- Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination
Ben Affleck
- Narrator
- (voice)
Glen Ordway
- Self
- (as Glenn Ordway)
Jeffrey Sirkman
- Self
- (as Rabbi Jeffrey Sirkman)
Robert W. Creamer
- Self
- (as Robert Creamer)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe very next year after this was aired, the Red Sox "reversed the curse" and won their first World Series in 86 years.
- Quotes
[about wandering the streets of Newton, MA after the Red Sox lost Game 6 of the 1986 World Series]
Shaun Kelly: ...And I ran across an old guy walking his dog and he looked at me with my Red Sox hat tilted aimlessly on my head and he said, "Son, this is the dahhkest day in this town since Jack Kennedy was schaught."
- Alternate versionsAfter the 2004 Red Sox win, HBO produced a reedited version titled _Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino (2004)_ with information on the 2004 playoffs and World Series, including new interviews with many of those originally interviewed in 2003. New narration was recorded with Liev Schreiber.
- ConnectionsEdited into Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino (2004)
Featured review
Read the Book
If you liked the documentary, I suggest that you read the book by Dan Shaughnessy from which it is based. There is a lot more detail to the history of the Red Sox than what was depicted. Red Sox fans have been lead to believe that former owner Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees simply to put on a Broadway musical. Although Ruth was a great player, he was not a team player. He was difficult and often abandoned the team to pursue his own interests. Frazee did not want to sell Ruth, but did not want a "one-man" team, which he saw the Red Sox turning into. This transaction changed the fortunes of two teams as the Yankees, who had never won anything before 1919, became contenders and champions almost overnight, while the Red Sox became forgettable. There is more to the Red Sox inability to win a championship than the sale of Babe Ruth. For example, the Red Sox had the opportunity to become the pioneers of integration when in 1945, Jackie Robinson and several other negro league players went to Fenway Park for a tryout and were soundly rejected. A few years later, Willie Mays was also rejected. In fact, the Red Sox did not have a black player until 1959. The hesitance of former owner Tom Yawkey to sign black players may have contributed to the Red Sox championship drought, as well as the fans obsession with the Yankees. Each chapter of the book covers various periods of Red Sox history, including the 4 World Series lost in 7 games and the strange occurrences in between, as well as the rivalry with the Yankees. I recommend the book to all baseball fans so that fact can be separated from hearsay.
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- senorjuez
- Sep 1, 2006
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