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| | Breaking the Cubs' Curse |
 | | Guido awaits a summons to Chicago to evict the curse of the goat, and resurrect the glory days of the Cubs. | | | The original Billy Goat Sianis, who bequeathed his business-- and the curse-- to his nephew, gave Wrigley Field ushers good reason to eject him from that Series game against the Tigers. | | | So they should be ready for the mystical that could free them of the curse that has kept them out of the World Series since 1945. |
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| | Breaking the Cubs' Curse |
| | Guido awaits a summons to Chicago to evict the curse of the goat, and resurrect the glory days of the Cubs. | | | The original Billy Goat Sianis, who bequeathed his business-- and the curse-- to his nephew, gave Wrigley Field ushers good reason to eject him from that Series game against the Tigers. | | | RE: the curse is reversed by THE GOAT (October 15, 2003 at 12:33 PM) |
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| | Curse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | For example, the Curse of the Billy Goat is used to explain the failures of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, who have not won a championship since 1908. | | | Belief in curses is found in many cultures and is mentioned in the scriptures of many religions. | | | A number of sections of the Talmud show a belief in the power of curses (Berachot 19a, 56a.) In some cases, a curse is described as related to the nature of a prayer (Ta'an. |
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| | The Cubs, however, turned high and mighty on him, barring the billy goat at the turnstile. | | | And when Detroit prevailed, he sent Wrigley a telegram, saying simply, "Who smells now?" The Cubs, of course, haven't been back to the Series since then, despite occasional lifting of the curse by some of Sianis' less vindictive descendants and frequent peace overtures by the team. | | | When the Cubbies won the National League pennant in 1945, local tavern owner William Sianis decided to celebrate the event by taking his pet goat, Sonovia, to Wrigley Field for the fourth game of the World Series against Detroit. |
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| | Better pet that Goat, Gordon |
| | The Goat, as most Chicagoans call the grimy underground inn, is owned by the Sianis family, whose patriarch supposedly put a curse on the Cubs when they refused to allow him to bring his pet goat, Murphy, into the 1945 World Series. | | | Then they tried to lift it by letting in goats of all kinds - live ones, stuffed ones and infielders who played like goats. | | | Gordon had better do something quick: Maybe giving Billy Goat's a free plug would do the trick. |
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| | Cold Day for Baseball |
| | Die-hard fans believe this is due to the “Curse of the Billy Goat.” This locally famous curse came about when a tavern owner named William “Billy Goat” Sianis tried to bring his billy goat “Murphy” to game 4 of the 1945 World Series at Wrigley Field. | | | Although many a billy goat has graced the field since then (no doubt in an effort to lift the curse), some believe that the Cubs haven’t won due to the fact that the hex still exists. | | | William’s son, Sam Sianis, now owns the “Billy Goat Tavern” in Chicago, which is a popular destination for newspaper writers during the lunch hour. |
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| | The Unreasonable Man... Now With 33% Less Wit |
| | My biggest argument for the Billy goat curse is this: The Cubs have consistently sucked since the beginning of the curse. | | | They haven't been to the World Series since 1945 (when the curse was established by Bill "Billy Goat" Sianis [original owner of the yummy Billy Goat Taverns in Chicago]), and they haven't won a World Series since 1908 (that's right, four more years and it will be a century of baseball futility in Chicago). | | | Being a Chicago Cubs fan, I have a problem with Red Sox fans who claim that the "Curse of the Bambino" is a more powerful curse than the Cubs Billy Goat Curse. |
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| | Chicago Cubs & Wrigley Field |
| | The Curse of the Billy Goat also called as Billy Goat Curse, is an urban tale of fallacy. | | | The Curse of the Billy Goat starts with the fourth game of the 1945 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers. | | | On October 6, 1945, William "Billy Goat" Sianis, a Greek immigrant had two $7.20 box seat tickets to watch the Game 4 of the 1945 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers. |
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| | Billy Goat Tavern Review by Sean Parnell |
| | The Billy Goat was even frequented by both Al Gore and George W. Bush during the 2000 presidential campaign to prove that they were "regular guys." Next time you're in the neighborhood, I recommend that you stop by for a "doublecheezborger," a Billy Goat Dark and a bit of chat with the regulars. | | | The Cubs' loss prompted Billy Goat to send a telegram to P.K. Wrigley asking, "Who smells now?" Billy Goat allegedly lifted the curse in 1969 but the Cubs wound up blowing a nine game lead in September that year to the lowly Mets, who went on to win their first World Series. | | | Billy Goat bought the tavern for $205, with a check that bounced but was later repaid with sales from the first weekend. |
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| | Billy Sianis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Billy Goat curse was often compared to the Curse of the Bambino, but talk of the latter disappeared once the Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series. | | | Because of the alleged curse he is said to have imposed on the Cubs, people nicknamed him "Billy the Goat". | | | Billy Sianis was born in Greece and some time in the early 1900s immigrated to the United States where he became a prominent Chicago bar owner, opening the famous Billy Goat Tavern in 1934. |
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| | The Year of the Goat: The Curse of the Billy Goat, Part Two |
| | In February we visited the famous Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago to research the Curse of the Billy Goat that has plagued the Chicago Cubs since 1945. | | | Dom, Sr.: No, it's not the goat's fault, and I think that the original goat is probably dead now anyway so if there was a curse, it probably died with that goat. | | | John: Goats are fine, but I don't drink the milk and I don't eat the meat. |
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| | Major League Baseball : News |
| | The Billy Goat Curse is traced to 1945, when Billy Sianis, owner of the Billy Goat Tavern just a block from the front entrance of Wrigley Field, was not allowed to enter the stadium with his goat, Sonovia, during that year's Fall Classic against Detroit. | | | He frequently noted the importance of "teaching them to forget." But when asked after the elimination by Florida whether the Billy Goat Curse was a burden, he was less than thrilled to discuss the topic. | | | The Curse of the Bambino is traced to 1920, when Harry Frazee, the Red Sox owner, sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $125,000 and a loan of more than $300,000 (secured on Fenway itself). |
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| | Billy Sianis - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Billy Sianis |
| | The Billy Goat curse was often compared to The Curse of the Bambino, but talk of the latter disappeared once the Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series. | | | Because of the alleged curse he is said to have imposed on the Cubs, people nicknamed him "Billy the Goat". | | | Billy Sianis was born in Greece and some time in the early 1900s immigrated to the United States where he became a prominent Chicago bar owner, opening the famous Billy Goat Tavern. |
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http://www.encyclopedia-glossary.com/en/Billy-Sianis.html
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| | Curse - All About All findings |
| | The Curse of the Billy Goat, or Billy Goat Curse is the name of an urban myth, superstition, or scapegoat used to explain the World Series drought that Major League Baseball 's Chicago Cubs have had to endure since their last appearance in the 1945 World Series, and their last World Series championship in 1908. | | | The Curse of the Shaq (Redirected from The Curse of the Shaq-bino) | | | The Curse of Shaq or The Curse of the Shaq-bino (curse supposedly began in 2004 or 1996) is an imaginary curse meant to explain the unsuccessful record of the Los Angeles Lakers. |
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| | nbc6.net - Sports - Curses! Billy Goat, Bambino Still Haunt Fans |
| | But the curse of the Billy Goat returned to haunt Wrigley Field with Cubs fans watching in horror as the Marlins counted eight runs to claim a stunning 8-3 comeback win and level the National League championship series at 3-3. | | | The curse of the Billy Goat and the Bambino continued to torture long suffering supporters in Beantown and the Windy City as the Cubs and Sox prepare for Wednesday's must-win games. | | | While not as romantic, the Billy Goat curse on the Cubs, who have not celebrated a World Series since 1908, is proving no less tough to exorcise. |
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| | The Baseball Guru - Don’t Blame the Babe by John B. Holway |
| | It was laid in 1945 by Billy Goat Sianis, owner of the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago’s Loop, a watering spot for Tribune newsmen and tourists. | | | Of course the biggest curse of all is the Curse of St George and the Checkbook, which year after year puts together the best team money can buy. | | | There are other curses I do believe in, for example, the Curse of the Muldoons, laid on the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team in the 1930s, and the Curse of Noc-a-homa, of which more later. |
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| | The Billy Goat and Bambino Curse |
| | Well, if the Goat Curse can send the ball through a player’s legs at such a crucial time, then maybe the Curse of the Bambino would enjoy the same. | | | With the goat in attendance the Cubs won 13-0 and 4-2, but Sam and Billy did not go to San Diego after receiving phone threats saying the goat would be killed. | | | It was in 1945 when a man named Sam Sianis owned an inn called the Billy Goat Tavern, and where he kept a pet goat named Sinovia as good luck. |
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| | the Mercuriosity Shop: Curse of the Billy Goat |
| | William “Billy Goat” Sianis—owner of the Billy Goat Tavern placed a curse on the Cubbies in 1945, during the World Series. | | | Read this for more details about the Billy Goat Curse. | | | Sianis was a dedicated Cub fan, and would always bring his goat, Murphy, to the games with him (and the goat always had his own ticket). |
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| | Cheap Software :: The Cubs Win the Pennant!: Charlie Grimm, the Billy Goat Curse, and the 1945 World Series Run |
| | Cheap Software - The Cubs Win the Pennant!: Charlie Grimm, the Billy Goat Curse, and the 1945 World Series Run | | | Cheap Software :: The Cubs Win the Pennant!: Charlie Grimm, the Billy Goat Curse, and the 1945 World Series Run | | | Da Curse of the Billy Goat, The Chicago Cubs, Pennant Races, and Curses |
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| | cbs2chicago.com: Chicago news, weather, traffic: 3 Men and a Goat Battle Cubs' Curse |
| | The men and their shotgun riding goat, are on the road, hoping to "exorcise" that 58 year old "demon" known as the "Billy Goat curse." | | | "Billy Goat Sianis, a Chicago tavern owner, and his goat were denied entrance to Game Four, the Cubs having won the first two against Detroit. | | | An outraged Sianis leveled a goat's curse outside Wrigley Field, which resulted in the Cubs losing the series, and well, you know the rest. |
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| | THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO CONTINUES |
| | But before we can kill the Curse of the Bambino in Boston and help the Cubbies Beat the Billy Goat Curse...We need to admit, there is a curse... | | | I don't know much about the Billy Goat Curse, but it showed up again in 2003, Games 6 and 7 for the Cubbies as well. | | | Babe, as in Babe Ruth, the Bambino, as in the curse of, when we sold him to N.Y. Yankees for a failed show. |
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| | WNDU-TV: News Story: Cubs battling the Billy Goat curse - October 15, 2003 |
| | The Marlins exploded for eight runs forcing tonight's "do or die" Game Seven and renewing talk about the curse of the Billy Goat. | | | Just in case, the family is trying to lift the curse once again: the goat made a cameo outside of Wrigley Field. | | | In 1945, William Sinanis put a curse on the Cubs because his goat was kicked out of a game |
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| | Sports in America, Red Sox Curse, Chicago Cubs Billy Goat Curse PubClub.com! |
| | PubClub columnist "The Bartender" examines the passion for sports in America and addresses the famous Curse of the Bambino and the Billy Goat Curse. | | | For Boston, it's "The Curse of the Bambino," the price for selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees back in 1920. | | | Now, there may be something to these curses but I believe it has more to do with attitude than any hex that has some Red Sox fans scuba diving in a pond looking for Babe Ruth's piano. |
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| | In Search of The Billy Goat Curse |
| | The "In Search of the Billy Goat Curse" letterbox will be pulled, never to appear again, as soon as the Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field has a world series game played in it. | | | It is known as the Billy Goat Tavern and is located in several Chicago area locations. | | | When asked why the goat was being ejected, the reply was that the goat smelled. |
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| | Red Heart Billy Martin Psa Yankees |
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| | Bowman Billy Johson |
| | Chicago Cubs Billy Goat Curse Leather Billy Goat | | | Also for the card with check out of small set. | | | 1948 - 1949 LEAF #14 Billy Johnson NEW YORK YANKEES 1949 Bowman TOMMY HENRICH #69 New York Yankees NrMt 1948 Bowman #6 Yogi Berra RC HOF BV $200-$5850 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 1984 NY YANKEES YOGI BERRA SPORTS ILLUSTRATED '87 CAL RIPKEN JR -BALTIMORE ORIOLES SPORTS ILLUSTRATED NY YANKEES '97:JETER AND A-ROD |
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| | Chicago Cubs News |
| | "Curses are for suckers," said Jim Tosc, dining with his wife at the original Billy Goat and a lifelong Cubs fan and Chicago resident. | | | But with manager Dusty Baker trying to change the image of the Cubs, from lovable losers to perennial contenders, acknowledgement of the goat curse could return the Cubs to that quirky part of their support they are trying to distance. | | | The story goes that "Billy Goat" bought two box seats at Wrigley Field for Game 4 of the World Series against Detroit, with the Cubs holding a 2-1 lead and favored to win their first title since 1908. |
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| | Reverse The Curse - Get Your Curse Gear to Support Your Chicago Cubs and Help Break the Curse |
| | This time, it was Sam Sianis, a cousin of the late Billy Goat Sianis, who with the help of a Tribune reporter would attempt to bring his goat in order to lift the curse. | | | However, with no goat at their side in the postseason, the Cubs were swept in 3 games by the Braves, and their seemingly magical season still ended with the emptiness of no World Series. | | | Sianis and his goat were ejected, "Because the goat stinks." As the curse goes, an angry Sianis threw his arms in the air in disgust and proclaimed, "The Cubs ain't gonna win no more. |
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| | snarkout: billy goats and football wars |
| | The curse of the Bambino may be a myth, but Cubs fans across the nation are wondering if the curse of the billy goat. | | | Andres Escobar, a player for the Colombian national team, was assassinated in retribution for an own goal he scored on the Colombians; Bartman should be around next year to see the curse of the billy goat in action again. | | | Last night, it ended in tears, of course, but just like the '86 Series, everyone's going to remember Game 6, when the Cubs suffered a complete (though not unprecedented) meltdown, giving up a staggering eight runs in the seventh inning. |
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| | Peanuts & Cracker Jacks |
| | In 1945 William "Billy Goat" Sianis placed a curse on the Chicago Cubs during the World Series because the ushers would not allow his pet goat into the field. | | | If only the ushers of Wrigley Field had allowed Murphy the billy goat in then maybe the Cubs would be world champs by now. | | | Of course maybe the curse has made the Cubs more appealing and has added excitement to the team. |
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