it goes back to the babe ruth trade right?
The curse of The Bambino. Babe Ruth was a player for the Red Sox. They won the 1918 World Series with him and then the very next year traded him to the Yankees for CASH. Hadn't won another World Series since then until they broke the "curse" in 2004.
Red Sox fans saw the curse in full effect in 1986. Bill Buckner. Whoa boy was that the curse in overdrive! The Red Sox had everything locked up and set for celebration in game 6 of the 1986 World Series against the Mets. Mookie Wilson hit a dribbler to Bill Buckner. It would have been an easy 3rd out. EASY. But it went under Buckner's legs. The Mets went on to win that game by some absolute miracle and then dominated game 7 to win the series.
The night of game 6 in the 1986 series, people were literally wandering the streets of Boston aimlessly in disbelief. People were wandering around in robes, pajamas, slippers, and mumbling to themselves. The shock to Sox fans was ... catastrophic.
As you might imagine, the win at the 2004 World Series, the 100th World Series IIRC, was incredible for Sox fans around the country. The parties that went down in beantown were outstanding.
I can only imagine what Chicago would be like if the Cubs finally won. They haven't won a World Series since 1908. It would be fitting to win it in 2008.