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Inconclusive Evidence of the Efficacy of Prayer Watch, Part I

Modena have now won one and lost one since they had a monk perform an exorcism on their dressing room. They’re off the bottom in Serie B. Stay tuned.

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Inconclusive Evidence of the Efficacy of Prayer Watch, Part I

by Brian Phillips · November 17, 2008

Brian Phillips
It’s probably worth noting that the match they lost, to top-ranked Grosseto, was away, while their win against Frosinone was at home. Potentially consistent with a stadium-possessed-by-demon-spawn hypothesis, though we’ll need more evidence to be absolutely sure.

November 17, 2008 at 10:35 pm · Reply