Curse of the Bambino Red Sox were there. Yankee fans also taunted the Red Sox with signs saying "1918!", "CURSE OF THE BAMBINO", pictures of Babe Ruth, and wearing "1918!" T-shirts each time they were at the Stadium. Before Ruth left Boston, the Red Sox had won five of the first fifteen World Series, with Ruth pitching for the and championship teams (he was with the Sox for the 1915 World Series but the manager used him only once, as a pinch-hitter, and he did not pitch). The Yankees had not played in any World Series up to that time. In the 84 years
The Afflicted (film) into the viewer's brainpan." Easterbrook was also commended by Corey Danna of Horror News, who gave the "incredibly depressing" "The Afflicted" a final score of 4/5 while opining that it "captures the very real horror in a way that is more heart wrenching than exploitative." A grade of 1/4 was awarded by Arrow in the Head, which called "The Afflicted" "unwatchable" and "a complete mess" before ending its review of the film with, "I hate to be heavy-handed, but this is just a bad film. I have nothing good to say about it. The acting is histrionic, the characters lacking