Beginning Baseball: No Superstitions For Me…Yet.

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Like most sports, baseball has its superstitions and curses. I am not a superstitious person. When Aaron Rodgers was one of the candidates to grace the Madden cover, I was willing to vote him up there. Of course, half of Packer nation was trembling in their boots at the thought of cursing the Super Bowl Champ team. (No worries for them, he was beaten out by Peyton Hillis.)

I don’t feel the need to wear my Rodgers jersey for every game. I wear my Packers gear on game day because I am cheering on my team, not because I think it will help them win.

Naturally, when I began to follow the Twins, I had no superstitions or curses to get me strung up and paranoid about the wins. I was ready to see them dominate the AL Central.

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4 Reasons No One Should Be Surprised the Vikings Lost to the Saints

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I was surprised that the Minnesota Vikings lost last night.

I picked them to win here on MSF and also picked them in the NFL Playoffs pool that I’m doing with my family. We use confidence points to add an extra layer of intrigue to each pick, and I placed the maximum amount possible on the Vikings. That’s how confident I was that they would win, despite having to play on the road in the Superdome.

And you know what? They should have won.

Minnesota outgained the vaunted New Orleans offense 475-257. The Vikings were 7-12 on 3rd downs; New Orleans was 3-12. The Vikings had 31 first downs to the Saints’ 15. The Vikings held the ball for nearly 10:00 more than the Saints.

Add up all of the numbers and the Vikings should have won 31-17, rather than lose 31-28. But despite the numbers, none of us should be surprised that the Vikings lost…and here’s why.

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