Superstition

I don’t believe in the post as jinx theory. Or any other superstitions.

I do, however, sometimes wonder if the game would have gone different if I was or was not watching…

Maybe that is just me with my incredibly over-inflated sense of self-importance?

My three superstitions (in order of effectiveness):

1. Whenever Grant so much as makes anyone think of the term “optimism” with regard to the Giants, they will be terrible for at least a week.

2. The no-hitter thing.

3. If a game starts on Comcast Plus because the A’s are playing, and the Giants are doing well when I watch the plus channel, I won’t switch to the normal channel even if the A’s finish playing.

I don’t believe in my superstitions, but I am also inexplicably compelled to participate in them.

Aside from the usual stuff (don’t mention a no-hitter / Cain sucks / rally cap), when I was in school still, it was almost all wardrobe stuff. If they won when I was wearing my ST cap, I kept wearing it. T-shirt/shorts combo? Better hope I don’t run out of shorts. Did the 49er gear have the mojo because they won when I was wearing it? I wasn’t going to risk NOT finding out.

I also have some other stuff. I’m fairly adamant about my rally cap procedure. I never go to the rally cap before the 6th inning (as rally magic is only good for 3 innings, and I need to know my juice is still flowing in the ninth). I also never put on the rally cap when the team is winning. The rally cap also must ONLY be worn with the bill pointing behind me and the cap inside-IN (none of this inside out B.S.!). I do not, under any circumstances, wear my rally cap in opposition to these stipulations.

When it comes to crossing my fingers, crossing your index and middle on one hand is good luck. Crossing them on BOTH hands is too needy and the baseball Gods will slap you down. This is actually my rule for crossing my fingers for ANYTHING. One hand = good luck. Two hands = bad luck.

That’s all for now.

My dirty socks have everything to do with the teams success.

It wasn’t just Dusty’s dumbass giving the game ball to Ortiz that fucked it up. My mom said, “Congratulations honey, looks like the Giants are going to win,” as he was walking off the field. I knew it was over then.

When I was playing, I had to eat a Pepperoni Lover’s the night before a start, two PBJ’s with potato bread an hour before the game and a new piece of gum before taking the mound each inning.

I’m normal.

If I’m at the game and we win, I will wear the same clothes to the next game I attend (allowing for changing, uh, “foundational” garments). If we lose when I attend, I won’t wear those clothes again until they’re washed.

Also not mentioning the ‘no hitter’ directly, but will point out that the second column of figures at the right end of the inning-by-inning score still seems to be a zero. I don’t think pointing at a specific spot on the scoreboard constitutes talking about a no hitter.

I’ve never bought into the rally cap, I must say. Of course, it’s entirely possible that it isn’t my particular cap that does anything, but rather HowTheyScored’s, so he should keep doing it.

but I do belive in talking around “no-hitter.” I’ll make comments about how the other team does not have a hit, or for a perfect game point out that no one has reached base yet, but I won’t say the actual term.

Do believe in wearing the same shirt to the ballpark if the Giants’ win (though I do wash it these days…in my younger days it would not have been).

When I was playing, it was never step on a chalk line, never shave on game day, and always erase the catcher’s box before the first pitch.

The Rally Cap and pointing out a No Hitter are they only two I buy into. Even sitting at home, if I happened to be wearing my Giants hat during the game and we need a rally, I’d wear it.

A teammate of mine in college, and roommate on road trips, used to listen to a Jennifer Love Hewitt song over and over again the night before games. Luckily for me he had a discman so I wasn’t subjected to it.

I always wear my Lincecum shirt on the days he pitches, even if it’s dirty. But then I thought he was pitching yesterday and I wore it and they lost.

after the 4th inning and i told him to turn on the game to watch cain, cus he was doing “something special” and then…....

It’s not OK to shave during a win streak.