"==Significant missing material== 
 A sentence could be added (should be added?) on each of the following: [reordered approx chronologically with little editing] 
 *naming history of Boston baseball teams.  Names used (by sports writers, not officially) for the Red Sox prior to Taylor settling on current name. 
 :covered.   
 *Influence of George Wright from the Reds, former use of Red Stockings by Boston teams, decision by JI Taylor to use Red Sox. 
 :I created the Boston Red Stockings disambiguation page (formerly mis-redirected to the Red Sox).  Covers the use of 'Red Stockings' by other Boston Teams.   
 *the influence of the Royal Rooters: 'Nuf 'Ced McGreevey and the Third Base 
 :Small note about royal rooters in paragraph on 1903 world series   
 *Ought to find a PD image of HiHi breaking ground for the Huntingdon Avenue Grounds and put it in.  
 *importance of Jimmy Collins to the founding of the team 
 :four-year leadership of successful team, done (preseason 1901, not) 
 *Some mention of Cy Young and the first perfect game in baseball 
 :four-year achievement, mentioned 
 :I added a  few sentences about 1904 pennant race, dougherty trade, and chesbro's wild pitch   
 1905-1919, presently two or three lines 
 :I rewrote 1900-1904 and Sale of Babe Ruth, leaving this practically untouched   
 :I added several sentences on 1905-1919, including a short summary of the basement years 1905-1910s and a summary of the  1910s including speaker, ruth, and championship teams.    
 *list of all the championship team players thrown away by JI Taylor when he owned the team as a plaything 
 1920(spring)-1938, presently one line on Tom Yawkey's acquistion and investment 
 :Added summaries of 1925-1932 seasons, note of earl webb's doubles record, list of players yawkey acquired   
 *a list of _all_ the players sold to NY by Frazee, reason why no trades/sales could be with the Loyal Five clubs. Leaving only NY and Chicago in the AL 
 *a note about the loss of Pie Traynor due to Ban Johnson / Frazee feud 
 *former banked field under the green monster (Duffy's Cliff) 
 :this information is included in both the Green Monster and Fenway Park entries.   
 *Loyal NE fans, suffering each autumn and dreaming of victory during the hard winters over hot stoves  the loooong tradition 
 :Done in part but it may be sufficient. I rewrote the first sentence to highlight the 86-year wait, longer than any generation or two, which is the most important feature and belongs at the top until current MLB team pages are redesigned with different tone.   
 *the influence of Fenway (size, shape, age, ...) 
 *the harassment of Williams by the Herald sports writers 
 *the Kinder/Parnell years when they came soooo close 
 *Malzone at third, one of the few lights in the darkest years 
 *Rice's broken wrist before the greatest Series ever played 
 *Larry Barnett's non interference call on Ed Armbruster during steal in that Series 
 :belongs in some article on famously controversial calls by umpires  
 *Dewey's throw from right in 75 series that has been called the best outfield play ever seen (Sparky Anderson) 
 *loss of Fisk and Burleson because Sox mgmt (Sullivan/LeRoux) couldn't read a calendar 
 *improbable history and nature of the LeRoux/Sullivan mgmt team 
 *the Coup de LeRoux 
 *the Bucky Dent thing 
 *the Aaron Boone thing 
 and so on. The Sox dese And we don't have to be NPOV to do it either. There IS a long tradition of suffering, and it's part of being a Red Sox fan. There IS (perhaps) more oddity in Red Sox history than for other teams. Not NPOV at all. And of course the Yankees are in league with the Devil. Just honest truth. 
 
 :I think this is a worthy list of items to be included, but as far as the ""we don't have to be NPOV"" lets not behave like yankees - this is supposed to be an encyclopedia not a gripe fest! ) so lets get to work people!   

 ==Curse of the Bambino== 
 I'm pretty sure that in the last month or so one or two New York Times sportswriters have written columns in which they trace the phrase back to about 1976, give or take a year.  About the time of the Bucky Dent fiasco, I think.  One of them, I recall, wrote that