When Will The Chicago Cubs Win The World Series?
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When will the lovable LOSERS win the big show
Greece[1]), who owned a nearby tavern (the now-famous Billy Goat
Tavern), had two $7.20 box seat tickets to Game 4 of the 1945 World
Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers, and decided to
bring along his pet goat, Murphy (or Sinovia according to some
references), which Sianis had restored to health when the goat had
fallen off a truck and subsequently limped into his tavern. The goat
wore a blanket with a sign pinned to it which read "We got Detroit's
goat"[2]. Sianis and the goat were allowed into Wrigley Field and even
paraded about on the playing field before the game before ushers
intervened and led them off the field. After a heated argument, both
Sianis and the goat were permitted to stay in the stadium occupying the
box seat for which he had tickets. At this point, Andy Frain (head of
Wrigley Field's hired security company at the time), waved the goat's
box-seat ticket in the air and proclaimed "If he eats the ticket that
would solve everything."[3]. However, the goat did not. Before the game
was over, Sianis and the goat were ejected from the stadium at the
command of Cubs owner Philip Knight Wrigley due to the animal's
objectionable odor. Sianis was outraged at the ejection and alleg...
Greece[1]), who owned a nearby tavern (the now-famous Billy Goat
Tavern), had two $7.20 box seat tickets to Game 4 of the 1945 World
Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers, and decided to
bring along his pet goat, Murphy (or Sinovia according to some
references), which Sianis had restored to health when the goat had
fallen off a truck and subsequently limped into his tavern. The goat
wore a blanket with a sign pinned to it which read "We got Detroit's
goat"[2]. Sianis and the goat were allowed into Wrigley Field and even
paraded about on the playing field before the game before ushers
intervened and led them off the field. After a heated argument, both
Sianis and the goat were permitted to stay in the stadium occupying the
box seat for which he had tickets. At this point, Andy Frain (head of
Wrigley Field's hired security company at the time), waved the goat's
box-seat ticket in the air and proclaimed "If he eats the ticket that
would solve everything."[3]. However, the goat did not. Before the game
was over, Sianis and the goat were ejected from the stadium at the
command of Cubs owner Philip Knight Wrigley due to the animal's
objectionable odor. Sianis was outraged at the ejection and allegedly
placed a curse upon the Cubs that they would never win another pennant
or play in a World Series at Wrigley Field again because the Cubs
organization had insulted his goat, and subsequently left the U.S. to
vacation in his home in Greece.
The Cubs lost Game 4 and eventually the 1945 World Series, prompting
Sianis to write to Wrigley from Greece, saying, "Who stinks now?"
Following a third-place finish in the National League in 1946, the Cubs
would finish in the league's second division for the next 20
consecutive years. This streak finally ended in 1967, the year after
Leo Durocher became the club's manager. Since that time, the supposedly
cursed Cubs have not won a National League pennant or played in a World
Series – the longest pennant drought in Major League history. Sianis
died in 1970.
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