Babe Ruth is dead and so is his curse

Although I'm a National League fan, and usually root for the NL team in the World Series when the Giants aren't in it (which is pretty much every year, now that I'm thinking about it), I'm glad those longsuffering Boston Red Sox fans finally have a world championship to celebrate. Eighty-six years is an eternity to wallow in futility and self-loathing. Good to know the BoSox are off the schnied at last.

Bad news for the Bambino, though. This year, his curse goes bye-bye; next year, he'll be lapped on the home run chart by Barry Bonds. Nothing lasts forever.