That's right, he was the ace that helped break the "Curse of the Bambino" from the mound.

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The Red Sox broke the Curse of the Bambino by winning two Word Series since Henry bought the team in 2002.

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The Boston Red Sox broke the Curse of the Bambino in 2004, when the team won its first World Series since 1918.

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For decades, the so-called "Curse of the Bambino" haunted Red Sox Nation and was immortalised in Boston Globe writer Dan Shaughnessy's book of the same name.

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If the Boston Red Sox suffered through the Curse of the Bambino--an 86-year championship drought attributed to their sale of Babe Ruth to the Yankees--call the Mets' whammy the Curse of the Straw Man.

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It just happened, and Kettmann--perhaps presciently, since he wrote this book long before this year's American League Championship Series--has a hunch that John Henry's Red Sox will break the 86-year-old Curse of the Bambino sooner rather than later.

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