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TIL before the Curse of the Bambino was reversed, they placed a Boston cap atop Mt. Everest and burning a Yankees cap at its base camp; hired a professional exorcists Father Guido Sarducci to purify Fenway Park; and spray painting a reverse curve street sign on Storrow Drive with "Reverse the Curse"

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