More Karma

If you believe in the above, there was no way the Blackhawks were going to beat the Blues; too much karma.  By that I mean Patrick Kane and his late night out last summer that resulted in something—though we don’t appear likely ever to know exactly what—along with Andrew Shaw showing a side of himself in the heat of battle that was better left hidden, if not kept buried deep in the closet.  Personally, I think it was more likely that St. Louis was the better team.

Not that you would’ve gotten a sense of that from the Chicago media, television in particular.  The sports’ “reporters” I saw kept talking about the Hawks’ near-invincibility in game seven showdowns; this line was repeated until the line between journalist and subject was went invisible.  Mind you, the players were too smart to say anything so stupid and sure to motivate their opponents.  But the folks on Channel 5 just couldn’t keep their mouths shut.

Hot air discharged from the mouth at some point creates very bad karma.  That might be worth remembering with the Cubs.