2.16.2005

Cubs Fans to Eat Bartman Ball
This is smart. Blowing up the Steve Bartman baseball obviously didn't help the Cubs last year, so the next best solution is to mix up the remnants of the infamous baseball in spaghetti sauce and eat it.

Yeah, I don't know what could be more thrilling than digesting a dirty disgusting baseball. Who would possibly eat this? If you eat the Steve Bartman baseball spaghetti sauce, you're a freak. No questions asked.

How the hell did anybody even think this idea up?

"Wow, we blew up the baseball last year and STILL didn't win the World Series. What now?"

"Do you think trading Sammy Sosa for Jerry Hariston Jr. is enough to end the curse?"

"I don't know. We need to do something more. I'm just not sure what..."

"How about we write a letter to Cubs GM Jim Hendry and tell him that Jeromy Burnitz and a platoon of Todd Hollandsworth with Hairston Jr. Isn't enough to replace the offense of Moises Alou and Sammy Sosa?"

"No. I have a better idea. Let's grind up the remnants of the Steve Bartman baseball, soak it in Budweiser and then mix it in spaghetti".

...Now, I'm not an expert on curses, nor do I pretend to be. But I'm pretty sure that "serving parts of a baseball to customers and having them eat it" isn't in any witchcraft book. Cubs' fans are hilarious. I can't wait to watch them cry into their Old Style as they watch the Cubs miss the playoffs again.

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