Competitive eaters devour entire goat to try to reverse Cubs’ curse

The latest effort to reverse the curse comes as the Cubs look to make the playoffs amid an exciting year for the team.

That’s the legendary hex that’s been on the team since 1945, when the owner of the Billy Goat Tavern and his pet goat were kicked out of Wrigley Field during the World Series.

Sure enough, the Cubs haven’t so much as been to the World Series since then, and they haven’t won a championship since 1908.

This is absolutely going to lift the goat curse.

Three of the goat-eating event’s organizers, Alice Chiu and eaters Patrick Bertoletti and Tim Brown, are lifelong Chicagoans and local restaurateurs.

Lest you think this stunt was some amateurish attempt at curse-removal-via-competitive-eating-contest, the team brought in a few ringers to add some gravitas to the affair: Kevin Strahle, Bob Shoudt and former Coney Island hot dog champion Takeru Kobayashi.

What better way to end the curse of the goat than to kill a goat, cook it up and eat it?

Turns out, it took them 12 minutes to finish the entire goat – slackers! – but they did what had to be done, and left no remnants of the creature. If that’s the case, Kobayashi and his crew will be heroes in Chicago; and seeing as the Cubs wrapped up a historic win against the Brewers last night, they’re off to a good start.