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- Title
Curse of the Great Bambino Haunts Syracuse University Roommates.
- Authors
Pasquariello, Christine
- Abstract
This article comments on the trading of players between the baseball teams Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees in the U.S. Pitcher-outfielder George Herman "Babe" Ruth played for the Red Sox from 1914 to 1919. The Red Sox were the team of the 1910s, winning four out of seven World Series. For 100,000 dollar cash and a 300,000 dollar-loan on Fenway Park, the Yankees got Ruth from the Red Sox. The trading of Ruth was then called as the curse of the Bambino. Ruth started the Yankees on a road to a championship record and brought frame and prestige to the game of baseball. Since Ruth was traded, Red Sox has made awful management decisions that have affected their record throughout the years. In 1978, Red Sox fell three games behind the Yankees after being up 14 and a half games with two weeks left in the season. In the American League East title game, Yankee player Bucky Dent hit a three-run homerun to make Red Sox lose a shot at the playoffs. This devastating turnaround of events for Boston is known as the "Boston Massacre." Even in games not against the Yankees, Boston has failed to rid themselves of the curse. The Red Sox are just not a competent team. On the other hand, the Yankees are able to hold a team together, and they know how to win. The Red Sox thought they were cursed. The team let the ghost of the Great Bambino go to its head.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BASEBALL teams; BOSTON Red Sox (Baseball team); NEW York Yankees (Baseball team); RUTH, Babe, 1895-1948; BASEBALL players
- Publication
Public Relations Quarterly, 2000, Vol 45, Issue 4, p16
- ISSN
0033-3700
- Publication type
Article