  Absolutely incredible.  Here is what I think would be the American equivalent to what Leicester just did.

NFL

The Jacksonville Jaguars Win Super Bowl LI.

Closest actual experience...Super Bowl XXXVI, where Brady, as a rookie, lead the Patriots to their first championship.

NBA

The Utah Jazz win the 2017 NBA Title.

Closest actual experience...1977 Portland Trailblazers beat the Philadelphia 76ers to win the NBA Title.

Hockey

The Columbus Blue Jackets hoist Lord Stanley's Cup.

The closest actual experience...1974 Philadelphia Flyers over the Boston Bruins.  This was the first time a non-original six team won the cup.

Baseball

The Albuquerque Isotopes win the 2017 World Series.

The closest actual experience...1969 New York Mets winning the World Series over the Orioles.  Remember, the Mets replaced the Dodgers/Giants in 1962.

College Football

The Montana Grizzlies claim the FBS College Playoff Championship

The closest actual experience...Notre Dame in 1943.  All of the young men were drafted into the Army.  Anyone other than a service academy winning at this time was incredible.  (Army won most of their national titles during this era.)

College Basketball

UMKC Kangaroos claim NCAA Final Four Championship.  (There are probably 270 schools that fit this description.  The 'Roos were the first one I thought of.)

The closest actual experience...Texas Western (Now UTEP) in 1966.  The only time between 1964 and 1973 that someone other than UCLA won.  Don Haskins broke the color barrier in College Basketball in a big way.

MLS Soccer

Sacramento Republic claim MLS Cup.

The closest actual experience...Real Salt Lake in 2009.  RSL started in 2005 and the LA Galaxy had some of the best players in the world.

Golf

Ben Hunt (That's me...Sorry no photo) wins the Masters.  (I wear a 40 short)

The closest actual experience...2013 Adam Scott