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Cub fan to throw curse ball back
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO _ Here's one way to try to end the Cubs' curse: Destroy
the ball that was in the middle of one of the team's most
heartbreaking defeats.
That's exactly what Grant DePorter wants to do.
DePorter, a friend of Harry Caray and managing partner of the late
broadcasters' area restaurants, paid $106,600 at auction Friday for
the foul ball that disrupted the Cubs' possible run to the World
Series.
"We want to create some closure to the way the season ended,"
DePorter said.
The ball is to be destroyed in an act of exorcism. It is earmarked
for death on Feb. 26, when the ...
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