Goats Head Soup the New Cubs Haterade

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Apr 13, 2009 2:20PM

With the Cubs' 2009 home opener just hours away - weather permitting - one would think it's still too early in the season to let the cynicism that usually swirls around the Cubs rush in. But nope, some people just have to keep bringing up old shit. Depending on who you believe, police found either a goat's head or an entire goat on the Harry Caray statue outside of Wrigley Field early this morning, just as they did two years ago. And, just like two years ago, they're treating it as a prank and no investigation is planned. Though the fact someone is going around killing innocent goats just for the purposes of Cubs haterade is kind of disconcerting. (The CBN story on this has a link to a YouTube from the incident two years ago.) People, we can't say it enough: while there is such a thing as tired pitching, a crap bullpen, and highly-priced sluggers shrinking away in the playoff spotlight, there are no such things as curses. Leave the poor goats alone. Update: The Sun-Times had it right; it was a whole goat. [Chicago Breaking News, Sun-Times]