Mike Gansey Jinxes Jesus Luzardo's 4-Inning No-Hit Bid in Phillies' 8-2 Win

Q: For the 76ers' new president, will a baseball jinx be harder to overcome than the team's 'bloated contracts'?

No. The baseball jinx is a funny, very Philadelphia kind of bad introduction, but the harder problem for Mike Gansey is the 76ers’ roster and payroll. The Luzardo no-hitter moment was embarrassing only in the superstitious sense. It produced a memorable clip and some local teasing from John Kruk, but it has no bearing on Gansey’s actual job. In Philadelphia, fans will forget a broadcast jinx quickly if the team wins. What will define Gansey is whether he can improve a roster described as carrying major financial constraints, especially the large commitments tied to Joel Embiid and Paul George. Reporting around the team has framed those deals as part of a “holding pattern,” with limited flexibility and difficult trade value in some scenarios. Gansey also inherits free-agency decisions and a roster that is not empty of talent but is hard to reshape quickly. That is why the contracts are the real test. A jinx can be laughed off. Salary-cap pressure, aging or injury-risk stars, and limited maneuverability are structural problems that can affect multiple seasons. Gansey’s challenge is not repairing his image from one baseball superstition; it is proving he can create a contender despite expensive, complicated roster commitments. In Philadelphia, the cure for both problems is the same: win. But only one of them actually threatens the 76ers’ future, and it is not what happened on a Phillies broadcast.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 17

Four hitless innings by Jesús Luzardo ended on the next pitch after new 76ers president Mike Gansey mentioned the no-hitter during a Phillies broadcast Tuesday.
Gansey joined NBC Sports Philadelphia's annual in-stands telecast as the fifth inning began, noting the Phillies' 8-0 lead and that the no-hitter was still intact.
Javier Sanoja then lined a single to left for Miami, ending the bid immediately and prompting analyst John Kruk's on-air "Oh, boy..." reaction.
8-2 was the final score for Philadelphia over the Marlins, but the moment left Gansey with an awkward early brush with local sports superstition in his new role.