Posted on 09/21/2008 9:03:10 AM PDT by doug from upland
It is almost playoff and World Series time again in Major League Baseball.
Here are the CURRENT STANDINGS and how things are shaping up for the playoffs.
It is not a happy time for the New York Yankees, whose chance of even making the playoffs this year is very, very slim. There is a reason the Yankees have not won the World Series since 2000. It is called THE HILLARY CURSE.
A few years ago, the Boston Red Sox finally broke the CURSE OF THE BAMBINO. The Chicago Cubs are still burdened by the CURSE OF THE BILLY GOAT. We will see how long THE HILLARY CURSE lasts.
THE HILLARY CURSE SING-ALONG ON YOUTUBE
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More like the “A-Fraud” curse.
A-rod has only been there since 2004. No, Hillary is the cause of the demise.
My Tigers started with an 11 game losing streak and now it looks like they’re trying to end the season the same way.
Will this be the year of the Cook County World Series?
We’ll find out as the season winds down and see if the White Sox make the playoffs.
There could be an all-Chicago World Series, and there could also be a Southern California Freeway Series, if the Dodgers and the Angels got to the Series.
Maybe this is the Cubs year, since it’s now been 100 years since they won a World Series. The Red Sox broke their long World Series dry spell in ‘04, and the White Sox broke theirs in ‘05. Stay tuned.
A very interesting thought. Imagine the fun watching the cheating and dirty dealing.
911 is also part of the Hillary curse
The Yanks are just not playing up to the level required to be a WS participant and winner. They dominated baseball from 1996-2000. Making the playoffs every year from 1993-2007.
I remember living through the darkest times for the Yanks, 1965-1975. Also, 1982-1995 wasn't good for the Yankees faithful either. But they came back and they will again.
Ohh.. come on Doug..it’s not all Hillary’s fault.
The yankees have stopped producing minor league pitching and hitting, they have slid back to signing over priced and underperforming Veterans same as always.
Well...Hillary was an overpriced and underperforming Veteran in a political sense, maybe she could pardon the Yankees and they could start winning again..
My guess is 1 Ocober. Latest.
Okay. It is a total coincidence that the Evil Presence invaded New York and the Yanks haven’t won a WS since.
The Yanks weren’t that far off this year and a strong case can be made for a different season altogether.
If Chien-Ming Wang hadn’t gotten injured, the Yanks record would easily have been +10 in the win column. That means a two game lead over Tampa Bay. And if the experiment with Joba Chamberlain had gone according to plan, who knows how far ahead the Yanks would be today.
So, a trip to the playoffs was not out of the question with Wang healthy.
That’s what you get for signing that stiff at first base!!
Yes, they could have done very well. But they didn’t. THE HILLARY CURSE.
Any bets on how long it takes the Steinbrenners to give Joe Girardi his pink slip?
My guess is 1 Ocober. Latest.
Hank Steinbrenner has stated Joe is safe AND the checkbook is open for next season, CC being priority #1..
So how would the Chicago Cubs breaking their curse impact BO?
I hope this is a good year to be a Cubs fan.
Sixty three years since our last World Series appearance and one hundred years since our last World Series title. It can't keep going...........can it?
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