Time for superstitious nonsense yet?

by jhj on Jun 2, 2008 1:34 PM CDT Comment 34 comments

I have to admit that I've turned into a rather superstitious person lately and I'm wondering if the BCB nation has started or continued ridiculous (but effective, goddang it!) superstitious behavior.

Mine: I get a new fitted Cubs cap every other year and alternate between home and away styles. As a rule, I buy the cap at either Wrigley during the season or at Hohokam during Spring Training. I'm due this year for a new road cap ... but Hohokam was out of 7 3/4" fitted road caps so I side-stepped the rules and ordered it from cubs.com.

Now ... I've only had the wool caps and the new poly-whatever hi-tech cap in size 7 3/4" is a bit big and won't shrink-to-fit like the wool. So I sent it back. And nothing bad has happened to the Cubs.

So ... I'm still wearing my grubby wool home cap and am resisting screwing things up for you, me, us AND the Cubs by ordering a 7 5/8" road fitted cap from cubs.com.

Don't thank me ... yet.

Go Cubs. I love you all.

-jhj

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My hair

Cubs are 15-0 win i wear a Fauxhawk.

Sure they have won when I Havent had it, but when we are in one of those BIG 2 GAME SLUMPS!! I break out the Fauxhawk.

Cubs also seem to score double digits if i bust out the FauxHawk and attend the game.

Like he said above, you can thank me later for changing the fate of a baseball team with my hair :p

My 08 Cubs record 4-0
My 08 W.Sox record 0-2 (I havent seen a sox win in 3 years)
Updated April 26th

by Rudey on Jun 2, 2008 1:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

See my Cap Standings for more information on one of mine.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Jun 2, 2008 1:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

heres my new one

My dog named Wrigley has this Cubs bandana that he always wears. i took it off last sunday night to clean it. i have yet to put it back on him and since then the Cubs are 7-0, so i am going to ride it out as long as i can

by Glacier on Jun 2, 2008 2:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I have given up on supersitions...

I have tried numerous types of superstitions and superstitious actions over the years, from brushing my teeth the same way when the Cubs are hot, to drinking out of my Cub coffee mug when “they need a win”, to some really crazy obsessive compulsive behaviors like only going to the bathroom before the Cubs come to bat in an inning. After 20 years of “trying” to help the Cubs win a World Series with these actions, I decided that my superstitious behavior has actually hurt the team’s chances.

At the beginning of this year I decided to stop all superstitious behavior, kind of like George Constanza’s theory of opposites.

I like the results so far.

by chitown_ray on Jun 2, 2008 2:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Isn't specifically refraining from any superstitious behavior

in and of itself superstitious?

"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08

by neverAcquiesce on Jun 2, 2008 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think he’s got you here ;)

"Very adroit in the outfield." - Lou, on Dome

by gwood on Jun 2, 2008 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The thing about this year is that

so far, I haven’t had an urge to try something superstitious

by Shanghai Badger on Jun 2, 2008 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I always wear my Cubs hat to watch a game -- either on TV or at the park.

Thing is, this new hat is a little too small. So I keep my hair short to fit under it.

"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derek Lee, 5/29/08

by drewishdrewid on Jun 2, 2008 3:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

to be more specific

this is the hat I took with me on Honeymoon April 13th-25th—when the Cubs had the best record in the NL and tore up other teams. I wore it every day.

here are pictures if you don’t believe me.

"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derek Lee, 5/29/08

by drewishdrewid on Jun 2, 2008 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

thanks for the pics...

I enjoyed as I lived in Segovia briefly in high school and saw places like the Alhambra. Gotta say, your wife looked a bit bored in the day 3 tour pic.

Sometimes those tours can become a bit tedious IIRC.

Calm down.

by Kinky Reggae on Jun 3, 2008 8:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wear a gold thong

around my head. Works every time.

by Emelie on Jun 2, 2008 3:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

So long as it ain't

a green one.

"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08

by neverAcquiesce on Jun 2, 2008 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, so long as it ain't...

...the same one that Jason Giambi wears, you’re in good shape.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on Jun 2, 2008 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

the places your minds go

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by Emelie on Jun 2, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey, it's a slow day.

9pm is a long ways off (even though I don’t get to watch the bloody game).

"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08

by neverAcquiesce on Jun 2, 2008 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

a little too cryptic. try this...

by Emelie on Jun 2, 2008 3:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That's TWO gold thongs.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Jun 2, 2008 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Superstious Power Poll

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=baseballpowerpolltuesday&prov=tsn&type=lgns

Now, the poll …
1. Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays have spent 20 days in first place this year after spending just 15 days in first in 10 years of club history. Which means, in their first 10 years, the Rays spent something like 3,635 days NOT in first place.

2. Chicago Cubs. The Cubs have the best record in baseball, but Robin, a fan living in Connecticut, asked they not be put in the top spot so they don’t get jinxed. If the Cubs win seven more in a row, I am not going to have a choice.

by chitown_ray on Jun 2, 2008 4:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Spring of 07, when I'd find interesting Cub articles I'd send them to a friend

well June was a busy month for me and I didnt have a chance to do that. He noticed this about the same time the Cubs starting winning more ball games. Now even when I have time I never send him Cub articles.

by Madison Cub Fan on Jun 2, 2008 4:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm normally not supersticious...

but if there was something I could do to make the Cubs win, I’d do it.

"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark

by cubs199235 on Jun 2, 2008 5:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Get really good at baseball.

Sign with the Cubs. Done and done.

"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08

by neverAcquiesce on Jun 2, 2008 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've stopped shaving during this winning streak, and refuse to as long as the streak continues.

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

by californiachicagoan on Jun 2, 2008 5:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I've vowed to do that

for our potential playoff run.

"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08

by neverAcquiesce on Jun 2, 2008 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've got money involved

I was in Vegas Memorial Day weekend, and had a lucky evening at cards late Monday night, early tuesday. So, I put some money on the pennant and the WS and made a bet for the pennant for a friend, too. They haven’t lost since, and the lucky 7th innings are a nice coincidence. So, I won’t let my friend pay for his bet until we lose a game. Here’s hoping it’s a while!

by gp1966 on Jun 2, 2008 5:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Where to start

Well since this current streak I have to eat breakfast at the same place
and order the same thing. When I am at the games at Wrigley I eat my
Tuna Sandwich until they lose. I almost glad I was NOT there this week as
7 days of Tuna is a bit much. Also I have to eat it in the bottom of the first.

I rotate both hats and shirts.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry

by Doggie Stalker on Jun 2, 2008 5:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Speaking of superstitions

has anybody noticed that Troy Percival(recent DL stint) made the cover of Sports Illustrated this week?

by bluekoolaide on Jun 2, 2008 7:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

If the Cubs score three runs in an inning, I stay at the same spot.

"You know they're not going to lose 162 games." Harry Caray

by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 2, 2008 9:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I don’t post in gameday threads until after the game is over. I made that mistake in the NFC championship game; it’s not happening again.

Also, there’s the jerseys. A few years ago, I almost bought a Derrek Lee jersey, but decided not to. That very same day, he got injured and was out for a couple of months, which basically derailed our team that year. So, I do not own any Cubs jerseys.

I did come close again this past weekend…the local Pro Image had a Sandberg jersey that was pretty cool…but I don’t care for the pullovers, and the cloth looks/feels a little weird. But as far as I’ve heard, nothing bad has happened to him, so maybe throwbacks are OK.

Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.

by Cool Hand on Jun 3, 2008 1:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I wore my blue Believe wristband in the 2005 and 2006 seasons

.. not out of superstitution but of my absolute raving determination to identify with the Cubs as publicly as possible ..

This picture was shot at the game the Red Turds took the division.

Believe …

We all know what happened in 2006 …

.. gasp .. belieeeve …

After the 2006 horror, I was determined to make a stand within myself and wore it for most of 2007.

And I’ve wore it on and off this year .. and look where we stand.

Goat? Curse?

Well, Next Year is here .. and Jack's century's gotta end some time .. GO CUBBIES!

by cubnational on Jun 3, 2008 2:37 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh, and I wear my own grubby Cub hat to every game

The same one since 1990.

Yes, 1990. I’m wearing it in that pic above ..

No superstition. Just my way of showing I’m no fair weather bandwagon “Cub fan” .. this team’s been my ONE sport passion since I was 9 years old. Not even the Bulls dynasty or Da Bears fill me with as much unabashed energy ..

Well, Next Year is here .. and Jack's century's gotta end some time .. GO CUBBIES!

by cubnational on Jun 3, 2008 2:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Since last season...

late in the games with either a lead going into the 9th, or down a run or two with a potential comeback at hand (runners on what have you), I move to the stairs going up to our bedroom as IF, I have given up. I have done so 4 or 5 times since ‘07 and the Cubbies have won.

Why stop now right?

Calm down.

by Kinky Reggae on Jun 3, 2008 8:16 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Exactly.

That’s sort of like me heading to the men’s room if the Cubs are down going into the bottom of the 7th three games in a row the last homestand, and they came back in all of them.

I think I’ll keep this one going if needed.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Jun 3, 2008 8:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs