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| New Year's Day Fort Worth Star-Telegram Life Section |
Here's the text of the article (the part concerning us):
Sports are chock-full of superstitious. Athletes have routines that prevent them from jinxing a game, and so do their fans. Some are a little juvenile and maybe even just a slight bit gross -- like wearing the same undergarments for the entire run of a series or sticking a wad of chewed gum on the bill of your baseball cap. Others, though, are harmless fun (unless, of course, you're for the opposing team).
Star-Telegram readers told us the detailed ways in which they support their favorite teams -- from high school to the majors -- with silly rituals over the years. If you're concerned that we might have put a hex on your team by printing this story, maybe you should consider adopting one of these readers' routines to void the jinx.
The reason for this loss is black and white
Angela Redman, 26, Arlington
On Halloween night, the Texas Rangers battled at home in the World Series against the San Francisco Giants. Despite the fact that the team was making its first World Series appearance in the club's history, there was candy and fright to be had. Angela Redman decked out her 2-year-old son, Noah, in a red Rangers shirt and skunk costume created by her grandmother more than 15 years ago. Redman tells the rest best:
'Twas All Hallows Eve, when all down the street
Not a person was safe from a skunk's trick-or-treat.
The candy was out by the door well ahead,
In hopes that the skunk would take some instead.
This skunk's scent could travel quite far, you see,
All the way to the ballpark, where the ump called, "Strike three!"
For the Rangers had just lost Game 4 at home,
While out around town that stinker did roam.
The next morning I rose to my paper and coffee,
In hopes to move on and put faith in Cliff Lee.
When what to my wondering eyes did appear,
But the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's headline, quite clear:
"After skunking by Giants, Rangers face scary but real prospect of losing the World Series."
Read more:
http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/12/30/2735023/mojo-makers-fans-take-the-job.html?storylink=skyline#tvg#ixzz19vvphkWwSpecial thanks to Mom for sending me the entry info and telling me to submit the story, MeeMaw for making the costume many years ago for my cousin Randy (now almost 17!), Aunt Julie & Uncle Dan for loaning us the skunk costume, and Melanie for helping photoshop the picture I submitted with the poem! This was lots of fun! Everyone at church today was complimentary and brought me extra copies :)
Oh, and in case you were wondering, we are still floating on air after TCU's historic win in the Rose Bowl last night!
What makes this even more exciting is all the fans we've converted over the years! During and after the game, we got calls from much of Chris' California family and friends: Grandpa Chuck & Grandma Jackie, Uncle Skip & Aunt Debbie, cousins Stan & Debbie, Jimmy & Charmaine; plus, family from San Angelo: cousin Dwina, grandparents Dick & Barbara, Aunt Tracy & Uncle Greg... then, I received texts and phone calls from Grandgeorge and Grandma Barbara in Arkansas, Aunt Janet in Missouri, and PawPaw and MeeMaw, to name a few! How exciting that we've had a small part in spreading Horned Frog Fever. (Of course, hopefully most of these people would have been watching the Rose Bowl anyway. That's why it's the Rose Bowl!) Thanks, everyone, for your support and purple pride!
2 comments:
omg that is so awesome!!! :)
Dad told me about the story in the Ft. Worth Star. Thanks for taking a picture of it!
We watched the Rose Bowl with some friends who are from the Northeast. When they showed a close up of a TCU player, she said "Horned Frogs! What is that? Is there really such a thing?" It made us chuckle and then we had to show her pictures of a real one. :) Congrats on the big win!
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