Madden Curse
That phrase is normally applied to the NFL player who graces the cover of the video game bearing the name of John Madden. Such exposure is said to presage a bad year.
As far as the Grasshoppers are concerned, it fits with South Atlantic League batters who have to face Corey Madden, who has struck out 68 batters in 42 innings so far. That's 14.57 strikeouts per nine innings, one of the best such figures in all of Minor League Baseball in all of this decade.
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