I may have jinxed Tommy Hanson last week by writing about his outstanding numbers through 35 career starts, because his 36th outing was a disaster last night.

He allowed a career-high nine runs on 13 hits against the White Sox and failed to record a strikeout for the first time as his ERA ballooned from 3.38 to 4.13.

– Aaron Gleeman, HardballTalk.

Well, yeah, the rough outing came in the first start after Gleeman sang Hanson’s praises, but it also came just one start after it was revealed here (and, for a short while, on his Wikipedia page) that the Tulsa-born Hanson is the first cousin of Ike, Taylor and Zac Hanson of the effervescent Oklahoman pop-rock trio Hanson.

Since Hanson was likely preparing for the Rays last Wednesday and not surfing the Internet, it is reasonable to assume that last night’s start was his first since he realized his shocking secret was uncovered.