Fare Well The Curse of Bambino

Ted Ebstein, the head of Boston Red Sox traded Kim Byung-hyun and explained the background of the with double “W`

`Win the World Series,` In other words, the Red Sox brought Kim as a key player for winning the World Series this year. Boston has been suffering from the curse of Bombino since Babe Ruth whose nick name was bambino was traded to the New York Yankees in 1919. So it is an irony for Red Sox to pick up Kim as a person to get rid of the curse. It is because Kim gave infamous two home runs at both the ninth innings of the 4th and 5th match in the World Series to the Yankees in New York in 2001.

He, however, took a great revenge by adding a save against Yankees with 4 strike outs, 2 innings. The Red Sox needed such an ability and spirit that Kim has.

Yesterday which was the 4th day after the trade, Kim wearing a uniform marked number 51 had a press conference before having a match against Toronto Blue Jays in the Sky Dome. “If you add the number 49 I wore with the Diamondbacks to the 51, you come up with a perfect 100. And that`s what I look forward to being here," Kim said.

Asked about The Curse of the Bambino, Kim acknowledged not only that he`d heard of it "many times," and know well about the situation between the Red Sox and the Yankees. I will take a leading role in contributing the Red Sox beating the Yankees and wining the World Series.”

Sang-Soo Kim ssoo@donga.com