Chicago's Curse

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:55:02 -0400, "Ron Natalie"
wrote:


"Corky Scott" wrote in message ...

The poor slob. He did what nearly everyone who goes to a ball game
wants to do: catch a ball hit during the game. The problem was, it
was 3 - 0 favor the Cubs at the time of this foul ball, there were two
outs and this would have been the third.

Nope, there was only one out at the time.

I was looking at a graphic that showed the number of outs at the time
of the incident, it said two outs. Guess it was in error.

Corky Scott

Yeah, believe me. I was sitting in the upper deck of Yankee Stadium just
behind and
to the right of home plate. A pop-up came down and landed in the seat
next to me.
I just stared at the thing thinking "I could have been killed by that
thing." The guy
behind me grabbed it.

Heck, I've almost been killed that way at my son's Little League games!

A pop fly foul ball into the sun is a bitch to see.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

(Rick Durden) wrote in message om...
The Meigs Field Curse has already started.

After things were going so well, and Daley moved the troops in during
the dark of night to destroy the lovely little airport, it seems
Chicago is totally and completely screwed. Convention activity is
down (the McCormick center is adjacent to Meigs Field, wonder why
companies are resistent to coming to a downtown that is no longer
convenient); the White Sox were doing very well, just like Meigs, and
folded at the end; the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry built a
replica Wright Flyer...it didn't fly...just dribbled off the end of
the rail; the Cubs are playing at night, which because of the Meigs
Field Curse and Daley's nighttime evil, the Cubs will appear to be
doing well....



Don't forget out pathatic Bears. Let's see- we've got no offensive
line, no running game, out QB is running around like a chicken with
it's head cut off. Our run defense couldn't stop a peewee team from
averaging 5 yards a carry, and we have no pass-rush. Good news is we
have a good FG kicker.

Of course, they're playing in the eyesore on the lake, srongarmed into
existance by Dick Daley the same way as Miegs Field (after the last
fan left Soldier Field at the end of the 2001 playoff loss to
Philidelphia, the construction crews started tearing up the field,
even though there were still court cases pending over the legality of
the renovation)

On another note, The Fan doesn't need to go to Florida for safe haven.
South of Madison is just fine; not everyone in Chicago is a Cubs fan.
Most of us Sox fans just kind of chukeled after that one.

--
Mike O'Malley

Harry Gordon wrote:

WI'm I missing something here.

No, you aren't missing anything. Not anly are they so incompetent at the game
that they allow the other team to scoe 8 runs, they are immature enough to blame
it on their fans.

George Patterson
To a pilot, altitude is like money - it is possible that having too much
could prove embarassing, but having too little is always fatal.

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:INijb.140332$%h1.140141@sccrnsc02...
| Looks like the identity of the person has been found out.. It's all
over
| the a.s.b.chicago-cubs group now.
|
| As if there weren't enough reasons to despise Chicago, now this. Just
look
| at how they're crucifying this poor sap, for doing what ANY fan would
have
| done in the heat of the moment.


The hysterical thing about it is that they are blaming this one fan for an
8-3 loss. There was only one out when the fan caught this foul ball
anyway.
The Cubs lost because they gave away five extra points, not because a fan
caught a foul ball. Blaming a fan for "keeping the inning alive" when
there
was only one out in the first place is incredible.


The Cubs lost because that is what they do. It is a tradition nearly 100
years old.

Reading some 1918 (hehehe on both teams this year) Cubs vs Boston World
Series history - it said the Cubs played their 1918 World Series Home games
at Comiskey Park, because it had more seats than Wrigley Field.

http://www.sportingnews.com/archives...ries/1918.html

--
Montblack


("Mike O'Malley" wrote)
On another note, The Fan doesn't need to go to Florida for safe haven.
South of Madison is just fine; not everyone in Chicago is a Cubs fan.
Most of us Sox fans just kind of chukeled after that one.

Stupid pointless game for redneck asshole slobs anyway.

Dave
"Harry Gordon" wrote in message
...
What I don't understand is how can one fowl ball being "missed" result in
8
runs???? If that is all it took to make the Cubs lay down and die, they
shouldn't have been in the play offs to begin with. I'm I missing
something
here. I love those Marlins :-) !!!!

Harry

"idkw" wrote in message
om...
Karma's a bitch, ain't it Daly? The Cubs will never reach the series,
ever.

Muahahahahahahahaha.