Kismet
By Karlsie
"I told him that a player on a streak has to respect the streak…If you believe you're playing well because you're getting laid, or because you're not getting laid, or because you wear women's underwear, then you ARE!" - Crash Davis in "Bull Durham"
I didn't eat Hood's Comeback Carmel ice cream yesterday. It was Rosh Hashanah and I took my family out apple picking so we could have fresh apples and honey for a sweet new year and by the time we got home from that and linking up with other family members, the game was over.
You see, since discovering this particular flavor of ice cream a month or so ago, I've noticed on the days I eat a bowl, the Sox win. When I don't, they lose.
Do I believe my eating or not eating ice cream has anything to do with the Sox winning or losing? Deep down I know it doesn't any more than Jimmy Buffett lifted the curse last year with his Fenway show or whether or not I watch the game. It had more to do with acquiring Roberts and Cabrera as well as Papi's bat and Schilling's determination to spur people on.
The real thing that matter is: do team members believe if they do something repetitious it makes a difference or not?
Like Crash Davis so beautifully put it, if you believe - then you are. And all us disciples of the Church of Baseball know that - which is why I ate my ice cream this morning for breakfast. After all, you never know and I'm not one to mess with such things.
