I found this:
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The Chicago Cubs Curse..or I am glad I'm not him
So how much does a baseball cost? The last time I bought one was over
fifty years ago. I cost about a dollar then. So are we talking about ten dollars
now or what? If you want one bad enough you can go to the store and buy
one. What makes it so desirable for someone to catch a ball at a game. I have
seen mindless hysterical grabbers taking the ball out of the hands of a player
and it became a home run for one team or other. Wednesday night at the
Marlins Cubs game it was the one that started the defeat of the cubs. Some
say it was the curse. Well it was a curse for one person. It will curse his life
or whatever of it he has left of it.
It has been almost a hundred years for the Cubs and it looks like it will be another.
Over the years I have seen and heard of a great number of injuties , law suits
and even a death over those balls that seem to mean so much to the mindless.
I watched the cameran pan outside the stadium at the thousands of fans that
were waiting to celebrate the Cub's victory. Well it didn't happen. A few weeks
ago a father in Alabama came an inch or so from blowing his son's head off
because the Alabama lost to Arkansas. I have seen of suides. Suicide murders
of a mans entire family just because his team lost. But what about when everyone
thinks that one person bears that responsiblity for their dreams being dashed
on the field. And they do blame him for Wednesday night's loss. Already the
police have had to escort him from the stadium. Protect his home. He can't go
to work. He was a little league coach. He can kiss that goodbye and possibly
his job too. As far as getting one in Chicago..well is name is Pariah.
The police cannot protect him forever. How many Chicago fans are there?
How about people who lost a lot of money on the games? Let's face it this
persons life is over. Finished...kaput..The best prospect he has for any kind
of life is for the Chicago Cubs orginazation to make a wittness protection
program for him. Even at that he will still be hunted. What will it take A
complete plastic surgery. name change far away...Not even mars will be
safe for this person. Even now as the Cubs take their final frutless swings
at a ball that persons life has forever changed. No job..no coaching that he
was supposed to love. If you think that it's hell to be hiding from the mob
imagine what it will be like for this person to hide from millions of baseball
fans. His face will be all over the internet. You know one good reason not
to be a wanted criminal today is because of one TV show. There will be
web sites about this person when he dissapears and he will. Either that or he
will be killed by one of the many Chicago fans that heve the same mindless
devotion to the game just like he had that same mindless desire to catch
that fucking ball. That stupid ten dollar ball?
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Now, I'm not a big sports fan and I was wondering if there is any truth to the writers' words?
It seems a little too fantastical to me.
Surely after a year or two, it would be forgiven if not forgotten?