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The Curse of the Billy Goat is a sports-related curse that was supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball (MLB) 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 Wrigley Field because the odor of his pet goat (named Murphy). He was outraged and allegedly declared "Them Cubs, they ain't gonna win no more," which has been interpreted to mean that either the Cubs would never win another National League Pennant or else that they would never win a World Series while they played at Wrigley Field.
The Cubs did not play in the World Series for 71 years (70 years if the cancelled 1994 World Series is excluded) afterwards. Although they now have advanced to the 2016 World Series when they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the National League Championship Series, the Cubs have not won a World Series championship since 1908.
The Curse of the Billy Goat is a sports-related curse that was supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball (MLB) 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 Wrigley Field because the odor of his pet goat (named Murphy). He was outraged and allegedly declared "Them Cubs, they ain't gonna win no more," which has been interpreted to mean that either the Cubs would never win another National League Pennant or else that they would never win a World Series while they played at Wrigley Field.
The Cubs did not play in the World Series for 71 years (70 years if the cancelled 1994 World Series is excluded) afterwards. Although they now have advanced to the 2016 World Series when they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the National League Championship Series, the Cubs have not won a World Series championship since 1908.