Most of us believe in curses when it comes to sports. There are those teams that we just can't beat. The Yankees were a major nemesis of the White Sox in the 60s and 70s. Then, forget the Cubs when they had to play Houston in the Astrodome.
There are lucky hats, rally caps, and any number of other things that get to be ritual
The April 30th List Universe had a top ten sports curses.
10. CURSE OF THE BAMBINO-- after traded to Yankees from the Red Sox in 1920, Babe Ruth said they wouldn't win the World Series again. Before that, they had won five World Series. Took them a long time before winning another.
9. CURSE OF BILLY PENN-- At one time, no building could be built higher than the statue of William Penn on city hall. In 1987, One Liberty Place was built and Philadelphia teams have not won a championship, until the Phillies last year, since.
8. CURSE OF THE COLONEL-- in the 1985 Japanese baseball Championship Series, fans celebrating the Hanshin Tigers in Osaka grabbed a statue of Col. Sanders from a KFC store and dumped it into a canal. They finished last ten times in the next 17 years. March 10, 2009, workers on a boardwalk found the statue. No word if it will be returned.
7. CURSE OF COOGIN'S BLUFF-- When the Giants left the Polo Grounds in 1957, fans put a curse on them not to win a World Series. They won the NL championship in 1962, 1987 and 2002, but no World Series.
6. CURSE OF MARTY MCSORLEY-- in hockey. Why no Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup since then.
Where's the Billy Goat? --Da Coot Goat
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