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Screaming from the headlines in Chicago on Monday morning, opening day for the beloved Cubs, was word of a dead goat hung from the Harry Caray statue outside Wrigley Field.
It’s a replay of what also happened in 2007.
Last year, before the playoffs started, Cub chairman Crane Kenney had a Greek orthodox priest sprinkle holy water in the dugout.
What’s with all of this superstition?
Are the Cubs cursed?
The curse allegedly started on October 6, 1945 when William Sianis brought his billy goat named Murphy with him and tried to bring him into the ballpark. The Cubs were leading the series at the time two games to one.
After being refused admission, he put a curse on the Cubs saying that they would never play in the World Series again.
It must have been one helluva curse because the Cubs have never returned to the fall classic.
In 1969, the Cubs best chance up to that time to break the curse, the Cubs were sailing along with a nine and a half game lead on August 13.
The Cubs started faltering, the New York Mets got hot, and on September 9, a black cat scurried around Ron Santo in the on deck circle before finally retreating from the field.
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