sentences:  Curse of the Colonel
  
  The curse was said to be placed on the team because of the Colonel's anger over treatment of one of his store-front statues, which was thrown into the Dōtonbori River by celebrating Hanshin fans following their team's victory in the 1985 Japan Championship Series.As is common with sports-related curses, the Curse of the Colonel was used to explain the team's subsequent 18-year losing streak.