all-encompassingly

buck the curses (plural)

if you haven't picked a team to support in the MLB playoffs, may i suggest the chicago cubs and/or the boston red sox? boston last won a championship in 1918, and the cubs, 1908. each team has its supposed curse (a bambino and a billy goat, respectively), but each managed to win its division playoff series this week. if they meet in the world series, there is a 100% chance one "curse" will be broken. [WS history]

i learned my lesson about rooting against the perennial loser in 1994. stanley cup finals. rangers, canucks. i rooted against the rangers, and gleefully participated in the raucous chants of "nineteen-forty!" while my dad ignored me. we were in our living room, after all (1940 was the last year they won the cup).

but the rangers pulled it out, and their fans cleverly chanted the rebuttal: "nineteen-ninety-four!" you couldn't help but be happy for them. the next fall, they raised the championship banner to the rafters while beethoven's "ode to joy" blasted through the garden (i mean, who DOES that?). the win clearly meant a lot to that team, the city, and the fans.

there is something about a team winning a championship after years of futility....even opposing fans can appreciate it somehow .

the worst thing for major league baseball this year would be a yankees win.

ho-hum.

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Posted by travis at October 7, 2003 08:39 AM | TrackBack