# Can the Cubbies do it?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 16, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-cubbies-do-it/419404 "2007-09-16T17:41:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-cubbies-do-it/419404/21 "2007-10-01T16:15:07Z")
As an honorary Cubs fan 😃 having visited Wrigley just once back in 2004 I have to point out that some goat or summink has to be allowed to stroll around the place before they EVER win anything again. Leastways that’s what I read on here and in a bar in Chicago ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-cubbies-do-it/419404/22 "2007-10-01T18:27:20Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] As an honorary Cubs fan 😃 having visited Wrigley just once back in 2004 I have to point out that some goat or summink has to be allowed to stroll around the place before they EVER win anything again. [/QUOTE] From [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_goat_curse): > [@](#): > > Billy Sianis’s nephew 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). ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-cubbies-do-it/419404/23 "2007-10-01T18:44:29Z")
Yup that’s what I was talking about and the bar I was in was The Billy Goat. Go Cubs Go!!! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-cubbies-do-it/419404/24 "2007-10-01T19:05:02Z")
I think you have to factor in the role of [booming echo effect] DESTINY.[/b e effect] When a team hasn’t won the World Series in anyone’s memory, destiny can kick in. In 2004, the Cardinals had a storybook season, right up until the last 4 games. They crossed the path of destiny, and it was all over. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-cubbies-do-it/419404.md?page=1)