The Curse Reversed

Boston wins World Series for the first time since 1918

What a fantastic series of ballgames we watched these past 10 days. Unreal when you think my Yankees had these boys down 3-0 then come back not only to win 4 in a row against the Yankees for the American League Title, but then go 4-0 against the best team in baseball!!! During the regular season the Cardinals went 105-57 while the Yankees went 101-61. No one else was better, yet these Sox went on to break the curse and win it all since 1918. I called my Red Sox fan friend and congratulated him for finally being Abel to say "World Champion Red Sox". Awesome.

Two quick observations:

1. I looked for it but could find the picture of the moment the Curse was reversed. And that was in, I believe, Game 4 when Fox Sports took a shot of some guy in a Yankee Hat and sheet with the NY logo on the front and "3" on the back. The ghost of Babe Ruth at Fenway Park. However, the ghost walked along the aisle, waved to the crowds and disappeared down a hallway and we never saw him again. Fox replayed that footage twice during the game. All I saw was the Babino given up the ghost, and moving on!

2. Now that the Sox have won, and I have heard this several times already this morning, they are now just another team in baseball. No mystique, no curse, no Babe's piano, no Buckner Ball, no Dent Home Run, now they are lost in the run of the mill teams that compete every year. No one talks of the Royals or Astros or Blue Jays or Padres like they do the Cubs or Yankees or did the Sox before last night. While I am happy for Sox Fan to finally win, I am saddened that tomorrow's fan will never know of the Curse as an ongoing battle, the long standing suffering of Sox fan is done and they now join the ranks of legions whose teams have won a ring in the past 10 years and still might again tomorrow. At least baseball still has the Cubs!