這是美國棒球史上最耳熟能詳、最有經濟價值的魔咒
- The Curse of the Bambino(貝比魯斯魔咒)。
紐約洋基(New York Yankees)與波士頓紅襪(Boston Red Sox)的球員球迷們也因此結下長達86年的樑子，從此成為世仇。
來往這兩地如果哪天有人問你支持哪個球隊時…
嗯~~先想一下身在何地再回答比較好。
In 1918 the Red Sox won their 5th World Series. One of the stars of the Boston championship franchise was a young pitcher by the name of George Herman Ruth, aka The Babe or The Bambino.
紅襪隊在1918年贏得了他們的第5個世界大賽總冠軍。其中一個球隊明星是一個年輕的投手George Herman Ruth，又名Babe或 Bambino。
In 1920, however, Red Sox owner Harry Frazee needed money to finance his musical play, so he sold Babe Ruth's contract to New York Yankees for $100,000 (plus a loan collateralized by Fenway Park).
然而在1920年，紅襪隊老闆Harry Frazee急需用錢以資助音樂劇，所以他將Babe Ruth以10萬美元（加上芬威公園抵押貸款）賣給紐約洋基隊。
The rumor: Just before leaving for New York, Babe Ruth told reporters quote: "Without me, the Red Sox will never win another World Series.
謠傳當貝比魯斯獲知自己被紅襪隊賣掉時曾非常憤怒說：「我詛咒紅襪隊在我死後一百年內永遠拿不到總冠軍」，因為他以前說過：「我生在波士頓，我的兒子也在波士頓，我吃波士頓的肉，喝波士頓的酒，我是純正的波士頓人，我熱愛波士頓。」(事實是並沒有發過這個毒咒)
In the 86 years after the sale, the Yankees played in 39 World Series and won 26 of them. Meanwhile, over the same time span, the Red Sox played in only four World Series and lost each in seven games. In 2004 the Red Sox finnally won the World Series breaking the curse.
交易後的86年內，洋基隊出戰39次世界大賽共贏得了26次總冠軍，而紅襪隊只有四次打進世界大賽，每次都輸掉未奪得總冠軍，直到2004才破除魔咒贏得總冠軍。
那波士頓當地沒有想辦法解決嗎？
有的，他們可是相當有誠意和行動力地費盡心力努力破除魔咒。
Fans tried lots of crazy ways to break the curse. Over the years fans and extremists have gone to ridiculous lengths to try to rid their city of the curse, up to and including exorcism, vandalization, and even the proposed exhumation of Babe Ruth’s corpse. Yes, even Jimmy Buffett went so far as to channel the ghost of the Bambino and a witch doctor, putting them on stage to fight or something.
波士頓當地與紅襪球迷絞盡腦汁嘗試擺脫詛咒，甚至到了荒謬的程度，包括驅鬼、破壞、建議挖出Babe Ruth的屍體，甚至請巫師作法請來貝比魯斯在天之靈。
多一種語言，人生多一種可能→EBS
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