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Superstitions – Baseball is full of them. And for me, so is Stratomatic. All of my teams are named after music groups and I listen to their music while drafting and whenever the team needs a little extra “help” during the season.

The power of that tradition came home to me with one of my current teams, the Alpha Omegas. I joined the G-Men Challenge league, agreeing to limit my players to those with names starting with A or O, with thinking about my team name. To my surprise and horror, I had no music to match! Dismissing Aer O'Smiths as a possibility, I tracked down a London-based reggae group called the Alpha and Omegas.

The Alpha and Omegas went 6-21 and lost 13 in a row during their first 27 games. Then it hit me – I didn’t have any of their music to “help”. A quick stop at Amazon and an express shipment later, three CDs arrived this Wednesday. That night, the Alpha Omegas swept three games – before I even had a chance to listen to the CDs. Last night, they took 2 of 3.

Coincidence!?! You be the judge.

So ‘fess up – what’s your strato-superstition?

I too name my teams for bands . Movies and weird names fit the bill also . Since I'm realitively new to this game , I been playing pretty much the same park with the same type players , tweeking the pitching staffs each team . So far so good .

Team names : Fear Factory , Double Trouble , Faster Pussycats , Black Label Society and Salty Dogs .

I have been naming my teams after Star Trek:

Corbomite Maneuver
Squire of Gothos
Gamesters of Triskelion
Doomsday Machine

I have been relying on my Bible reading to pull together team names:

Malta Shipwrecks
Narnia Aslans
Sons of Thunder
Dead Sea Scrolls (league champs!)
Capernaum Miracles
Jericho Good Samaritans
Tiberias Parables
Worldly Demons (league champs!)
Damascus Apostles
Tarsus Turkeys
Galilee Rocks
Judah Prophets
Antioch Pharisees
Jordan River Baptisms
Bethlehem Stars

I look up teams in the same order from day-to-day if I am on a good streak.

For example, if Team A wins a series, tehn I look at Team B and they won their series. Then the next day, I will look at A, then B until the the winning stops.

Also, If my legs are crossed and the results are good, I keep my legs crossed the next day. When the luck changes, I put both feet on the ground...

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