Cruz Curse Bites Houston

 

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

(Note:  Although this story is now seriously dated, I regard it as still worth archiving in this blog of scattered musings.)  

Texas US Senator Ted Cruz, a man beloved by damned few, took a personal shellacking this past week as his favorite sports team, the Houston Astros major league baseball team, lost their post season playoff series to the Texas Rangers, three games to four.  Some in Houston blamed the four straight home losses on Ted Cruz's presence in the stands at each of the games, and several Houston fans literally begged the Texas senator to stay away from the seventh and final game of the playoff series this past Monday night..

But the obstinate Cruz was in attendance along with his daughter, Catherine, and the Astros lost eleven to four.

Cruz's senate staff was aware that Rolling Stone magazine was doing what the senator's staff termed "a hit piece" regarding the alleged "Cruz curse," and the senator, in true Trumpian eloquence, referred to the article's authors as "lying hacks."

The senator was quick to point out that he and his daughter have a long history of attending "Stroh's" games, and that they had been in the stands for countless Houston victories, but many good Houstonians who understand the gravitas of sports' curses weren't having it.   Some fans took to social media before the final game of the series and cajoled, begged, and pleaded for the politician. "for the love of all things Houston," to stay away from game seven on Monday night.  " If the girls must come, send them with Heidi!"  But the bullheaded politician came anyway - and Houston lost eleven to four, with many local fans giving up and leaving the stadium during the sixth inning.

The article in Rolling Stone also mentioned that Cruz had been courtside in game seven of the 2018 NBA Western Conference Finals when the Houston Rockets lost to the Golden State Warriors, and the Rockets also managed to miss twenty-seven consecutive three-point shots.  Many credited Ted Cruz for that sports fiasco as well.

An article in The New Republic suggested that some see Cruz's interest in sports as being suspect after he referred to a "basketball hoop" as a "basketball ring" in the 2016 presidential debates.

Sports curses may be mostly superstition and hokum, but it still warms the cockles to see one occasionally envelop a political wart like Ted Cruz.

Hey Teddy, if you're not feeling the love in Houston, there are probably several good futbol teams in Cancun that would value your support - and winter's coming!