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Curse of the Bambino

Lame-ass taunt formerly hurled by Yankees fans at the Red Sox whenever they played in New York. One word: 2004.

It was the alleged reason for why the Red Sox haven't won a World Series since 1918 - the year before they sold Babe Ruth's contract to the Yankees (so then Sox owner Harry Frazee could finance the play "No, No Nanette" on Broadway). It could have been worse: We could have had an even stupider curse like the billy-goat thing and the Cubs.

But curse? What curse? What are you talking about?

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HF didn't use the money from the Babe sale to finance No No. That was later. Check the dates of No No. He used the money, by and large, to pay off his cost of buying the team from Taylor of the Globe. Makes a good story though, sort of a Marion Davies before WRH started buying movies for her to act in.

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i heard he bought a buliding.. and there is a curse! the boys will win it one day! MARK MY WORDS!

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Did you know...........That the last Boston Red Sox pitcher ever to win a World Series game was Bruce Hurst. (Game 5 of the 1986 World Series against the Mets)That win set the stage for the famous Bill Buckner boot in Game 6 and the rest as they say is history!But did you also know that if you combine all the letters of "Bruce Hurst" you get......."b r u t h c u r s e"Coincidence?I think not!1918 ! What's one more year?

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Gotta love those yanks i just got done watching the pathedic game the yankees won verse the dirty sox 19-8 the should have just forfitted damn losers the Yankees are going all the way Again mwahhh mwahhh its the curse, the curse i tell you

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wow chris, you really nailed that prediction

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Yo, I think the Red Sox are gonna lose.The Curse is gonna remain for more than 100 years! The Sox just got lucky in game 7. They will never win ever again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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HA! we fuckin won baby! the curse is ova so you might as well take it offa the site haha. we're goin all teh way baby! hellz ya! who's ur PAPPI NY?!

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HA! WE WON BABY! WORLD SERIES HERE WE COME! the curse is broken so u might ass well take it offa the site! haha hey Yankees....WHO'S UR PAPPI!!???

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Boston is cursed they suck face it they will never win a world series why did they sell babe ruth Boston sucks Damon was lucky that bum. Babe Ruth will always hunt them he is the best

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stupid chris why you kill it. Boston sucks they got lucky but chriss you kiss ass.

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chris, have you been sniffing to much glue? lucky?? they won 4 in a row. thats not lucky thats talent. if the yankees had any talent they could have closed the deal. however they are closing their lockers for the last time this year instead of going to the big show.

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fuck all yankee fans. One more game and the stupid curse is broken. All we needed was for Ted William to die and fuck babe ruth up in hell!!!!

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eat our red bloody sox! we did it, and whether the curse is the babe's or our own making, it is no more. so all of you who said we'd never take the yankees or the series, who's laughing now??

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Good for Boston. It shows what teamwork can accomplish. World Champions with class.

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YEEEEEEEEEEEE HHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAThe curse is gone and The Boston Red Sox are the 2004 World Champions.I BELIEVE!!!!!!!

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THE CURSE IS BROKEN!!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!p.s. YANKEES SUCK!!!

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It was all just luck.........CARDINALS RULE BABY

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Gooo Yankees!!!!!Yankees are still gonna beat the Red Sox next year. The curse will be true and thats why the Red Sox suck!!! 1918- never will be forgotten!!!The BAMBINO CURSE STILL LIVES!!xoxox Yankees xoxoxboston sucks

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"The BAMBINO CURSE STILL LIVES!!"--and that's why the Red Sox won the World Series, clearly. Learn to add, Red Sox World Series sweep does not equal "the curse still lives". Curse is reversed, and now the Yankees won't win a World Series.

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Yankees SUCK! Nothing but a bunch of whining, greedy, ball-slapping choke-artists. Look at 2001 & 2003. Maybe the Red Sox won't have it as good next season, but there's no way the Yankees will do shit! The only thing more pathetic than the Yank-me's are their fans. Curse? I've got a curse for you: Go fuck yourselves! For now, this moment is ours.

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Yeah yeah, "next year". Sure.

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Hey RED SUX fans, see you in 2090. Yes well the boston redsux have to win atleast 2 titles every century to show how horrible a franchise they are. remember this boston fags YANKEES= MANY DYNASTYSREDSUX= GENARATIONS OF BOSTONIANS DYING TO SEE THERE PATHTETIC TEAM WIN.BY THE WAY THE 27TH TITLE AND 40TH PENNANT IS ALWAYS THE HARDEST TO WIN SO ENJOY UR 1 IN A LIFETIME TITLE.LONG LIVE EVIL EMPIRE!

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1 World Championshio in 86 years?Generations have come and gone and not seen a world championship in boston!Cnsider yourselves lucky you shanty mick fucks.I got 6 championships per generations of my family that have SEEN World Series championships.The yankees won me more Championships while i was in HIGH SCHOOL then you losers will ever see in your life.Cherish this off-season losers...cause April 4th the mysery begins all over againand way to FINALLY win the championship and not even do it IN BOSTONlmaolosers26-6

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1 World Championshio in 86 years?Generations have come and gone and not seen a world championship in boston!Cnsider yourselves lucky you shanty mick fucks.I got 6 championships per generations of my family that have SEEN World Series championships.The yankees won me more Championships while i was in HIGH SCHOOL then you losers will ever see in your life.Cherish this off-season losers...cause April 4th the mysery begins all over againand way to FINALLY win the championship and not even do it IN BOSTONlmaolosers26-6

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You Yankeeputzes remind me an awful lot of the Communists who kept pining for the Soviet Union after the Berlin Wall fell. Hey, the USSR was around for 70 years or so, too. ...

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in the past 86 years the yanks have won 26 world series and boston has only won one

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Pedro's gone, Manny looks like he's being traded. Your pitching is looking old and injured. Schilling, Wells, Wakefield. Get the Geritol ready. Yankees are getting young and strong. And just wait until Beltran is on board. You Boston bitches better get ready cause the evil empire is coming with a vengeance.The Empire Strikes Back!!26-6

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It has been 86 years of names that never forgotten , incredible games between a red team with dirty socks , and an upper class team working for the hardowkring class in pinstripes, ohh yea theres also been errors , lucky numbers such as 19-BOONE ,3-BABE ,20-Lucky Bucky and posada,1986,26,03, THERES also been some 11th inning magic , and some tears shed by the Sox . Yes they have won in 2004 , but the question isnt if there was ever even a curse , the question is if there really is a God? how could the babe and god let down new york a nation in mourning , the day of wreckoning is coming , you think the last century was bad wait until you enter the 04-05 season Sox fans , all i have to say is boston your fucking screwed , babe r.i.p. , whose the next red sock to become a yankee and form a new curse? Oh yea chilling clean your socks you dirty bastvrd, cauze this year instead of seeing blood your gonna see your fVckin Bonesssss coming through that cheap sock . P.S BABE,BUCKY,BUCKNER - BRING BACK BOONE ,PLEASE AARON SAVE US , I HATE AROD GO BACK TO TEXAS YOU LOOZER, FVCK HARRY FRIZEE AND FVCK PEDRO , AND FVCK THAT CAVEMAN DAMEON FVCK AROD

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GO SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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You Yankee bitches need to take something for your menstrual cramping. What else would explain all that damn ranting? Better hang on to the past like you have been, because it's all your going to have for the next 40 years. You're gonna need all the talent that Steinbrenner can afford to get past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (of all teams) in '05. For the Sox, it's only gonna take 4 seasons for our club to regroup and do it again in '08. That's right, you heard it here first. Sox repeat in '08! You'll remember this when it happens. The Yankees don't stand a chance because they suck ass! They're a bunch of pussy-ass punks, so get used to them losing.

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you know what?? Why even play the 2005 season? I am a HUGE red sox fan, but really...just give the fucking yankees the ring now..because they are going to have a goddamn all star team next year!! COME ON! Randy Johnson? Carl Pavano? Carlos Beltran? I am really upset that MLB isn't doing anything about this salary!! Baseball is supposed to be entertaining and keep you guessing, not having the fucking Yankees be 102 games ahead in September and clinching in goddamn August!!!! So Steinbrenner can stop bitching and get his trophy he's waited A WHOLE 5 (5!!!!!!!! Iv'e waited my whole goddamn life!!!) years for...i mean it is SO ridiculous. Seriously...i hope Steinbrenner is happy he can get his 40th pennant and his 27th World Series!! WHOOPDEEFUCKINGDOO!!!(He seriosly is ruining baseball)

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Are you fucking stupid its major leauge fucking baseball George spends alot of money on his payroll but professional baseball is still somewhat of a buisness steinbrenner isn't ruining baseball. Also the red sox don't have a low payroll your just pissed because your team sucks and steinbrenner can buy and sell your teams ass. Your team has won 6 world championships thats horrible think about this the diamondbacks have 1/6th amount of world championships of the redsox. DOnt bitch about the yankees off season pickups just because you couldn't pick shit up in the pitching department dosent mean you have to whine.Yankees starting PItching-Randy Johnson,Carl Pavano, Mike Mussina, Jaret WrightRedsox starting pitching- SHIT!!!!

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You see, this is why the entire world cannot stand New York City sports, you guys just ask for trouble. You never know when to shut your mouths. Let me break it down on the differences between a Red Sox fan and a Yankees fan.A Yankees fan is a clean shaven, pretty boy who spends hours in the mirror doing his hair, or whatever hair he has left making sure every piece of facial stubble is gone, just like Mr. Steinbrenner would want it. Then he goes to his favorite clean as whistle yuppie bar to down some Zima Lites or Smirnoff Ice whatever that pussy feels will not hurt his waistline that night.Meanwhile the Red Sox fan throws on a t-shirt and jeans, has not shaved in a few days, doesn't care, goes to his favorite pub on the South side to drink beer, not lite beer, but beer.Now before you Yankees fans relate this as rich and poor, sophisticated and bums, winners and losers consider this scenario. In a bar where a Yankees fan and Red Sox fan are both hanging out, the loud-mouthed Yankees fan, who when he bought his 17 foot SUV the free Yankees cap came with it, just will not shut up about '1918, Randy Johnson, A-Rod, Sheffield.....just will not shut up...the Red Sox fan does not fuck around and cracks a pint of beer over the stock trading dick head's skull. To sum it up....blah, blah,blah or in Yankees fan's cases...yadda, yadda, yadda.You guys got nothing......repeat nothing!!! 1918-gone, Curse-gone, Pedro-gone. Buy all the marquee players you want. 2004 showed us you can buy big time players, but you cannot buy team chemistry. Let the players do what they want not follow some no facial hair or long hair code that Herr Steinbrenner forces upon them, fuck that shit! Shoot a glass of Jack before a game, smoke a J-bar. 9 egos on the field all clashing vs. 9 scrappers who love to party...........hmmmmm I'll take the lushes.RED SOX you guys rock!!! Fans, we did it and those Wall Street mushes cannot take that away!

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BOSTON SUCKSONLY 2O MORE CHAMPIONSHIPS N U WIT USRED SOX SUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKCANT WAIT TILL APRIL 3.... IM GOIN 2 B THERE N WATCH THE YANKEES KILL BOSTON IT WILL BE WORSE THAN GAME 3 OF THE ALCSGOOD LUCK

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ONLY 2O MORE CHAMPIONSHIPS N U WIT USCANT WAIT TILL APRIL 3.... IM GOIN 2 B THERE N WATCH THE YANKEES KILL BOSTON IT WILL BE WORSE THAN GAME 3 OF THE ALCSGOOD LUCK

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Hateable losers get lucky once every 86 years. Boston fans make me so sick...they put all this faith and emotion...INTO A BASEBALL TEAM??? They consider this "team" more important than the health and well-being of their friends and family. The Sox lose an early April game to the Yanks, half of Red Sox Nation drowns themselves in the Charles River. The Cubs have waited 97 years, and are still waiting. And when they lose, sure they will be sad, but they will take it with class and civility. A Sox fan will punch the nearest wall or find a random Yankee fan and punch them out. You'll never see a Cubs fan punch a Cardinal fan like that. Fuck the Sox. GO CUBS!!!

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Yankees inherited the curse in 2001. Here's my blog:http://yankeescurse.blogspot.com/

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No theres no Yankees curse. There was a Red Sux curse which was FINALLY broken.Anyways what it really comes down to iiiiiiissssssssYANKEES- 26 TITLES, 39 PENNANTS. THE BEST THERE IS IN SPORTS.RED SUX-6 titles, 10 pennants.GENERATIONS OF DEAD BOSTONIANS WHO NEVER SAW THERE SHITTY JERKOFF EXCUSE OF A TEAM WIN.AND AGAIN WHERE ON TO WIN OUR 40TH PENNANT AND 27TH TITLE.So boston and johny fagget damon GO FUCK YOURSELVES AND ENJOY THIS TITLE WHILE IT LAST.cause next year, THE EMPIRE STIKES BACK!

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Um... go Brewers?

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First off, there never was a curse. The Sox just sucked that bad for 86 years. Look at the Mets...they're horrible (and I still believe they will be this year even with Pedro, who belongs only in Boston) but they don't go and make up some damn curse as an excuse. Even as a Yanks fan, I'll admit the '04 Red Sox were alright, but remember, it wasn't a curse, its a tradition. We'll get the trophy back in NY next year. and either way you look at it, we've still won 20 WS than Boston.

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And now that Tino's back...we're one step closer to getting the trophy back from Bostonand remember...just 2 months and 6 days (If I'm counting right, which I'm sure I'm not) until opening day at the Stadium when the Sox get their asses kicked....and 2 months and 14 (once again with the counting) days until home opener at Fenway when the Sox choke on their Series rings and get the crap beat out of them before their precious little flag can be raised

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And all the idiots who think only people living within the 5 boroughs of NYC can be Yankees fans....whats this crap about Red Sox Nation? If only those living in the City can like the Yanks, then shouldn't only people living within the city of Boston be allowed to foot for the Sox. And everyone saying Yankees fans are just jumping on the bandwagon and wait until its clear the yanks will win the pennant to say they like them....well we're sorry we actually like a team that wins more than a few times a century. And all this crap about Steinbrennar....at least we have an owner who tries to better his team every year.

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1918babe to the bucky to the buckner booneNOW LET'S GET THAT BROOM and sweep the curse away brotheryankees how ya doin how how ya doin yankees how ya doin how how ya doinwho's your papiwho's your papi(for those who think young)all hail king richardBoom bazooka joeONe more time Yankees u suck kiss my bungholeim ur master yankees fans and u all are my butt cheek slavescome on nowyankees how ya doin how how ya doindo you believe in miraclesand to the yankees fans still cryin over the biggest collapse in sports historyfuck y'all all y'all y'all dont like me fuck you

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Lets stop living in the past. The red sox had a terrible front office before the present group bought the team. I believe the red sox are not done winning, and will be fine. As for the Yanks??? Well they HAVE TO WIN, cause if they lose, well... then we get to hear Arod talk about how he would do things differently the 3rd time around. This is great hearing how miserable Yankee fans are this offseason. They will be reminded of the great 2004 postseason collapse when the sox are getting their world series rings! GO SOX!

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Actually we arent miserable this offseason. Who can be miserable when Tino is coming back to the Bronx, and we're getting Johnson and Havano.And I wish the Red Sox were worse than they are, 'cause then maybe I'd have a reason to hate them all. But unfortunatly I'll never be able to hate Manny Ramirez, Kevin Millar, or David Ortiz. But Fancona and Varitek (and the team as a whole)...that's another story. I don't understand how people can possibly say Varitek is better than Georgie Posada.I mean, come on.

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by the way, I'm glad yankees fans are not miserable this off season. It means they're getting used to losing. 4 years so far...

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fuk all boston teams now ppl in boston are gonna start braggin.... "we got football n baseball" well hoo gives a shit wuts sad is that patriots n red sox and celtics championships put together arent matched wit the yankees... and all the shit bout new england bein a dynasty... i aint believin that til they prove they are jus like the yankess...wow 3 in 4 yrs

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all i gotta say is BOSTON SUKZ!!!!CANT WAIT TIL APRIL 3RD IM GONNA B THERE IM SO FUCKIN HAPPY....YAY!

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I'm amazed to see all these Yankee fans coming here to rant like the little bitches they are. Rather than thinking positive and hoping your team will win next year, all you guys do is piss and rant and throw tantrums. Get over it. You guys lost. You aren't the best anymore.In fact, let's remind all of you that your team blew it. They had three wins and only needed one more to shut out the Red Sox. What happened, though? The Yankees lost the next four games and lost their chance to go to the World Series. The Red Sox made history by being the first to make such a comeback while the Yanks made history for such a huge blunder.So, yeah, instead of coming here and talking like snobby hags who suddenly lost everything, maybe you should be doing the right thing. That's supporting your team. That's another thing that makes a Red Sox fan different from a Yankees fan. They may both talk trash, but when it comes down to it, we Red Sox fans are faithful to our team through the best and worst of it. We support our team and hope they always win. If they don't? Oh well, there's next year, but we'll still be there.

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YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I SEE U A BOSTON FAN... U THE ONEZ THAT BEEN BITCHIN 4 86 YRZ TIL U FINALLY WON UR PRECIOUS CHAMPIONSHIP....YANKZ HVE BEEN WINNING 4 A CENTURYBOSTON FOR LIKE 6 YRSS? YA THAT WUT I THOUGHT U GUYZ SUKKKKKKK

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"Actually we arent miserable this offseason. Who can be miserable when Tino is coming back to the Bronx, and we're getting Johnson and Havano. "- hereinrochesterIt's Pavano you retard. Why don't you learn about your team before you start bragging about them. Just get used to losing.P.S. - 2000

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Why dont you tell that to John Kerry? Maybe I'm the only one that doesnt know there's a Manny Ortiz in the Boston lineup. ..And I'm the one who needs to learn about my team? And get used to losing? It was 86 years, and Red Sox fans still complained year after year. Don't tell me about getting used to losing.Oh, and a new taunt of "2000"? I'm not sure that it'll have the same effect. 86 to 4....And its good to see you get pissed over one damn typing error.

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I find it pathetic how all the Yankee fans have to come onto a BOSTON website and whine about how the 'Red Sux' are gonna choke this year, see you in 2090, etc. I'm sure there are plenty of sites that are just about the Yankees and not about the Red Sox. They'll probably kick you out though because you can't even have an intelligent conversation that doesn't involve the Red Sox.

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Maybe you haven't noticed, but there are Yankee fans in Boston. Not every one in this city loves the Sox.

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What Curse? HAHA 2004. WORLD CHAMPS. BOSTON PRIDE FOREVER.

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I HEARD ON 4/3/05 THAT STEINBRENNER IS GOING TO RE-RELEASE A GEORGE LUCAS CLASSIC IN OCT 05.RE-TITLEDYANKEES"THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK"IN STADIUMS THIS WORLD SERIESPS. EVEN A BLIND SQURILLE FINDS A NUT ONCE EVERY 86YRS. SEE YOU IN 2091 LMFAO!!!

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Yeah, the Sox really defended their World Series title last night. It must be nice knowing that one of your pitchers hates your team. You'll know whats going on when Cashman and Boomer are missing before the start of another Sox/Yanks game

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for the yankee fans- your world championships are nice and all but you will never see your team go through what the red sox did in the 2004 post season.. it tops all.Hey maybe this year George can go buy some chemistry for his sad excuse of a team?

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The curse actually still lives... you watch what is going to happen to all the members of that 2004 championship team.

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yankees suck they always have and they always will. the curse has been reversed. the yanks have no chance because they suck.

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Hi there ... well my name is Lib and i live in NY im a 15 yr old girl who absolutly loves baseball ... and yeah u guessed it im a Yankees Fan ... to all u boston fans ... fuck u ... i dont even know y u would like that team ... they are so gay all they do is care more about the yanks losing then them winning ... go fuck ur selves ok please ... also ... wats up w/ Kurt shilling i mean hes fuckin good as hell but y does he need to like cry if he loses ... and i hope u dont think ur gettin around us this yr like u did last cause u aent ... were a strong willed fuckin team and ur goin down down to china town bitches ... yeah u'll see the yankees have the heart to bring it home once again ... lets go boys show the world wat u guys are made of ... yeah once again ... FUCK U BOSTON HAVE A NICE LIFE ... ROCK THE RED SOX ITS WAT WE DO THEN WE'LL HAVE A PARTY LIKE WE ALWAYS DO! .... FUCK U FUCKERS

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One word 2004?One word 2090...ENJOY THE WAITYANKEES RULE

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The 2004 Red Sox beat us- I'll admit that. They beat us by playing good ball as a team, by playing fundamental baseball, and by having the balls not to give up. It also didn't hurt that there were many critical decision errors made by the Yanks to pave the road for the 04 Sox. As a tride and true Yankee fan- I'll admit the defeat- but not only to the Sox without blame to OUR decisions which allowed that defeat- Quantrill in in a big game vs. Big Papi? Not playing small ball and stranding 14 baserunners in an elimination game? All Yankee errors that The Sox capitalized on. But we can't change that now.That's all history. What is present is that the Yanks have shored up their pitching, made fundamentally sound decisions to play both the long AND small-ball, and the fact that THE CURSE lives in Beantown's psyche!Last night I watched a ball that I caught hundreds of times in Little League roll through the legs of Graffanino at 2nd base. Game, set, match after that.Whether IT's attributed to the Bambino, Bucky, Boone or Buckner, THE CURSE STILL LIVES AS LONG AS BOSTON STILL PLAYS.1 Championship does NOT negate now what has amounted to 87+ years of Bad Boston Baseball luck.26:6

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u have broken the curse of evil now that u done that everything will be back to normal

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Johnny Damon in a Yankee uniform? Talk about Luke joining the dark side! The kind of deal that only the most ungodly of souls in Darth Steinbrenner could close. Looks like a new curse is born, but then look at what getting A-Rod did for them. HAH! Hope you wotrhless Yankee fucks continue to enjoy your titleless seasons to come.

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I think that Damon in a Yankee uniform is the ugliest think i ever saw. This sucks. Bambino all over again? We'll have to see. In replacement of Johnny Damon is Coco Crisp(very cool name!!)Hoping to bring Boston back another world series!!

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psh. we got papelbon. who cares about damon.

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the boston red sox were never cursed...they just sucked for 86 years....

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