What is the bambino curse?
"Curse Bambino" refers to the drought of success Boston Redsox Baseball Club has lasted since Babe Ruth was traded. It all began in 1918, when Redsox won the title of 5. World series - led by a large jug and body, Babe Ruth (also known as "Babe" or "The Bambino"). A few years later, Redsox decided to sell Bambino New York Yankees who never won the championship at that time. Thus, Yankees has become one of the most successful teams in any sport.
It's not that the Redsox poor teams. In fact, Redsox played on four championships, but each of them lost in the seventh (and final) game of the series. Even more he says that some "curse" was in the nails the way they failed, although they had excellent teams and excellent chances of victory. Will Redsox ever be able to overcome the "bambino curse"? Maybe one day ...
27th October 2004 Update: inAmazing turnover of events was the bambino curse canceled after 86 years! Boston Red Sox won World Series in four games against Saint Louis Cardinals, a winning team of this season. In a perfectly suitable reversal, the first total lunar eclipse during any World Series, the game chaired Ballpark. Some Red Sox fans will claim that the eclipse was a sign of baseball gods that Boston was approved for a triumph. Other fans will say that the ghost Babe ruth blinked at Bosox and decided to suffer enough over the years.
To fully appreciate the context of this event, it is also important to consider the Talcs (American League Championship Series). Who Boston joined in an effort to flag? No one other than Yankees - the team itself that raised Babe Ruth in 1918! To make it even more dramatic, Red Sox was down three games down, and for the first time in the history of the main league they returned to win a 7-game series with four direct victories!
When everything was said and done, the curse did not disappear quietly; Red Sox prefersZil in all of the last 8 competitions for two teams with the best record in the regular season in the main leagues. Needless to say, these events are the perfect end of one of the longest curse in professional sports.