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Federal Baseball: Washington Nationals: In The AFL, New Assistant GM, Unluckiest Fan.
Center Field Gate: 0-19? Try 110-52 . . .
Roar from 34 - A Baltimore Orioles Blog: Sometimes it's Just Nice to Be in the Race Regardless of Whether You Win, Place, or Show
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Krupin probably sent Taylor the same email he sent you RT @dcsportsbog Wonder where he got the story idea? http://bit.ly/1m4Yg8 10/14/2009 |
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Wow did they even change the title? RT @dcsportsbog Wonder where he got the story idea? RT @kevin_reiss http://bit.ly/1m4Yg8 10/14/2009 |
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Extreme dick move. RT @Unsilent Dick move, SI. RT @dcsportsbog Wonder where he got the story idea? RT @kevin_reiss http://bit.ly/1m4Yg8 10/14/2009 |
Washington Nationals: In The AFL, New Assistant GM, Unluckiest Fan.
Federal Baseball —
... Stephen Krupin, "...a Ph.D. who works as an economist at the Department of Labor and moonlights as a statistics analyst/columnist on ESPN.com and Baseball Prospectus," and also happens to be the, "The Nats' Unluckiest Fan", as Mr. Steinberg titled his post. (ed. note - "Nice possessive apostrope, Steinberg!"). Mr. Krupin watched the Nationals go 0-19 in the 19 games he attended in 2009, as Mr. Steinberg reported, and now Mr. Krupin's story's gone national, as SI.com writer Phil Taylor took notice and dedicated his most recent ...
0-19? Try 110-52 . . .
Center Field Gate —
... What’s so astonishing (well, at least to me) is that Nats fan Steve Krupin — the subject of a cheeky Sports Illustrated commentary on the fortunes of fate (and what it means to be a fan of the Anacostia Nine) – sits just one row ahead of me in Section 129. It’s not that I know or have met Steve (I don’t and haven’t), it’s that if Steve had followed my lead he would have seen some of ...
Sometimes it's Just Nice to Be in the Race Regardless of Whether You Win, Place, or Show
Roar from 34 - A Baltimore Orioles Blog —
... seem to play better when I'm here"? I appreciate Phil Taylor's take on the Krupin dilemma as he offers a fresh angle on a widely circulated story. Taylor observes that as sports fans we all have more in common with Krupin than we might think. Namely, our teams are most likely to lose when it's all said and done. At the end of the day only one team wins it all. It's the cost of doing business as a dedicated fan of a particular team. Here's an excerpt of Taylor's column, "Unluckiest Fan in America." Maybe you weren't as unfortunate a fan as he was ...
