Nice Try, But Still Epic Fail

Well so much for gematria magic predictive powers.  Right up to the end you made the classic moves.  You didn’t give in to the impulse of picking the clear favorite based on real sports knowledge, but took a chance on arguably the best underdog option.  You see, the Astros might have finished with a better record, but you can’t dismiss that the Yankees had to play the Red Sox more often being inter division rivals.  If the Yankees didn’t have the 10-12 mark versus the best team in baseball they could have mustered a few more wins and finished better than three games behind the Astros record.

That’s exactly what I would have done especially factoring in the preseason hype for the Yankees with their monster bat lineup.

Now, prediction time since I had the post game on while I started this post.  I’m generously giving you a lot of lead in time to read this and correct like so often happens with this blog.  They actually used the phrase “flipped the script” while talking about the Yankees ninth inning rally that fell about as short as it comes with a tying run being denied by a great defensive play.  (Which I’m happy to report was finished off with a great stretch by Steve Pearce who was traded from my favorite team, the Blue Jays mid season).  The temptation for one of you guys to latch on to that and call it obvious scripting is too great.  So, whatever silly numbers supporting that appear I’ll have to make a mocking post.  Specialically (by golly, STILL a real word) if there’s PhraseShopping.  I haven’t thrown out a heavily loaded PhraseShopped post for supporting reality in a long time, instead just settling for pointing it out.

Fair enough?

The Epic Fail of 2018 sports gematria has finished nicely.  Although take some solace in knowing the Astros were in good position to finish off the misery and make you sweat it out a bit longer.