Another Definition:

Paradox (n.): 1) a person or thing made of supposedly contradictory elements; 2) the strange circumstances Twins fans encounter when we play the Tampa Bay Rays, because by beating them we are beating a scrappy, underdog squad of misfits led by a witty gnome-esque manager underneath a foreboding gray roof...and yet, if we lose to them we lose...so....Help?!?