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Curse of the Bambino

The Curse of the Bambino (1920 – 2004) was an urban myth or scapegoat cited as a reason for the failure of the Boston Red Sox baseball team to win the World Series for 84 years after they sold Babe Ruth, sometimes called The Bambino, to the New York Yankees. The flip side of the curse was New York's success—after the sale, the once-lackluster Yankees became one of the most successful franchises in North American professional sports.

Wikipedia and Wikis

Curse of the Bambino - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Bambino

Other

A "Curse" Born of Hate
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2004/news/st ...
The Curse of the Bambino
http://www.bambinomusical.com/
Cartoon regarding 1978 Bucky Dent homer
http://www.yankeetradition.com/lanning.jpg
Boston Globe article "Taking teeth out of curse?"
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/09/ ...
Babe Ruth rookie photos (1915)
http://www.baseballantiquities.com
Talks about reversing the curse of the Bambino
http://www.goodbyecurse.com
Audio of 1978 Bucky Dent homer
http://www.yankeetradition.com/dent.ram
ESPN account of Ruth's sale to the Yankees
http://espn.go.com/mlb/s/2002/0718/1407265.html
The Curse of the Bambino
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381115/
Cartoon regarding 2004 Yankee loss to the Red Sox
http://cagle.slate.msn.com/news/BostonRedSox/image ...

Keywords and Synonyms

Curse of the Bambino, The Curse of the Bambino, Babe's curse