1920: The day that Boston sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees!

Please don’t show this one to any Red Sox fans in your family.   

Remember The infamous “Curse of the Bambino”? 

On a day like today, Babe Ruth went from Boston to New York and the baseball fortunes of two cities changed forever.  

Ruth was sold to the Yankees for $125,000 and the rest is history.

The trade haunted the Red Sox for years.  The Red Sox lost the ’86, ’75. ’67 and ’48 series.  They lost dramatic playoff games to the Yankees in ’78 and ’03.  It was painful to follow the Red Sox for all of those years.

New York went on to become the most successful sports franchise in the US:  27 World Series titles and 5 in a row from 1949 to 1953. 

The “curse” finally ended in 2004 when Boston won its first World Series since selling Babe Ruth.  

The “curse” lasted over 80 years!  It almost destroyed Boston and the baseball fans of New England.

Looking back, Ruth was the greatest player ever to play major league baseball.  He may have been the most consequential athlete in US history.