The Real Twin Cities Sports

The Real Twin Cities Sports Curse - OK, the Wild are flying high today after tying their series with the Canucks last night. I know this because I read it. Ever since my very brief stint as the rink announcer for my high school's hockey team, I have watched exactly one hockey game, and that was on a date.

But while I know more about osteopathic surgery than I do about hockey (which, indeed, only serves to draw attention away from baseball), I do know this: I'm worried.

There's a curse in Twin Cities sports: When Patrick Reusse stops grousing about you, you're doomed.

For those who haven't read his column or heard him in the various incarnations of "Sportstalk" on KSTP over the years, Reusse is "dyspeptic" in the same way that Anna Nicole Smith is "a little padded". He's built an entire career growling about sports teams' ineptitude. So when he stops grousing about your team's chances...

...then your team is doomed.

Oh, there've been exceptions. He called the '87 and '91 Twins right. But as a general rule (and by "rule", I mean "something I noticed, and am spinning a column out of"), if you're a team, your luck lasts only as long as Reusse's disdain for you.

So if you're the Wild, this...:

They will be back in GM Place tonight, where the last time the home folks saw them they were getting embarrassed 7-2 by these Wild. We still don't know what that animal is on the front of the Wild sweater, but we are now certain of this:

It's something that can't be killed.

...can't be good news.

But good luck, Wild. You've overcome a lot this year. It's unfair - but you can hopefully beat this, too.

Posted by Mitch at May 8, 2003 06:32 AM