The Curse of Youppi!?

 

(Photo by Getty Images. Anonymous sources say that Ex-Montreal Expos mascot Youppi!, now employed by the Montreal Canadians, put a curse on all Washington sports teams when the Expos left Montreal to become the Nationals in 2005. The Habs dropped the Caps 3-2 in overtime in Game One of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals last night. Uh oh.)

Habs 3, Caps 2.

"Capitals vs. Canadiens -- blood feud for Montreal fans -- the "Remember the Expos" series."
(Thom Loverro, via Twitter, 4/15/2010)

Will Youppi! have the last laugh?

Is it possible that more people in Montreal remember that there once WAS a baseball team called the Expos than there are people in Washington D.C. who remember that there IS a baseball team named the Nationals?

Meanwhile...

• Garrett Mock recalled from 'Cuse, sent to the 15-day DL due to a strained neck. Anonymous sources say Mock strained his neck watching those 2 HRs to Francoeur and Barajas last Friday night in NY.

• Godspeed, Jason Bergmann.

• Pittsburgh blog Title Tahn has some good photos/commentary from Strasburg's Altoona debut.

• Back to Ryan Zimmerman's pinch hit HR yesterday. During the broadcast, MASN's Rob Dibble recounted an incident that happened prior to Zim's heroics:

  "Well, I saw something when Scott Olsen was coming off the field, that I thought I'd never see. Ryan Zimmerman -- and this is what a team leader is all about -- Phillie fan was getting all over Scott. Zim got up and got all over the fan. Maybe that was just enough of what Zim needed to get him going."
  (Rob Dibble, via MASN, 4/15/2010)

  Great story. Anyone ask Zim about it after the game? Would love to hear Zim's take on the incident.

• A portion of every ticket sold through this link for the Sunday, April 25 game vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers will go to help Children’s National Medical Center build a new Diabetes Care Complex in Washington, DC. Here's the link, again: http://nationals.com/childrensnational

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Comments

[Harper Gordek]

I heard all the sabrmetricians who uncovered Youippi!'s tomb died mysteriously.