[Bloody Sam Roberts]

This is a one century curse.

Huh? When was this rule made? I've never heard THAT particular slant on the Curse of the Bambino pulaver.

[lavrenti]

The Babe wasn't the only ballplayer Frazee sold to the Yankees. In the course of five years the Yankees got fifteen of them from him.

As for the curse: it is uncanny how the Red Sox always lose the seventh game or an end-of-season playoff.

It was too bad the Yawkeys didn't wisely trade Ted for Joe D when they were offered. They could have had the brothers in the outfield together while New Yorkers would have been entertained by Ted Williams breaking Ruth's home run record, that is, if Stengel had let him. Imagine the WAR that would have produced!

In that case, Teddy Baseball, angry at being platooned, probably would have stayed in the Corps after Korea—maybe eventually become a Gemini man.

Unlike Glenn, Ted would stick it out, eschewing the pull of the crowd for another challenge. With his drive, elan and conditioning he'd be picked for Apollo.

Yeah, I could visualize Ted climbing down from the Eagle in 1969, planting the flag then pulling out a bat and ball...

"I'm Ted @%#^^$% Williams and I just hit this #%^&$@ baseball on the #%&^!^%%$ Moon!"