WATCH: Mike Gansey jinxed Jesus Luzardo’s no-hit bid while on the broadcast with T-Mac and Kruk

The new Sixers president of basketball operations Mike Gansey showed up to Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday night, sat down in the first row behind home plate next to Tom McCarthy and John Kruk, and within seconds of arriving managed to jinx Jesus Luzardo’s no-hit bid against the Marlins.

Mike Gansey sat down, exchanged pleasantries, and said “yeah it’s great to be here, no-hitter is still intact too.”

Three seconds later the Marlins got a hit and Kruk’s response was a long, painful “oh boy” that captured exactly how every person watching felt in that moment.

Mike Gansey blows Jesus Luzardo No-Hitter

You cannot say the words “no-hitter” while a no-hitter is in progress because that’s not a superstition but rather a fundamental law of baseball that has been enforced by the universe since the sport was invented.

Every single person who has ever watched a baseball game knows you don’t acknowledge the no-hitter until it’s over by sitting there in silence and pretending nothing unusual is happening until the 27th out is recorded, at which point you’re finally allowed to celebrate.

Mike Gansey walked into the building, broke the most sacred rule in baseball within his first sentence, and the baseball gods responded immediately by ending the no-hit bid before Kruk could even finish saying welcome.

Extremely On Brand for the Sixers

Of course the new Sixers president jinxed a Phillies no-hitter within seconds of sitting down at Citizens Bank Park because the Sixers organization has been cursed for two decades and apparently the curse follows their executives to other sporting events now. Gansey hasn’t even made his first draft pick yet and he’s already spreading bad juju to the rest of Philadelphia’s professional sports teams.

The man has been on the job for less than a month and his first notable public appearance at a Phillies game resulted in directly killing a no-hitter with his mouth.

Somebody needs to sit Mike Gansey down and explain how things work in this city. The Sixers’ organizational energy cannot be allowed to infect the other three teams and we have enough problems without the new basketball president walking around town jinxing everything he touches.

Luzardo Still Has the Shutout Going

The no-hitter was gone but Luzardo was still dealing with the Phillies up 8-0 in the fifth, so the only real casualty of Gansey’s arrival was the historical significance of the outing rather than the actual result.

Luzardo at Citizens Bank Park has been a disaster all season with that 6.65 home ERA, so the fact that he was carving up the Marlins regardless of the hit was the more important development.

If this is the start of home Luzardo figuring out how to pitch at the Bank the way he pitches on the road, that matters a lot more than a no-hitter against the worst team in baseball.

Either way, Mike Gansey walked into the building, opened his mouth, and killed the no-hit bid in three seconds flat. Kruk’s “oh boy” was all of us. Keep Gansey away from Citizens Bank Park on Sanchez and Wheeler days because I am begging this man to stay in his lane until the Sixers’ season starts.

Welcome to Philadelphia sports, Mike. Maybe keep the observations to yourself next time.