The curse has been killed -- Bartman ball now thread.

[greatauntoftriplets]

Infamous Cubs' Baseball Now Pile of Thread
9 minutes ago

By ANNA JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer

CHICAGO - The baseball blamed by many Chicago Cubs (news) fans for the team's playoff disaster last year was reduced to a pile of thread on live television Thursday evening by a Hollywood special effects expert.

Fans sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" before the ball was destroyed in a flash of light inside a bulletproof tank in a stunt designed by Oscar winner Michael Lantieri, who worked on "Jurassic Park" and "Back to the Future."


"We're using a combination of pressure, heat and explosives in this bulletproof tank to destroy that ball so it will not resemble a ball at all when we're finished," Lantieri said earlier Thursday on NBC's "Today" show, which was broadcasting live from Chicago.


Hundreds of people gathered downtown Thursday night around Harry Caray's Restaurant for the event where the ball was destroyed in a tent outside the restaurant. Some fans were decked out in Cubs gear, others wore replicas of the famous broadcaster's signature glasses and one man was covered in ivy.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=545&e=13&u=/ap/bbn_cubs_cursed_baseball

[Bozita]

1. Somebody's gonna be selling thread fragments ...

... enshrined in some kinda see-thru case with a document attesting to this lonely fiber's life experiences.

$19.95 plus shipping and handling.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Maybe we could sell replica balls with JesusNails(tm) through 'em

as a fundraiser for DU.

:-)

[Bozita]

3. Sell anything that will bring $19.95 plus shipping and handling

Maybe birdhouses assembled with some of those JesusNails(tm).

[Bozita]

4. Keith Olbermann spent 40 minutes on this, mocking the media...

... in a not-so-subtle spoof.

Absolutely superb! Bravo, KO!