I guess you have a point there, but you'd also have to figure out when the curse didn'tapply.

( a la Bill James) I checked the last eight weeks for days when Buffy and I shared a staff.

It happened a total of 15 times (including one doubleheader) during the eight weeks. My pitching stats for those 15 games:

7-8, 3.42, 235 Pts (16.8 PPD). Except for the W-L, that's about my season average)

Then I figured, since you're the one doing all the crying about this mythical curese, I'd check your stats, too.

On days when you and Buffy shared a staff, you were (13 days, 3 doubleheaders):

10-6, 3.71, 260 Pts (20.0 PPD). You did welll in two out of the three doubleheaders, and beat your seasonal averages by quite a bit.

What curse?