Eighty-six years.
Eighty-six years.
EIGHTY-SIX YEARS!
Eighty-six years ago in 1918, American soldiers were marching across Europe in World War I. A Ford Model T pickup truck cost $600. And the Boston Red Sox won the World Series.
Four times since that season, in 1946, 1967, 1975 and 1986, the Sox made it to the Series only to lose it all. True fans blamed not the team, but the long-dead Babe Ruth, whom legend says put a curse on the team after he was sold to the New York Yankees in 1919. The Curse of the Bambino was rolled out every time the Sox lost another heartbreaker.
Well, tonight that curse is history. Eighty-six years after they last won the World Series, the Boston Red Sox are back on top of baseball. They won the American League pennant in a wild come-from-behind playoff series against their hated rivals, the Yankees, then dealt with the St. Louis Cardinals in four straight games.
As the party to end all parties fills the streets of New England, victory on the diamond has rarely been sweeter.
Here's to you, Boston. May we not have to wait eighty-six years for the next one.
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