The long-suffering Cubs are hardly the first baseball team to incite superstitions and angst among their fans. From gestures as simple and ingrained as the rally cap to bizarre postseason occurrences that have sparked fad followings—remember the Angels' rally monkey in 2002, or the Cardinals' rally squirrel in '11?—baseball is rife with behavior that, in a vacuum, would seem downright mental. But among all the curse-afflicted fan bases, it’s the victims of the Curse of the Billygoat who take nerves and ritual to a new level, spending this postseason gnawing fingernails, looking for patterns and wondering what it’ll mean if even this team can’t win the big one.
Fear Factor: Amid excitement and hope, Cubs fans can't help being nervous and scared
