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Beware this bambino's curse. (Baseball).
April was not yet over last year, and four managers already had been whacked--five, if you count the Red Sox's spring-training dismissal of Joe Kerrigan. I stared across the breakfast table at my son, Sammy, and asked, "A little soon for the curse, don't you think?"
"The Curse of Samuel Joseph" began on May 21, 1991, the day Sammy was born. Three managers were fired the first three days of his life, and Jerome Holtzman sounded an alarm for the sport, writing of my infant son's mystical powers in the Chicago Tribune.
The curse usually strikes when the schedule is about one-fourth complete, but last season the firings came early and often. When I ordered ...
- Red Sox, Curse a perfect match.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hayes, Neil October 21, 2004 700+ words
...position to do what no Red Sox team has done since 1918...championship. That would end the Curse of the Bambino, which began when the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the...was the story. Can the Red Sox break the curse and win the World Series...
- Red Sox, Curse a perfect match.
- Newspaper article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) October 20, 2004 700+ words
...position to do what no Red Sox team has done since 1918...championship. That would end the Curse of the Bambino, which began when the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the...was the story. Can the Red Sox break the curse and win the World Series...
- Red Sox Fan Offers to Torch the Curse of the Bambino
- Transcript from: Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR) July 9, 1994 700+ words
...Mr. FEINSTEIN: The Red Sox haven't said anything...been the subject of a curse. Mr. FEINSTEIN...believe literally in curses, but it seems that the longer the Red Sox go on without winning, the idea of this curse seems to loom over...
- This is new: Red Sox causing Yankees to curse.(The Dallas Morning News)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Cowlishaw, Tim September 6, 2004 700+ words
...none since acquiring Babe Ruth from the Red Sox in 1920, creating the fabled Curse of the Bambino. Many times in recent years, Red Sox Nation has believed that the curse was about to be lifted. You know all...
- This is new: Red Sox causing Yankees to curse.
- Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News September 5, 2004 700+ words
...none since acquiring Babe Ruth from the Red Sox in 1920, creating the fabled Curse of the Bambino. Many times in recent years, Red Sox Nation has believed that the curse was about to be lifted. You know all...
- Finally? Red Sox have it together,but beware the Curse . . .(SPORTS)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times August 15, 2002 700+ words
...sole purpose is to outlive the Curse of the Bambino - which refers...in 1920 - and actually see the Red Sox win a World Series for the first...m not. Don't ask me." Curse or no curse, the Red Sox (68-49 through Tuesday) are...
- Red Sox sweep out that Curse.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Salisbury, Jim October 28, 2004 700+ words
...stop the 2004 Boston Red Sox from accomplishing...certainly not some silly curse. Climb to the top...baseball world. The Red Sox completed a four...exorcised the so-called Curse of the Bambino, the...had tormented the Red Sox since they had sold...
- One curse down.(Boston Red Sox)
- Magazine article from: Nine Elias, Robert March 22, 2006 700+ words
...example of the Boston Red Sox, they'd be in the White House right now. The Red Sox hadn't won a World Series...When they overcame the "curse of the Bambino" right...the Post expected. The Red Sox broke the curse by ignoring it. Shunning...
