Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Oketopa 2003, i hangaia e nga Cubs he rangatira rangatira i te NLCS mo te taitara National League ki te Florida Marlins. Engari i te kēmu 6 o te raupapa, me te Cubs e arahi ana i te 3 ki te 0, he kaiwhaiwhai kāinga,
Ko Steve Bartman, i kore i te whakaaro, i whakakore i te hopu nui mai i te ringa o te kaitākaro o waho o Cubs, a Moisés Alou. Whai muri i tenei ka huihui nga Marlins, kaore i wikitoria i te keemu anake engari ko te riiki, a, i te mutunga, ko te 2003 World Series. He maha nga kaiwhaiwhai Cubs i kite i tenei hei haere tonu o te "Curse of the Billy Goat", i whakairihia ki runga i te roopu mai i te 1945, i te wa i aukatihia ai te rangatira o te Billy Goat Tavern o te rohe ki te kawe i tana kuao kararehe aroha ki te papa kaainga o te Cubs, Wrigley Field, a na reira i oati ai kaore nga Cubs e wikitoria ano i te National League Championship. I utua e DePorter te $ 113,824.16 mo te "whutupaoro kino" kino kia whakangaromia ai, kia mutu ai te kanga.