Chicago, Illinois: Harry Caray: Faces In His Pants
Bizarre statue depicts a gargantuan sportscaster rising out of a tiny baseball stadium, thrusting a microphone forward. Tiny human heads seem to be bubbling out of his pants.
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The statue of TV and radio sportscaster Harry Caray has again become the target of apparent believers of the Billy Goat Curse. A dead goat was found on April 13, 2009 hanging from a rope attached to an arm of the Caray bronze, which stands outside Wrigley Field.
The statue, first erected in 1999, depicts a gargantuan Caray rising out of a tiny stadium, thrusting a microphone forward with one hand and gesturing with the other. A bunch of tiny human heads seem to be bubbling out of his legs. The statue has been a popular repository for beer cans thrust by fans into the hands of the dead media figure. But the Billy Goat Curse, cast on the Cubs by a disgruntled fan in 1945 (with a pet goat denied a seat at a game), has apparently inspired the latest incident. In 2007 another dead goat was hung on Caray.
Caray died in 1998.
[RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 04/13/2009]According to an AP report, fans at Chicago's Wrigley Field have been honoring dead announcer Harry Caray by jamming beer cans into the outstretched hand of his bronze statue. Caray died last year; the 7-foot statue has been receiving alcoholic tributes since opening day....
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Harry Caray: Faces In His Pants
- Address:
- 1060 West Addison St., Chicago, IL
- Directions:
- Addison St. and Sheffield St., in front of Wrigley Field.
- Phone:
- 773-404-2827
- Admission:
- Free
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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