If the Cubs win the 2015 World Series...

[Timsup2nothin]

...as flippantly predicted decades ago in Back to the Future, should we be worried that decades ago in Ghostbusters an equally flippant prediction was made that the world would come to an end on Feb 14, 2016?

 

[onejayhawk]

They could. The Cubs hold the record for most wins in a season, or two or three consecutive seasons. After all, the curse of the Bambino eneded. Why not the chewing gum curse?

Of course, those records are over a hundred years old.

J

 

[Antilogic]

If world-ending prophecies are proven true by the Cubs winning the World Series, we have no choice but to nuke Wrigley Field.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

If world-ending prophecies are proven true by the Cubs winning the World Series, we have no choice but to nuke Wrigley Field.

That's what I like! No standing around hand wringing! Straight to solutions!

 

[Antilogic]

The moment they go to the World Series and have won, say, 2 games, they get the big one. Not taking any chances with that s***. #cheneydoctrine

 

[Light Cleric]

I think it's more likely the Cubs hotel just gets hit with drones.

 

[IglooDame]

Naw, there'll just be a killer robot that comes from the future and takes out Theo Epstein.

Who is rumored to be talking to the White Sox about a job, if the Cubs do win it all this year, so he can cement his legacy as the greatest sports team executive in human history.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Naw, there'll just be a killer robot that comes from the future and takes out Theo Epstein.

Who is rumored to be talking to the White Sox about a job, if the Cubs do win it all this year, so he can cement his legacy as the greatest sports team executive in human history.

To be a drop dead lock he needs to change sports. Switch to the NFL and lead the Lions to the Super Bowl...no further discussion.

 

[Sommerswerd]

I'm pulling for the Mets... The world was just starting to get interesting

 

[chijohnaok]

Naw, there'll just be a killer robot that comes from the future and takes out Theo Epstein.

Who is rumored to be talking to the White Sox about a job, if the Cubs do win it all this year, so he can cement his legacy as the greatest sports team executive in human history.

As a Chicago White Sox fan, I would be happy to see Theo Epstein on the South Side.

The White Sox overcame their long World Series appearance drought in 2005 (after a 46 year drought) and went on to win the World Series. Considering that the Cubs last World Series appearance was 1945, and their last World Series championship was 1908, I'd be OK with them winning it all this year. If not, then I'm sure that you will again hear Cub's fans utter their annual post season chant: "Wait until next year".

 

[Sommerswerd]

Also, the Cubs cannot win the World Series until they literally allow goats to enter the stadium and attend the game as you would a service-animal... As per the infamous "Curse of the Billy Goat" that they have been labouring under for the past 70 years.

 

[chijohnaok]

Also, the Cubs cannot win the World Series until they literally allow goats to enter the stadium and attend the game as you would a service-animal... As per the infamous "Curse of the Billy Goat" that they have been labouring under for the past 70 years.

They've let goats in multiple times, several times brought in by descendants of Sam Sianis, and its never worked before.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Billy_Goat#Attempts_to_break_the_curse

 

[Sommerswerd]

Glad you want to talk about this ... Sure they have let goats in, but they have not issued full admission of goats into the stadium as welcome guests. Instead, they have used them as props in campy attempts to "break the curse" but their attitude towards goats has not changed. The indications from the descendants of the wizard that placed the ju-ju on them are that they must actually "want" the goats in the stadium and admit them as welcome pets, (like you would do with a service animal like a seeing-eye dog)... which is the context in which the original goat was ejected. These campy measures that use the goats as props will not work.

EDIT: Although... thinking about it, if the curse is actually on them winning World Series games in Wrigley Field instead of winning it over all, then they could technically win the series if they are the team with 3 home games. They could lose all three of their home games and win the visiting games FTW.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

The curse stands until a goat actually chooses to go to the game.

 

[classical_hero]

An Hoverboard for my birthday would be great present.

 

[chijohnaok]

Glad you want to talk about this ... Sure they have let goats in, but they have not issued full admission of goats into the stadium as welcome guests. Instead, they have used them as props in campy attempts to "break the curse" but their attitude towards goats has not changed. The indications from the descendants of the wizard that placed the ju-ju on them are that they must actually "want" the goats in the stadium and admit them as welcome pets, (like you would do with a service animal like a seeing-eye dog)... which is the context in which the original goat was ejected. These campy measures that use the goats as props will not work.

EDIT: Although... thinking about it, if the curse is actually on them winning World Series games in Wrigley Field instead of winning it over all, then they could technically win the series if they are the team with 3 home games. They could lose all three of their home games and win the visiting games FTW.

I know some of the original Sam Sianis goat story since I grew up in Chicago.

I'm not familiar with whether the original goat was any sort of "service animal".
I don't think animals/pets of any kind were normally allowed to be brought in by ballpark visitors at that time.

I am somewhat familiar with the current practice/concept of service animals.
I wonder what would happen if a person were visiting the ballpark and their "service animal" were something a bit "unconventional", like a horse, a moose, or an elephant? How would the ballpark accommodate that? ;-)

As the American League has home field advantage this year, the possibility of the Cubs winning all the road games to win the series could work out.

(Anyone know the Cubs track record, home vs road game wins and losses in their prior post season efforts?)

 

[Antilogic]

Glad you want to talk about this ... Sure they have let goats in, but they have not issued full admission of goats into the stadium as welcome guests. Instead, they have used them as props in campy attempts to "break the curse" but their attitude towards goats has not changed. The indications from the descendants of the wizard that placed the ju-ju on them are that they must actually "want" the goats in the stadium and admit them as welcome pets, (like you would do with a service animal like a seeing-eye dog)... which is the context in which the original goat was ejected. These campy measures that use the goats as props will not work.

EDIT: Although... thinking about it, if the curse is actually on them winning World Series games in Wrigley Field instead of winning it over all, then they could technically win the series if they are the team with 3 home games. They could lose all three of their home games and win the visiting games FTW.

There's only one way to prove they fully accept the goats.

They gotta have sex with those goats.

 

[Sommerswerd]

I'm not familiar with whether the original goat was any sort of "service animal".
I don't think animals/pets of any kind were normally allowed to be brought in by ballpark visitors at that time.

The goat wasn't a service-animal AFAIK, that isnt the point... I shouldn't have said "service-animal" as that seems to just be confusing. I should have just said "pets, but only goats."

So yes you are correct that pets are not allowed and probably were not allowed back then either, which is why he (Sianis) and his goat were ejected... well that and the smell ... So the Cubs need to reverse the "No pets" policy with respect to goats and the curse will be lifted. Obvioulsy the curse is still in effect as the Mets are proving conclusively .

They gotta have sex with those goats.

That would probably work as well as long as it is during a game and in the stands of the stadium... If it is done on the field as some kind of stunt it won't work

 

[Timsup2nothin]

The curse stands until a goat actually chooses to go to the game.

There's only one way to prove they fully accept the goats.

They gotta have sex with those goats.

To work, this also would have to be initiated by the goat.

 

[Whomp]

As a White Sox fan living in a Cub household (down the street from Wrigley) I would be thrilled to have Theo. Money ball and character he said in one of his first interviews. I like him for that. I would be stunned if he went to the Sox or left the Cubs.