Chapter 59
Phoenix has a nickname, “Bomnix.”
This nickname stems from the team’s tendency to start strong with great win rates during exhibition games and early in the season, exciting fans, only to fall back to their usual performance after spring ends.
[Even Phoenix, known for doing well in exhibition games, is now struggling in even those games? Crisis for Phoenix, despite their promises of change!]
└ The reporter clearly knows nothing about baseball, lol. If you don’t see what’s different this year, you’re missing it.
└ Yep, performing well in exhibition games means nothing.
└ True, Phoenix always performs well in exhibition games, then ends up at the bottom. Haven’t you seen that?
└ This time, though, Phoenix feels different somehow, doesn’t it?
As usual, Phoenix fans don’t care much about nicknames and instead hope for the best in the new season.
It’s akin to an Indian rain dance: they pray for rain until it comes, and when it does, they claim the dance was a success. The difference here is that even the Indians succeed after about a month, whereas Phoenix fans have been “dancing” for over 30 years without success.