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51.7 Team Owner Blames Poor Week on Our Own Blog Post

Post by tylertoo » Fri Jun 17, 2022 7:29 am

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Team Owner Blames Poor Week on Our Own Blog Post

Chicago, May 19, 2051 - After the team posted its first losing week in the '51 season, Black Sox owner Vinnie Vitale today lashed out at your favorite publication, the Black Sox Baseball Blog, for publishing a story last week about the team's refusal to comment on its strong start this season.

Image Actual video of Sox owner Vitale confronting the editor of this very blog
Every member of the organization, from Vitale on down, is apparently convinced that talking about the results so far would jinx the team, incurring the wrath of the Gods of Baseball. As if to prove their point: after we published our story about that supremely superstitious approach, the team proceeded to lose four of its next six games, including three straight losses to division rival Yellow Springs.

Now Vitale is fuming, and threatening action. "I warned you m-fers not to publish," he said in a tense meeting with editors. "Now you've ruined it all. The Baseball Gods are always watching, waiting for one iota of gloating to lash back at us, and remind us who is truly in charge. And that is precisely what we saw this week." According to sources, the owner is considering leaving a dead horse in the bed of the blog's publisher or ensuring that he swims with the fishes.

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Vitale raised eyebrows in the off-season by signing aging slugger Fernando Castillo to a bloated contract under the mistaken assumption that Castillo, like Vitale, was Italian. The Gods of Baseball promptly rewarded that snafu by snapping Castillo's Achilles tendon in the second game of spring training. "That'll show him!" the Gods most likely said at the time.

The Baseball Gods (shown at right) did not respond to our repeated requests for comment.

The Black Sox face the Yellow Springs Nine tonight in the fourth game of the series. The losses in the first three games mark the first time the Sox (28-15) did not either win or split a series this season.
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Re: 51.7 Team Owner Blames Poor Week on Our Own Blog Post

Post by JimSlade » Fri Jun 17, 2022 8:58 am

That is my favorite depiction of the Baseball Gods.
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Re: 51.7 Team Owner Blames Poor Week on Our Own Blog Post

Post by Dington » Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:47 am

Oh no I’m so sad
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Post by tylertoo » Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:56 am

Dington wrote:
Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:47 am
Oh no I’m so sad
I truly laughed out loud at this.
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Re: 51.7 Team Owner Blames Poor Week on Our Own Blog Post

Post by CTBrewCrew » Fri Jun 17, 2022 10:55 am

Where’s that SOXy lady reporter ?
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Re: 51.7 Team Owner Blames Poor Week on Our Own Blog Post

Post by Dington » Fri Jun 17, 2022 11:30 am

tylertoo wrote:
Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:56 am
Dington wrote:
Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:47 am
Oh no I’m so sad
I truly laughed out loud at this.
My team has finally been playing better. Hopefully I don’t relinquish the lead for the rest of the season.
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Re: 51.7 Team Owner Blames Poor Week on Our Own Blog Post

Post by bschr682 » Fri Jun 17, 2022 5:45 pm

Loved this article.
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Re: 51.7 Team Owner Blames Poor Week on Our Own Blog Post

Post by KVDPoorten » Sun Jun 19, 2022 6:46 am

Love your articles, they never disappoint.
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