Never paid too much to sports superstitions, the Bambino, etc. But the guy who told me about the curse seemed pretty confident the Yankees would get whipped by the Os (before the sweep). When it happened the strange tall tale in a Maryland bar about a curse on the Yankees seemed less urban legend and more mystical fact. The image that haunts me is the very confident esoteric Cheshire Cat Smile of this eccentric philosophy professor.
You just never know... [irony]