# Specifically, What Was Babe's Curse?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 21, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specifically-what-was-babes-curse/270410 "2004-10-21T14:39:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specifically-what-was-babes-curse/270410/21 "2004-10-22T16:34:32Z")

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> [@MikeS](#):
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> And the curse was broken when they won the cup in '94.

True, true.

(BTW, **Gangster Octopus** , the man you’re thinking of is Meryvn “Red” Dutton, at that point manager/coach of the New York Americans, whose team was forced to disband in 1942, in part because the Americans were evicted from Madison Square Garden.)

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specifically-what-was-babes-curse/270410/22 "2004-10-22T18:31:45Z")

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Actually the curse affected the whole sport of baseball. The player who was cut from the Yankees roster in order to open a spot for Ruth was George Halas, who quit baseball as a result. This would end up giving Halas the opportunity to help develop professional football, the sport which would replace baseball as America’s favorite.

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**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specifically-what-was-babes-curse/270410/23 "2004-10-22T19:15:45Z")

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> [@audilover](#):
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> Any superstitious types out there who put stock in the fact that it’s been 86 years since the BoSox won a WS, and it was 19 **86** when they last went.
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> Surely that numerology has to count for something…

And and… they were in the World Series **18** years ago and it was 19 **18**.  
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

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**Author:** ![muffinismydog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@muffinismydog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muffinismydog)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specifically-what-was-babes-curse/270410/24 "2004-10-25T10:52:22Z")

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i am a retarded baseball person, i ran track in high school and college, so my opion on this subject isn’t worth a shit.  
love,  
muffin

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