2 Nov 2016 baseball club Chicago Cubs won the World series for the first time since 1908 (!). Many fans were convinced the team since 1945, operated a so-called «curse of the goat».
The fact that in that year, the owner of the tavern «Goat», William Sianis, came to one of the games the cubs with his goat Murphy. From the animal came the unpleasant smell, and disgruntled fans demanded Sianis to leave the stadium. The angry man said that «the cubs» more «never win.»
But, obviously, things ended, and residents of Chicago have decided to celebrate this surge in the birth rate.
Just nine months after winning the World series, the birth rate in medical center, Advocate Illinois Masonic has doubled.
Some players of the Chicago Cubs even came to the medical center to bring gifts to the newborn. One of them was named in honor of team Manager, which led her to victory — Theo Epstein.
«We wanted to name him Theo and he was born like him, thereby affirming our decision,» he told NBC Chicago one of the mothers, Erin Hettinger.
According to Dr. Melissa Dennis, an employee of the center, the baby boomis likely to continue until mid — August.
