The unlucky fan also had the good sense to ask one of his number-crunching buddies to formulate the odds on such a dubious feat. The odds of him going 0-19 this year at Nats Park were 1 in 131,204. Staggering.

Here's more math from his egghead friend:

It took into account that they were 33-48 at home this year, made up of 0-19 when you were there and 33-29 when you were not there. The odds that you would select 19 games out of 81, of which 33 would have been wins, and you picked none, that was the shocker. The other discussion is whether it was just 1 in 20,000, which would be the odds of going to 19 games of a team that wins 33/81 of their games in general, and seeing no wins. But we eventually decided that what was more impressive was that the team actually went 33-29 when you weren't there, and you just picked the wrong games

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I'd actually go with "you picked the wrong team" but why split hairs?

The Nats Unluckiest Fan [SportsBog]

Thankfully, Portis returned to his natural hair color, but why did he make the switch in the first place?:

"I just felt like doing something different. You know, I think even with that, from what I hear, now I'm gay? I don't think there's a woman in the United States of America that would say I'm gay. So, you know, I don't hang around men, I don't live a private life, there's constantly people around me. You know, I did it because that was something that I felt like doing. At the moment it was like, 'Ohhh, I want to do something weird and different,' and that's what I did, I dyed my hair blond. You know, it wasn't an attention seeker. I actually was out of the country, I left the country after I did it, so I wasn't even over here once I did it. So it was just an experiment."

So just in case people questioned Portis' sexuality after his whimsical hair experiment, there is absolutely nothing to worry about. The entire U.S. female population can attest to that fact, apparently.

Clinton Portis Explains His Blond 'Do [DC Sports Bog] (via Mister Irrelevant)

New York City Deadspin readers: Grab your chap books and gird your loins, because tonight is the Varsity Letters Reading extravaganza you've all been waiting for. Watch Drew Magary share the tiny, cloistered-off section of a bar to read from "Men With Balls" along side one-time nemesis and blog bloviator, H. G. "Buzz" Bissinger. Will they shake hands and lustily embrace? Will they share an awkward hot dog and beer together? Or will Buzz grab a coconut and bust it over top the head of the bastardly Big Daddy Balls?

Also appearing at this veritable sportsblog toss-off this evening — Washington D.C.s most famous bogger, Dan Steinberg.

Here are the details:

Happy Ending

302 Broome St
New York, NY 10002
Phone: (212) 334-9676

Show starts at 8 p.m., boob signing and frosty beverages immediately to follow.

Steinberg asked Scott if his blog-reading habits have changed since the last time they spoke. Nope:

Dan Steinberg: Hey, Stuart, got a second? I talked to you last year at the Spelling Bee....

Stuart Scott: Oh, the blog! My brother actually saw it and he kind of directed me to it.

DS: Did I malign you?

SS: You were honest. It was cool. First and only blog I've ever read.'

DS: I feel like things have changed since then, I feel like they've gone a lot more mainstream since then.

SS: What, blogs? They may have.

DS: I'm just curious if you've changed at all?

SS:[Shakes Head]

DS: Guess not.

Steinberg then followed Stu around a bit more, peppering him with questions about all sorts of media-related inquiries and then he drops this one on the Boo-Yah.

At this point, I told Scott that A.J. Daulerio, his foil from Super Bowls past, had been named Deadspin editor. Scott wasn't immediately familiar with the name. "Whatever," he said, when I explained who he was. "If that's what he wants to do with his life...."

A.J. Daulerio: [Shakes Tunica Albuginea ]

A Converastion With Stuart Scott [D.C. Sports Bog]