The Toronto Blue Jays are currently the pride and joy of Canadian sports teams. They have clinched the American League East for the first time in 22 years. They have the best offence in the league, led by Josh Donaldson, José Bautista and Edwin Encarnación. They have a wicked defense including Kevin Pillar who always makes amazing diving catches. They have arguably the best pitcher in the league, David Price, supported by phenomenal performances by R. A. Dickey, Mark Buerhle and Roberto Osuna. The Jays were looking unstoppable. Until October 2, the day Taylor Swift came to perform in Toronto.
Taylor Swift is the biggest pop star on the planet today – perhaps in our generation. She knows how to put on an awesome show and always brings a celebrity guest for her fans. Everyone who goes to her concerts says she was phenomenal and incredible. However, T-Swizzle is known to be a bad luck charm for Major League Baseball teams. It’s been noted that after Taylor performs in an MLB team’s stadium, their team implodes and self-destructs. According to ESPN, the Houston Astros have suffered a 7-11 record since her concert, losing seven of the eight games immediately after her concert. Before her concert, the Astros had the top spot in the AL West division. They also just lost to the Kansas City Royals. In Washington DC, after T-Swift’s concert, when the Nationals played, the lights went out in the stadium – not once, not twice but three times. Afterwards, the Nationals had a disastrous record and have been eliminated from the post-season after having the top spot in the National League East before her concert. Next, the pop princess performed in San Diego. The result? The Padres lost twenty-one of their thirty-three games since her concert and were subsequently eliminated from the playoffs.
Now, we haven’t exactly conducted a proper experiment to determine whether the losing is caused by T-Swift or if it’s merely coincidence. Also, the Jays did win the American League East Division so maybe the curse has been lifted. However, we can’t ignore the stats and it seems to me that the correlation index between her performing and a team losing is pretty high. Perhaps the Blue Jays will prove the theory wrong and just “shake it off.” Or maybe the curse is real. After her performances on Friday and Saturday, the Jays had lost the last two games of the regular season and then lost their first two games against the Texas Rangers. However, they pulled through and won the division title against all odds. Perhaps the Jays are the Chosen Ones of the Baseball Gods (who are probably the only ones able to uplift the curse) this year. But then again, they lost their first game against the dastardly Kansas City Royals so maybe the curse is coming back.
If the curse is real, Taylor Swift will be as unwelcome in Toronto as Meek Mill and she’s going to have bad blood with a city that used to give her mad love. She should just stay in New York City and perform in Yankee Stadium. The Yankees need to lose anyway.
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