How fitting that one of those celebrated losers, the Chicago Cubs, tried to pin their losing on some Joe Average loser that just happened to be in the way at a crucial time. Sitting alone, listening to the game on headphones, he reached up for a foul ball that may or may not have been out of the reach of charging outfielder Moises Alou. You can tell this guy has already suffered enough in his life just from looking at him, but if you also take into account his name, you really have to pitty him. 26 years old and named Steve Bartman means that he had to be about 13 when The Simpsons introduced the "Bartman" action figure and dance. "Hey Bartman, do the Bartman, Bartman." Yeah, that guy had it rough. You can almost see it in his eyes, past the glare from his prominent eyeglasses.

But losers have a way of sticking together. Sure the Cubs fans will give Bartman a rough time for a while, but in the end they'll realize they are all losers for they are all Cub fans, and that is the source of their pride. It turns out its easy to get lucky, like the Marlins this year. It's much harder to be terminally unlucky. So while losers are quick to belittle their most famous of losing brethren, they are also quick to come to their senses and celebrate what makes losing so great.

A great example of that is the so-called Star Wars Kid, some teenager in Quebec that recorded himself imitating Darth Maul's two-bladed light saber assault and accidently became the toast of the internet, following other internet losers who got their 15 minutes of fame, like "That Turkish Ladies' Man" or "That Cat Who Looked At The Eminem Auction" or "Steve Jobs." Of course, that kid was so embarassed, he not only probably never went to school again, he also sued his (ex-)classmates who digitized and distributed the video to the tune of $160,000 (although, keep in mind that is Canadian dollars and equates to about 50 bucks US). However, even before the lawsuit came out, all the other losers of the world—those with so little of a life that they actually keep track of the latest internet fads—started to stick up for the Star Wars Kid. A collection was made, and the Star Wars Kid was given a brand new I-Pod (someone tell Steve Jobs). Also, a petition was started to get Star Wars Kid in the final prequel, and he likely will be starring in place of Joey Fatome with Justin, J.C., and the rest of *NSYNC.

I guess the bottomline is that few of us actually are non-losers for any significant amount of time. Back when these baseball curses started, there were only 3 teams: the Yankees, the Red Soxes, and the Cubs, so it was pretty easy for the losers to start their streaks. I mean, when the Yank's bought Babe Ruth for $100,000, you have to realize that the guy that replaced him in the Red Sox lineup was the tenor from the Broadway show that money went towards funding. When so few of us have any chance of actually winning, there's no shame in losing.

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