By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Sports WriterFLORHAM PARK, N.J.(AP)—Mark Sanchez(notes) is hoping lightning strikes twice.
The New York Jets’ rookie quarterback showed up at his news conference Friday wearing a black T-shirt with the word “Wonderboy” printed across the chest, complete with a silver lightning bolt.
That logo, of course, is what appeared on the magical bat of Roy Hobbs, the power-hitting character played by Robert Redford in the 1984 film, “The Natural.”
Sanchez said he has had the shirt for a while and is wearing anything that might bring him good luck in the AFC championship game Sunday against the Colts.
Or maybe Mark Sanchez is hoping that one of his usual wildly off-target passes flies into the stands and injures the woman carrying his illegitimate child? In any case, I don't think that The Natural is really the sports story you want to invite comparisons to. I would recommend that people start betting heavily against the Jets, but I think they're doing that already.
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