Explain the "curse of the Bambino"

[glarius]

My son and I are watching the Yankee - Boston game and are wondering.....Did Babe Ruth actually put a curse on Boston when he was traded or is it just that Boston believes they are cursed because he was traded?.....

[flowomo]

1. No! A Boston sports writer made it up in the 1980's

a guy from the Globe, O'Shaunghnessy, I think.

[flowomo]

2. It's Shaughnessy.... here's his book:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/0140296336/002-2965669-6896815?_encoding=UTF8&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER

[glarius]

3. I thought it had been around a lot longer than the 80's

Am I wrong? :)

[flowomo]

4. he popularized it, I think

[MajorFlaw]

5. The curse of the Bambino has nothing to do with Ruth himself.

The then owner of the Red Sox, one Harry Frazee, sold Ruth and a mortgage on Fenway Park to the Yankees in return for the money he needed to finish a musical show he was working on (No, No Nanette, IIRC). The Sox last won the World Series in 1918 and sold Ruth shortly thereafter. Some have speculated that the Sox drought in championships is due to the stupidity of selling Babe Ruth. Nothing more, nothing less.

[glarius]

7. Thanx for the info......

It's tied 4 -4 in the 10th....Go Boston!

[JohnKleeb]

6. because Harry Frazee was a moran and sold Ruth to the yanks

Sigh stupid idiot,
The yanks sucked before that happened, they really did, and then poof, they became a dynasty.

[glarius]

8. Go Boston!!!!

I always wondered how it came to be!....Thanx