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CASE #M9RNPS · 2 entities · 1 connections
The Curse of the Bambino
The Boston Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to their rival Yankees in 1919 — then didn't win another championship for 86 years, while the Yankees went on to become the most dominant team in the sport's history.
The Curse of the Bambino is a popular sports legend attributing the Boston Red Sox's 86-year championship drought to the team's 1919 sale of star player Babe Ruth to the rival New York Yankees. The Yankees subsequently became the most successful franchise in Major League Baseball history, while the Red Sox did not win another World Series until 2004, an outcome widely framed as finally breaking the curse.
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Quick facts
- →The Boston Red Sox sold star player Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1919, reportedly partly to finance owner Harry Frazee's separate theatrical business interests.
- →The Red Sox had won multiple World Series championships prior to the sale but did not win another World Series title for 86 years afterward.
- →The New York Yankees, following Ruth's acquisition, became the most successful franchise in Major League Baseball history, winning numerous subsequent championships.
- →The Red Sox finally won the World Series again in 2004, widely and explicitly celebrated by fans and media as breaking the Curse of the Bambino.
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Babe Ruth (person)
Baseball legend sold by the Red Sox to the Yankees in 1919, an event later blamed for Boston's subsequent 86-year championship drought.
→ was sold by, allegedly triggering a curse on → Boston Red Sox✓documented
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Boston Red Sox (organization)
Major League Baseball team that went 86 years without a World Series championship following the 1919 Babe Ruth sale, finally winning again in 2004.
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