Movie Description:
In 1918 the Boston Red Sox won their fifth World Series, thanks in great partto a young pitching and hitting sensation from the slums of Baltimore,named George Herman Ruth, a.k.a. the Babe, or the Bambino. Following the 1919season in whichthe team failed to make the Series, Red Sox owner Harry Frazeesold the Babe to the New York Yankees. The Yankees went onto dominate the game of baseball, not just during the Ruth era but for decades afterwards,winning a total of 26 World Series since. The Red Sox, whohad won five of the first 15 World Series ever played, have never won another since. Told with humor in the faceof heartache, this acclaimed documentary combines archival footage with contemporary interviews and focuses noton the players who have come and gone, but on the die-hard fans who live their entire lives lamenting what some have come tocall The Curse of the Bambino.
