An American baseball reference?

[MrEddo]

No: HPFGUIDX 68587


> > Darrin wrote:
> > 
> > > WAIT A SECOND.
> > > 
> > > Ch-udley Cannons.

Amy Z:
> > 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.


No, the Cubs did win a World Series in 1906. The Red Sox won in 1918, 
then traded Babe Ruth and never won again. (It's known as the "Curse 
of the Bambino," wouldn't it be great if we learn the Cannons traded 
a great player and got cursed!) Since, the Red Sox have often 
contended, although the Cubs haven't much. A better analogy to 
Chudley might be the Baltimore Orioles or Pittsburg Pirates, who have 
nice past histories but in recent years have been awful. 


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