Joey O'ConnorThe Jinx
October 11th 2008 15:27
Does anybody else ever go through a period when whichever team you root for in a sport refuses to win? ‘Cuz it’s happening to me right now.
I’m a huge Met fan. They had such a good team this year and only the worst bullpen to come around in my lifetime could have prevented them from making the playoffs. So, without my team in, my prediction for the World Series was the Cubs and Angels. I really thought that they were the two best teams in the MLB this season; and not just because they had the best records either.
I don’t follow the AL as closely as the NL, but I thought the Angels looked good this year. I know they played in a weak division but they seemed built to win in the playoffs. They had a pretty good lineup, but relied mostly on their pitching to win. Plus, the rest of the AL did not look too strong. The Sox are banged up, the Rays are inexperienced, and the White Sox just don’t belong in the playoffs. But, again, the team I expected to win got upset in the first round.
My other World Series pick, the Cubs, were destined for a similar fate. I really believed that the Cubs would win it all this season, breaking their century-long drought. They had the most balanced lineup in the majors and great pitching. But, for a third time, the team I was cheering for was doomed to defeat.
So in the Championship Series’ I had to pick two new teams to win. On principle, I can not cheer for the Phillies so I had to go for the Dodgers (who are down 2-0). In the AL, I really like the Rays over the Red Sox for no other reason than I just enjoy watching the team play. But they, too, lost the first game of that series.
I have decided to put this jinx to the test. I am going to cheer for the Phillies and Red Sox and see if they start losing. I don’t really expect it to work, though, because the only reason I’m rooting for those teams is so that they will lose (if that makes any sense). I think for the jinx to work, you have to legitimately be cheering for a team. The thing I really have to be worried about is if this jinx will cross sports lines; I can’t have my Giants losing to the Browns on Monday Night.
I’m a huge Met fan. They had such a good team this year and only the worst bullpen to come around in my lifetime could have prevented them from making the playoffs. So, without my team in, my prediction for the World Series was the Cubs and Angels. I really thought that they were the two best teams in the MLB this season; and not just because they had the best records either.
I don’t follow the AL as closely as the NL, but I thought the Angels looked good this year. I know they played in a weak division but they seemed built to win in the playoffs. They had a pretty good lineup, but relied mostly on their pitching to win. Plus, the rest of the AL did not look too strong. The Sox are banged up, the Rays are inexperienced, and the White Sox just don’t belong in the playoffs. But, again, the team I expected to win got upset in the first round.
My other World Series pick, the Cubs, were destined for a similar fate. I really believed that the Cubs would win it all this season, breaking their century-long drought. They had the most balanced lineup in the majors and great pitching. But, for a third time, the team I was cheering for was doomed to defeat.
So in the Championship Series’ I had to pick two new teams to win. On principle, I can not cheer for the Phillies so I had to go for the Dodgers (who are down 2-0). In the AL, I really like the Rays over the Red Sox for no other reason than I just enjoy watching the team play. But they, too, lost the first game of that series.
I have decided to put this jinx to the test. I am going to cheer for the Phillies and Red Sox and see if they start losing. I don’t really expect it to work, though, because the only reason I’m rooting for those teams is so that they will lose (if that makes any sense). I think for the jinx to work, you have to legitimately be cheering for a team. The thing I really have to be worried about is if this jinx will cross sports lines; I can’t have my Giants losing to the Browns on Monday Night.
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