Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Oktoba 2003, Cubs sun gina jagorancin jagorancin jagorancin NLCS don taken League na kasa da Florida Marlins. Amma a lokacin wasa na 6 na jerin, tare da Cubs ke jagorantar 3 zuwa 0, wani mai gida, Steve Bartman
, ba da gangan ba ya karkatar da muhimmiyar kama daga hannun dan wasan Cubs Moisés Alou. Bayan wannan Marlins ya taru, ya lashe ba kawai wasan ba amma gasar kuma, a ƙarshe, 2003 World Series. Yawancin magoya bayan Cubs sun ɗauki wannan a matsayin ci gaba da "La'anar Billy Goat", wanda ya rataya a kan ƙungiyar tun daga 1945, lokacin da aka hana mai gidan Billy Goat Tavern na gida ya kawo ƙaunataccen akuya a cikin filin wasan Cubs, Wrigley Field, kuma don haka ya rantse cewa Cubs ba za su sake lashe gasar zakarun kasa ba. DePorter ya biya $ 113,824.16 don sanannen "ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙafa" don ya hallaka shi, kuma don haka yana fatan kawo ƙarshen la'anar.