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OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- The Baltimore Ravens fielded the same offensive line in their first three games. They won all of them.Then injuries started happening, and the rapport the quintet established was no longer viable. Not entirely by coincidence, Baltimore lost four in a row to fall below .500.Although the Ravens (5-4) have won two straight to take over first place in the AFC North, the shuffling of their offensive line remains a steady constant. After losing rookie guard Alex Lewis to a high ankle sprain, Baltimore will field a different offensive line for the eighth time in eight games Sunday in Dallas.Not ideal, coach John Harbaugh said Wednesday. Youd like to have continuity with your offensive line -- working together on those combination blocks, the calls, being on the same page.Center Jeremy Zuttah is the only player on the line to play the same position in all nine games. Five-time Pro Bowl right guard Marshal Yanda has missed three of the last four games with a shoulder injury; top draft pick Ronnie Stanley (foot) missed four straight starts at left tackle; and now Lewis will be lost for at least six weeks after being hurt in last Thursday nights 28-7 win over Cleveland.Its a wonder quarterback Joe Flacco can still walk after operating behind a makeshift front thats yielded 20 sacks and created precious few holes for the leagues 28th-ranked rushing attack.Anytime you have moving parts on a team it takes a lot of work together to get it right, Flacco said. But the guys in there are fighting, and thats all you ask for. It hasnt been perfect, and weve got to get better. Ive got to be better at dealing with some things.At the end of the day, were probably going to have to learn to live with one or two mistakes a game and expect to be good enough at the little things to overcome them. Thats just where we are right now.Yanda participated in practice Wednesday and could return to face the Cowboys (8-1). Before his recent absence he played in 53 consecutive games.If you keep the same five guys for a long time, thats a real good thing. But the reality is that injuries happen, Yanda said. Were just trying to put the best five guys out there week to week. That changes sometimes.This year, its happened a lot.Youve just got to roll with the punches and do your job no matter what happens. Thats just the sport, Stanley said. Its definitely easier to have someone youve been playing with because you build chemistry over a period of time. But people are going to get hurt, and you have to be ready for it.For the Ravens, its next man up -- at just about any time and on any place on the line.If you had your way, youd have the same five guys out there, right tackle James Hurst said. 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And Lennie Merullo was there the day it happened and lived with it for the rest of his life.The it is the Curse of the Billy Goat, the story of a Chicago tavern owner who supposedly put a hex on the Cubs after the team refused to let his pet goat into Wrigley Field during the 1945 World Series -- despite the fact that the goat had a ticket.The memories of those three men are about a real event that has turned into an enduring tale that has only grown taller throughout the years -- one that may not explain why the Cubs are returning only now to the World Series after 71 years, but one that does get at what it means to be a fan of a team with the longest championship drought in major American sports at 108 years.This story begins with Logan. His dad was a Wrigley Field usher and he mentioned a few times over the years that he refused to let a tavern owner named William Sianis into Wrigley for Game 4 of the `45 World Series, but he never made a big deal out of it.I just assumed he was one of 20, 30 guys saying, `No, you cant come in with that goat, said Logan, 73. A few years after his father died in 2001, Logans cousin spotted a newspaper photograph of a lone usher standing between William Sianis and Murphy the goat at a Wrigley turnstile, and called to say he thought the usher was his dad.The usher was, in fact, Olaf Logan.The photo dovetailed into the popular story about the curse: Sianis, hoping to bring the Cubs luck, showed up to the game with Murphy, with the goat even sporting a We Got Detroits Goat blanket on his back.There, in the photograph, the 32-year-old usher stood at the turnstile apparently telling Sianis he cant come in. Murphy is standing on its hind legs, its front legs draped over the railing, a look of apparent disappointment on its face. The Cubs, of course, lost Game 4 and the Series in seven games. They havent been back until now.The usher story is what Logan told Lennie Merullo, the last surviving member of the 1945 Cubs team, when the 97-year-old Merullo returned to Wrigley to celebrate the ballparks 100th anniversary.Merullo, his son said, ran with it.My dad was giving him all kinds of grief, telling him if he hadnt done that theyd have won, said Len Merullo Jr., who watched his father, who died last year, tease Logan.A Cubs historian tells a slightly different story. According to Ed Hartig, Sianis actually got into the ballpark with a goat, which is strange enough. Even more aamazing, once inside -- and Hartig said there is a photo of this -- Sianis and Murphy somehow got onto the field to stroll among the players warming up for the game.ddddddddddddUltimately, they took their seats. The problems started when, after a rainy morning, the sun came out. That was good for the players but not so good for fans sitting near a drying goat.People started to complain about the smell, Hartig said. Sianis and his goat were shown the door.Bill Sianis, who backs the story about his great-uncle being turned away at the gate, said that whatever happened, his namesake was miffed and made sure he told the Cubs owner just that.He went back to the tavern and after they lost the Series he sent a telegram to P.K. Wrigley that read simply, `Who stinks now? said Sianis, whose great-uncle died in 1970.As the Cubs plummeted in the standings over the next few years, reporters asked Sianis if hed put some sort of curse on the team.He said as long as they dont let the goat in, they will never win the World Series, Bill Sianis said. And with that, a curse was born.Whatever happened at the gate was not captured by a photographer. Logan said the original photograph he saw showed his dad but did not identify him. A few weeks ago, he said, the same picture ran in the paper -- this time with his fathers name below it along with the words re-enactment.Hartig contends that what Sianis really wanted was publicity for his tavern and he recognized that getting kicked out of the ballpark could accomplish that goal just as much as being allowed to stay.Maybe, Hartig suggested, he told the Cubs, `Hey, take my picture and Ill go quietly.There have been many chapters since then, from black cats to fans eager to reverse the curse .Merullo said his dad didnt talk about the curse much, but he suspects he thought there was something to it. He was Italian, theyre all superstitious, he said, chuckling.Logan, who played football at nearby Northwestern, doesnt believe in curses. But, like many Cubs fans wistfully remembering the loved ones who died without ever seeing the team win it all, he finds himself thinking about his parents and siblings hes lost.I wish I could enjoy this story about my father with them, he said.As for Sianis, hes not about to let go of a curse thats been anything but a curse for business.We could say that its over, but whats the point if they dont win it? he said. ' ' '