GaryMrMets
09-24-2003, 02:29 PM
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3 Men And A Goat Battle Cubs' Curse
Sep 24, 2003 8:23 am US/Eastern
CHICAGO (CBS) Forget Sammy's swing. Forget Kerry's fastball. The Cubs World Series hopes, may now lie in the hands of three guys and a goat.
The men and their shotgun riding goat, are on the road, hoping to "exorcise" that 58 year old "demon" known as the "Billy Goat curse."
Monday night the Cubs’ chief rival the Houston Astros blew a 3 run lead and lost the game in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Blame the San Francisco Giants, their opponents? Nope, blame the curse.
This is a tangled story about three men, a road trip, a curse, and a goat.
"We looked at our schedules and did a little research on line and said this looks pretty doable," explains co-conspirator David Townscend.
In fact, it's done. David Townscend, Bill Miller, Jim Comiskey and now the goat, all Cubs fans, posing for posterity, waiting for things to work out.
"We were afraid time is running out, the pennant race is about to end, so we decided to bring the goat in."
The three men flew to Texas, and found this goat farmer, all to erase a curse that started in the 1945 World Series.
"Billy Goat” Sianis, a Chicago tavern owner, and his goat were denied entrance to Game Four, the Cubs having won the first two against Detroit.
An outraged Sianis leveled a goat's curse outside Wrigley Field, which resulted in the Cubs losing the series, and well, you know the rest.
Fast-forward to Monday: our Chicagoans, having bought the goat, then driving to the Astros' stadium to transfer the curse to the Cubs' chief rivals.
"Right after they started letting people in, we went up and did the deed, started the curse..."
Caught on this exclusive home video, you can actually see the trio turned away, the curse read aloud and danced to.
The Astros, in the ninth, blew the game.
"And we told the Astros, if you want to win the game, this is not the time to turn away goats at the door."
And so, on the long journey home, through the night and into a new day, with a new goat, and, a new curse.
"So far, it looks like it's working"
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3 Men And A Goat Battle Cubs' Curse
Sep 24, 2003 8:23 am US/Eastern
CHICAGO (CBS) Forget Sammy's swing. Forget Kerry's fastball. The Cubs World Series hopes, may now lie in the hands of three guys and a goat.
The men and their shotgun riding goat, are on the road, hoping to "exorcise" that 58 year old "demon" known as the "Billy Goat curse."
Monday night the Cubs’ chief rival the Houston Astros blew a 3 run lead and lost the game in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Blame the San Francisco Giants, their opponents? Nope, blame the curse.
This is a tangled story about three men, a road trip, a curse, and a goat.
"We looked at our schedules and did a little research on line and said this looks pretty doable," explains co-conspirator David Townscend.
In fact, it's done. David Townscend, Bill Miller, Jim Comiskey and now the goat, all Cubs fans, posing for posterity, waiting for things to work out.
"We were afraid time is running out, the pennant race is about to end, so we decided to bring the goat in."
The three men flew to Texas, and found this goat farmer, all to erase a curse that started in the 1945 World Series.
"Billy Goat” Sianis, a Chicago tavern owner, and his goat were denied entrance to Game Four, the Cubs having won the first two against Detroit.
An outraged Sianis leveled a goat's curse outside Wrigley Field, which resulted in the Cubs losing the series, and well, you know the rest.
Fast-forward to Monday: our Chicagoans, having bought the goat, then driving to the Astros' stadium to transfer the curse to the Cubs' chief rivals.
"Right after they started letting people in, we went up and did the deed, started the curse..."
Caught on this exclusive home video, you can actually see the trio turned away, the curse read aloud and danced to.
The Astros, in the ninth, blew the game.
"And we told the Astros, if you want to win the game, this is not the time to turn away goats at the door."
And so, on the long journey home, through the night and into a new day, with a new goat, and, a new curse.
"So far, it looks like it's working"
(MMIII, Viacom Internet Services Inc. , All Rights Reserved)
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http://images.viacomlocalnetworks.com/images_sizedimage_266233407/lg
http://images.viacomlocalnetworks.com/images_sizedimage_267094554/lg
http://images.viacomlocalnetworks.com/images_sizedimage_266233300/xl