Are the End Times Upon Us?
The last time the Boston Red Sox were in the World Series was 1918. Two years later, the team's owner sold Babe Ruth's contract to the New York Yankees, and thus was born the Curse of the Bambino. The Babe, of course, went on to become the sport's greatest player after moving to New York. The Sox, on the other hand, have been unable to win another title despite making four more appearances in the Series. And unlike the hapless Chicago Cubs, Boston is not a bad team. They've made quite a few serious runs for the American League pennant, including last year.

Most people seem to be glad to see the Boston Red Sox in the World Series. They say they'd like to see "The Curse" end--assuming, of course, that there is such a thing.

However, researchers here at the Lugosi Institute have made a startling discovery which may soon change public opinion about the Sox. Remember Nostradamus, the prophet who lived back in the 1950's...? Or maybe it was the 1500's....

At any rate, my researchers have uncovered a previously unknown quatrain of his predictions which seems to foreshadow the current situation:

If the Sox Red should win the series of the world,
In our Lord the Savior's millennium the third,
Thus shall the Earth be finally curled,
Whilst the President of the land is dumber than a turd.

Now it's true that like much of Nostradamus' writings, the meaning of the preceding passage is open to interpretation. Nonetheless, it certainly does seem to at least imply that the planet will be torn asunder if the Red Sox win.

Call me overly cautious, but I'm rooting for St. Louis.

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---------------Oliphant