This Chicago team hasn't been in a World Series since 1945, when Billy Sianis cursed them for ejecting him & his goat
... Looks like to me that you have some good answers, and since it hasn't 
been... [DOC] [TLE] October 6, 1945: Local Chicago tavern owner William Billy Sianis ... [PAR] Sianis was irate because he had a ticket for the goat and declared, "them ...