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The Bambino's Curse on the Beantown Bombers
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Presiding over five Boston Red Sox World Series titles in fifteen years, the team's ownership confidently believes their roster is doubtlessly strong enough to withstand the departure of star pitcher Babe Ruth, a.k.a. “The Bambino.”
So they conjure up the idea, in 1920, to sell Ruth to the then-lowly New York Yankees. What happens next is an historic reversal of fortune that sees one team skyrocket to unparalleled dominance -- while the other endures 84 painful years of loss-filled heartache. Listen and learn all about it.
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