There is no such thing as a curse or a jinx in baseball or in any other sport. Believing otherwise is ridiculous. Another thing that’s ridiculous is when an MLB team - in this case, our favorite baseball team, the Orioles - loses 19 consecutive games. It is entirely natural to consider that the explanation for this ridiculous circumstance may also be ridiculous.
With that in mind, it is clear that right now the Orioles are suffering the Curse of the Cat. I do not take credit for coining the term. A number of people have observed that the O’s downfall has followed in the aftermath of the August 2 game in New York against the Yankees that was briefly interrupted by the appearance of a stray cat.