Which MLB team ended the Curse of the Bambino by winning the 2004 World Series?
Answer
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox ended the Curse of the Bambino by winning the 2004 World Series.
Boston swept the St. Louis Cardinals in four games, winning its first World Series championship since 1918. The supposed curse was linked to the 1919 sale of Babe Ruth, nicknamed the Bambino, from the Red Sox to the New York Yankees. The idea became a powerful part of Boston baseball folklore during the team's long championship drought.
The title run became even more dramatic in the American League Championship Series. Boston fell behind the Yankees three games to none, then won four straight games—the first comeback from a 3–0 deficit in a best-of-seven MLB postseason series.
The curse was superstition rather than a literal sporting force, but the 2004 championship gave the phrase its defining ending. Boston's victory over St. Louis also reversed painful memories of earlier World Series defeats, including the 1946 and 1967 losses to the Cardinals.