I Am The Phillies’ Black Cat
Even though I saw them play 8 times in spring training and 16 times during the regular season with no disastrous results (the team’s winning percentage was close to .700 for the games I attended), after going to the Phils-Rocks games yesterday and today at the CBP in Philly, I have come to realization that I am apparently unlucky and/or toxic to the Phillies’ postseason.
Either that, or the Phillies pitching sucks. One of the two.
On the plus side, I do have two Phightin Phils rally towels, a sunburn from the ungodly hot sun beating down for two days straight, my scorecard from today’s game (where I made increasingly angry side notations in the margins as the game wore on) and a 3/4 empty bottle of Jameson. And a Yankees loss. A Yankees loss always makes things better.
Maybe just maybe you shouldn’t go to Fenway tomorrow night.
My alternate jinx theory is that I was wearing my lucky Sox necklace (the one with the pendant made from a tiny piece of an old Fenway wooden seat) at both games– and I have also worn that necklace to Cubs and White Sox games before. Every time I’ve worn it, the home team at the game I was at lost… but the Sox always won.
So maybe it’s when I wear my Sox necklace to non-Sox games?
Nah- it’s the shitty Philly bullpen.
My alternate jinx theory is that I was wearing my lucky Sox necklace [snip] and I have also worn that necklace to Cubs and White Sox games before. Every time I’ve worn it, the home team at the game I was at lost… but the Sox always won.
If that is the case then I AM GOING TO BURN THAT GODDAMN THING IN AN OIL DERRICK FIRE, MELISSA!
I attended 14 Phillies games this season. They won all of the last 5 games I went to (including the one this past Sunday). Maybe I should have gone to the games on Tuesday and Wednesday!!