According to the media, Boston sports fans are a very superstitious lot. We believe in curses. We hex our rivals by burying baseball jerseys in concrete. We think Brazilian supermodels jinx our teams.
Normally, I dismiss all of this as silly coincidence. But Cursed to First noticed an interesting numerical coincidence involving Manny Ramirez's chase for 500 home runs:
when Manny hits that 500th homer, he will become the 24th member of that club. He is also currently ranked 24th on the all time homers list. Finally, if he breaks Gehrig's grand-slam record, it will be by hitting a 24th granny. Meanwhile the man's been playing for years with a huge 24 on his back.
Maybe Manny will do it tomorrow night against Daniel Cabrera who has given up 24 earned runs in his last ten games. Coincidence? The tingling in my right knee tells me its DESTINY!
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