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Originally Posted by Bottom Of The Sixth
Ouch! What a way to go, again, for Embro. 
Sounds like they are badly in need of hiring a medicine man or a witch doctor. 
They may also want to consider allowing a goat to enter the ballpark! 
As a last resort, I would suggest that they change their unlucky uniforms to help break The Curse!  |
Yeah, Embro's offense just disappears come playoff time. Jim Friend batted just .133, Gary Watkinson .133, Kian Meadmore .073 and a host of others that just couldn't get it going against Brunswick's pitchers. Big slugger Terence Durney was injured as well and they really missed him.
But Embro is also starting to get old - I noticed that multiple all-star Paul Hooks is now reduced to the bench and pitch hitting duties and former pitching ace Colm Soper didn't even get into any of the games, so I think Embro may have peaked, which is a shame.
It also made me think of how the wild card can change the entire complexion of a team and their post-season success. If there was no wild card in the ULB, Embro would have reached the United Cup finals three times, beating out Brunswick each time, since Brunswick has reached the United Cup every time as the wild card team.
So we would probably be lamenting Brunswick's 'bad luck', as they would have kept coming up short - espeically this season when they won 103 games, and still finished as runners-up.
Love the emoticons, by the way!
