Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 2003 (afọ nke ewu na zodiac nke China), otu ìgwè ndị na-akwado Cubs gara Houston na ewu ewu aha ya bụ "Virgil Homer" ma gbalịa ịbanye Minute Maid Park, ebe obibi nke Astros, ndị na-asọ mpi nke Cubs n'oge ahụ. Mgbe a jụrụ ha ịbanye, ha meghere otu akwụkwọ mpịakọta, gụọ otu amaokwu ma kwuo na ha "na-ewepụ nkọcha ahụ". Ndị Cubs meriri ngalaba ahụ n'afọ ahụ wee bịa n'ime ise pụọ na igwu egwu na World Series, mana ndị Florida Marlins gbara ọsọ asatọ ozugbo ha gbasịrị.
Ihe mere Steve Bartman. Ndị Cubs mechara tufuo egwuregwu na-esote ya na usoro ahụ. (Ndị Marlins gara n'ihu merie World Series megide New York Yankees.) N'ịkwado ọnya ahụ, ndị Astros nwetara ọkwa mbụ ha na World Series afọ abụọ ka e mesịrị na ndị iro ha na-agafe obodo Chicago White Sox meriri usoro ahụ.