What is the curse of the Bambino?

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The Boston Red Sox won the World Series in 1918. After the 1919 season (December 26 to be exact), Sox owner Harry Frazee (who had purchased the defending World Champions in 1917) sold Ruth to the New York Yankees for $100,000 and a $300,000 loan. His reasons: money to fund a theatrical production. Frazee was also a theatre producer. After the 1923 season, Frazee sold the Sox for a little over $1 million to a group of businessmen from Ohio. They had finished in last place that season.

AnswerThe Curse of the Bambino is when the Boston Red Sox traded Babe Ruth for $125,000 at the end of the 1919 season. Ed Barrow, the manager at the time, decided that Babe Ruth was not worth the trouble, so he traded him to the Yankees, which started the Yankees/Red Sox feud. Just before leaving for New York, Babe Ruth told reporters quote: "Without me, the Red Sox will never win another World Series. AnswerBabe Ruth wasn't the only great player Red Sox' owner Harry Frazee sent to the Yankees. Among them were the best players from the 1918 champion Red Sox including pitchers Carl Mays, Sam Jones, Herb Pennock, Bullet Joe Bush, as well as SS Everett Scott, who held the record for most consecutive games played until it was broken by Lou Gehrig. These were some of the top players of their time and they helped start the Yankees Dynasty. If one believes in curses, it really should have been called "Frazee's Folly." AnswerThe Boston Red Sox won the world series in 1918. At the end of the 1919 season the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $125,000. AFter this the Red Sox went on a 86 year drought without winning the World Series. In some years they almost won, but something always happened. Bucky Dent, Bill Buckner, and others. In 2004 the Red Sox finnally won the World Series breaking the curse.