OT: The Curse is Broken (Was Red and Red again)

[Paul Stenquist]

In truth, the Bosox have already broke the curse of the Bambino, 
because it's been superseded by a far more powerful curse -- a curse 
that was explained in a recent NY Times article. This much more deadly 
jinx is called the "X Factor." What it amounts to is this: The team 
that has more ex Cubs on their roster will lose. The Yankees had five, 
the Red Sox only two. Thus the Red Sox win. I'm not sure what the "X 
Factor" count is for the series, but you can be certain that the team 
with fewer ex cubbies will prevail. By the way, the guys from Boston 
are the Red Sox where I come from. The Sox are white <g>. Darn 
easterners are always confusing me with their sox this and sox that. 
Those ain't no sox :-).
On Oct 23, 2004, at 10:18 AM, frank theriault wrote:

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 09:38:01 -0400, Steve Desjardins 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Didn't know you were one of the faithful, Ann. Don't you live in NY?
The WS oughta be fun. . .

Annsan the Bosox fan is living dangerously these days.  Interesting
that she didn't "come out of the closet" until the ALCS was over, eh?
<g>
I was kind of cheering for the Bronx Bombers, as it's kind of a family
thing going back to the days of Murderers Row (my grandfather, who
hardly spoke English, loved baseball...).  But, now that the Bosox are
in it, I've got to be happy.  Maybe they can finally break the jinx.
I'm glad that St. Louis got in, too.  Larry Walker, good Canadian Boy
and all.  It'd be nice to see him win.
I don't know who to cheer for, so I'll just cheer for good baseball,
like we saw in the Championship Series - that's some of the best
baseball I've seen in years - or at least the most exciting.
cheers,
frank
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