Harry Frazee
Harry Frazee (
1881-
1929) was an entertainment entrepreneur. He was once the owner of the
Boston Red Sox. In
1920, he sold
Babe Ruth to the
New York Yankees to finance a
Broadway musical,
No No, Nanette. This event is famed in
Boston for having initiated the so-called "
Curse of the Bambino", the third longest drought in
World Series titles (
1918-present) (the longest being that of the
Chicago Cubs, (
1908-present) and the second longest being that of the
Chicago White Sox, (
1917-present).
