are the cubs truly cursed?

[rone]

This kid's gonna have to enter the Witless Relocation Program.

For the baseball-impaired: The Cubs are rolling along, ahead 3-0, pitching in the top of the 8th inning, one out and Juan Pierre on second, when Luis Castillo lifts a fly to left. Moisés Alou is about to catch the ball when some utter, complete, unadulterated clod messes up the ball's trajectory into the stands. Foul ball. Castillo walks on a wild pitch ball 4 which advances Pierre to 3rd base. A Pudge Rodríguez single drives in Pierre, and the inning goes to hell, and so does the game for the Cubs.

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[vspope.livejournal.com]

At least it didn't happen in Philadelphia. If a Phillies fan interfered (inadvertantly or not) with a batted ball and the Phillies subsequently imploded like the Cubs did, he never would've made it out of the stadium alive. The section would've shredded him on the spot, and his remains would have been sold for parts on the streets of South Philly.

[opadit.livejournal.com]

Philadelphia magazine ran a profile and interview with Mitch Williams a couple of months ago. Apparently the poor man still gets death threats.