Curses: A Tribute to Losing Teams and Easy Scapegoats

Barry Grass reflects on the pain of rooting for a cursed team. “Each year it is another variation on the same theme: ‘This is Our Year’ or ‘Is This Our Year?’ or ‘Can the Royals Win it All?’ or ‘Our Time’ or ‘How Good are these Royals?’ or ‘How Good are these Royals’ or or or. It gets tiresome after growing up hearing it year after year, because the answer has always been the same. The answer is no. It’s not our time. It’s not our year. No, the Royals aren’t going to win it all. These Royals are not very good. No.”

Published: Jul 2, 2014
Length: 18 minutes (4,537 words)