Remember the Curse of the Bambino?

Within the past 10 World Series, the Boston Red Sox have won 3 of them. Before their 2004 victory over the Cardinals, the Red Sox had not won in 86 years. The Red Sox continued after to win the World Series in 2007, and now, 2013.

The Curse of the Bambino was said to have begun after the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth, you've probably heard of him, sometimes called The Bambino, to the New York Yankees in the off-season of 1919-1920. Before that year, the Boston Red Sox had been one of the most successful professional baseball franchises, winning the first World Series in 1903 and amassing five World Series titles. After the sale, the once-lackluster Yankees became one of the most successful franchises in North American professional sports. The Yankees won 26 World Series after that to the Red Sox's zero.

"I remember my grandfather yelling at the TV to beat the curse of the Bambino," said one female Sox fan. "It hasn't happened yet."

Some people had lived and died a Red Sox fan, and they didn't see them win a World Series once.

"There's a curse, no question about it," fan Kris Schneider said. "The Sox always come up short."

The Curse of the Bambino, the movie from 2003, has a quote that says, "If the Red Sox win the World Series, first of all the death toll in New England will be catastrophic. There are so many old people who say "I can't die until they win the World Series!" They're all going to die. It's going to be worse than the black plague."

Nowadays, it is getting harder and harder to remember that curse. The Boston Red Sox have become a dominant team in the difficult AL East.  It certainly has been a pretty good decade for the Red Sox fans in Boston.
In 2004, the Red Sox finished second in the AL East and won the AL Wild Card. They finished 98-64 behind the 101-61 New York Yankees. They swept the Anaheim Angels to advance to the ALCS. In the ALCS, they faced the New York Yankees. The Red Sox came back from a 3 Games to none series to advance to the World Series to then sweep the Cardinals.
In 2007, the Boston Red Sox finished first at 96-66. Once again, in the ALDS, they swept the Angels. They then won against the Cleveland Indians in 7 games. Finally, they swept the Colorado Rockies to win the World Series again.
After coming back from an awful 2012 season under Bobby Valentine, the Red Sox hired a new manager, John Farrell finished with the best record in the MLB at 97-65 in 2013. They beat the Tampa Bay Rays in 4 games in the ALDS. They then defeated the Tigers in a well fought 6 game series in the ALCS. And, on October 30th, the Red Sox won the World Series, for the third time in the past decade, against the St. Louis Cardinals.

It is now safe to say that the Curse of the Bambino is broken. The Red Sox have won 3 out of the last 10 World Series. Also, they won in Boston for the first time in 95 years. It looks like Babe Ruth has finally forgiven the Red Sox for selling him to the Yankees.
Thanks for these 3 recent World Series, Babe! Or should I say, Bambino?