Where is Warren Bankston When You Need Him?
by Ken Arneson
2005-09-13 9:55

When was the last time you tried to Google something, and the information didn’t seem to exist online in any format?

The A’s are cursed, and here’s the proof: not only are the A’s 0-9 in their last nine chances to clinch an ALDS game, they are also 0-9 in their last nine playoff coin flips. Odds against that? 1 in 262,144.

I remember when I was a kid, the Oakland Raiders had a coin-flip specialist, Warren Bankston. He would get visions of the coin flip during the week, and then proceeded to call correctly about 17 coin flips in a row.

Anybody else remember that story? It was a long time ago. I’m not sure if I remembered it correctly, so I tried to Google it. I found nothing, except the fact that Bankston correctly called the coin flip in Super Bowl XI.

Wherever Bankston is, the A’s should look him up and hire him. He’s gotta be better than whoever it is they have calling their coin flips now.

Then again, if they’re cursed, I guess it doesn’t matter.

Comments: 2
1.   Bob Timmermann
2005-09-13 13:13

1.  I think the coin flips are all done in the Commissioner's Office and there might not be a representative there. If so, it would be a conference call.

For all we know, the whole process is rigged.

2.   Ken Arneson
2005-09-19 14:06

2.  Turns out the team that is ahead in the standings gets to call the flip. Since the A's were behind, they didn't make any of the call this year. All their opponents called the flips correctly.

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