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Whatever happened to Karma?

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Maybe it's just another goofy superstition, but in my business I see it all the time. People who take advantage of a situation end up having it bite them in the butt.

 

Why doesn't this happen in baseball?

 

When a guy takes 1st base (Dye) knowing the ball never touched him, the next guy is supposed to ground out to end the inning. Sure, Houston came back to tie the game, but that just set up what would turn into an even uglier defeat in the bottom of the 9th. Hope lost twice.

 

When an umpire makes a horrible call (Eddings), the Angels whole world isn't supposed to unravel. Something good is supposed to happen to turn everything back in their favor.

 

When some dufus reaches out to catch a ball (no need to mention names) and doesn't let the play unfold, good things are supposed to happen to the unfortunate team (Cubs).

 

When Don Denkinger made the wrong call at 1st base in 1985, St. Louis' world wasn't supposed to completely unravel.

 

Where's the Karma? Is there any Karma in baseball?

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Well, perhaps dye getting awarded 1st without actually getting hit is karma for the Astros after Berkman's little "performance" last year when he faked getting hit in the head.
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Well, perhaps dye getting awarded 1st without actually getting hit is karma for the Astros after Berkman's little "performance" last year when he faked getting hit in the head.

 

cheapest play ever. I'm still pissed to this day about that.

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Which kind of Karma are we tallking about here?

 

The Hindu one?

Buddhist?

Jain?

Sikh?

I don't recall any mantras regarding poor umpiring in the Vedas, but I do tend to skim when I read.

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You know a Cards fan had to chime in on this thread. The Astros are the recipients of a little bit of karma for some of the bad calls in the NLCS.

 

That's all I have to say about karma.

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There's no such thing as karma where the Sox are concerned. A team full of rejects from other teams shouldn't be this good to begin with, nor should they have caught all the breaks they did in the regular season, nor should they have caught the Bill Buckner II break in the LDS, nor should they have BSed a win in Game 2 of the LCS, nor should Dye have been awarded first base, nor should Roger Clemens have been injured for the first time in eons, etc. etc. Not only will the White Sox not catch bad karma, but they will catch key breaks that will win them Games 3 and 4 of this series too.
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As someone who has watched several wonderful people suffer immensely through their lives, while other obviously evil folks walk on easy street all their lives, I can tell you for a fact Karma is a myth.

 

That said, the White Sox aren't an example of Karma missing in action. They're an excercise in pitching and good team baseball. That and the fact that Konerko is one of the most underrated players in the league (or was, until the national spotlight finally hit him).

 

They're a 99 win team that has 4 really solid starters. And they've been facing teams with sketchy pitching (Angels included, mostly because Colon was gone but also because their bullpen wasn't really all that impressive). Houston's finally got Oswalt on the mound---that's probably far and away the best pitcher they've faced in the playoffs.

 

It's not a mystery folks. The White Sox are a very good team.

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As someone who has watched several wonderful people suffer immensely through their lives, while other obviously evil folks walk on easy street all their lives, I can tell you for a fact Karma is a myth.

 

That said, the White Sox aren't an example of Karma missing in action. They're an excercise in pitching and good team baseball. That and the fact that Konerko is one of the most underrated players in the league (or was, until the national spotlight finally hit him).

 

They're a 99 win team that has 4 really solid starters. And they've been facing teams with sketchy pitching (Angels included, mostly because Colon was gone but also because their bullpen wasn't really all that impressive). Houston's finally got Oswalt on the mound---that's probably far and away the best pitcher they've faced in the playoffs.

 

It's not a mystery folks. The White Sox are a very good team.

 

Nah, that's not it.

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As someone who has watched several wonderful people suffer immensely through their lives, while other obviously evil folks walk on easy street all their lives, I can tell you for a fact Karma is a myth.

 

That said, the White Sox aren't an example of Karma missing in action. They're an excercise in pitching and good team baseball. That and the fact that Konerko is one of the most underrated players in the league (or was, until the national spotlight finally hit him).

 

They're a 99 win team that has 4 really solid starters. And they've been facing teams with sketchy pitching (Angels included, mostly because Colon was gone but also because their bullpen wasn't really all that impressive). Houston's finally got Oswalt on the mound---that's probably far and away the best pitcher they've faced in the playoffs.

 

It's not a mystery folks. The White Sox are a very good team.

 

Nah, that's not it.

 

I won't argue, because it obviously makes folks feel better to believe the White Sox are all luck and to be honest, I've been having a real bad 2 weeks so if someone else can feel better about things, then that's something at least :wink:

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Maybe it's just another goofy superstition, but in my business I see it all the time. People who take advantage of a situation end up having it bite them in the butt.

 

Why doesn't this happen in baseball?

 

 

It does.

 

But only to the Cubs.

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