Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse (Totally True Adventures): How the Red Sox Curse Became a Legend . . . Cover
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Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse (Totally True Adventures) How the Red Sox Curse Became a Legend . . .

David A. Kelly

Before 1918, the Boston Red Sox were unstoppable. They won World Series after World Series, thanks in part to their charismatic pitcher-slugger Babe Ruth. But some people on the Red Sox felt the Babe was more trouble than he was worth, and he was traded away to one of the worst teams in baseball, th...

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Monday Morning Podcast

Bill Burr disliked the book's premise, which he believed was a cop-out for the team's poor performance, and only judged it by its cover.

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And he wrote that book, The Curse of the Babe.

— Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcas...

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 4-19-18

Bill Burr disliked the book's premise, which he believed was a cop-out for the team's poor performance, and only judged it by its cover.

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And he wrote that book, The Curse of the Babe.

And it was just such a cop out where you just don't even address. Granted, I never read the book, but I just looked at the title and I judged the book by its cover.

And it's just was such a cop out. It's just like, no, we were just a really bad franchise.

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