Dead goat found on Harry statue
I got a text from a buddy in Wrigleyville at 6 a.m. tipping me off to this. IMHO, it's junk like this that makes us a joke to the rest of baseball.
In news that actually matters, my friend also said it wasn't raining at Wrigley yet. So there's that.
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It's been raining in the south loop for about 20 minutes now.
Nothing major though.
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
I got a Twit pic from the Cubscast guys on this incident.
WARNING: THE IMAGE IS PRETTY DISTURBING.
So, forgive me for being dense, but what the hell does this mean? Is it an attempt to kill the curse? Prolong it? Summon the Blair Witch? If whoever did this is out there, please just stop.
You can call me "20K."
eh in class, I guess wouldn't be prudent to look!
but is it similar to the one in 07?
#34: You'll be missed!
Luckily, some of us have no class
If the one in 2007 was just a head, then it’s exactly like the one in 2007.
by rob9802 on Apr 13, 2009 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
yuck, there was literally an entire goat strung to the statue that year
and luckily? eh well…
#34: You'll be missed!
Yeah, this time it's just the head.
I guess the economy is affecting everyone – even psycho animal mutilator/statue vandals.
You can call me "20K."
Last year's was skinned as well.
Not that makes it any cooler/grosser/etc. Ridiculous. There’s no curse, we’ve just really stunk it up that last century.
"You just don't know understand how frustrating this is"- Kevin Borseth
So if this makes us a joke...
… why post it?
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Why not?
Should we pretend things like this don’t happen? It’s possible the person doing this thinks Cubs fans appreciate his efforts. If we outcry and call him a jerk-off, maybe stuff like this will stop.
No, if you outcry and make a big deal about it...
… it’ll happen again.
If you ignore it, eventually it’ll stop. All the idiot wants is attention. You’ve given it to him.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
I disagree
The idiot wants attention, right. But if you ignore him, he simply does something else to get the attention. (Two goat heads? Who knows.)
I shouldn’t have suggested that an outcry would help (obviously, it probably won’t), but I certainly don’t see the benefit in sticking our head in the sand about this.
To think about what the assailant wants is really not the point in this situation.
I understand where Al is coming from, but IMO, this is a Cubs news blog. And like it or not, this is news and certainly worthy of a fanshot. My logical side says anyone hopeless and deranged enough to resort to a stunt like this is not an avid blog participant.
http://thegettinplace.blogspot.com/
It all depends on what you define as "news".
This is a stunt made for attention, nothing more. To me, that really isn’t news.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
are you talking about the goat hanger or
he who must not be named?
by doofus cubs guy on Apr 14, 2009 5:40 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm going to guess a video survelliance camera caught photo of this disgusting act
Pathetic and disturbing.
Any chance that whomever keeps doing this is a Sox fan?
Who knows. Go Cubbies!!
"Don't complain to me about the stormy weather, boys. Just bring the ship into port." --Steve Stone, September 2004
Ignoring this won't make it go away
Al, idiocy doesn’t always need an audience. It can exist in a vacuum.
Then leave it in the vacuum
Don’t forget – the Cubs brought in a priest to splash holy water in the dugout or bless it or whatever. Equally as stupid.
The world is full of idiots at every level. I’ve neither the time nor energy to get worked up about every stupid thing they do.
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by Gibbon Jockey on Apr 13, 2009 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions
i hate idiots like this
maybe a CUb fan, maybe a fan of another team making a mockery of the Cubs, who knows. Either way this kind of crap is horrible.
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
The P.A.G.A.N.s?
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by Shanghai Badger on Apr 13, 2009 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Angel?
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
They've mentioned it about 10 times...
….on XRT’s opening day live broadcast.
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by carmen_fanzone on Apr 13, 2009 11:43 AM CDT reply actions
The reason why the Cubs are a joke to the rest of baseball
is because they haven’t won a championship in over 100 years. Nobody’s laughing at the Red Sox anymore.
yeah and
nobody will be laughing at us after October when we steamroll through the playoffs and win the World Series!!!!!!
I didn't get the players I wanted in the offseason!! Hopefully I get what I want in the Regular Season---The World Series Trophy!! Go Cubbies!!
by cubsluver22 on Apr 13, 2009 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Well it's gone national
I saw the article on ESPN.com a few minutes ago. So if it was attention this idiot wanted, he got it. I personally think it’s juvenile, immature, disgusting, and something that should not be treated as a prank.
mEDIA
Probably a member of the media put it there to make a story.
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He doesn’t have the gas money to get a dead goat to Wrigley. :P
I left my clever sig line in my other pants.
Maybe Joe Morgan followed the team down from Milwaukee.
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