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The biggest superstition or ritual for each MLB team

By Brad Weiss

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 9: CC Sabathia #52 of the New York Yankees delivers the first pitch in the first inning during Game 4 of the ALDS against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Alex Trautwig/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 9: CC Sabathia #52 of the New York Yankees delivers the first pitch in the first inning during Game 4 of the ALDS against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Alex Trautwig/MLB Photos via Getty Images) /
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PESCADERO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 26: Young goats stand in a pen at Harley Farms on April 26, 2019 in Pescadero, California. Over the past ten years dairy goat hers in the United States have expanded quicker than any other livestock surging 61 percent between 2007 and 2017. Both milk and cheese are made from the dairy goat herds. Goats are also used for brush removal and also appear in specialized yoga classes. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
PESCADERO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 26: Young goats stand in a pen at Harley Farms on April 26, 2019 in Pescadero, California. Over the past ten years dairy goat hers in the United States have expanded quicker than any other livestock surging 61 percent between 2007 and 2017. Both milk and cheese are made from the dairy goat herds. Goats are also used for brush removal and also appear in specialized yoga classes. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) /

Chicago Cubs: The Curse of the Billy Goat

There are very few weirder stories in the history of Major League Baseball than the Curse of the Billy Goat. It all started in 1945, when Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis was forced to leave Game 4 of the 1945 World Series due to his goat’s odor offending fellow patrons of the game.

While being forced out, Sianis declared the Cubs should no longer win. The Cubs would go on to lose the World Series to the Detroit Tigers, and it would be a long time before they would even appear in the Fall Classic.

In fact, the Cubs would not go back to a World Series until the 46th anniversary of Sianis’ death, when they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2016 National League Championship Series. Chicago would go on to win the World Series that year, erasing a championship drought that lasted 108 years.

In between championships, the Cubs came close so many times, which brought even more power to this supposed curse. Now, the Cubs are one of the better teams in Major League Baseball, but this curse will forever go down as one of the more historically prominent in baseball history.

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