"At the beginning of every season, I prepare for psychological war," says comedian Steven Wright about the anguish of anticipating another Boston Red Sox baseball season (an experience that acerbic comic Denis Leary simply calls “sadomasochism"). Funny guys and plenty of serious folks are quoted in this wry but historically enlightening account of the legendary cloud of doom that hovers over the Red Sox, a team that took a handful of championships early in the 20th century, but have blown countless opportunities for similar glory ever since. What's the problem? Many people think it's karmic payback for team owner and theater entrepreneur Harry Frazee's sale of the Red Sox's (and baseball's) best player, Babe Ruth, to the New York Yankees in order to finance a production of No, No, Nanette on Broadway. Historians say it's all a myth, but The Curse of the Bambino makes you wonder as it painfully details the seemingly symbiotic fortunes (and misfortunes) of the winning Yankees and hard-pressed Red Sox in the last 80-plus years. Recommended. Aud: P. (T. Keogh)
The Curse of the Bambino
(2003) 60 min. DVD: $19.98. HBO Video (avail. from most distributors). Color cover. Closed captioned. ISBN: 0-7831-3038-4. Volume 19, Issue 4
The Curse of the Bambino
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