Corms can take dis to da bank

October 5, 2007, 11:19 AM ET
Not To Worry, Cubs Fans
by Nate Silver
As I noted in my SI piece about the greatest September and October collapses:
Ultimately, the lesson is that misery loves company: many of the same teams that have vanquished a choker have been the victim at another point in time. That could mean that the Cubs are due to make a big comeback at some point in the 2007 playoffs.
The Cubs actually were a vanquisher at one point. They were the team that took advantage of Fred Merkle’s blunder to steal the 1908 pennant from the New York Giants. Importantly, that was the last time they won the World Series. But they’ve since accumulated a significant karma surplus because of 2003 and 1969, not to mention 1984.
So really, all of this is going to plan. It’s the Cubs’ turn to pull off a spectacular comeback. In fact, you should be actively rooting for the Diamondbacks to build up a big lead in Game 3. 5-1 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth? 13-4? 30-3 and Geovany Soto is down to his last strike? All the better from a karma perspective.
Unless, of course, I have reversed jinxed the Cubs and angered the karma gods by revealing all of this.