Boston Red Sox - The Curse Of Bambino: A Curse Or An Excuse
Everybody knows who Babe Ruth is. His name is always equated to baseball. This person had remarkable statistics in this sport, garnering 174 homeruns from 1914-1935.He ranks third among the players with homeruns made. Hank Aaron broke the record after 1976 but never the less broke this record was undefeated for a long time.
Babe Ruth played for three different teams in his whole career. He played for the longest time with the New York Yankees as an outfielder. His performance drastically soared and the number of home runs he can make can even out score the total performance of a team. When he stands on the plate, everybody expects a homerun. He practically led this team to their victories. Without him, the team would be paralyzed. However, Ruth did not play MLB smoothly. He had his own episodes of rebellious acts that caused him suspensions and ejections from the court. Nevertheless, he makes a comeback and every time he finishes a season, he would always perform better.
This left-handed baseball phenomenon was one of the players sold out by his previous team. He played as one of the many talented pitchers of the Boston Red Sox. He was sold out because he demanded a raise in salary and they could not give it to him. However, there are certain matters that led to the conclusion that the real reason for his sellout was for the owner of the team to finance a theatrical Broadway show. Unfortunately, Frazee, the owner, made the worst decision in his entire life. Red Sox never won a World Series from the time they let go of Babe Ruth.
The team can make it to the finals but they can never get the title. For years until 2004, the curse existed. Although, people who believed in it might sound crazy or superstitious for some, it is just a lousy excuse to make for not making to the number one spot, there were several Championship Matches cited from 1946-2003 that could support evidences of the curse. If you are a non-believer, probably it was just coincidence.
The team had a constant struggle to break the curse. Even the fans were collaborating in performing several rituals in the hope that losing streak would just go away. When 2004 came, the curse was broken when they grabbed their first World Series title since its effect. According to USA today, when they won, their fans left various items on the grave of Babe Ruth. It seems that with all of the constant struggle that the Boston Red Sox team and fans put to break the curse, it all paid off and has gone away. It was further evidenced by their repeated victory as World Series Champions in 2007. They had a 4-0 win against the Colorado Rockies.
Despite the curse that everyone was talking about, Babe Ruth remained an icon to baseball. He became a Hall of Famer. He deservingly called as one of the greatest baseball players of all times and that selling him out might be a good idea after all.
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Freddie Brister is a huge fan of Major League Baseball and the Boston Red Sox. His love for the game of Baseball started with an older brother throwing the baseball around in the backyard with cousins and neighborhood friends. He later played in high school, college and coached high school sports for 25 years, before retiring to write for Sports Fan Treasures. Check out his Boston Red Sox Merchandise.
@gfscarface13 really? Because the championship banners look the same to me… and before you start talking about Boston steroid users, lets take a look at the yankees. Clemens, Giambi, Sheffield, A-rod, Pettite, Mike Stanton. And those are just a few from the recent years.. If you tried to take away a championship from a team just because a few players used steroids then you might as well just whipe out mlb history from the previous 20+ years.
Lids.com has a couple that look like something you might be interested in. I have attached the links. One has a white "B" while the other had a red "B". The white "B" has all white exposed stitching, while the red "B" has red and white exposed stitching.
Deep to left….Yastrzemski…won't get it. It's a home run!
ok something needs to fucking kick in the red sox so they can snap their damn losing streak! NOW EVERYBODY NEEDS TO START HITTING TOO!! only people who can hit the damn ball is beltre and youkilis and a little bit of pedroia. ortiz..please just hit the damn ball
SUCK+STEROIDS=THE YANKEES GO SOX!!!
Because he didn't and wanted to go but someone had improvements and stuff.
they ankees just beat the sox. Yay
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@Bert9ton Dude, David Ortiz failed his Steroid Test. Both Manny & David were doing Steroids together in boston. Just cause someone is big it doesn’t mean they dont use Steroids LOL. Come on, thats Stupid.
Boston world series are Tainted as much as the 1989 Oakland A’s
Red Sox last legit title is still 1918.
92 Years and counting since the red sox won a LEGIT world series.
The red cap was their home cap. It was red with a navy bill and a navy B. The away cap was all navy with a red B.
Don’t understand this commercial.
@gfscarface13 umm how about A- ROID last year. i guess that means the yankees title was tainted too right??
It was John Marzano, a former back up catcher. He apparently had a heart attack, but I think the official cause of death was the fall. He died satuday. here's a link:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=3354653
Marzano was only 45. Apparently this runs in the family, as his father died young from heart problems.
Too bad. While he wasn't a Varitek or Fisk on the field, everyone seems to have loved this guy.
Amazing!!!!
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Ted, 14-July-1946 (first game).
Doerr, 08-June-1950.
Vollmer, 26-July-1951.
Zauchin, 27-May-1955.
Ted twice more, 08-May and 13-June-1957.
Harrelson, 14-June-1968.
Lahoud, 11-June-1969.
Lynn, 18-June-1975.
Yaz, 19-May-1976.
Rice, 29-August-1977.
Rice again, 29-August-1983 (second game).
(Wow, August 29 is some good date for Jim Ed.)
Brunansky, 29-Sept-1990.
Clark, 31-July-1991.
Valentin, 02-June-1995.
Vaughn, 24-Sept-1996.
Vaughn again, 30-May-1997.
Garciaparra, 10-May-1999.
Nixon, 24-July-1999.
Varitek, 20-May-2001.
Garciaparra, 23-July-2002 (early game).
Mueller, 29-July-2003.
Millar, 23-July-2004.
Gagne is a type B free agent. The Sox will get a sandwich pick between the first and 2nd round as compensation. You can get some good talent this way which is why they offered him arbitration. If they hadn't offered that they would not get the pick.
If only he had the numbers to be a type A free agent, then they would have got the Brewers 1st round pick as well.
actually it was his 2nd game and who knows how well he will do. He has a lot of potential, anyone can see that, but its too early to judge. I think he will have a successful career. But it all depends on his health and who knows if he will he get an injury and pitch bad like Wang this year
Great comercial, almost made me cry. Hail to the Red Sox!!!