13 ways the Astros have angered the baseball gods

Outfield dabbing Dabbing has been around southern rap for a few years, but it really took off last year when the rap group Migos drew attention to it. Then, Cam Newton made it part of his touchdown dance and it really took off. Unfortunately, that led to 69-year-old Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer hitting the dab, and then a meteorologist did it, and then probably your grandmother did it. By the time baseball season rolled around The Dab wasn’t even in the same vicinity as cool. That didn’t stop Carlos Gomez from dabbing after hits in Spring Training, and the Astros outfielders are still dabbing as part of their postgame celebration. They might as well be Cabbage Patching out there. less Outfield dabbing Dabbing has been around southern rap for a few years, but it really took off last year when the rap group Migos drew attention to it. Then, Cam Newton made it part of his touchdown dance and it ... more Photo: Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle Photo: Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle Image 1 of / 20 Caption Close 13 ways the Astros have angered the baseball gods 1 / 20 Back to Gallery

There's been plenty written about what has gone wrong this season for the Houston Astros.

Here's a short synopsis: It's the awful hitting. It's the awful pitching. It's the overly aggressive base-running. It's the sloppy defense in the outfield.

Anyone who has watched games this year, knows that –at times, at least – it's been every single one of those things.

Somehow, a team that was supposed to be a World Series contender now is on pace for another 100-loss season.

If you're in the, "Don't worry, it's still early camp," it's time to wake up and look at a calendar. It's almost June, and the season is nearly 30 percent finished.

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How did this happen? We need answers, and it can't all be explained by saying that a playoff team returning basically all of its pieces from a year ago, simply isn't good at baseball any more.

There must be more to it than that.

Baseball players – maybe more than any other athletes – are a superstitious bunch. They believe that if they do things just right, the mythical baseball gods will reward them with victories.

That's why it's time to explore the other side of that coin.

Browse through the photos above for all the ways the Astros have angered the baseball gods.