Billy Goat curse - circa 2009 (1 Viewer)

[Tom Servo]

As seen in today's Columbus Dispatch Sports section, page C4:

Going into play on July 31, the Cubs had a 1/2 game lead over the Cardinals in the National League Central. That night, at Land Shark Stadium in Miami, the mascot Billy the Marlin paraded a goat in front of the Chicago dugout. The Cubs lost that night and have gone 9-16 since. Meanwhile, St. Louis has been on a rampage, pushing Chicago to the fringes of contention.

The curse lives!!!

 

[Wrigley]

Suck it

 

[Limp Ditka]

My most sincere apologies go out to Lou Pinella. To think that I blasted the guy for making a big deal out of this.

 

[Oh Yes!]

pretty sure this season never happened

 

[Tom Servo]

Suck it

Cubs goat curse >>>>> Indians crappy management Rocky Colavito curse

 

[boubucarow]

Suck it

Cubs goat curse >>>>> Indians crappy management Rocky Colavito curse

I can forgive you for this mess because you too are a fan of team that hasn't won in your lifetime.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Goat



Fringes

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Link

 

[Ghost Rider]

The whole idea of there being a curse is rather silly, but the team does let things like that get in their head. Cubs teams are so aware of the history and how everything can wrong, the minute something does go wrong, they let it get to them, the team plays tight, and disaster happens. It happened following Bartman in '03, and it happened last postseason. Look at how deathly silent Wrigley Field got last year in Game 1 the minute the Dodgers took the lead. Think the team doesn't let that get to them? The team looked dead in the water for the rest of the series after that.

But as for this year, the team wasn't that good in the first place, and the Cardinals were gonna win the division no matter what, once they got Holliday, anyway, billy goat in Florida or not. Still fun to chuckle about such things, though.

 

[Tom Servo]

Suck it

Cubs goat curse >>>>> Indians crappy management Rocky Colavito curse

I can forgive you for this mess because you too are a fan of team that hasn't won in your lifetime.

That's the reason I rock the 70s-era logo in my avatar.ETA: My lifetime probably goes just as far as yours if not farther.