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Could the Taylor Swift baseball curse hit the Blue Jays?

by Jesse Locke

The superstitious types over at ESPN have recently discovered that several teams playing in stadiums that have hosted a Taylor Swift performance are now on a losing streak. Could that hex hit the Toronto Blue Jays when she plays at Rogers Centre this weekend?

The Houston Astros have dropped down to an 8-11 record since Swift’s appearance at Minute Maid Park (yes, that’s a baseball stadium and not some kind of Willy Wonka-esque orange juice wonderland). The Washington Nationals have also fallen to 32-39 since the 1989 tour stop in July (also potentially causing a power outage), with the team now out of the postseason hunt.

Finally, the San Diego Padres have also gone 11-18 since the artist’s August performance at Petco Park. The Taylor Swift Sports Curse™ may even extend to football, with the BC Lions 1-2 in home games since she played BC Place on Aug. 1.

The Blue Jays start Game 1 of the American League Divisional Series on October 8. Should supertitious fans be scared? The creator of “First Place”, a Jays-themed “Blank Space” parody, says nah. “Oh my god/Look at this team/Could be better than ‘93.”