Paul Konerko, 1st baseman...perhaps discussing college football with a Detroit Tiger?We have a family secret...we are cursed. It seems as if the Chicago White Sox can not win a game if we are inside park boundaries. The curse has settled over us for about 5 years now.
Last night, we attended the Sox vs. Tigers game at the Cell. We had great seats. The weather was perfect. We knew going in to the game there were no playoff dreams. It didn't matter--it was a beautiful night for baseball.
In the 5th inning, the score was 5 to 0, Sox were up. Rob and I looked at each other and without exchanging ONE WORD we reminded each other that yes, this could be the night the curse finally ended. We knew that if we spoke the words out loud, we would jinx the lead.
Apparently, the curse doesn't care if we speak our thoughts or not. During the next 4 innings, the Sox managed to bungle their lead (that's an understatement) and eventually lost by an unbelievable 7 runs. (Final 12-5 Tigers)
It was embarassing. There were so many Detroit Tiger fans in the stands that it was hard to remember we were actually IN Chicago.
Sam cried as we left the Cell, realizing that in his 5 years, he's never actually seen the Sox win a game in the ball park.
In the car on the way home, we decided to take a break next year and stay away from the Sox park. However, both boys chuckled at the thought of attending a few Cubs games next year...will our curse follow us? ; )
3 comments:
Okay, that's it. Next year we are FOR SURE taking your boys to a Sox game ... WITHOUT you and Rob! Poor boys have never seen a win?!! That's a shame. There's no crying in baseball! (or at least there's not supposed to be!)
Not funny. Seriously.
Not funny. Seriously.
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