Went to the opening day ballgame today… on TV. The Giants won going away. Go Giants.
Yesterday, in the newspaper, a sports writer wondered about why the Giants have been winning the World Series only in even numbered years. “Is that part of the reason for the even-year phenomenon?,” she asked, “that the Giants hear it so often they start to believe it?” Here’s part of what I wrote to her.
“Actually, that is a big part… not just because the team hears it, but because the fans hear it and believe it. Do not discount the unseen energy around and within sports that avid fans provide that can affect the actual game. (It’s very easy to feel in raucous football stadiums).
“In 1984, living on the East Coast and an avid Met’s fan at the time, I remember watching the 6th game of the world series against the Red Sox, down three games to two, last of the ninth, down two runs, thinking “No…No… It can’t end this way” and feeling all the Mets fans saying the same thing… and that’s when the ball that should have ended the series. rolled under Bill Buckner’s glove. The rest is history. I’ve also seen it work in reverse, when fans give up and the energy is weak and the team loses.”
You know. We could do a project. Testing the thesis. How much energy can be generated if we all get into it? Don’t just want it to happen… believe it and see it happening. The Giants win the World Series. It’s 2016… an even year… and a done deal.
Go Giants!
peace…….ag