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the Red Sox for 6 yea rs b efore the
                                                                                                                                 trade ha pp ened. During these                                    origina l Cubs Curse.

                                                                                                                                 yea rs he help ed lead the Red Sox                                Ma ny Cubs fa ns
                                                                                                                                 to the 3 World Series.                                            b elieve tha t the true
                                                                                                                                                                                                   curse is The Curse of
                                                                                                                                                                                                   The Billy Goa t, tha t
                                                                                                                                 Who Won the Series
                                                                                                                                                                                                   sta rted w hen a
                                                                                                                                        The Red Sox won the series                                 Chicago resident
                                                                                                                                 over the Cubs in 1918. Some p eople                               na med Billy Sia nis

                                                                                                                                 b elieve this is b eca use the ga me                              a ttempted to buy
                                                                                                                                 was fixed. No one has proof tha t                                 tickets for he a nd his

                                                                                                                                 a nyone fixed the ga me other tha n                               p et goa t. When this
                                                                                                                                 ma ny of the memb ers of the ?Black                               ha pp ened a nd the

                                                                                                                                 Sox? saying they got the                                                                       Cubs
                                                                                                                                 idea of it from some of                                                                        ushers
                                                                                                                                 the Chicago Cubs in

                                                                                                                                 1919 w hen they fixed a

       Pitching With Power                                                                                                       ga me w ith the
                                                                                                                                 Philadelphia Phillies
                                                                                                                                 (Eschner).  This mea ns
       The 1918 Wor ld Ser ies disclosed                                                                                         tha t the Chicago Cubs

                                                                                                                                 do ha ve a history of
           Imagine you a re a t a New                           yea r b efore he was traded to the                               fixing ga mes so they                      Babe Ruth outside the home team
   York Ya nkees ga me in 1924. You                                                                                              may ha ve fixed the                               dugout ant Fenway park

   hea r the crack of the b a t a nd                                                                                             series in 1918.
   you wa tch as the b a ll da nces
                                                                                                                                 Was it fixed                                                      refused to give him
   g racefully over the fence. You
   might know  w ho just hit the b a ll.                                                                                               Ma ny b elieve the series was                               tickets he sta ted "Them

   But I b et you don?t know  tha t he                                                                                           fixed. Most of w ha t p eople know                                Cubs, they a in't gonna
   used to pitch for the Red Sox. He                                                                                             a b out the series b eing fixed is tha t                          w in no more," a nd tha t
   was the sta rting pitcher for a b out                                                                                         if it was fixed a Ca rd ina l na med                              is the moment the

   three yea rs b efore he was                                                                                                   Gene Packa rd tha t fixed in (Ben                                 curse sta rted.
   traded.                                                                                                                       Goda r). This was a fix tha t was so

         The Grea t Ba mbino, George                                                                                             imp orta nt tha t a uthor Sea n
   Herma n Ruth b etter know n as                                  Babe ruth batting during the                                  Deva ney dubb ed it "the Origina l
                                                                 second game of the 1918 world
   Ba b e Ruth played for the Red                                                                                                Curse.? If Gene p acka rd fixed the
   Sox during the 1918 World Series.                                                Series                                       ga me it could very well b e the

   This World Series ha pp ened the
                                                                Ya nkees. Ba b e Ruth played for
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