Anyone remember DieGnatsDie (aka dgd) on the ESPN board? This was totally his M.O., yet he never talked about it so everyone just thought he was just the most pessimistic fan in the world.
His shtick got old after a while. Pretty sure Codge met him for a game and said his real persona was the opposite of the one he displayed on the board.
It got old quickly for me, but once I figured out it was just his superstition, it stopped bothering me and it simply was what it was. But every newbie after that had to always try to reason with him, always to no avail.
Best thing I ever did was leave superstition out of my life. I used to yell at the cat for walking in the room when watching Broxton about to blow a game. God forbid one of the kids asked me a dumb arse question when Brandon League walked his third man in a row. I'm actually a real calm motherfucker watching games without believing that I can somehow jinx or affect the result here 2000 miles away. Also channelling the rage from losing into gym production. As also the follower of two other teams that like to fucking blow important games, life is much better.
"We have met the enemy, and it is us" ---------------------Pogo ( with a shout out to huh?) Of course you have. But I felt no need to defend myself...to each his own.
Utley leading off. For fucks sake Dave. Hasn't played in three months, is old as fuck, and Taylor has been excellent at the job. Hey, let's give him he most at bats. Roberts is still a fucking idiot. Sorry.
Yelling at the cat is hilarious, man...I used to change from the couch to the love seat, and back again, depending on the situation...sometimes it "worked", sometimes it didn't, based on some evil outside influence, i.e. phone rings, starts raining, motorcycle passes, kettle whistles, etc. Real psycho shit. The most mysterious thing was that the next morning , my wife would know whether they won or lost, based on the previous night's passion...could never figure it out. When I asked her straight out how she knew, she didn't say a word and just smiled.
