Alan Mancuso, his daughter Rachel and goats CC (in blanket) and Stardust visited Progressive Field on Sunday to continue the curse against the Chicago Cubs.

(Alan Mancuso)

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland Indians fans want to make sure the Chicago Cubs' Curse of the Billy Goat lives on. So they brought two goats to Progressive Field on Sunday.

"Everyone was really excited that I did it," Alan Mancuso said Monday. "Especially those that know about the curse."

Many Cubs fans believe their team hasn't been to a World Series in seven decades because of a goat.

On Oct. 6, 1945, Billy Sianis, owner of the Billy Goat Tavern, arrived at Wrigley Field for game four of the 1945 World Series with his pet goat, according to history.com

Sianis, who had a ticket for his goat, was either turned away at the gate or was allowed to enter but later asked to leave because his goat smelled, according to the website.

Regardless, an angry Sianis allegedly declared "Them Cubs, they ain't gonna win no more."

The Cubs lost in 1945 and have not appeared in a World Series until now. They last won the World Series in 1908.

Mancuso and his wife Beth have three goats at their Ohio City home. While at church on Sunday, his friend Mark Duskey suggested they perform their own goat curse, he said.

Mancuso, 47, a lifelong Indians fan, agreed.

"I thought my wife would nix the idea," but she agreed, he said.

So with the help of his daughter, Duskey's son and another friend, they lifted CC and Stardust into the back of Duskey's minivan. They threw in some hay to keep them happy and headed downtown.

They took the goats out at several entrances around the field to remind the baseball gods about the curse. The goats, chomping happily, walked by the gates and the main plaza by the Bob Feller statue.

Fans took selfies with the goats, Mancuso said. (Don't worry, he took care to clean up after the animals.)

"This was to razz our friends in Chicago," said Mancuso, who has long been a Cubs fan, too.

When he attends the game Tuesday night, the Cleveland native will cheer for the Indians.

"I'm a bigger Indians fan," he said.