Curse of the Bambino amassing five World Series titles. After the sale, they went without a title for nearly a century as the previously lackluster Yankees became one of the most successful franchises in North American professional sports. The curse became a focal point of the Yankees–Red Sox rivalry over the years. Talk of the curse as an ongoing phenomenon ended in 2004, when the Red Sox came back from a 0–3 best-of-seven deficit to beat the Yankees in the 2004 American League Championship Series (ALCS) and then went on to sweep the St. Louis Cardinals to win the 2004 World Series. The curse
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