On Friday, I boarded an airplane, soared into the sky and ended up in an alternate universe -- one where water spins the wrong way down the drain and the Brewers can't win.
I missed five games and the Crew lost four of them - their worst home losing-streak this season. How devastating. I figured on the opposite record, at worst.
But it turns out you can't always count on what you think you know. And, along those lines, it turns out water doesn't spin down the drain the opposite way in the Southern Hemisphere.
It's a myth. The potential is there to make it happen - it's called the Coriolis force - but its impact just isn't that strong on such a small amount of water. Hurricane, yes. Sink full of water, no.
So there you go. It's all about order of magnitude. The potential was there for the Brewers to make it happen, but their impact just wasn't strong enough.
Maybe the analogy isn't quite apt, but whatever direction you spin it, it adds up to the same thing: hopes and expectations washing relentlessly down the drain.
Wow, did the past four days just plain stink. (How's that for plainspoken?)
Since we've all been doing a lot of worrying of late, I thought this might be a nice change of pace.
It's an article from "The New York Times" called "10 Things to Scratch From Your Worry List."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/science/29tier.html?em
Let's all pour ourselves a nice glass of scotch, take a shower, get some rest, and get ready to turn things around in Hotlanta.
Posted by: Curt | July 31, 2008 at 05:23 PM