The Curse....Part 1

The Cub’s Curse

All Chicago Cubs fan know of the dreaded curse that supposedly looms over the ball club. The curse would not even pop up in the minds of fans if the reality was not so true. The Cubs have not won a World Series in now 101 years so like any person would we try to give a reason for it. The reason many fans believe the curse is true is due to the fact that it has been SOOOOOOOO long since that last win. If the Cubs would have went and won a World Series sooner everyone would have forgotten about the curse.

The curse or also known as the curse of the billy goat, started in 1945. Billy Sianis, owner of Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago, was a die hard Cubs fan and in that year the Cubs were back in a World Series. So being the fan that Sianis was, he bought two tickets for the game at Wrigley Field. So on October 6, 1945 Sianis went to the ball game against Detriot at Wrigley Field but the second ticket went to his billy goat not a human being. He made himself a sign and was allowed on the field. The sign stated “ We Got Detriot’s Goat”. After parading on the field before the game Sianis and his goat went to sit in their assigned seats. All seemed to be going well until security came down in the seventh inning and asked Sianis and his goat to leave the stadium. He asked why and the security officer said that the people sitting around the goat were appalled by stench of the billy goat. At first Sianis resisted and said he would not leave but finally security got him to leave. This enraged Sianis and while leaving his seat screamed “Them Cubs, they aren’t gonna win now more!!!” There are varying stories on what exactly was said by Sianis but most everyone evaluates it at saying that the Cubs won’t win another World Series.

Sianis since the event on October 6, 1945 led a very quite life. The people that knew him, knew him as a great, dedicated businessman. Sianis went on the died on October 22, 1970. Many columnist have wrote about the life of Billy Sianis.

Cubs fans have tried about everything they can do to try and lift the curse of the billy goat. There has been multiple appearances by Sam Sianis and a billy goat at Wrigley Field to try and break the curse and bring back good charma to the Cubs’ side.

In 2003 some Cub fans got a hold of a goat named Virgil Homer and took a trip down to Houston’s Minute Maid Park. The fans were trying to get the curse reversed by Houston denying the entrance of a goat. It seemed to work as the Cubs won their division that year and were 5 outs away from playing in the first World Series in 95 years but then Steve Bartman stepped in to knock a foul ball out of Moises Alou’s glove. When that happened the Cubs lost that game and the following game which blew their shot at a World Series. The criticism came off of the curse for awhile and to Steve Bartman’s stupidity. Eventually, the whole scenario has been traced back to Sianis’ curse on the Cubs.