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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 1045979" data-attributes="member: 38206">On This day, October 27, 2004, the Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time since&nbsp;1918, finally vanquishing the so-called &quot;Curse of the Bambino&quot; that had plagued them for 86 years.&nbsp;&quot;This is for anyone who has ever rooted for the Red Sox,&quot; the team’s GM told reporters after the game.&nbsp;&quot;This is for all of Red Sox Nation, past and present.&quot;Ever since team owner and Broadway producer Harry Frazee sold the great Babe Ruth to the Yankees&nbsp;in 1920—he got $125,000 and a $300,000 loan, which he used to pay Fenway’s mortgage and put on&nbsp;the musical No, No, Nannette—the Sox had been tragically unable to win the World Series.&nbsp;People said that the team was cursed. Before 1920, the Sox had won five championships and the Yanks&nbsp;hadn’t won any; after the Babe left, Boston’s well ran dry.&nbsp;The Yankees, meanwhile, won a record 26 times after 1920. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="texan, post: 1045979, member: 38206"] [B]On This day, October 27, 2004, the Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time since 1918, finally vanquishing the so-called "Curse of the Bambino" that had plagued them for 86 years. "This is for anyone who has ever rooted for the Red Sox," the team’s GM told reporters after the game. "This is for all of Red Sox Nation, past and present." Ever since team owner and Broadway producer Harry Frazee sold the great Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1920—he got $125,000 and a $300,000 loan, which he used to pay Fenway’s mortgage and put on the musical No, No, Nannette—the Sox had been tragically unable to win the World Series. People said that the team was cursed. Before 1920, the Sox had won five championships and the Yanks hadn’t won any; after the Babe left, Boston’s well ran dry. The Yankees, meanwhile, won a record 26 times after 1920. [/B] [/QUOTE]

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