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The Curse of the Bambino
Aired October 09, 2003 - 05:58 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Boston centerfielder Johnny Damon is still recovering from a concussion. But teammate Dave Ortiz is feeling fine. Ortiz and Manny Ramirez hit home runs and the Boston Red Sox beat the Yankees in the opener of the American League championship series. Game two tonight at Yankee Stadium. Oh, go Red Sox.
You know, many Red Sox fans think they're the victims of some bad karma, 85 years worth of bad karma.
Here's our Jeanne Moos on the curse of the bambino.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The "Boston Herald" says, "You're History, Babe!" The "New York Daily News" says, "No Way!" Both refer to the curse.
(on camera): This morning they sent me out to do the curse of the bambino.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't believe in curses.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bambino?
MOOS (voice-over): Otherwise known as Babe Ruth.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sultan of swat.
MOOS: It all started when the Boston Red Sox sold the Babe to the New York Yankees back in 1919.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And they haven't won since.
MOOS: Boston, that is.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think he's up there just saying you screwed me once, I'm going to screw you twice.
MOOS: Bad things always seem to happen to the Red Sox at the worst possible time.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A little dribbling down the first base line. It gets through Vaulkner's (ph) legs.
BOB LOREL, SPORTSCASTER, WBZ: It's a manmade issue. This is not a physic phenomenon. The curse was born because some guy wanted to make money writing a book.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY, AUTHOR, "CURSE OF THE BAMBINO": It's my fault. Yes, I'll take the blame for that, sure.
MOOS: Dan Shaugnessy is the author of "The Curse of the Bambino. Even a crew shooting a cemetery scene for "Law and Order" had heard about the curse.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And there's something with a piano in a lake.
MOOS: Babe Ruth used to winter at a lakeside cottage in Massachusetts. During a party, the Babe supposedly brought a piano down to the ice, where it got stuck.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So when the ice melted, the piano went to the bottom of the lake.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A lot of people figure that if they found the piano, it would be another way to get rid of the curse.
MOOS: After at least four dives, still no piano.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, let the piano stay at the bottom of the lake. Nobody needs to play a piano, we need to play baseball.
MOOS: Forget the bottom of the lake because the bottom of the ninth counts.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired October 9, 2003 - 05:58 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Boston centerfielder Johnny Damon is still recovering from a concussion. But teammate Dave Ortiz is feeling fine. Ortiz and Manny Ramirez hit home runs and the Boston Red Sox beat the Yankees in the opener of the American League championship series. Game two tonight at Yankee Stadium. Oh, go Red Sox.
You know, many Red Sox fans think they're the victims of some bad karma, 85 years worth of bad karma.
Here's our Jeanne Moos on the curse of the bambino.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The "Boston Herald" says, "You're History, Babe!" The "New York Daily News" says, "No Way!" Both refer to the curse.
(on camera): This morning they sent me out to do the curse of the bambino.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't believe in curses.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bambino?
MOOS (voice-over): Otherwise known as Babe Ruth.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sultan of swat.
MOOS: It all started when the Boston Red Sox sold the Babe to the New York Yankees back in 1919.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And they haven't won since.
MOOS: Boston, that is.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think he's up there just saying you screwed me once, I'm going to screw you twice.
MOOS: Bad things always seem to happen to the Red Sox at the worst possible time.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A little dribbling down the first base line. It gets through Vaulkner's (ph) legs.
BOB LOREL, SPORTSCASTER, WBZ: It's a manmade issue. This is not a physic phenomenon. The curse was born because some guy wanted to make money writing a book.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY, AUTHOR, "CURSE OF THE BAMBINO": It's my fault. Yes, I'll take the blame for that, sure.
MOOS: Dan Shaugnessy is the author of "The Curse of the Bambino. Even a crew shooting a cemetery scene for "Law and Order" had heard about the curse.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And there's something with a piano in a lake.
MOOS: Babe Ruth used to winter at a lakeside cottage in Massachusetts. During a party, the Babe supposedly brought a piano down to the ice, where it got stuck.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So when the ice melted, the piano went to the bottom of the lake.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A lot of people figure that if they found the piano, it would be another way to get rid of the curse.
MOOS: After at least four dives, still no piano.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, let the piano stay at the bottom of the lake. Nobody needs to play a piano, we need to play baseball.
MOOS: Forget the bottom of the lake because the bottom of the ninth counts.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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