This upcoming baseball season is one fans haven’t seen in over 90 years. The Boston Red Sox are the defending champions, having won two of the last four World Series. Yikes.
Baseball is a game that is rich in history. And unlike any other major sport, its history and records are revered with so much respect it took 31 years for Roger Maris to be declared the single season home-run king.
Having said all that, this might be the season that actually brings doomsday to our universe. The Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox, three teams whose respective histories are primarily based on disappointment, curses and droughts are all in the top five of sports gambling websites in their odds on winning the World Series. In addition, if gambling were legal, or if you’re headed to Vegas, I would advise people to definitely take a flier on one of those teams and make a substantial bet.
I know I don’t have to tell many of you, but Red Sox fans are scattered throughout this campus, as are Yankees fans. But what about those lonely Cubs and Indians fans who are now left standing at the altar of despair without their third musketeer, stooge, amigo or any other famous threesome that doesn’t include Paris Hilton?
For the amount of students UT has that walk around flashing their Papelbon-58 t-shirts and go nuts when they see The Captain, Derek Jeter, running around the track, UT has about the exact opposite of excitement with regard to the Cubs and Indians. Not to say that you’re not out there it’s just