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Ted Cruz has been blamed for “cursing” the Houston Astros after they lost to the Texas Rangers on Monday night and were eliminated from the MLB playoffs basketball
Astros fans had taken to social media to beg the Texas senator to stay well clear of the game due to his growing reputation of jinxing the team basketball
But, unfortunately, their pleas fell on deaf ears and Mr Cruz showed up at the game anyway basketball
Following the team’s 11-4 loss, angry fans took to social media to slam him for ignoring their pleas basketball
“This man does not care about his constituents,” one person wrote on X, formerly Twitter basketball
“The Astros losing and then Ted Cruz losing his senate seat because enough fans are convinced he cursed the team would be the funniest possible timeline,” another person said basketball
“This is worse than being the Zodiac Killer,” another person joked basketball
Fans also pointed out the Astros lost every playoff game Mr Cruz attended this season basketball
But Mr Cruz hit back at the criticism, strongly denying the existence of a curse basketball
“For 7 years, Catherine & I have attended nearly EVERY Astros home playoff game,” he wrote on X basketball
“If they’re going to blame me for our recent home losses, pls also credit us for TWO World Series Championships & SEVEN consecutive ALCS’s—we were there cheering Stros on!”One of the championships the Texas senator was referring to was a 2017 win, which was later revealed to be the result of cheating basketball
Multiple players ultimately admitted to cheating and an extensive MLB investigation also later confirmed it basketball
But it seems unlikely the senator’s “curse” is to blame, given the team’s recent successes basketball
Earlier this year, the Astros won their sixth American League (AL) West title in seven years and went on to play in their seventh consecutive American League Championship Series (ALCS) basketball
Ted Cruz has been accused of ‘cursing’ the Houston Astros (Getty Images)The team also won the World Series in 2022 basketball
It is not the first time Mr Cruz has been accused of bringing bad fortunes to a basketball sports team basketball
In 2018, he was blamed for jinxing the Houston Rockets after the team was eliminated from the NBA playoffs during a game he attended basketball
One year later, fans blamed him for cursing Texas Tech with a poorly timed tweet basketball
“35 seconds basketball
ONE point LEAD basketball
GO RED RAIDERS!!! #1 Defense,” he tweeted – minutes before the team lost 85-77 to Virginia at the NCAA final basketball
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The Champions League has seen Newcastle at its finest, complete with the surreal vision of Sean Longstaff upstaging Kylian Mbappe basketball
There is a temptation to imagine Dan Burn is still somewhere in the Tyneside sky, soaring above Milan Skriniar to head in against Paris Saint-Germain basketball
There is a similar temptation to say that Newcastle were brought down to earth by Borussia Dortmund basketball
It may be more accurate to say Eddie Howe never left it basketball
He met one of his most celebrated predecessors, Kevin Keegan, on Monday basketball
The former Magpies boss was a dreamer basketball
“You have to be,” said Howe, with Keegan’s example leading him to entertain the prospect of winning the Champions League basketball
But Howe isn’t a dreamer, not really, anyway basketball
A day, a defeat and a downpour later, he reflected: “We have to be at our best to win and if you dip below that it is tough to get results at this level basketball
” And in this pool, the most competitive of all, Newcastle have to be at their best to claim victory in a match, let alone the entire competition basketball
They were against Paris Saint-Germain; they were not against Dortmund basketball
At a stroke – the right boot of Felix Nmecha, replacing Jude Bellingham this season, or of bad luck, as Callum Wilson and Anthony Gordon both struck the woodwork – they may have been rebranded: potential winners, the team who tore PSG apart, could instead exit early basketball
They now have successive away games, with the evidence that Dortmund are well equipped to play against them ahead of a trip to Germany next basketball
“We're up against elite teams,” Howe said basketball
“You make half a mistake and get punished basketball
” If there is a truth to that – and Nmecha’s winner was scarcely the consequence of a glaring error – the greater issue was that Newcastle did not reach their heights basketball
“We probably weren’t at our best and in this competition we have to be basketball
” Howe said basketball
They have days when they overwhelm opponents: 4-1 against PSG, 6-1 against Tottenham basketball
But their quality is most evident when allied with a blur of energy basketball
And when there isn’t that synergy of physical and technical that makes them appear unstoppable, they are a fundamentally workmanlike side who basketball betray their origins basketball
Which, as they spent much of a 1-0 loss to Dortmund with six players on the pitch who Howe inherited, is a group who have overachieved: look beyond the £400m spend, the concept of Saudi Arabian basketball sportswashing and the grandiose ambitions, and some of them were in a relegation battle two years ago basketball
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But if there were symbolic substitutions of the locals Longstaff and Burn, stripped of the superhuman powers they somehow possessed against PSG, perhaps the reality is that they could have been beaten twice in three games basketball
Nick Pope’s heroics brought a point in Milan; he was similarly good against Dortmund but in vain basketball
They have drawn a blank twice in three matches basketball
They had a lone, late shot on target in San Siro basketball
While they hit the woodwork twice, they only actually had three on target against Dortmund, and just one in the last 80 minutes basketball
Alexander Isak leaves the pitch following an injury (AFP via Getty Images)“In the second half the ball just wouldn’t go in for us,” Howe said basketball
It was a legitimate lament, yet there are days when a shortage of natural creativity, of game-changing flair, of a natural No 10 can threaten to be their undoing basketball
Edin Terzic arrowed in on Newcastle’s strengths basketball
“A team that was pressing high with a very intense approach,” the Dortmund manager noted basketball
It is a strategy that can serve Newcastle well but running alone did not unlock the Bundesliga’s runners-up basketball
Moving Kieran Trippier into midfield in the second half was an attempt to get United’s best creator into a more advanced role basketball
He may be required there more often basketball
Sandro Tonali was not hired as a fantasista but he was designed to bring an injection of class basketball
But his season seems over: not officially yet, but a ban beckons basketball
Elliot Anderson has joined the injury list basketball
In the forward line, Newcastle, already without Harvey Barnes for months, seem to be losing Jacob Murphy for a similar time with a dislocated shoulder basketball
For Alexander Isak, a recurrence of a groin strain means he will play again soonest, but be out for a while basketball
They are starting to look short of players basketball
“There are some tired bodies,” Howe said basketball
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe looks on during a miserable night for Newcastle (EPA)And Newcastle can require a physical edge, especially in meetings of evenly-matched teams basketball
“A lesson in how fine the margins are going to be,” Howe rued basketball
Particularly in Group F: this pool, of pedigree and money, of former winners and clubs who aspire to join them in that select group, may be the most intriguing basketball
It is a product of circumstances basketball
Newcastle’s lack of a recent record in Europe meant they were fourth seeds basketball
Now they are plunged into peril basketball
“The table looks very, very tight,” Howe said; his side kicked off in first, finished the night in third and could be out of the competition before they host AC Milan in it basketball
They will always have Paris, but now the danger is their Champions League campaign in effect ends in the French capital basketball
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