This was a slump of monumental proportions.On October, 27, 2004, after 87 years (31,458 days, but who’s counting?),
Boston Red Sox finally won World Series.
And, just for effect, heavens cooperated with a total lunar eclipse.
Although I am hardly world’s biggest baseball fan, “Curse of Bambino” has always fascinated me.
This refers to Red Sox owner Harry Frazee’s 1920 sale of Babe Ruth to Yankees. Since then, Yankees have won 26 World Series titles and Red Sox have lost all 4 appearances in 7 games.
That is, until now.
Over years (actually, generations), “Red Sox Nation” has attributed a legion of misfortune to “The Curse.”
I’m surprised that Stephen King, a New Englander and Red Sox fan, has not turned this into one of his trademark supernatural thrillers.
On a more personal level, most of us are subject to “curses” of one kind or another. These are collective beliefs of a group to which we belong by birth or affinity that we believe also.
