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... They are "The Curse of The Bambino" for Boston Red Sox fans, and "The Curse of The Billy Goat" for the Chicago Cub fans. ... Long before Ruth started his reign as the Sultan of Swat for the Bronx Bombers, the New York Yankees, he was a pitcher of extraordinary talent for none other than the Boston Red Sox. ... The story goes that the owner of the Red Sox, despite the on-field success of the ball club, was in serious financial trouble. ... The Bo-sox , in turn, become perennial losers. ... For example in 1978, one of the most painful of years, the Sox had a 10+ game lead in their division, but managed to blow it to the hated Yankees. ... The setting was Fenway Park and the Red Sox had the lead. ... The Sox overcame a 3-1 deficit in the ALCS against the California Angels, and met the New York Mets in the World Series. The setting: game 6 at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York, with the Sox holding the series lead 3-2. ... At that point, there was an omen: the game hadnt even ended yet, but the scoreboard in right-center field was flashing the message "Congratulations 1986 World Champion Red Sox. ... That image is burnt into the memory of every Red Sox fan out there and will haunt them until the day they die. ... It boils down to the fact that John McNamara, the Red Sox manager, wanted him to be on the field when they won the World Series. ... This phenomenom is especially interesting because of how much it resembles what happened two years later to the Red Sox and Bill Buckner
Both curses met in the 2003 playoffs first it happened to the the Red Soxs. ... His 11th inning homerun sent the Sox home to lick their wounds and do Google. ... Red Sox fans have dug up a 100 years old piano that belong to babe ruth in hope that it would release them from the curse.
Approximate Word count = 1637
Approximate Pages = 6.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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