Yankees or Boston
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wow!! unbelivable comeback by the red sox, i got home from work late yesterday and i was eating a sub when i decided to watch the game, i almost choked to death when i say the score in the 4th inning, couldnt believe it. the sox still wont win the world series though. just thought i let all you red sox fans know that
Curse of the Cubs?!
I thought this excerpt from an article in today's NY Times was kinda fun.
jwm
A Wise Decision Brings Boston Home
By MURRAY CHASS
......A Cornell professor named Ronald Seeber raised the ex-Cubs factor in an e-mail message to friends yesterday, and one of them forwarded it here.
The ex-Cubs factor was brought to light years ago to explain why some teams won and some lost in the World Series. If a team had at least five players who had previously played for the Cubs and had more former Cubs than its opponent, that team would lose the World Series.
The barometer has since been expanded to other postseason series. Applying the factor to this series, the Yankees were in trouble. They had five ex-Cubs, the Red Sox only two.
On the Yankees' roster were the ex-Cubs Tom Gordon, Jon Lieber, Miguel Cairo, Kenny Lofton and Felix Heredia. On the Red Sox' roster were Bill Mueller and Mark Bellhorn, whose three-run homer was the decisive blow in Boston's 4-2 victory that tied the series.
" At a critical moment last night," predicted Seeber, a professor at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, "look for Cairo or Lofton to do something so ridiculously stupid that baseball fans will talk about it for decades. You will know why it happened."
He was wrong on that prediction, but there was an ex-Cubs moment in the eighth inning. Bellhorn hit a home run against Gordon, making the score 9-3. In the end, it was 10-3, and Francona, who once played for the Cubs, too, had shed his journeyman status for good.
I thought this excerpt from an article in today's NY Times was kinda fun.
jwm
A Wise Decision Brings Boston Home
By MURRAY CHASS
......A Cornell professor named Ronald Seeber raised the ex-Cubs factor in an e-mail message to friends yesterday, and one of them forwarded it here.
The ex-Cubs factor was brought to light years ago to explain why some teams won and some lost in the World Series. If a team had at least five players who had previously played for the Cubs and had more former Cubs than its opponent, that team would lose the World Series.
The barometer has since been expanded to other postseason series. Applying the factor to this series, the Yankees were in trouble. They had five ex-Cubs, the Red Sox only two.
On the Yankees' roster were the ex-Cubs Tom Gordon, Jon Lieber, Miguel Cairo, Kenny Lofton and Felix Heredia. On the Red Sox' roster were Bill Mueller and Mark Bellhorn, whose three-run homer was the decisive blow in Boston's 4-2 victory that tied the series.
" At a critical moment last night," predicted Seeber, a professor at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, "look for Cairo or Lofton to do something so ridiculously stupid that baseball fans will talk about it for decades. You will know why it happened."
He was wrong on that prediction, but there was an ex-Cubs moment in the eighth inning. Bellhorn hit a home run against Gordon, making the score 9-3. In the end, it was 10-3, and Francona, who once played for the Cubs, too, had shed his journeyman status for good.
Well, it looks like it'll be a Boston vs Cardinals series.
Boston has a good pitching staff, home field advantage and some momentum from coming back from a 0-3 deficit.
However, I still think the Cards will win the world series... in 6 games. After all, this is Boston we're talking about. They're cursed !
Boston has a good pitching staff, home field advantage and some momentum from coming back from a 0-3 deficit.
However, I still think the Cards will win the world series... in 6 games. After all, this is Boston we're talking about. They're cursed !
