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This would normally be where I tell you all about the Black Cat game of 1969. Half-century old spoiler alert: the cat dragged in the Cubs and the Mets won the game and every other blessed thing in 1969. But there is a 50-year-old story I just came across this week from friend of the site Paul Lukas (of Uni Watch fame) at his new gig at a little outfit called Sports Illustrated. Never knew any of this inside stuff he found, but the Cubs were more spooked than I ever thought, and I’ve researched this story many times over the years. Favorite. Cat. Story. Ever.