I Am No Man
No man has yet been selected as the charter enshrinee into The Hacks Hame of Fall.
Diamondhacks is, however, pleased to announce – on Mother’s Day – that the late Beatrice Villareal is the first individual to be enshrined into the Hame’s 2006 inaugural class, selected unanimously by that institution’s Picking Committee.
Villareal, known as La Madre de Quibras (The Mother of Failures), was, at the age of 87, "removed" from her lifelong 1000 sq ft home against her initial wishes – to facilitate construction of a ballpark garage. She died six weeks later, some relatives suggest, from the dislocation – and her resulting "curse", it is claimed, ensured subsequent hardship for the baseball franchise that, effectively, killed her.
Her plaque will read:
SENORA BEATRICE VILLAREAL
- Frail octogenarian overwhelmed in life by Diamondbacks lawyers, "La Madre de Quibras" returned stronger in spirit to curse the client franchise throughout it’s arrogant infancy.
Few question the existence of the curse itself, however some have doubted it’s efficacy since the Diamondbacks 2001 World Series victory. Believers posit that Villareal may have taken a brief rest (from hexing) in late 2001, something she was not afforded while bulldozers razed her modest dwelling.
The Hacks Hame of Fall was created to recognize players and other pioneers who have facilitated, or gloriously embodied, the downfall of The Arizona Diamondbacks
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I read where the Diamondbacks offered her financial independence and she turned it down. They had to tear down the neighborhood, what was left of it, to build the stadium, which has done alot of public good for the Valley. Why dont you just let this lady rest in peace? This is just ridiculous.
“I read where the Diamondbacks offered her financial independence and she turned it down.”
Me too. Did you read the part where that wasnt what she wanted?
“They had to tear down the neighborhood, what was left of it, to build the stadium…”
False. Most every new ballpark tries rather desperately to incorporate some decaying old warehouse into a corner of the new facility to create “insta-charm”. They didn’t have to tear her house down. Wouldn’t the stadium be that much cooler with her little house jutting out of the concourse instead of a sausage stand and another team shop?
“…which has done alot of public good for the Valley”
I hope so. The public paid for it.
“Why dont you just let this lady rest in peace?”
Tell that to the guys with the bulldozers.
“This is just ridiculous.”
Thanks.
MY GRANDMA GOT HOME SICK THAT HOUSE WAS ALL HER LIFE AND MEMORIES WHERE SHE AND ALL HER KIDS GREW UP I MISS GOING OVER THERE TO HER LIL HOUSE ON CHRISTMAS EVERY YEAR WE WOULD GO AND EAT MENUDO AND COOKIES AND OPEN GIFTS I WAS JUST YOUNG BUT I REMEMBER! I LOVE AND MISS HER!
Beatrice Villareal was my grandmother. She didn’t place a curse on the D-backs; that’s an urban legend. I should know; as one of the oldest grandchildren, I spent a lot of time with her & was with her when she died. All she wanted was to spend her last days in the home that her father built in the late 1880′s, the home where she was born.
For Pete’s sake, let her rest in peace!
I dont believe in the curse either, but your late grandmother’s “eviction” and her feelings about it are well documented facts. I used that (and the existing legend) to poke some fun at the Diamondbacks.
As far as letting her rest in peace, I agree. This satire, which generated virtually no response, was written two years ago.
Well In reality the state felt it was a wonderful move to create this stadium and generate more revenue for the state or city and bring in a Baseball Team. Eminant Domain is what was used in order to remove my Grandmother from her home that day and yes 6 weeks later she did pass on from heartache and disbelife. She had already been through alot prior and just felt this was the bottom of the barrel when they removed her.
Earlier before this move she was robbed and raped by a sick person who used to clean her yard and help her take care of her home. That shows you can’t trust anyone and she was raped and beat with a hammer and stabbed BUT she lived another day and the State and Jerry Colangelo felt it was good to remove her from her home so cars can have somewhere to park.
Jerry Colangelo is no longer a partner and with the franchise so it goes to show no care for life was put in this decision. Our family had to deal with the loss of our grandmother and im sure she would have lived year longer if she was pushing 87. The offer of money was not much, i mean decades of memories and decades of family growing up and more in that small home was worth more than the $25,000 offered and the new home. Who cares, money comes and goes but memories and the thought that the home was built by her father my great great grandpa is worth more than a Baseball Team that cant make the playoffs anymore.
There is no curse just a case of bad decision making in the upper management box. The Diamondbacks are just naother team placed on residential land like alot more other stadiums so my grandmother was not the first and she will not be the last because the state does not care about anyone or any home or land because eminant domain is all they need.