In case you've been under a sports rock for the last month, we will recap. Caught up in World Cup fever, the Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany decided to let their Octopus, named Paul, take a shot at predicting the outcome of the German squad's games. Before a German game, the aquarium would lower two containers, each containing a treat, into Paul's tank. One adorned with the German flag, the other with the opponent's flag. The container Paul chose first would determine the outcome of the game.
Sounds harmless enough except that the cephalopod went undefeated for the whole tournament, even predicting a Spain victory in his only non-German prognostication. The Octopus with a person's name has become a major tourist attraction during the World Cup. It only makes sense that the aquarium would want to keep this going so they decided to take a crack at American sports.
Yesterday, three containers were placed in his tank representing the three contending teams in the NL East. Paul examined the three carefully before finally selecting the Mets as the team that will come out of the east.
When told of the prediction, Mets manager could only ask if this Paul Octopus guy was available to come out of the bullpen. In Manuel's words, "I would take me a little longer to burn out eight arms as opposed to one. That just might get us through the stretch run."
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