We can talk about the Curse of the Billy Goat in the past tense now that the Chicago Cubs have won the World Series, but it was weighing on the mind of at least one player during Wednesday night’s Game 7.
Ben Zobrist, the eventual MVP, admitted that the curse was on his mind as the Cleveland Indians staged a dramatic rally in the 8th inning to tie the game at 6 off Aroldis Chapman.
Ben Zobrist on curses: “I gotta be honest, when they came back in the 8th, it was on my mind a little bit."
— Kevin Kaduk (@KevinKaduk) November 3, 2016
It’s good that he admits it, because it’s hard to imagine it not crossing the mind, at least for a brief second. Of course, this is a team that has been pleasantly surprising him all postseason. No surprise that this resilient team did it again.
