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WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,510
edited July 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
Well, damn! Today, against my better judgement, I tempted fate and did NOT drink out of my lucky coffee mug. The result? Predictably, a loss. :cry:

Anyone else got lucky mugs, shirts, hats, underwear, places on the couch, etc? :roll: :mrgreen:
If I had known then what I know now...

Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Philly I & II, 16
Denver 22
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  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    i play baseball and when i go up to bat i tap the corner of the plate twice, kick my back leg, and twirl the bat 3 times. :lol:
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,510
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    i play baseball and when i go up to bat i tap the corner of the plate twice, kick my back leg, and twirl the bat 3 times. :lol:

    and then ground out to short?? :mrgreen:

    sorry....couldn't resist.

    P.S. I was speaking more as a fan, not a participant.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    imalive wrote:
    Well, damn! Today, against my better judgement, I tempted fate and did NOT drink out of my lucky coffee mug. The result? Predictably, a loss. :cry:

    yeah but being a giants fan you should be used to it ;) :P :lol::lol::mrgreen:
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    edited July 2009
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    i play baseball and when i go up to bat i tap the corner of the plate twice, kick my back leg, and twirl the bat 3 times. :lol:

    Back when I played baseball...traveling fast/slow pitch softball I had to have a wad of doublemint chewing gum wrapped around sunflower seeds. I don't know what I would've done without my pack of David sunflower seeds.

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  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    imalive wrote:
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    i play baseball and when i go up to bat i tap the corner of the plate twice, kick my back leg, and twirl the bat 3 times. :lol:

    and then ground out to short?? :mrgreen:

    sorry....couldn't resist.

    P.S. I was speaking more as a fan, not a participant.
    3 walk off homeruns so far ;)
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • pearljgirl2010pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    I definitely have little superstitions when I watch my Eagles games :-) I have different jerseys/shirts that I wear depending on if it's a home or away game...or which team we're playing. I have a certain glass that I'll drink out of, and certain food that I have to eat during the games :-)
    Need a tour Travel Agent??? Pick me :-)

    Whatever you are, be a good one --Lincoln
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,510
    norm wrote:

    yeah but being a giants fan you should be used to it ;) :P :lol::lol::mrgreen:

    I am. :cry:

    I had my mojo working back in 2002, until my mother-in-law mentioned how she liked those "cute" rally monkeys. I nearly killed her, on the spot. :shock:

    That said.....back to my lucky mug in the morning. Just watch....
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • RW81233RW81233 Posts: 2,393
    As a fan I have a lucky plastic orioles cup five beers (one for each quarter and one victory/sadness beer) and my TO and Pacman jerseys (hopefully he gets resigned) for Cowboys games, and Miller Light and Gallardo and Villaneuva t-shirts for Brewer games.

    When I pitched in college I would smoke a half bowl the night before a game, cut my finger and toenails, put on my socks, pants, shirt, and cleats left to right, ate a mcdonalds fish fillet and chicken sandwich for lunch, played Like a Rolling Stone on the way to the park, stepped over the foul line between innings, filled a 32 oz. gatorade bottle with water and would only drink enough so that by the end of the game I would be finishing the bottle and would always take off my glove when the ball was in play to a fielder with 2 outs. Yeah I'm a fucking weirdo.
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,510
    RW81233 wrote:
    As a fan I have a lucky plastic orioles cup

    You need a new cup! ;):mrgreen:
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
    I crack open the beer on first puck-drop. Clearly works well - Flyers haven't won in my lifetime.
  • RW81233RW81233 Posts: 2,393
    imalive wrote:
    RW81233 wrote:
    As a fan I have a lucky plastic orioles cup

    You need a new cup! ;):mrgreen:
    no i got the cup two years ago when the cowboys beat the giants on opening night...
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    i have a shot of jager before every mets game and every islanders game.
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,870
    metsfan wrote:
    i have a shot of jager before every mets game and every islanders game.


    That is a LOT of jager shots.

    I don't have any regular superstitions. I'll usually do it on the fly. If whatever team I'm rooting for is playing good, I won't get out of my seat or change the channel at commercials or some dumb shit like that. They always say players are so superstitious....fans are just as bad.
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    Indifference71 wrote:
    metsfan wrote:
    i have a shot of jager before every mets game and every islanders game.


    That is a LOT of jager shots.

    I don't have any regular superstitions. I'll usually do it on the fly. If whatever team I'm rooting for is playing good, I won't get out of my seat or change the channel at commercials or some dumb shit like that. They always say players are so superstitious....fans are just as bad.
    its only 244 shots of jager a year, :lol:
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,320
    never talk about a no-hitter while it's in progress.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,870
    metsfan wrote:
    Indifference71 wrote:
    metsfan wrote:
    i have a shot of jager before every mets game and every islanders game.


    That is a LOT of jager shots.

    I don't have any regular superstitions. I'll usually do it on the fly. If whatever team I'm rooting for is playing good, I won't get out of my seat or change the channel at commercials or some dumb shit like that. They always say players are so superstitious....fans are just as bad.
    its only 244 shots of jager a year, :lol:

    Not counting the playoffs. But you didn't have to worry about that with the Islanders this year. And the Mets arent looking so good this season... :o
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    Indifference71 wrote:

    Not counting the playoffs. But you didn't have to worry about that with the Islanders this year. And the Mets arent looking so good this season... :o
    i started doing this pre game ritual before game 1 of the 06 nlds. never say never my fellow pj fan
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,870
    metsfan wrote:
    Indifference71 wrote:

    Not counting the playoffs. But you didn't have to worry about that with the Islanders this year. And the Mets arent looking so good this season... :o
    i started doing this pre game ritual before game 1 of the 06 nlds. never say never my fellow pj fan

    Very true. Once they get healthy, the Mets should make a run here in the second half.
  • pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    never talk about a no-hitter while it's in progress.

    Definitely. Or talk about a win before a game is over. Recipe for disaster.
  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    Become an armchair Quarterback.

    Hey, if my teams listened to what I said they would never lose :mrgreen:
    Happiness is only real when shared
  • pearljgirl2010pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    gobrowns19 wrote:
    Become an armchair Quarterback.

    Hey, if my teams listened to what I said they would never lose :mrgreen:


    LOL!! I'm an armchair coach :-) and of course, i'm always right.
    Need a tour Travel Agent??? Pick me :-)

    Whatever you are, be a good one --Lincoln
  • FearTheBeardFearTheBeard Posts: 666
    imalive wrote:
    norm wrote:

    yeah but being a giants fan you should be used to it ;) :P :lol::lol::mrgreen:

    I am. :cry:

    I had my mojo working back in 2002, until my mother-in-law mentioned how she liked those "cute" rally monkeys. I nearly killed her, on the spot. :shock:

    That said.....back to my lucky mug in the morning. Just watch....

    I knew I had one other Giants fan on this board!
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,320
    lralle wrote:
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    never talk about a no-hitter while it's in progress.

    Definitely. Or talk about a win before a game is over. Recipe for disaster.

    That too. I was at the game where A.J. Burnett had one going for five innings and I've never seen a no-hitter in person. The idiot next to me starts bringing it up in between innings, looks at me weird when I'm tell I'm superstitious and sure enough the Mets get their only hit of the game right after.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,510
    ucsbflipflop wrote:

    I knew I had one other Giants fan on this board!

    Yep! and my lucky mug worked...or was it Lincecum? :mrgreen: The true test will be tonight with our once demoted, now re-inserted starter!
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    Kind of a big sacrfice on my part but I don't go to any Rockets playoff games or important games. I'm pretty sure I don't bring them good luck. I have been to more games than I can count and I think I have only been to two that they have won.
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