The Babe, the Curse, and the Credulous

I was just watching The Daily Show (the best news show on television), and they did a bit on The Curse of the Bambino. In early September, a kid got his teeth knocked out by a Manny Ramirez fly ball, and thereby lifted the curse "under which the team has labored since Ruth was sold to the Yankees in 1919." Say what?! Oh, wait, now it makes sense: the kid lives in the former home of Babe Ruth.

But on a night when the moon was nearly full, when the Sox continued their epic surge, and when the Yankees suffered the most lopsided defeat in the history of the storied franchise, Ramirez may have unwittingly done what countless others have failed to do before him. He may well have broken the curse under which the team has labored since Ruth was sold to the Yankees in 1919.

A 16-year-old boy stood up in Section 9, Box 95, Row AA, with hopes of catching the ball. But he wasn't just any teenager. No, this was Lee Gavin, who has lived his entire life in a rambling farmhouse on Dutton Road in Sudbury that is best known to anyone west of Boston as the house where Babe Ruth lived.

The Boston Globe

I can't believe I'm saying this, but Go Yankees!

Update

OK, I take it back! Go Red Sox! But enough with the curse stuff already!