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Another World Series and another cursed team. So far this decade we have seen the reverse of the Curse of the Bambino, reverse of the curse of the Black Sox, and the reverse of the curse of Billy Penn.

Now with the San Francisco Giants some of you may have heard of the curse of Coogan's Bluff. However until this past week I had never heard of the Plague of the Plaque.

http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Gian...105747548.html

Lesser known is the Plague of the Plaque, which some blame for the San Francisco Giants’ failure to win a World Series title since their move from the Polo Grounds in New York to The City.
The story starts close to 100 years ago, when a graceful utility infielder named Eddie Grant spent 2½ seasons on the New York Giants. He was not a typical ballplayer — in offseasons, he went to Harvard University and acquired a law degree, said Mickey Bradley, co-author of “Haunted Baseball: Ghosts, Curses, Legends & Eerie Events,” a collection of baseball superstitions and mythology.
“Harvard Eddie,” as he came to be known, retired from the game at 32 years old in 1915. Two years later, World War I broke out, and though he wasn’t drafted because of his age, he volunteered. In 1918, he was killed in a dramatic battle in the French Argonne Forrest.
On Memorial Day 1921, the New York Giants honored Grant by placing a plaque on a memorial — right in the middle of deep center field at the Polo Grounds.
The plaque remained there until 1957, during which time the Giants won four World Series titles. But when the Giants decided to move to San Francisco, the plaque disappeared

Can the Giants really be cursed? They have not won a World Series since they moved to the Bay area from the Polo Grounds to start the 1958 season (hence the curse of Coogan's Bluff). Only three teams have had longer championship droughts in the Majors. The Chicago Cubs(we all know about the curse of the Billy Goat) and the Cleveland Indians. Not only that, but the Giants have had some natural disasters occur to their home park during the World Series in 1962 (torrential down pours that delayed play for 10 days) and 1988 (San Francisco earth quake that also delayed play for 10 days). In 2002 the disaster was on the field when the Giants blew a 5-0 lead with 8 outs to go in what would have been the deciding game.

What does the 2010 World Series hold for the San Francisco Giants?