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The Curse
The Curse of the Billy Goat is a sports-related curse that was placed
on the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball franchise in 1945, when Billy
Goat Tavern owner Billy Sianis was asked to leave game 4 of the World
Series against the Detroit Tigers at the Cubs' home ballpark of Wrigley
Field because the odor of his pet goat (named Murphy) was bothering
other fans. He was outraged and allegedly declared...
"Them Cubs, they
ain't gonna win no more"
...which has been interpreted to
mean that there
would never be another World Series game won at Wrigley Field. The Cubs
have not won a World Series since 1908, or even played in one since
that curse in 1945.
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