Superstition and Moses-- Unrelated!

Before we start we’d like to say Congrats to Deshka Olson on her scholarship to Loyola Marymount! Hopefully, you can destroy D1 Basketball just like Josh and I destroyed Jedd Tibbitts!

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Anyways, here’s the story behind this madness. Josh and I became friends while we served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was there that we discovered how similar our love for sports is. Josh and I served together as companions in Salmon, Idaho. I don’t know how many of you have been to Salmon, Idaho but it’s small. Really small! Small like the fan base for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Salmon has about 3,300 people and 30,000 cows. Unless you like milking and preg checking cows you better have some good friends or have a good imagination to entertain you. This is where we had the time and desire to come up with Balls and Beards.

One thing that has been on my mind lately is superstitions in sports. Why do we as humans think that doing small things will affect whether or not our team does better? I won’t lie I have had recent experience with this. During the NBA Finals, the games I didn’t watch the Spurs won and the games I did watch the Heat won. So do I actually believe it that the Heat won because I, Steven MacDonald of Vienna, Virginia watched the game? Heck yes I do. I mean we’re talking about LeBron taking my inner hatred toward him and using it as fuel to beat the San Antonio Old Guys! I will live the rest of my life regretting that I watched the 2013 NBA Finals. Rally caps are another superstition that blows my mind. I really enjoy that 20 year old men think that putting hats on inside out like Forrest Gump will help them come back from 5 runs. Here’s some advice that will help you more than rally caps: 1. Wear your hat like a normal person. 2. Play baseball better than Nick Johnson. 3. Look at Step 2.

Beard of the Week: There’s one very important person who contributed to this creation. His name is Moses, well not really, most people know him as James Harden. Here’s a perfect picture of our main man. Unfortunately he isn’t with the Thunder anymore. I am excited for Moses, Superman and Linsanity to hook up in H-Town. Thankfully, Houston is big enough for the three of them.