curse colonel curse colonel refers urban legend reputed curse placed japanese based baseball team deceased founder mascot colonel curse said placed team colonel anger treatment store statues thrown celebrating fans following team victory japan championship series common sports related curse colonel explain team subsequent year losing streak fans believed team win japan series statue recovered appeared japan series times losing comparisons boston_red_sox said curse won world series fans known celebrating destruction property curse colonel threat secret recipe herbs result unique taste chicken history japan series located second largest metropolitan area japan considered eternal opposition tokyo considered kings japanese baseball devoted fans flock stadium matter badly tigers play league nation surprise faced took victory japan series largely efforts star american playing team fan base went wild celebration gathered bridge osaka supporters players names fan resembling member victorious team bridge waiting canal lacking imitate mvp crowd seized plastic statue colonel like bass colonel beard japanese nearby tossed bridge according urban legend maneuver cost team greatly beginning curse colonel states tigers win championship statue recovered subsequently numerous attempts recover statue variety statue recovered march year losing streak success series began year losing streak placing league brief rallies brought hope fans soon followed defeat time attempts recover statue including sending divers river failed fans apologized store manager statue remained canal tigers cursed world cup leap canal curse colonel usually associated tigers victory japan beat tunisia world cup fans jumped canal celebration spite heavy police security addition colonel statue taken nearby hands cut supposedly imitation law tigers unexpectedly strong season chief rivals lost star player new_york_yankees tigers saw return pitcher playing texas_rangers tigers won qualify japan series newspapers speculated curse colonel finally broken tigers lost japan series time hawks curse presumably intact fans enthusiastic winning repeated celebratory leap canal instead individual representing players fans canal outlets osaka moved colonel statues inside series protect tigers fans newly replaced colonel statue branch prevent repeat incident death canal year old fan celebration tragedy drowned canal reports prevent future incidents osaka city council ordered construction new bridge beginning difficult fans celebratory leap curse colonel broken tigers win recovery statue colonel finally discovered march divers recovered statue thought large barrel shortly human corpse fans scene quick identify upper body long lost colonel right hand lower body found day statue missing glasses left hand said way curse lifted returning long lost glasses left hand statue later recovered replacement new glasses hand returned japan branch statue originally belongs longer existed statue placed branch near stadium
Curse of the Colonel