History of the Chicago Cubs competitively again, and won the NL pennant in the war-shortened season of 1918, where they played a part in another team's curse, Curse of the Bambino. In the 1918 World Series, the North Siders, led by pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander, posted the majors' best record at 84–45 that year, and faced the Boston Red Sox. Babe Ruth won two games in the series, including a 1–0 complete-game shutout in the opener to start off what would be a six-game Boston triumph. At the time considered a star pitcher who ""just happened"" to hit 29 home runs, Ruth was sold to
Bambino (ice-cream) Bambino (ice-cream) Bambino (ice cream) – basic type of ice cream sold in the Polish People's Republic (PRL). It appeared in shops in the early 1960s, shaped as a cube, on a wooden stick. It did not have one producer. Many factories produced them, and as a result the packaging was varied. There were also variations in the recipe. The name of the ice cream comes from italian word ""bambino"", which means "child". Nowadays product called "Bambino Ice Cream" is produced by dairy cooperative Jogo (since 1968) in Łódź. The production of Bambino ice cream started in early 1960s, after