Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for October 25, 2003

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Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling Did You Know? This week -- the WORLD SERIES Yes, it's the NATIONAL PASTIME, provided you define "pastime" as something only a few sports nerds and nostalgia-adled novelists care about. And, yes, it's the WORLD SERIES, provided you define "world" as the good ol' U.S. OF A.!! The Cleveland Indians LOST the 1997 World Series BECAUSE Linda Essing, of Akron, Ohio, JINXED them at a crucial moment, asking her husband, "Are you taking out the garbage tonight, or what?" Gil McDougald was suspended from the 1956 World Series for competing sober! The Curse of David Caruso? The highly lauded cast of "NYPD Blue" has never won a World Series! Archival film analysis reveals that until 1970, there was a strict "suit and tie" dress code for fans! Thanks For Nothing, Mon Ami! America has competed in 98 World Series, yet France has not aided us in a single one! Are Today's Players Soft? Pud Reilly was named World Series M.V.P. in 1907, pitching all nine games & batting .873....while suffering from syphilis-induced dementia! Reality Ratings Bonanza! Fox invigorated the series when it reintroduced to the competition the previously eliminated Zack, from "Paradise Hotel", during Game 3.