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
Monster Garage "The Curse of the Hearse" Monster Garage "The Curse of the Hearse" The Discovery Channel Monster Garage "Curse of the Hearse" was sparked from the original Halloween episode "Grim Ripper". The original monster plan was to turn an old, retired 1973 Cadillac Hearse into a mobile car crusher. After the design phase (Day 1) was complete, Jesse James and his build team started to rip into the hearse and cleared it out. That's when the show's producers started to "play" with the team. A series of distractions poured into the garage, ranging from a casket go-kart from a So Cal hearse club member, to a