So our esteemed Sports Stadium Mod has come up with a thread asking what our favorite sports curses are. I obliged, but I don't really believe in sports curses. Why did I reply then? Well simply because I like to talk about them and see other what other people think about them. Just because I don't believe something like that, or give into the hype of it, doesn't mean I can't enjoy talking about it right?
Anyway, this is simple. When it comes to curses in sports, do you believe in them? Is/Was there some mystical forces keeping your team from succeeding? Or is all just crap and your teams just didn't/can't step it up?
For me, obviously, I don't really believe there to be any curses set upon teams in professional sports. During their runs of not being able to win a championship, they just couldn't step up to beat one team, get past a hump. Look at the Chicago White Sox. I don't want to go into the Cubs or Red Sox, I'll rant on a random tangent.
But White Sox, here was a team who was simply fantastic at the end of the 1910s. Even without Babe Ruth, who was traded to the Yankees for cash instead of to the White Sox for Shoeless Joe Jackson and cash, they could have been a powerhouse. But the 1919 Black Sox scandal happened, and those eight players were banished from baseball. What would happen after that? They sank into the shithole for years. They would then rise up to mediocrity, and lower back.
The 50s would hit and they gained some momentum, even making it to the World Series in 1959, only to lose against the Dodgers. But from 1950 until the mid '60s, they would finish behind the Yankees. After that until the early '80s, the team slipped back into mediocrity with rumors of the team moving, and just all around not so complete rosters. Then they started "Winning Ugly" with scrappy play, and finished the decade slipping back into the middle grounds.
They would be good in the early '90s, but couldn't get past the hump, in '93 they fell in the ALCS to eventual champions, the Toronto Blue Jays. In 1994, they would lead the Central Division until the Strike hit, and ended the season. Nothing more of note until 2000, when they dominated the Central again, but couldn't sustain that success in the playoffs. After three more years of mediocrity, the team brought in Ozzie Guillen in 2004, and they began to play his way. 2005 happened, and the rest is history.
The White Sox were a team that sucked after the Black Sox scandal, got stuck behind the Yankees during one of their dominant runs, and were just damn mediocre for a long time. But they were finally able to put it together, step it up, and win their title after 88 years. They did what they had to to finally win, by putting together one of the finest pitching staffs, some of the scrappiest of players, and a damn good outfield, and meshed it fantastically.
So, do you believe in sports curses? Or are they just cop outs for when your team can't step up?
Anyway, this is simple. When it comes to curses in sports, do you believe in them? Is/Was there some mystical forces keeping your team from succeeding? Or is all just crap and your teams just didn't/can't step it up?
For me, obviously, I don't really believe there to be any curses set upon teams in professional sports. During their runs of not being able to win a championship, they just couldn't step up to beat one team, get past a hump. Look at the Chicago White Sox. I don't want to go into the Cubs or Red Sox, I'll rant on a random tangent.
But White Sox, here was a team who was simply fantastic at the end of the 1910s. Even without Babe Ruth, who was traded to the Yankees for cash instead of to the White Sox for Shoeless Joe Jackson and cash, they could have been a powerhouse. But the 1919 Black Sox scandal happened, and those eight players were banished from baseball. What would happen after that? They sank into the shithole for years. They would then rise up to mediocrity, and lower back.
The 50s would hit and they gained some momentum, even making it to the World Series in 1959, only to lose against the Dodgers. But from 1950 until the mid '60s, they would finish behind the Yankees. After that until the early '80s, the team slipped back into mediocrity with rumors of the team moving, and just all around not so complete rosters. Then they started "Winning Ugly" with scrappy play, and finished the decade slipping back into the middle grounds.
They would be good in the early '90s, but couldn't get past the hump, in '93 they fell in the ALCS to eventual champions, the Toronto Blue Jays. In 1994, they would lead the Central Division until the Strike hit, and ended the season. Nothing more of note until 2000, when they dominated the Central again, but couldn't sustain that success in the playoffs. After three more years of mediocrity, the team brought in Ozzie Guillen in 2004, and they began to play his way. 2005 happened, and the rest is history.
The White Sox were a team that sucked after the Black Sox scandal, got stuck behind the Yankees during one of their dominant runs, and were just damn mediocre for a long time. But they were finally able to put it together, step it up, and win their title after 88 years. They did what they had to to finally win, by putting together one of the finest pitching staffs, some of the scrappiest of players, and a damn good outfield, and meshed it fantastically.
So, do you believe in sports curses? Or are they just cop outs for when your team can't step up?
