Are the Giants MLB’s version of Bad Luck Schleprock?
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| Next stop…Dodger Stadium. |
Remember the old Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm cartoon when they were all grown up? Pebbles had pebbles and Bamm-Bamm needed more bam-bam. That show was pretty righteous, in my opinion. Anyway, they had a character on the show whose name was Bad Luck Schleprock. Everywhere this cat went, he would wreak some kind of physical havoc on whoever might be standing nearby and then mutter “Wowzy wowzy woo woo.”
Well, lately, the Giants have been baseball’s version of Bad Luck Schleprock. Not just on their own team either (Eugenio Velez‘ ugly finder off his noodle, Jeremy Affeldt‘s torn oblique muscle, Dan Runzler‘s dislocated knee while swinging at a pitch in his first MLB at bat, Pablo Sandoval‘s divorce — OK maybe that one’s Panda’s fault, who knows).
Remember back in June when the Giants took down Boston Red Sox stars Dustin Pedroia and Clay Buchholz?
Well now, the Gigantes are at it again. This time, players who have been the subject of trade rumors with the Giants are getting jinxed.
I give you Corey Hart and David DeJesus, both whom have been heavily linked to the Giants in various trade rumors.
The Brewers wanted Jonathan Sanchez or Madison Bumgarner in exchange for Hart. But that was before the All-Star rightfielder with the caveman looks injured his wrist last Friday trying to catch a long foul ball off the bat of Cristian Guzman. Hart slid and hit his right hand against the concrete wall below the padding and has been out ever since. Um, we’ll give you Todd Wellemeyer for Hart, how’s that sound?
Then there’s DeJesus. He was damn near a Giant before he wrecked his thumb by crashing into a wall at Yankee Stadium last Thursday night. The Royals outfielder is done for the season, so I’m pretty sure it’s safe to say that even Brian Sabean won’t screw that one up. All thanks to Schelprock, of course.
Baseball’s funny that way. From Turk Wendell (who brushed his teeth between every inning) to Wade Boggs (who insisted on eating chicken before every game), baseball is the only major sport where superstition runs amok. And it’s what makes baseball the storied game it is.
Now if we could just spread a little of that Bad Luck Schleprock mojo toward Dodger Stadium…
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