They say that one of the beauties of baseball is that if you watch long enough, you’ll always see something you’ve never seen before. I’ve seen three grand slams in one game. I once saw Bruce Ruffin throw a pitch that hit fifteen feet up on the backstop at Candlestick. I’ve never, EVER seen anything like that. Three broken-bat bloopers in a row into no-man’s land. Three broken-bat bloopers in a row into no-man’s land. A broken-bat infield hit. A walk, a wild pitch, and a walk-off, two-out, bases-clearing fly ball off Roberson’s glove in right field to complete a seven-run comeback in the eighth and ninth innings on a day when the Mets had already lost.
The curse lives.
Really? Have you seen a man eat his own head? No? So then, you haven’t seen everything.
I’m familiar with the (former) “Curse of the Bambino” (Red Sox) and the “Goat” (Cubs)…what is the Phillies curse?
termites.
Oh my. Do us a favor and keep that same bullpen for when the Rox come calling.
I turned it off at 8 to 2.
P.S. Can we move this post over to the Pub? I mean, this ain’t a Phillies blog. And I don’t want that curse rubbing off on me.
CraigC,
You must not be a Rox fan. This July, after sweeping the Yankees, the Rox went on a 10 game road trip and went 1-9. Four of the nine losses were the other team’s final at bats. They led or retook the lead in the 9th in a couple of those games. It was the damdest thing.
Go ahead and move it if you want. And it wasn’t really the bullpen’s fault this time. I didn’t even mention the grounder in the hole that Rollins couldn’t do anything with, or the one pounded off the plate that Myers had to wait til it came down and by then the guy was at first.
I don’t have your login info, Craig. Just go ahead and move it over there.
Thanks.
spottswoode-
Really? Have you seen a man eat his own head? No?
I have now…
*(Link is Definitely NSFW!!)*
(I also wasn’t expecting such a “graphic” display at Wiki- but I am way too lazy to look for another link!)
You can develop stretch marks it says.
What is that, freakin Wikipornia?
what is the Phillies curse?
“The greatest collapses in sports history By Jeff Merron:
Many fans call it the Great Phillie Foldo
BTW: The Tribe scalped the Twins this afternoon. Three weeks ago, they were tied with the Tigers. since then they went 16-4 and have a 7 1/2 game lead.
That … Ball … is … InandOuttatheGloveof Roberson … Two Runs Score …
Time to sacrifice Phils broadcaster Chris Wheeler.
It may not help the Phils get to the playoffs, but it’ll make the fans
happy.
The Phillies curse is that they are from Philadelphia. Q.E.D.
This one’s my fault. I wrote yesterday that if Burrell got hot, they’d score 7-8 runs/game. Burrell homers, they score 8, and the Baseball Gods decide to teach a lesson on hubris. Charlie Manuel should come to my house and boo while I mow the lawn.
Remember: It could be worse.
We could be Cubs fans.
BTW: The Phillies curse is all powerfull and all encompassing. Moving this post to the pub will not help alleviate the potential damage done to the Rox by association.
Blame CraigC if the Rox go into a tailspin … or that overworked bullpen.
BJ beat me to it. The Phillies have nothing on the Cubs. When they shit all over themselves this year, it will be all the more painful.
JD: Let me be clear. I know that your love of the Cardinals requires you to cackle with glee whenever the Cubs soil themselves. Cubs fans are amongst the best in the world and, until recently, the very best at suffering with good grace. (BTW: I think Cardinals fans are excellent.)
Having grown up in New England and experienced the transcendant horror that was game six of the 1986 World series I feel nothing but complete sympathy for those fans. They deserve better even if their team doesn’t.
My real feeling about baseball curses echoes Jim Rome’s. “Curses are for suckers.”
BJ – It is amongst the very many bad qualities of mine. Yet I revel in it.
I lived through Don Dickinger and the worst call in baseball history, so I am no stranger to the heartbreak of baseball.
I would feel worse for the Cubs fans, but they have accepted their lot in life. They make money when they suck, which is normal, so I have never understood why they even bother trying, as it always ends in a soul crushing collapse.
JD:
So true and I would be the world’s biggest hypocrite if I didn’t mention my complete unchristian attitude with regards to any troubles experienced by the New York Yankees. 2004 was as close to earthly bliss as I could possibly imagine not just for the win itself but for the humiliating manner of it.
The Dickinger (heh) thing is different because the Cards got completely screwed on that play. 1986 and the Cubbie’s troubles relate toscrewing themselves. No one should ever have to live through at situation where your team is one strike away on three different hitters to end 80+ years heartache and have it all erode away right before your eyes in an orgy of self mutilation. Not should anyone have to live through the “hapless longtime fan reaches for foul ball” thing. In some ways that one was worse because it was a Cubs fan who was the catalyst for the collapse. On such angst are Shakespearean tragedies built.
There’s an enormous level of cynicism that carries forward as a result of these self inflicted wounds.
I think you meant “when the Mets had already been shut out by the stinky Cincinnati Reds with a lousy pitcher on the mound.”
Mwahahahaha!!
Nice to see the Mets come back after that “shock and awe” four game sweep the Phils dumped on their asses.
Seems so long ago…
BJ – I envision baseball season for a Cubs fan similar to the Shogn tradition of impaling oneself on their own katana, but without the honor.