The Curse of the Babe in St. Louis?

Many a Hollywood blockbuster has centered on a demon that could not survive without a body to possess. There is, most notably, The Exorcist, perhaps the most frightening horror film of all time.

Now it appears that a curse may have been redirected to torment a new host - the St. Louis Cardinals.

Much was made a few years ago when the Boston Red Sox appeared to cast off a long-attached hex. The old saw says that Babe Ruth cast a curse on Beantown's beloved baseballers after then Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold The Babe to the New York Yankees to raise production money for a new play.

That, said believers, was why the Red Sox had not won a World Series since 1918, Ruth's last year with the club. They pointed to all sorts of proof, including the almost inexplicable error Boston first baseman Bill Buckner committed in the 1986 World Series.

But that was then. Cast aside the doubt. Boston won the 2004 World Series with a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals. 

The result?

The curse was no more. It had been squashed.

Or was it?

It's worth noting that Boston parted ways with the curse against the St. Louis Cardinals. Midwest's finest dropped the series in four straight games. And it's been all downhill since then.

In 2005, the Redbirds lost Scott Rolen, perhaps the most talented all-around third baseman in the Majors. Then, with bulldozers and wrecking balls idling in the parking lots around Busch Stadium, St. Louis lost a six-game series to Houston.
In case you're scoring at home, that's a 2-8 record since the Cardinals took the field against Boston.