Please Make it Stop

[TC in Mississippi]

http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/videos/watch-cubs-fans-eat-a-40-pound-goat-to-break-chicagos-curse-20150923

Watch Cubs Fans Eat a 40-Pound Goat to Break Chicago's Curse

At lease part of the reason I want the Cubs to win a World Series is to make people like this go away forever.

 

[beckdawg]

Curses are for people unwilling to accept the truth that maybe their team just wasn't good enough. Reminds me a lot of people who complain about the "flaws" of ranking systems in games like dota and blaming that for their problems instead of actually viewing their own short comings. Obviously sports are a little different as you're not putting together the team but the point remains.

 

[SilenceS]

Let him eat the goat. Doesnt bother me. Its like when people put rally caps on. All the same hocus pocus and I am a superstitious gambler.

 

[TC in Mississippi]

I guess I think it makes us all look like rubes. As does the almost worship of a dead announcer and the insistence of calling the team "cubbies". This is a big boy organization trying to field a big boy team. I guess I've just had my fill of that kind of stuff and when this landed in my email it just pissed me off. I just want the team I follow to win ball games, I'm not interested in nonsense.

 

[SilenceS]

I guess I think it makes us all look like rubes. As does the almost worship of a dead announcer and the insistence of calling the team "cubbies". This is a big boy organization trying to field a big boy team. I guess I've just had my fill of that kind of stuff and when this landed in my email it just pissed me off. I just want the team I follow to win ball games, I'm not interested in nonsense.

Hey now, call Cubs fans anything you want but you leave Harry out of this. I was 11 or 12 when he died and I cried. I don't cry for my own family. lol

 

[BlackHawkPaul]

I was hoping they'd blow up the goat like the stupid Bartman ball.
If anyone believes in curses, they should be committed. Not to the Indian, but into a place with padded walls, calm music playing in the background, and sterilized.

 

[DJMoore_is_fat]

That cant possibly taste good.

I'd rather eat Norwegian alley Rat.

 

[Parade_Rain]

I guess I think it makes us all look like rubes. As does the almost worship of a dead announcer and the insistence of calling the team "cubbies". This is a big boy organization trying to field a big boy team. I guess I've just had my fill of that kind of stuff and when this landed in my email it just pissed me off. I just want the team I follow to win ball games, I'm not interested in nonsense.

I don't have any problem with the term of endearment "Cubbies". The fact is there isn't anything fierce about a Cub. It's a young bear that doesn't know jack other than how to follow mama around like a puppy dog. If we're going to complain about what people call the team, the first thing I would complain about is the wimpy name the ownership clings to.

 

[TC in Mississippi]

Hey now, call Cubs fans anything you want but you leave Harry out of this. I was 11 or 12 when he died and I cried. I don't cry for my own family. lol

I honestly don't have a beef with Harry. That 1980's broadcast with he and Steve Stone was a great call and a great watch. After that, meh. My only complaint is that he's still part of the thing seventeen years after his passing. It made some sense when they were trying to keep the legacy going with Chip but when that went south I don't understand why it continued. Hey if his ciage sells stuff and the revenues hit payroll I don't care. Again just another thing other baseball fans point to when they make fun of the Cubs and their fans. Hopefully soon the winning will mitigate the rest of it an the team will speak for itself.

 

[SilenceS]

I honestly don't have a beef with Harry. That 1980's broadcast with he and Steve Stone was a great call and a great watch. After that, meh. My only complaint is that he's still part of the thing seventeen years after his passing. It made some sense when they were trying to keep the legacy going with Chip but when that went south I don't understand why it continued. Hey if his ciage sells stuff and the revenues hit payroll I don't care. Again just another thing other baseball fans point to when they make fun of the Cubs and their fans. Hopefully soon the winning will mitigate the rest of it an the team will speak for itself.

They are talking about getting rid of the guest 7th inning conductors and just going with different Harry versions on the big screen. I'm for that


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[beckdawg]

The fact is there isn't anything fierce about a Cub. It's a young bear that doesn't know jack other than how to follow mama around like a puppy dog.

I mean I'd take a cub vs a cardinal in a real life fight. On the other hand, a pirate probably wins vs both.

 

[Mr. Cub]

Eh, goat stuff is almost as much a part of Cubs lore as Ernie Banks. If they want to eat goats for the sake of the Cubs, I say let them have fun with it.

 

[Diehardfan]

They are talking about getting rid of the guest 7th inning conductors and just going with different Harry versions on the big screen. I'm for that


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That should have ended after one season...I thought that was the plan originally. What's worse than the singing is the incredibly awkward interviews in the top of the 7th. Maybe they were just waiting for a big enough screen to do Harry justice.

 

[derosabomb]

haha this is awesome. doesnt look all that bad

 

[Icculus]

http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/videos/watch-cubs-fans-eat-a-40-pound-goat-to-break-chicagos-curse-20150923

Watch Cubs Fans Eat a 40-Pound Goat to Break Chicago's Curse

At lease part of the reason I want the Cubs to win a World Series is to make people like this go away forever.

If they win a World Series like a lot here are assuming (and G-d bless you all) it's a pretty much 100% guarantee the goat crap goes away.

 

[ursamajor]

That cant possibly taste good.

I'd rather eat Norwegian alley Rat.

If I had to guess, I think it would taste like mutton. I like mutton

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[truthbedamned]

http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/videos/watch-cubs-fans-eat-a-40-pound-goat-to-break-chicagos-curse-20150923

Watch Cubs Fans Eat a 40-Pound Goat to Break Chicago's Curse

At lease part of the reason I want the Cubs to win a World Series is to make people like this go away forever.

LOL...That is HBK on the right in the "Have a Good Day sweatshirt