Curse of the SeaBlog?

On the very same day that he was hyped in this space, Hanley Ramirez went 0-6 with three K's in Portland's 4-3 victory over the mini-Empire (aka the Trenton Thunder). Mike Lockwood tied the game by hitting the big mitt over the right-center field fence (note to Charlie E., or the folks at Youth Alternatives (whoever is responsible) - it's time to upgrade the Mitt. It's definitely seen better days.). Stefan Bailie, who has taken a liking to the Sea Wall in left field and has quickly re-established himself as a prospect (344/388/622-5-19 in 24 games in Portland after hitting 306/383/568-11-48 in 58 games in Sarasota) after years of injuries, won the game with a double in the 12th inning.

So, I apologize to Hanley for jinxing him, and to Bailie, who will undoubtedly go into a slump starting tonight. Heck, I will even apologize to Charlie Zink, whose career went into a tailspin after I wrote about him in this blog. Abe Alvarez seems to be the only guy to have avoided the curse to this point. The beauty in baseball is, you can do poorly and your team might still win, and there is always another game tomorrow. Time to reverse the curse of the SeaBlog.