Time to be a baseball fan

It’s that time of year again. The Red Sox are once again in the American League playoffs, and as a loyal New Englander, it’s once again time for me to start paying attention to baseball.

Tonight I’ll be watching Game 1 of the ALCS, and hoping that the Sox don’t win. Why? Well, as my dad says, “We want the Sox to lose tonight because every time the Yankees lose
their first game, they win the series.” However, he continues, “But then again the Sox need to start winning from the get go.”

What other sort of voodoo can we perform in order to reverse the curse? Well, legend tells that if my dad can remember to wear his Red Sox baseball cap throughout each game in the ALCS, the Sox could actually make it to the series.

Other folks think that by destroying Babe Ruth artifacts, the curse could be broken – earlier today, the owner of Babe Ruth’s former home in Watertown, Mass had the property buldozed – not just knocked over, but completely pulverized into the ground. Sorry, I can’t find a link to the story on that, so you’ll have to take my word on it.

Also, various restaurants around the Boston area have been selling food items dedicated to reversing the curse – Burrito Max, for example, was selling a Reverse the Curse Burrito. Brigham’s Ice Cream (who is known for their “Big Dig” ice cream flavor) has introduced a special limited time flavor, “Reverse the Curse”. There are other food-based stunts listed in this Herald article.

I’ll be doing my part, such as it is, by permanently setting our website’s banner to show the “Reverse the Curse” sign, until the Sox either win the series or get knocked out.

And by watching the game tonight.

Go Sox!

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