Located just an hour south of Chicago, Ill., Olivet Nazarene University rests in the shadows of some of the greatest sports teams in the world ... at least we like to think so. There are the Bulls, the Bears, the Blackhawks, the Fire, the White Sox and, of course, the Cubs.
Today marks the 64th anniversary of one of the most infamous events in Cubs history: the day Billy Sianis and his beloved goat were ejected from game 4 of the 1945 World Series.
Sianis, a huge fan of the Cubs, regularly attended games with his pet goat. That day, in fact, the pair played a special role in the pre-game festivities, with Sianis leading his four-legged friend around the field with a sign that read, "We've got Detroit's goat."
It wasn't long before things turned sour. And by sour, we mean "stinky." Security personnel asked Sianis to leave the game because of multiple complaints about the goat's odor.
Bitterness ensued, and a curse was born. As a result, Cubs fans everywhere still lament the Curse of the Billy Goat.
Billy Sianis sent the following telegram: "You are going to lose this World Series, and you are never going to win another World Series again. You are never going to win a World Series again because you insulted my goat." To what individual was the telegram sent?
Take a guess in the "Comments" section and we'll post the correct answer next week.
Answer to last week's question: Mark Hamill played eldest son David in the pilot of Eight is Enough. From classicscifi.com: "[Hamill] asked to be released from his contract [from the series] before Star Wars came out because he sensed the movie would be successful, and Hamill wanted to focus on his movie career. ABC refused to release him from his contract, thinking that having a successful movie star connected with the show would help Eight is Enough. Hamill was then in a car crash in December 1976 and injured his face badly enough to warrant plastic surgery. This made him unavialable for shooting the TV series, and ABC was forced to recast the role of David, which then went to Grant Goodeve."
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