September 06, 2004

A Royal Thrashing

Today I went to my first Twins home game of the year- and they lost, 12-3, to the Kansas City Royals behind stellar pitching from the unheralded Jimmy “Gobble” Gobble. The loss, of course, means that the AL Central-leading Twins will not win the World Series this year; the Twins were undefeated in games I attended in both 1987 and 1991, but have lost at least once in my presence every other year of my life.

Similarly, every time I have ever attended a campaign rally for a presidential candidate (Clinton in both ’92 and ’96) that candidate was subsequently elected president. I haven’t been to a rally for any candidate this year, although John Kerry was a featured speaker at that ’96 rally for Clinton in Boston.

Posted by Stephen Silver at September 6, 2004 03:16 AM
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Wasn't pretty was it? Had the misfortune to sit through that one too. Can we fly you back next week when W is in town? Sorry about your grandfather.

Posted by: paddy at September 7, 2004 02:52 AM
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