Curse of the Billy Goat

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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.

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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 2016 World Series
surface form: 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, United States
surface form: 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 Wikipedia
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: United States
originLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: 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

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Subject: Curse of the Billy Goat
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2016 World Series notableCurseBroken Curse of the Billy Goat
William Sianis notableFor Curse of the Billy Goat
Billy Goat Tavern associatedWith Curse of the Billy Goat
2016 National League pennant associatedCurse Curse of the Billy Goat
Steve Bartman associatedWith Curse of the Billy Goat
this entity surface form: “Curse of the Billy Goat” narrative