Curse of the Billy Goat

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sports curse superstition

The Curse of the Billy Goat was a long-standing superstition blamed for the Chicago Cubs’ decades-long championship drought, said to have begun in 1945 when a tavern owner and his pet goat were ejected from Wrigley Field.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	sports curse → superstition →
allegedCurseStatement	Them Cubs, they ain’t gonna win no more →
allegedEffect	Chicago Cubs World Series drought → Chicago Cubs championship drought →
allegedEndEvent	Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series victory →
allegedEndYear	2016 →
allegedReasonForEjection	complaints about the goat’s odor →
allegedStartEvent	1945 World Series →
allegedStartGame	Game 4 of the 1945 World Series →
allegedStartYear	1945 →
appliesToTeam	Chicago Cubs →
associatedBusiness	Billy Goat Tavern →
associatedBusinessLocation	Chicago, Illinois →
associatedWithEvent	1969 Chicago Cubs collapse → 1984 National League Championship Series loss → 2003 National League Championship Series loss →
associatedWithPlayer	Steve Bartman →
attemptedCurseReversal	publicized rituals and ceremonies → various goat appearances at Wrigley Field →
cubsPennantsDuringCurse	1945 National League pennant → 2016 National League pennant →
culturalSignificance	part of Chicago sports folklore → symbol of Chicago Cubs futility →
division	National League Central →
droughtDurationYears	71 →
droughtEndYear	2016 →
droughtStartYear	1945 →
droughtType	World Series title drought →
gameSevenLocation	Progressive Field →
genre	sports folklore →
goatName	Murphy →
hasArticleOn	English Wikipedia →
homeStadiumInvolved	Wrigley Field →
involvesAnimal	goat →
lastTitleBeforeCurse	1908 World Series →
league	Major League Baseball →
mediaCoverage	extensive local and national sports media →
opponentInCurseBreakingSeries	Cleveland Indians →
originator	William Sianis →
originatorNationality	Greek-American →
originatorOccupation	tavern owner →
originCountry	United States →
originLocation	Chicago, Illinois →
resultingPerception	widely considered broken after 2016 →
sport	baseball →
triggerEvent	ejection of William Sianis and his goat from Wrigley Field →
worldSeriesWonAfterCurse	2016 World Series →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2016 World Series →	notableCurseBroken