The Curse of the Bambino - Yankees Red Sox myth or fact ?

In 1918 the Boston Red Sox won their 5th World Series, the most by any baseball team at that time.
One of the best players on those Red Sox world series teams was George Herman Ruth or Babe Ruth, yes he was a good pitcher at the time!

In 1920, however, The Red Sox had been under financial stress and had regularly sold players to the New York Yankees.
However, none as big as the Bambino (Ruth). In 1920, Red Sox owner Harry Frazee did the unthinkable, he sold Babe Ruth's contract to Colonel Jacob Ruppert's New York Yankees for $100,000 (plus a loan collateralized by Fenway Park).

Since then, the Yankees, who had never won a World Championship before acquiring Ruth have won 26 World Series championships and become one of the best franchises in the history of baseball, if not the history of all professional sports.
Not only that but the New York Yankees have done this at the expense of the Red Sox on several occasions, either by beating them out in their regular season games to capture regular season AL East titles or in the playoffs, like the Bucky Dent homerun example below
The Boston Red Sox had appeared in only 4 World Series since 1918, losing each one in game seven. Many consider Boston's performance after the departure of Babe Ruth to be attributable to "The Curse of the Bambino." Of course in 2004, the curse was reversed....find out now with Yankees Red Sox tickets.
 

Bucky Dent's game winning homerun for N.Y.

Dent's home run will send shivers down the spine of any Red Sox fan, and in most cases Sox fans will say,
Bucky F*** Dent. Whereas Yankees fans will remember the day with glee on October 2nd, 1978.
The Yankees and Red Sox would meet at Fenway Park before a sold out crowd of 32,925.
The Yankees were down to the Sox in the AL East by 14 games on July 19. After Billy Martin was fired as manager, Bob Lemon led the team to a 52-21 record. Losing 14 of 17 in September, the RedSox made a late-season run winning their last eight games, catching the N.Y. Yankees on the last day of the season. New York's best pitcher at the time, Ron Guidry gave up two runs to Boston through six - a home run to Carl Yastrzemski and a Jim Rice RBI single. Mike Torrez, came in to pitch in the 7th, ironically a former Yankee, was the Boston pitcher.  Chris Chambliss singled. Roy White singled. That's how the top of the seventh began for the Yankees. All was just foreshadowing for Earl Russell "Bucky" Dent out of Savannah, Georgia. Dent was a fine defensive shortstop but not much of an offensive threat, his batting average was .243 for the season. And even worse, for the last 20 games he had batted only .140.  But the Yanks were out of infield replacements. Regular second baseman Willie Randolph was injured. Fred Stanley, the only other available mid-infielder, was slotted to come in and replace Brian Doyle, who had been hit for earlier in the inning. Dent stepped in. Just hoping to make contact, the 5'-9" Yankee peered out at Torrez, the 6'-5" Red Sox pitcher. The two were locked in, locked up. Dent fouled the second pitch off his foot. The count was one and one. There was a brief delay as the Yankees trainer tended to Dent. Mickey Rivers, the on-deck-batter, pointed out that there was a crack in the handsome infielder's bat. Dent borrowed a bat from Rivers. All set, Dent swung at the next pitch; the ball cleared the infield heading out to the left field wall. The wind and destiny moved the ball higher to its date with the Green Monster. "Deep to left!" Bill White, Yankees broadcaster shouted, "Yastrzemski will not get it!" Yaz backed up. He had been in this position before. But he knew it was hopeless. The ball sailed into the 23-foot net above the Green Monster, the 37-foot wall in left field. Three run home run! White, Chambliss and the entire Yankee bench were there waiting at home plate. It was all Bucky Dent that October day. "I was so damn shocked," Torrez said. "I thought maybe it was going to be off the wall. Damn, I did not think it was going to go out." Not many remember that the Red Sox still had a chance in the bottom of the ninth. But Goose Gossage got Carl Yastrzemski to pop out with 2 on and 2 out. Not many remember that the victory in that game was earned by Ron Guidry, moving his record to 25-3. "I had a dream as a kid," the player who was born Russell Earl O'Dey said. "I dreamed some day I would hit a home run to win something." Something Red Sox fans won't forget either, get Red Sox Yankees tickets now.
 

Boston Red Sox finally get revenge against the NY Yankees....

However during the 2004 season the Red Sox, faced with a 3-0 deficit against New York in a pivotal game four brought little known and speedy utility man Dave Roberts in to steal 2nd base and the Red Sox were able to score him with a base hit from Dave Muller, sending the game to extra innings. In extra innings, one of the Sox's best players, David Ortiz sent one out of Fenway Park and ultimately sparked a much needed fire in the hearts of the Boston Red Sox team and fans. The Red Sox went on to win the next 3 games of the series, capping off an improbable 4 game comeback.  A feat that had never been accomplished before in the ALCS (American League Championship Series).  The Sox then went on to win easily in the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals and win their first World Series since the curse started in 1918.   Some Red Sox fans will argue now that the curse was nothing but a myth perpetuated by loyal Yankees fans....who knows, but it's definitely over with Boston Red Sox World series victory. Boston Red Sox World Series tickets may be available again soon, or will it be New York Yankees World Series tickets available before then? Only time and the swing of the bat will tell......