Billy Goat

The Billy Goat Curse was given to the Chicago Cubs in the 1945 by a Greek immigrant named Billy Sianis; he owns a famous bar down the street of Wrigley Field called the Billy Goat Tavern. He bought two tickets to one of the games 1945 World Series, one ticket was for him the other ticket was for his goat. When he got to the gate of Wrigley Field the people at the gate would not let his goat. Then he got mad and said that the Cubs would never win another World Series, after that the Cubs lost that World Series and have not won one again since 1908, and have never been to it since 1945.

There have been many times they have gotten close to go to back to the bi game. On Sept 9 1969 the Cubs were in the playoffs against the New York Mets. In the second game Ron Santo was in the batter’s box warming up, out of nowhere a black cat came running by him. They ended up losing the series. Then in 1984 they had another chance to do it against the San Diego Padres. They were doing very well then they fell apart losing the series again. The last time they had a chance was Oct 14, 2003. They were playing the Florida Marlins, and it was the last game of the series. In the eighth inning there were 2 out, and then the Marlins hit a foul ball. Moises Alou went up to get it but a crazy fan named Steve Bartman went up and caught the ball. The next pitch the Marlins drove in the winning run. This year the Cubs a re starting out well, maybe this year they can break the curse.

There have been many different ways the Cubs try to reverse the curse. On April 15, 1965 Sianis said he lifted the curse. Then April 13, 1984 Sianis’ goat was invited to Wrigley Field. Then on Sept 22, 2003 Wrigley Field tried to transfer the curse on the Houston Astros by bring a goat to Minute Maid Stadium. The last thing a DJ tried was blowing up the Bartman ball on Feb 26, 2004.

What I think of the curse is that it is very real. If a team has been around for 100 years and can’t win a pennant, then there is something very wrong.