Cardinals fan taunts the Cubs with 'Mount Chokemore' painting

The Chicago Cubs have decades worth of material that can be used against them for taunting purposes. It's the unfortunate reality for a franchise that hasn't won a World Series championship since 1908, and it's a reality that's never lost on fans of their biggest rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals.

With those two historic franchises now set to meet for the first time ever in the postseason, we expected the taunting to be elevated to entirely new levels. Ahead of Friday's Game 1, Cardinals fans didn't disappoint, unveiling this painting that gives a virtual tour through Cubs fans' Hell.

What we have there is a representation of every miserable occurrence that has haunted Cubs fans since their last World Series victory.

From left to right on "Mount Chokemore":

• The Curse of the Billy Goat, which was supposedly placed on the Cubs in 1945 when Billy Goat Tavern owner Billy Sianis was asked to leave a World Series game at Wrigley Field because his pet goat wasn't pleasant to be around. According to reports, the goat stunk, so it had to go.

[Related: Stephen Colbert predicts end of Cubs futility, tosses goat from 'Late Show' studio]

• The Curse of the Black Cat. During a game at Shea Stadium on Sept. 9, 1969, a black cat ran in front of the Cubs dugout and that was pretty much the end of their dream season. The Cubs ended up blowing a 9.5 game lead over New York in the standings, and then watched as the Mets went on to win the World Series.

• Leon Durham's error in the 1984 NLCS. The Cubs were one win away from the World Series when first baseman Leon Durham let Tim Flannery's ground ball trickle through his legs. Gary Templeton came around to score the tying run and the San Diego Padres added three more runs to shatter the Cubs dreams again.

• Of course that's Steve Bartman. He'll always be connected to the Cubs collapse in the 2003 NLCS.

Obviously, the Cubs are used to this type of taunting. But this season the team can actually do something about it, and at the expense of the Cardinals too, which would be all the more satisfying for their fans.

It should be said you can only poke a bear with a sharp stick for so long. The Cardinals might learn that 107 years has been long enough.

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Mark Townsend is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at bigleaguestew@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Townie813