I never believed in the Curse of the Bambino, but I'm awfully close to a conversion. (returns to 24-hour drinking binge)
Let's all take a deep breath and repeat after me: There are no such things as curses. Games are won and lost by players making plays or not making plays and managers making smart or boneheaded decisions. But it is a great story for the media to play up.
well i think both are bs except i'm still pissed that boston lost. i'm confused about the cubs curse though. didn't that goat thing happen like 60 years ago but they haven't won for almost 100 years right? so what excuse do they use for the 40 or so years before the "goat curse".
I agree with Manny, the Cubs just blew balls, they were up 3-1 in the series i believe, and they blew it! The Yankees game imo Grady Little didnt take pedo out soon enough, i understand that pedro is there best pitcher but you could tell pedro was effected by something probably the crowd noise, dont think its fair to say he was tired because he did get up to 95 mph later in the game but the noise prob just screwed him up.
I love all the talk about the curses even if it is fake. I hate Chicago. Watching them joke was the greatest thing to watch. Up 3-1 in the series couldn't close it out Up 3-2 in the series, headed back to Chicago with 2 of the best pitchers in baseball period in Prior and Wood. They were only 5 outs away from winning game 6. Hilarious
The curse is actually that they won't make the series. After the played back 40-50 some years ago, they were cursed to never make it again. And for those that have no idea what the hell the curse is, it goes like this. A local tavern owner brought his goat to game 4 of the world series between Chicago and Detroit. He was denied entry and therefore he cursed the cubs to lose. They went on to lose the world series and have never been back since. This brings about the question, why are people walkin around with goats trying to go to baseball games? Where would your goat sit? And thus, the mystery (and curse) continues.....
thats what im sayin' yo. a ball game is no place to bring your date. when i take my goat out we go to a NICE restaurant w/ dim lights, romantic music, candles and waiters named pierre. im all like "this night is for you baby, order whatever you want". bling-bling yo!
The Astros' curse is the WORST. We will never win a series in the playoffs as long as McLane is the owner .
Yeah, he's only been owner during 4 of the franchise's 6 playoff births. Oh, I forgot, it was him who couldn't hit water from a boat in 97-99 and in 01.
. But see the difference here is that they're not cursed. They just royally suck and when they are good, they love to go on what i call "choking streaks" which lead to their downfall.
The Red Sox have FAR been more successful in the regular season (if the Yanks were not there, they would have won like 10 division chamonships). It was Drayton's fault. If he had kept the pitchers he let go from the previous year (97-Kile, 98-Johnson, 99-Hampton) then maybe the Astros would not have had so much pressure to hit, and also the same with this year. One more starter would have done it.
2 things: that's the whole point of a curse. whatever can go wrong goes wrong. a fan jumps up and takes a ball away, a SS just blows an easy grounder, your best pitcher starts to suck, your manager makes bad decisions, a ball goes b/t the first baseman's legs. whatever it takes. they were both 5 outs away and 3 runs up, that's about as applicable to a curse as your going to get. sure there may be no real curse, but the evidence is damn convincing. if a spaceship came and took a pop up away from the sox with 2 outs in the 9th, would that just be aliens making plays at the right time? you gotta believe. this year cemented it beautifully. and not to debate drayton's merits either way, but he's been the owner during our most successful run ever and we possibly had the best team in the league in 98 after getting randy. since no other owner for the stros has won anything, kinda hard to say we don't win all b/c of drayton.
Kile turned us down for basically the same price in Colorado. Johnson was never going to resign here. Drayton also brought us Johnson. Hampton gave us Dotel. The Astros' best run as a franchise as been since Drayton's been here.
