Who's superstitious?

But if I don’t eat out before the games, we lose. Saturday – loss. Jan. 15 vs. Calgary – loss.

This Thursday I’ll go to 3 restaurants if I have to – so I feel ya on the sushi, Dave…

By the way, it’s my buddy’s fault that the Giants lost Game 6 (and then Game 7) – he said he’d streak down the whole street, and then backed out. A few moments after backing out, the Angels started winning. His fault, possibly augmented by raw fish over beef.

I’m a huge proponent of game day seats- I remember last year during the playoffs three of my friends and I would switch up where we sat on the couch according to how the Sharks fared the previous night.

In fact, I remember going to the liquor store down the street for refreshments before Joe Pavs game five winner against Dallas (at intermission, it’s like a two minute bike ride there and back). In game six when it went to OT we went to the same store after regulation, entered the doors at the same time, bought the same beer, paid with the same card, parked our bikes in the same spot, and entered my house in the same order.

Only thing that screwed us was the cashier was a different guy. Otherwise I’m convinced we would have won that series.

They go on and off. If I do something and the Sharks win I’ll keep doing that. I would share these superstitions with you guys

BUT

I can’t. They won’t be as special anymore.

I’m pretty sure most of you guys know this, but I listen to Enter Sandman before every game. However, it only works if the song is fully listened to before the game – every time I’ve listened to it during the game, the Sharks have lost.

Baking butterscotch brownies seems to help with the scoring a bit, but I haven’t had enough of a sample size to really definitively say that it does (although, both of the goals in the piss-poor Calgary game were scored while in the process of making them).

Oh, and I can no longer go to games against Canadian teams with my friend. I’ve gone to games with her three times this season – a preseason game against Vancouver (lost), the home opener against the Ducks (won), and the Calgary game (lost). So, I do take partial blame for that loss.

for Thursday’s game. As in the steak/hamburger debate of ’02 with the Giants, I better like my choice. I think this is pretty cool. It completely fills the monitor (22 " LCD)

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no i don’t mean it that way.

i tell @$$#$ to not jinx anything, and that’s not just sharks games. giants games too and the jr high kids i coach at st matts etc etc etc

My friend Art, has never attended a game that the Sharks have lost. Also, Art has never seen the Wings (his team) beat the sharks in the 3 games versus the wings he has attended.

Now to the meat. Art and I have a 10 pack of tickets. He was not able to attend the Chicago game we had tickets to on Saturday.

What happened?

WE LOST!!!!! Coincidence? I think not.

We need to all pitch in and get Art a season ticket!

We need to all pitch in and get Art a season ticket

For the remainder of this season!

I’m just a little stitious.

Sharks-specific:
-I have to wear one of my two Sharks hats on gameday. If they win, I wear the same one next time. If they lose, I wear the other one the next game.
-The Sharks t-shirt I silk screened a few years ago is terrible luck for home games, but amazing on the road.

Sports in general:
-No listening to DragonForce for a few hours before a game (this is where I messed up on Saturday, sorry guys). This has an extremely high correlation with a loss.
-Absolutely no clothing of the opposing team’s colors, barring black, white, and my team’s colors. Playing the Wings? No red. Yankees? No blue and no stripes. I can’t recall ever breaking this rule, for any sport, intentionally or not, so I don’t know if it matters. But wearing a green t-shirt when the Sharks are playing the Wild would just feel so……wrong.
-One exception to the previous: my lucky boxers. Mostly useful for the A’s, but they help for other teams as well.

(Almost all clothing-related. Hmmmmm…..)

while watching any sharks game at home, I MUST 100% NEED TO HAVE on….my Sharks PJ bottoms. I got them at Target. They are not San Jose Sharks PJ bottoms…no, these are guys pj bottoms. With Sharks on them.

I won’t wear a shirt or sweater after a loss, it’s got to be washed before I wear it for a game again. I’ve also had my ticket from last year’s WCSF game 5 in my wallet since the game.

The biggest one for me at the Tank is to only drink Alaskan. Every time I get a Molson they lose, including the last Calgary game. Yes I know I screwed up on that one.

My newest one is not trying to call the score. Mr. K helped with that one.

When you have a birthdate of 6/6/66, you realize any sign to mean anything is sorta a joke. :)

superstitious, I’ll leave that stuff for you guys to handle.

The games are later for us here and sometimes I just can’t make it. Dave will catch me resting my eyes every now and then. But here’s the kicker…right before the 3rd period starts Dave sends me to bed. Even if I’m asleep the man will wake me up and tell me to go to bed and what do you think I do….I get up and go to bed.

1. I didn’t eat out at a restaurant (I tried to talk my dad into In N Out, but he made a pizza at home… which was good, but see above for my superstition).

2. I forgot to mention that another superstition of mine is that I list all upcoming games in a small corner of my classroom’s whiteboard, so the kids know if the Sharks win or lose (many fans in my class that can’t stay up late). I’ve been sick this entire week, and I was unable to update the list, which had Chicago as the last entry.

3. I attended the last two games while sick. I must be healthy – that is my new belief.

4. I took my dad – he is historically bad luck.

There you have it – irrefutable evidence as to why our team lost tonight. Charlatans might suggest that the Sharks let off the gas for the final 20 minutes, but you select few now know the truth.

Zito and Mr K are forgiven. Southern Bell just told me that even though she went to bed ‘tween the 2nd and 3rd, she didn’t turn the game on in the bedroon, which she always does. She accepts all blame for the loss.

Still, Zito might have had something to do with it.

I went with my friend and her dad, and for some reason if me and my friend’s dad go together, we lose. I’m 0-2-1 with him! Every other time I’m 4-0-0.

Oh, and Black Armor night. I’m 0-1-1 so far. Home and away jerseys, I’m good (as evidenced by Chicago win in Chicago), but the third jerseys and I just don’t mix.

for that massive turd of a game last night. The Sharks simply sucked and no t shirt, jersey, hat, restaurant, song, or pajamas had anything to do with it!

But, I will change my desktop and this shirt’s history.

to break the losing streak tonight. White “Who’s your Nabby?” t shirt. No hat. If this doesn’t work I’ll be forced to wear my old style black jersey tomorrow when all the Penguin fans are here. Probably should anyway. But I’m pretty leery of that damned thing.

everyone did last night…..do it again!

sweatshirt I have never worn for a game….it’s gonna get lot’s of use now