Comments on: Proof That Alternate Universes Exist, And We Live in One

By: John Scalzi

John Scalzi — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:14:43 +0000

Poor Rays. I thought they’d do better.

By: historydave

historydave — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:13:46 +0000

Well, now the Phillies have won!

And you know, it really IS sweet to be wrong sometimes.

By: Shawn M Bilodeau

Shawn M Bilodeau — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:56:53 +0000

My ability to jinx any team I root for has been proven once again…

If there are any desperate Phillies fans with loose cash, I’d be happy to continue to root for the Rays (for the right, ah, _reasons_ if you get my drift…)

Would you believe, the Rays in 5? :-D

By: historydave

historydave — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:06:49 +0000

I am a long-time Phillies fan, now stranded in Brewers country (hey, at least the Brewers joined the Baseball League a while ago and stopped playing softball. There are 9 players on a baseball team, 10 on a softball team.) Given the scars on my psyche from years of cheering for various Philadelphia teams, I really don’t expect them to win it this time either.

But it would be really sweet to be wrong.

By: Jonathan Vos Post

Jonathan Vos Post — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:33:24 +0000

I actually care most about Baseball among all sports. I have reverted to being a Dodgers fan (now L.A. Dodgers, having been a Brooklyn Dodgers fan in boyhood). And added Red Sox, for the same Massachusetts-based reason as I added the Patriots and Boston Celtics. My father did graduate Harvard, cum laude. My brother Andy did graduate Boston University and marry in Cambridge, Mass.

Oh, and an Angels fan when I was Adjunct Professor of Astronomy at Cypress College in Orange County. I completely resceduled exams to avoid conflict with that amazing World Series where the Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles (?!) took wing. Angels, Devil Rays… all too theological.

It is ironic that I, as a born 3rd generation New Yorker, should ever have been rooting for New England, just as strange as my ultimate New Yorker father, in his final years in Rhode Island, rooting for the Red Sox. But that’s part of the American Dream, that you can reinvent
yourself and change your affiliation, home, party, ideology, and Class.

As Yogi Berra (my father’s father was a Yankee fan)said: “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” But I am an actual professional Futurist (as in my 2 cover articles in Omni Magazine, where I boldly and correctly forecast things such as that we’d find a giant black hole in the center of our Milky Way galaxy; and that there would be [I coined the phrase] “Cybernetic War” [now shortened to Cyberwar]; and that future soldiers would have surgical radio implants [cf. RFID]; and that there would be an anti-ballistic missile defense debate and then implemented
system [now called "Star Wars"]; and in Focus (BSFA) that there would be Methane Snow on Pluto, and interactive web TV). But I boldly make predictions in public, admit that I’m wrong if I’m wrong, and boast if
I’m right. For example, SuperBowl 42, I was very very wrong, except that the difference between winner and loser would be 3 points.

So…. Rays in 7. Walkoff home run.

By: Mycroft W

Mycroft W — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:33:11 +0000

Heh, I’m a contrarian.

That means I was rooting, not for the Red Sox, but for Wakefield; and not for the Cubs, but for Wrigley Field.

Of course, one of the issues with being a contrarian is that you almost never get what you wanted…

By: Jon S.

Jon S. — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:44:00 +0000

I’m just fine living in some freaky alternate universe. In fact, I’ll bet this is the EVIL universe since I have a goatee.

However, if the Cubs ever win, I’ll flip out.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:42:54 +0000

Also, Sarah Palin.

By: ytimynona

ytimynona — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:36:14 +0000

My little brother is saying Phillies win in 5.

I’m rooting for the underdogs… but no predictions from me!

By: Jeff Beeler

Jeff Beeler — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:23:20 +0000

I cannot explain the Rays but the explanation for the Phillies is their General Manager Pat Gillick, who beat the Phillies the last time they were in the World Series in 1993 when he was running the Toronto Blue Jays.

The man knows his baseball.