On Mar 10, the statue of the "Curse of the Colonel" was discovered and saved.
The "Curse of the Colonel" is an urban legend frequently cited as the reason why the Japan's Hanshin Tigers baseball team has failed to win the championship since 1985.
In 1985, the Hanshin Tigers won their first victory in the Japan Series. The exultant fans flipped and dived into Dotonbori canal from Ebisubashi Bridge. Here the Colonel Sanders statue (all KFC in Japan set it in front of the shop) looked like the MVP Randy Bass, so the mad fans threw that of nearby KFC into the canal.
After that, Tigers had lost championship for 24 years. Fans have referred the reason to the curse and said that Hanshin Tigers would not win the championship again until the statue to be recovered.
In the Major League, Boston Red Sox baseball team broke the "Curse of the Bambino" and won the 2004 World Series. On the other hand, Chicago Cubs could not overcome the "Curse of the Billy Goat" since 1945.
In 2003 and 2005, the Hanshin Tigers won the penant league, but lost the Japan Series. Can the Hanshin Tigers break the curse in 2009?
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