We all like to believe in karma, because sometimes it's about bad actors getting theirs, and that lives right next door to whatever justice is left in this world.
We also like to believe in karma because we're natural pessimists (OK, some of us are natural pessimists), and sometimes karma is about bad things happening to good people and, dammit, we KNEW this was gonna happen.
Today the Blob presents you with an example of each.
First we have Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton, who lipped off about his predecessor Nathaniel Hackett, before the season, telling us what a godawful mess he made of the Broncos during his one season at the helm. And how he, Sean Payton, was gonna clean up Dodge now that he was in town.
And then he took his Broncos down to Miami and eviscerated by the Dolphins, 70-20. Nothin' left of 'em but a smoking crater and a few scraps of orange.
I can't think a tiny smile didn't bloom on Nathaniel Hackett's face when he saw that score. Yeah, well, I never got MY ass kicked by 50 points, buddy boy. Karma, baby. It's what's for dinner.
And, as we've noted, sometimes it chokes you in mid-swallow.
For that we go to Atlanta, Ga., where the Chicago Cubs, who have been on the outs with karma for all but one of the last 115 years, did that Cubs thing they do so well again last night. Up 6-0 on the Braves with their playoff hopes hanging in the balance, they futzed around and lost 7-6. And one of the main reasons they lost?
This right here. The ghosts of Leon Durham and Alex Gonzalez possessing Seiya Suzuki and whispering "Come on, dummy. Miss it. Take it from us, it ain't that hard when you're a Cub."
Meaning, of course that karma is karma, and therefore the Cubs are gonna Cub. Every fan of the northsiders knows this in their bones.
Now they're a game behind the Diamondbacks for the last NL wild-card spot with five days left in the season. Yeesh.
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