You hear a lot of jabber about the Curse of the Bambino. As someone pointed out last year, the only thing the curse ever did was put irksome Globe sportswriter and curse-coiner Dan Shaughnessy’s kids through college.
Well, irksome Salon sportswriter King Kaufmann points out a very real way that the legacy of Babe Ruth actually helped the Sox last night.

Talking about Johnny Damon’s grand slam:

What would have been an out in most parks was a home run because Yankee Stadium has a “short porch” in right, a configuration that favors left-handed sluggers. That’s because it was built in 1923, a time when 10,000 was a pretty spiffy crowd, but the Yankees had Babe Ruth, a left-handed slugger whose drawing power made the construction of a 70,000-seater seem like a sharp idea. The Yankees wanted to accentuate the positive. …the home run that gave Boston a commanding lead and turned the Yankees’ faces to ash got an assist from Babe Ruth.

…Carrot Top is funny today. Cats are chasing dogs, kids begging for liver. See if you can pick up a railroad car. Look for the sunset in the east. Ask Beyonce for a date. You just don’t know anymore.

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