There is no Berg’s Law I want more to repeal than the Fourth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
To wit:<\/p>\n
\nA Minnesota sports team may be a contender until the moment the local media (and political class) actually believes they will be contenders. At that moment \u2013 be it spring training, late November in the NFL season, or week 72 of the NHL playoffs \u2013 the season will fall irredeemably apart.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nBut…well, you know where this is going, right?<\/p>\n
For the past week, the Minnesota media has been yammering away, not merely that the Timberwolves had potential\u00a0<\/em>to go all the way to the NBA Championship, but that it seemed likely.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
On top of that, sports pundits also predicted the Minnesota Frost women’s pro hockey team was likely to get a repeat championship.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is anyone seeing a problem<\/a>, here, yet? Anyone but me<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes, I know.\u00a0 They were just the first games of five game series.\u00a0\u00a0 The Twolves and Frost can still pull it out.<\/p>\n
Hypothetically. <\/p>\n
And only if the entire Twin Cities media figures out that they’re dealing with forces they can not comprehend.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n