Pictured at right: a skinned goat was hung on the Harry Caray statue in October of 2007, along with some exorcist nonsense scribbled on cardboard. From POV.

As much grief as Michael Vick has received over the years, at least he gave his animals a competitive outlet for their frustrations (Granted, those frustrations were brought on by starvation and torture that he initiated, but I digress). Whoever had the idea of killing a goat and hanging it outside of Wrigley Field…

A 911 call at about 2:40 a.m. Monday led police to the goat hanging from a rope on the arm of a statue of Harry Caray at the intersection of Clark and Addison streets, according to Town Hall District police.

Police took the goat down and disposed of the remains. It was not known how the goat died and nothing at the scene was damaged, police said.

Look, if the goat had too much to drink and was gonna drive home, then I totally get it–that goat needs to be murdered immediately before others face the consequences of his bad decision-making. Goats on the road are dangerous–at least that’s what some chemically imbalanced woman whose son was killed by a goat told me.

If there was such a thing as a curse on their precious franchise, what logic would suggest that KILLING A GOAT AND HANGING IT FROM THE HARRY CARAY STATUE would be the remedy for that? How would they intend to fix the Blackhawks? Freeze a newborn baby under the ice in each goal crease? At least I could see the humor in that…

The story of the so-called curse.

On Oct. 6, 1945, the Billy Goat Curse was cast upon the Cubs when tavern owner Billy Sianis bought a box seat for his goat, Murphy, for Game 4 of the World Series at Wrigley Field to help promote his establishment. When he was ordered to remove the goat, he claimed to place a curse on the team that would prevent it from ever hosting another World Series at Wrigley Field.

I hope that team never wins another game.

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