Yankee Karma's Gonna Get You

There's a great piece about Carl Pavano by Michael Weinreb on ESPN.com today. It's at least well-written if not totally complete; Pavano and his parents weren't interviewed for the article. Though he did pull an interview with Pavano's ex-girlfriend Gia Allemand. Nice. Anyway, the subject of "karma" comes up. Allemand says that Pavano may have gotten hurt so much because of karma coming back and getting him for cheating on her and treating her badly. Yankee fan probably thinks karma is coming back on Pavano because, in their eyes, he isn't actually committed to the team and is a crybaby. Red Sox fans might even say that it serves the Southingon, Connecticut native right for becoming a Yankee when he's from deep inside Red Sox territory. There are plenty of theories about why Pavano's contract with the Yankees is such a disaster. Everyone can at least agree that it is, in fact, a disaster. There are not, however, any real, clear reasons as to what exactly happened here. Therefore, we humbly provide our own theory.