I pulled out all the stops...
... and it didn't help this year.
A few years ago, I discovered that if I folded origami cranes while the Red Sox were playing, that they would usually win. The crane folding even got them a couple of World Series wins. I'm sure it was the cranes that put them over the top, not the back-stabbing turncoat, Manny.
This year, I figured they needed a tad more help, so I kept a set of peace-seeds prayer beads handy while I folded the cranes. It almost worked. The Sox fought back from the brink of elimination in game five and went on to win game six. But, game seven was a different story. Either I didn't fold enough cranes, or I folded them with inadequate precision, or else the prayer beads thought the world would be a more peaceful place if an underdog won for a change. Bummer is all I can say.
Rest assured, my cranes and I will be back to make a difference next summer.
