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| Reverse the Curse Start Praying Now! |
| No disrespect to any religious symbol is intended and no billy goats were harmed in the making of this product. |
Reversery Beads are individually
handcrafted and made with czech glass
beads, ceramic baseball beads, a pewter
Cubs pendant, a sterling silver billy goat
and spacers.
handcrafted and made with czech glass
beads, ceramic baseball beads, a pewter
Cubs pendant, a sterling silver billy goat
and spacers.
Click on photo to enlarge
Oh Dear Cubs, we pray for you
A Series bid, long overdue
The curse from some old billy goat
No longer gets to have a vote
We hang you from this chain of beads
And pray the gods will intercede
A bead of blue for dreams come true
A bead of red for the Cubs and Lou
Baseballs in between them all
Will reverse the curse once and for all!!!!
A Series bid, long overdue
The curse from some old billy goat
No longer gets to have a vote
We hang you from this chain of beads
And pray the gods will intercede
A bead of blue for dreams come true
A bead of red for the Cubs and Lou
Baseballs in between them all
Will reverse the curse once and for all!!!!
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The Curse of the Billy Goat is a curse on the Chicago Cubs that was started in 1945. As the story goes, Billy Sianis, a
Greek immigrant (from Paleopyrgos, Greece), who owned a nearby tavern (the now-famous Billy Goat Tavern), had two
$7.20 box seat tickets to Game 4 of the 1945 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers, and decided
to bring along his pet goat, Murphy (or Sinovia according to somereferences), which Sianis had restored to health when
the goat had fallen off a truck and subsequently limped into his tavern. The goat wore a blanket with a sign pinned to it
which read "We got Detroit's goat".Sianis and the goat were allowed into Wrigley Field and even paraded about on the
playing field before the game before ushers intervened and led them off the field. After a heated argument, both Sianis and
the goat were permitted to stay in the stadium occupying the box seat for which he had tickets. At this point, Andy Frain
(head of Wrigley Field's hired security company at the time), waved the goat's box-seat ticket in the air and proclaimed "If
he eats the ticket that would solve everything." However, the goat did not. Before the game was over, Sianis and the goat
were ejected from the stadium at the command of Cubs owner Philip Knight Wrigley due to the animal's objectionable odor.
Sianis was outraged at the ejection and allegedly placed a curse upon the Cubs that they would never win another pennant
or play in a World Series at Wrigley Field again because the Cubs organization had insulted his goat, and subsequently left
the U.S. to vacation in his home in Greece.
The Cubs lost Game 4 and eventually the 1945 World Series, prompting Sianis to write to Wrigley from Greece, saying,
"Who stinks now?" Following a third-place finish in the National League in 1946, the Cubs would finish in the league's
second division for the next 20 consecutive years. This streak finally ended in 1967, the year after Leo Durocher became
the club's manager. Since that time, the supposedly cursed Cubs have not won a National League pennant or played in a
World Series – the longest pennant drought in Major League history. Sianis died in 1970.
Attempts to Break the Curse
Billy Scott, nephew of Sam Sianis, has been brought out on the field with a goat multiple times in attempts to break the
curse: on Opening Day in 1984 and 1989 (the Cubs won the division both years), in 1994 to stop a home losing streak,
and in 1998 for the wild card play-in game (which the Cubs won).
A group of Cubs fans headed to Houston in 2003 with a Billy Goat named "Virgil Homer" and attempted to gain entrance to
Minute Maid Park. After they were denied entrance, they unfurled a scroll and read a verse proclaiming they were
"reversing the curse". Houston faded down the stretch allowing the Cubs to win the division. The Astros did win the NL
pennant in 2005. The Cubs came within 5 outs of the World Series in 2003, until a fan, Steve Bartman attempted to catch a
foul ball, interfering with Moises Alou, who appeared in position to make the play. The Cubs lost that game and the next
game to the Florida Marlins, who went on to win the World Series.
Before the 2004 season the Steve Bartman ball was ceremonially destroyed at Harry Caray's Restaurant in Chicago.
In another bizarre twist, it was reported that a butchered goat was hung from the Harry Caray statue on October 3, 2007,
but the Sun-Times noted: "If the prankster intended to reverse the supposed billy goat curse with the stunt, it doesn't
appear to have worked."
The Cure
According to three interviews with Sam Sianis, William Sianis' nephew-in-law, the Curse of the famed Billy Goat can only be
dispelled by the Chicago Cubs organization showing a true sincere fondness for goats, sincerely allowing them into Wrigley
Field because they like them, and not simply for publicity reasons.
. Source: Answers.com
Greek immigrant (from Paleopyrgos, Greece), who owned a nearby tavern (the now-famous Billy Goat Tavern), had two
$7.20 box seat tickets to Game 4 of the 1945 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers, and decided
to bring along his pet goat, Murphy (or Sinovia according to somereferences), which Sianis had restored to health when
the goat had fallen off a truck and subsequently limped into his tavern. The goat wore a blanket with a sign pinned to it
which read "We got Detroit's goat".Sianis and the goat were allowed into Wrigley Field and even paraded about on the
playing field before the game before ushers intervened and led them off the field. After a heated argument, both Sianis and
the goat were permitted to stay in the stadium occupying the box seat for which he had tickets. At this point, Andy Frain
(head of Wrigley Field's hired security company at the time), waved the goat's box-seat ticket in the air and proclaimed "If
he eats the ticket that would solve everything." However, the goat did not. Before the game was over, Sianis and the goat
were ejected from the stadium at the command of Cubs owner Philip Knight Wrigley due to the animal's objectionable odor.
Sianis was outraged at the ejection and allegedly placed a curse upon the Cubs that they would never win another pennant
or play in a World Series at Wrigley Field again because the Cubs organization had insulted his goat, and subsequently left
the U.S. to vacation in his home in Greece.
The Cubs lost Game 4 and eventually the 1945 World Series, prompting Sianis to write to Wrigley from Greece, saying,
"Who stinks now?" Following a third-place finish in the National League in 1946, the Cubs would finish in the league's
second division for the next 20 consecutive years. This streak finally ended in 1967, the year after Leo Durocher became
the club's manager. Since that time, the supposedly cursed Cubs have not won a National League pennant or played in a
World Series – the longest pennant drought in Major League history. Sianis died in 1970.
Attempts to Break the Curse
Billy Scott, nephew of Sam Sianis, has been brought out on the field with a goat multiple times in attempts to break the
curse: on Opening Day in 1984 and 1989 (the Cubs won the division both years), in 1994 to stop a home losing streak,
and in 1998 for the wild card play-in game (which the Cubs won).
A group of Cubs fans headed to Houston in 2003 with a Billy Goat named "Virgil Homer" and attempted to gain entrance to
Minute Maid Park. After they were denied entrance, they unfurled a scroll and read a verse proclaiming they were
"reversing the curse". Houston faded down the stretch allowing the Cubs to win the division. The Astros did win the NL
pennant in 2005. The Cubs came within 5 outs of the World Series in 2003, until a fan, Steve Bartman attempted to catch a
foul ball, interfering with Moises Alou, who appeared in position to make the play. The Cubs lost that game and the next
game to the Florida Marlins, who went on to win the World Series.
Before the 2004 season the Steve Bartman ball was ceremonially destroyed at Harry Caray's Restaurant in Chicago.
In another bizarre twist, it was reported that a butchered goat was hung from the Harry Caray statue on October 3, 2007,
but the Sun-Times noted: "If the prankster intended to reverse the supposed billy goat curse with the stunt, it doesn't
appear to have worked."
The Cure
According to three interviews with Sam Sianis, William Sianis' nephew-in-law, the Curse of the famed Billy Goat can only be
dispelled by the Chicago Cubs organization showing a true sincere fondness for goats, sincerely allowing them into Wrigley
Field because they like them, and not simply for publicity reasons.
. Source: Answers.com
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The Curse of the Billy Goat is an urban legend concerning regular-season and post-season woes of the Chicago
Cubs. It supposedly explains the Cubs not winning the World Series since 1908 and not even reaching the fall classic
since 1945.
Cubs. It supposedly explains the Cubs not winning the World Series since 1908 and not even reaching the fall classic
since 1945.