Cubs spokesman Julian Green said an unidentified person dropped off a package with a goat’s head at Gate K of the ballpark at 1060 W. Addison St.
The head was all black and had a U.S. Department of Agriculture tag on its ear, a police source said.
It was delivered by a man who drove up to the ballpark's security gate, the source said. The man gave the package to a security guard and asked him to deliver it to Tom Ricketts, the source said. The man then got back into his truck and drove away.
The package, which did not contain a note, was never delivered to Ricketts, the source said.
Police were called to Wrigley Field at about 2:30 p.m. because of the “intimidating package,” said Police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala.
Police gave the goat's head to the city's animal control department, the source said.
Goats are part of Cubs lore, dating back to a supposed curse placed on the team by the late Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis during the 1945 World Series after Sianis' goat was denied entrance into the park. Columnists including Mike Royko and David Condon helped popularize the legend, and Cubs officials over the years have repeatedly denied the existence -- or at least the relevance -- of the curse. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-goats-head-delivered-to-wrigley-20130410,0,6302884.story
Let's see, the Cubs have not won a World Series since 1908 and a goat was used to put a curse on the
Cubs, so why not send them a goat head, the better half of the goat.
But why were the cops involved? How can a goat head be intimidating to the Cubs, but then the Cubs are imitated by the shadow of an opposing pitcher and freak out when the other team shows up.
If the Cubs were smart, they would put Harry Carey glasses on it and put it in the bull pen or the opposing team locker room.
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