Curse of the Bambino not in common use until the publication of the book "The Curse of the Bambino" by Dan Shaughnessy in 1990. It became a key part of Red Sox lore in the media thereafter, and Shaughnessy's book became required reading in some high school English classes in New England. Although the title drought dated back to , the sale of Ruth to the Yankees was completed January 3, 1920. In standard curse lore, Red Sox owner and theatrical producer Harry Frazee used the proceeds from the sale to finance the production of a Broadway musical, usually said to be "No, No,
Team Curse on 2 November 2013, Curse Academy were knocked out by Napkins in Disguise in the last round, narrowly missing out on a seed. The team would be knocked out in the group stage of the second qualifier later that month, and so failed to qualify for the Promotion Tournament. On 31 December, OneBadBrad announced that he had left Curse Academy, and on 6 January 2014, Tsatsulow was replaced by Nicolas "Gleebglarbu" Haddad, and Patrick "Titours" Lefort also joined. Gleebglarbu left the team to join Cloud9 Tempest two weeks later on 21 January, and at some point before the end of