Curse of the Black Sox Curse of the Black Sox The Curse of the Black Sox/Curse of Shoeless Joe (1919–2005) was a superstition or "scapegoat" cited as one reason for the failure of the Chicago White Sox to win the World Series from until . As with other supposed baseball curses, such as the crosstown Chicago Cubs' Curse of the Billy Goat, or the Boston Red Sox' Curse of the Bambino, these "curses" have been publicized by the popular media over the course of time. The White Sox were dealt a severe blow in 1919 by the Black Sox scandal, with several star players being
Bambino (ice-cream) features a white polar bear. A version of the bambino ice cream without the wooden stick was called "Calypso". Sometimes it was served in two waffles. It was produced all over the country, but the largest supplier was the State Cold Store in Gdańsk, today known as Lodmor. On the paper, in which the calypso was wrapped, next to the manufacturer's logo, depicting a sea lion, there was also a brown profile of the head of a small Negress. Nowadays we can find their symbol in pop culture. For instance there is a song "Bambino Ice Cream" (Lody Bambino) by