An American baseball reference?

[linlou43]

No: HPFGUIDX 68533


> Darrin wrote:
> 
> > WAIT A SECOND.
> > 
> > Ch-udley Cannons.
> > 
> > Ch-icago Cubs.
> > 
> > Now just a gosh-darned minute!


Amy Z replied:
 
> I would love to think that JKR is referring to the long-suffering 
> Cubbies here, but I think the profile of the Cannons fits the Red 
Sox 
> more than the Cubs.  The Red Sox, non-aficionados of baseball, are 
> famous for not having won a World Series since The Great War.  The 
> Cubs have *never* won a World Series.  The Cannons were once a 
great 
> team, with their glory days far in the past.
   
      Wait a miute! Wait a minute! Does that mean if the Cannons win 
the Quidditch World Cup my beloved Red Sox will win the World 
Series??!!

 -linlou, who is holding out more hope than in the past ever since 
the Patriots won the Super Bowl