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Billy Corgan Blames Eddie Vedder for Cubs Curse

Nobody in the annals of sports has suffered as long as Chicago Cubs fans. The team's 100-year championship drought is the longest in North American sports, so it's understandable if their fans get cranky. But Smashing Pumpkins' frontman Billy Corgan has found an unlikely source to blame for the team's disappointing playoff loss this past season. At a concert in his hometown this past weekend, Home Rub Derby reports Corgan laid the franchise's upset loss at the feet of Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder.

You see, Vedder wrote a song called 'All the Way' for the Cubs. Seems innocent enough, but not to Corgan. "If the Cubs did have a chance this last year that just passed," Corgan told a Chicago crowd. "F---ing Eddie Vedder killed that s--- dead. Last I checked, Eddie ain't living here, OK? Eddie ain't living here to write a song about my f---ing team."

Sorry, Corgan. Curse of the Vedder doesn't have quite the same ring as Curse of the Bambino.

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Joey

He was probably joking. I mean, you can't believe Corgan would go around yelling because someone jinxed a ball-team with a song.

August 20 2009 at 6:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
evs star

billy corgan is a balding jealous has been

November 29 2008 at 12:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ellie

What a complete $%&*hole Corgan is. The Cubs aren't just HIS effing team, they are my team, too. I have been a Cubs fan for 30 years, and I have NEVER lived in Illinois. At least Eddie Vedder grew up in the Chicago area, just like my husband, who no longer lives there, either, and is also a huge Cubs fan. I wonder if that idiot even knows the percentage of Cubs fans who don't live in Chicago? The Cubs lost because they choked, which any REAL Cubs fan knows...that's what the Cubs do in the play-offs.

November 24 2008 at 12:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jillysp

What's the source on this article? Home Run Derby? Can I get a link?

November 24 2008 at 11:46 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply