Red Sox are now 0-15 on Ben Affleck’s birthday since release of ‘Good Will Hunting’
By Dan Zinski
Most curses are complete and utter baloney and only superstitious silly people believe them. And then there’s the Good Will Hunting curse.
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If you aren’t familiar with the Good Will Hunting curse, it’s easy enough to explain: Since the release of the Boston-set movie Good Will Hunting in 1997, the Red Sox have gone winless on Good Will Hunting star Ben Affleck’s birthday.
If you don’t believe me, just look at this chart compiled by a Redditor. It is…spooky.
The opponent doesn’t matter. The venue doesn’t matter. The quality of the Red Sox team doesn’t matter.
If it’s Ben Affleck’s birthday, the Red Sox can’t win.
Some may have been hoping that the death of Robin Williams, who of course won an Oscar for his performance in Good Will Hunting, would lift the curse. But no. Friday was Ben Affleck’s birthday, the Red Sox played a baseball game…and the Red Sox lost.
Even the death of Robin Williams could not sway the cosmos. Apparently, the cosmos will not be satisfied until Ben Affleck himself makes some kind of sacrifice.
What can Affleck do to appease the gods and lift the curse? Give up acting?
“When did he START acting?” I can hear some wise-ass people asking.
What then? Give up directing? But he’s an okay director. Did you see Argo? That was almost not terrible.
Come on cosmos, give us a hint. WHAT DOES BEN AFFLECK NEED TO DO, YOU CRUEL CRUEL COSMIC MISTRESS?
All those other baseball curses pale in comparison to this curse. Billy goat curse? Curse of the Bambino? Curse of Frankie Frisch’s stolen underwear (I made that one up)?
Lame and fake. Good Will Hunting curse? Totally real and completely terrifying. I’m under my bed right now, praying to Jebus for all I’m worth.
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