Oct 31 2008
Halloween Edition
With Halloween here today, it got me thinking of what would scare the daylight out of every sports fan. There is easily the thought of your top player on your favorite team going down with a season ending injury, but let’s try and steer clear of that subject.
Easily, one of the scariest things to happen for MLB is a rematch of this seasons World Series between the Phillies and Rays. Ratings are, and have been, a big problem for MLB with the World Series in the past years and this year did not help ease that pain.
Things could be worse, the MLB has its own ghosts that haunt certain franchises. The Boston Red Sox were amongst the most haunted teams with their curse of Babe Ruth who haunted the team until they won the World Series in 2004 and broke the curse forever.
Another team that has been haunted for 100 years, that is right 100 years, is the Chicago Cubs who are haunted by everything from billie-goats to bartmans. Their curse is still running strong after being the best team in th NL this year only to be swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Los Angeles has its own ghosts as well; Los Angeles is haunted by the Rams and the Raiders and the void left by not having an NFL franchise. It seems that every few years, the rumors grow strong of the potential teams for this market, then it comes crashing down faster than it started.
Of the NFL teams with curses, besides the teams that curse themselves, the Cleveland Browns are easily the winner of being that team in the NFL. The Browns have been involved in ”The Drive”, ”The Fumble”, and then simply “The Move” that took the franchise out of the NFL and changed the team to the Baltimore Ravens who then won a Championship.
Closing out our haunt is the NBA, who has just one haunted or haunting franchise in the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers are simply lost in the NBA world. You can make all the excuses you want but that team is cursed with being terrible.
With that being said, I wish everyone a happy and safe Halloween.
J.M.Saucedo
