2007-10-27 20:23:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Babe Ruth's parents sent him to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, a reformatory and orphanage, and signed custody over to the Catholic school. Ruth remained for 12 years, rarely visited by family.
The Curse was a superstition cited, often jokingly, as a reason for the failure of the Red Sox to win the World Series in the 86 year period from 1918 until 2004. The curse was said to have begun after the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth, sometimes called The Bambino, to the Yankees.
The flip side of the curse was New York's success! After the sale, the once-lackluster Yankees became the most successful franchise in pro sports.
Talk of the curse as an ongoing phenomenon ended in 2004, when the Red Sox came back from an 0-3 deficit to beat the Yankees in the 2004 American League Championship Series and then went on to sweep the St. Louis Cardinals to win the 2004 World Series.
Now they seem unbeatable! Have they won 6 of their last 7 World Series games now?
2007-10-27 20:57:30 · update #1
Did other men have great lives from humiliating circumstances like his abandonment, being raised in an orphanage? Who are the other great orphans of history?
My Jewish mom's parents were murdered by the Nazis in WWII, but she didn't beome famous or anything...except to me!!!
2007-10-27 21:05:34 · update #2
What will happen in the World Series now that Arizona is winless in three. A sweep???
2007-10-28 01:49:00 · update #3
The late Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's, was adopted, and was an advocate of adoption for the rest of his life. (I don't know if he was orphaned or what from his blood parents.)
2007-10-28 02:06:01 · answer #1 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unbeatable? Last season they finished 3rd, behind the Blue Jays and 11 games behind the Yankees. They suffered the Boston Massacre II, something that hadn't happened since the 70's. You act like they've been the most successful franchise these last 4 years, meanwhile they didn't even reach the playoffs last season.
2007-10-28 09:16:00 · answer #2 · answered by Crusader 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yea, the curse was over in 2004.
Then Yankee fans said "WELL YOU WON'T WIN ANOTHER IN 86 YEARS"
If we win this year, they can't say that line again.
The curse has reversed, now the Yankees will have several painful seasons ahead of them just like us.... while the Sox party it up
2007-10-28 08:38:08 · answer #3 · answered by girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What curse, never existed, they just didn't achieve enough over those years.
2007-10-28 03:29:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋