The Boston Red Socks' historic comeback from a three game deficit to win the ALCS and vanquish the hated New York Yankees was a fitting result to a thrilling series (and this from a New Yorker). Boston are now headed for the World Series -against either St. Louis or Houston- and stand every chance of winning.
But Boston should be careful what they wish for. In victory, the curse of Babe Ruth (traded from Boston to New York in 1918) will be judged by all to have been lifted. Boston the city will lose the narrative of the plucky underdog that has sustained it for the best part of a century. And Boston the team will have become just another baseball franchise to beat.
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