We long-suffering citizens of Red Sox Nation have proven ourselves faithful, clean and reverent followers of the Olde Towne Teame. Well, maybe not clean in every case, but certainly faithful and overwhelmingly reverent when it comes to honoring the great philosophies of baseball like "You Gotta Believe" and "Cowboy Up." In the American League East, the vibes are particularly strong in 2004. Sox fans are testifying to a goose bumpy feeling that THIS is THE year.

So our mission here is all about keeping that faith alive. It's about indulging our belief in Moses, God, Mass Karma, the ghost of Smokey Joe Wood and any other of the forces of good luck and goodwill that might assist in bringing a World Series title to New England. We invite you to join with us - a determined, interfaith group - to generate positive cosmic force for our team. Together, by the power of our deepest spiritual beliefs -- along with a few flaky fanaticisms -- we will reverse The Curse.

Contribute your prayers, your ideas, your sacred rituals and your good wishes for the team. The best of these will be displayed in this forum where, by sharing them with the masses, their potency will multiply and will be lifted up. Come fall harvest, we shall reap what we sow.

Amen. —

Send your ideas for how to Reverse the Curse and win it all - we'll publish them here.

Matt Hagen of Madison CT, says this tattoo will "Reverse The Curse,"

Don't believe him? Listen to this. He wears another tattoo on his other arm of a Dallas Cowboy helmet that "I got the year before they won their first Super Bowl." Still not convinced? Try this. Hagen and his 10-year-old twin sons, Storm and Troy, flew to San Antonio Texas to root for their favorite college basketball team The UConn Huskies. For luck, Troy shaved his head and painted a huskie dog on top and a big #1 on the side. Well, needless to say, they gave UConn the luck they needed to go on to Win the NCAA National Championship.

Buy the way, UConn's coach, Jim Calhoun, is himself a big Red Sox fan - having grown up in Braintree, MA. A true fan, Calhoun turned down a Yankee offer to throw the first pitch at one of their early games. But the Coach did accept a Red Sox offer and tossed out the first pitch this past Patriots Day.

"What we need to do is get Bill Buckner back on the team, because the only way to reverse the curse is to have what started it in the 1st place." submitted by Mlb4life2001

"Everyone grow their hair like Johnny Damon and that will piss off all the Yankee people and they will lose" submitted by GoblinDeath22

"All the Red Sox need is this: The New York Logo assembled in wood, placed right on the pitcher's mound. Next, tie a 30 foot statue of Babe Ruth made exclusively with remnants of Yankee clothing, baseball cards, gloves and Yankee stadium parts. Last, soak abominated structure in liquid fertilizer used on Fenway's field. Sell tickets and watch the curse cease!" - Submitted by RazorsEdge

"Paint a picture of Babe Ruth on the Green Monster" - Submitted by roofedit

"I'm making sure to wear my Yankee's Suck t-shirt to work in Long Island when the Yankees and Sox are playing in Yankee Stadium. (My mom says I am going to be killed.)" - Submitted by JMolch

A Novena is a prayer you say for nine days to ask for divine grace and mercy. Many miracles have resulted from the praying of the Novena. This version isn't sanctioned by any bishop, but here's a special Nine-Inning Novena. During a game, the faithful should say one prayer each inning - and if it is within His will, our boys will be delivered a win.

Inning 1: Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the company of chosen ones in Your ballpark -- upon the souls of our sluggers and endow them with the strength of Your blessing.

Inning 2: "O most merciful Father, from whom comes all that is right and good, make the runner fleet of foot and free of fear and let him steal Second and be safe and bring to us an abundance of men on base.

Inning 3: Most compassionate Lord, You are the Light of the whole world. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who do not as yet know the power of our Rotation. And receive into the opposing team's dugout the souls of the many whom our pitcher has struck out, and show them your mercy and comfort them.

Inning 4: Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of those scatter-armed who have squandered Your blessings and misused Your graces by obstinately persisting in their errors. Do not look upon their errors, but guide the ball into their open and hungering gloves. Bring it about that they also may glorify Your great mercy and hurry the throw. Amen.

Inning 5: Our Heavenly God, bring your grace upon our team, who is lagging. Know that their faith in unflagging. In the midst of all afflictions and adversities they go forward, cowboy-ing up, confident of Your mercy; and united to You, O Lord, they carry all Bostonkind on their shoulders..

Inning 6: Lord Upon Most High, bring into Your Merciful Heart the souls in Purgatory, for we firmly believe that there is no limit to Your goodness and compassion. Deliver our hitters from their slumps, and dispel their bloopers, droppers and dunkers so that they may again shine with the light of your glory and plant one firmly in the stands.

Inning 7: O most holy apostle, St. Jude, people honor and invoke you universally, as the patron of hopeless cases, of things almost despaired of. Pray for us. Please help to bring us speedy assistance that our team may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all our tribulations, and sufferings, particularly that we are trailing desperately behind and there are 2 outs and no men on base and that I may praise God with you always.

Inning 8 : God, thank you for all the grace and favors and the swift guidance of our hits into no man's land and the power alleys. St. Jude, we thank you for your intercession in response to our prayers. We will always be grateful to you and will spread devotion to you. Be with us always so we may face our problems with courage and serenity and the home-field advantage.

Inning 9: Most Perfect Father, We rejoice! You are to be praised forever and ever as the Most Holy One. You have made safe the way of our runner and mercifully let him slide into home. O, Lord, you know that we are devoted to you and to our blessed purpose. You have dispersed the gloomy clouds of night, And have defeat's dark shadow put to flight . We are not worthy, yet we have been brought to salvation. Praise and thanks be forever.

This is an easy one, people.

Brigham's Ice Cream had two renowned "psychic advisors", Daphne Weld Nichols and Diane Dalpe, bless the production of its new flavor called "Reverse The Curse" - along with its recipe.

Darryl Leikauskas of Brigham's says "To truly reverse a curse, we need to inspire a collective conscious. We will be looking to start a stream of positive energy with baseball fans so that every time they think of their favorite baseball team and enjoy the new ice cream, their positive energy will automatically flow to the players."

(Incidentally, it's "vanilla ice cream loaded with chocolate covered peanuts or "baseballs," chocolate covered caramel "bases," and swirls of Brigham's famous fudge sauce.")

And if you're not in the Boston area, you can get this mail ordered from to the Brighams web site. Ain't technology great?

Win the freaking world series! - Submitted by Benm

I think that we as a nation and as fans should invite Bill Buckner to throw out a first pitch with fans yelling an organized "Sorry." I think he isn't the one to blame. I know that missing a routine grounder is stupid but it was not Bill Buckner who blew the lead. I think we need to apologize to him because we haven't gone to the show since that unfortunate incident. - Submitted by PeteMCL1978

Hope hope hope hope hope hope - Submitted by Choppps2001

In honor of so many of the players being of Hispanic descent, all fans should eat spicier meals (I highly recommend habenero peppers) and vacation in tropical Spanish and Portugese speaking nations, such as the Dominican Republic and Brazil. Although I am not of Hispanic origin, I sure do love my hot peppers, and when I'm eating them, it sure does seem like Ortiz cranks out the extra base hits!!!! - Submitted by Koldmember

I'm in Baghdad, Iraq... and I have my Red Sox gear everywhere.... RED SOX NATION IS IN BAGHDAD!!! - - Submitted by ltweeksm

Have Gabe Kapler change his name to either Gabe Ruth or Babe Kapler...Then distribute his authentic merchandise across the world to inform everyone that the curse will soon be reversed by giving our newly found hero Gabe Ruth a starting position in the Red Sox line-up.
Plus he already has the most massive forearms I have ever seen so no one will make fun of him for changing his name. - Submitted by Unter09

We're solid. All we need to do is cheer hard and get our team healthy and remember.... THIS is the year! - Submitted by Kghugg

Everyone thought that A. Rod was the cure, but it's not. Not having A.Rod is best for us. So the cure for the curse is to spend our money wisely. If A.Rod can't hit off us, the YANKEES can't hit off US!!!! - Submitted by Wonderchronic

Give every Red Sox fan a pair of red socks with their game tickets, and before a Red Sox vs. Yankees game have all the fans take off their shoes and show their red feet to the Yankee scum. - Submitted by GreenAlice

Win Win Win. Damon is the man and so is Manny. (We don't need Pedro , he can go!) We got Wakefield!! He's what we need! Just keep it up! - Submitted by Snoopy3400

I believe that when we acquired Pedro, we found what would some day be the curse reverse. He now has the supporting cast, and the faith has never been higher - so I say this: To all that is good and right, to all who will never give up the fight- for the old man who yearns to remember the feeling, and the little boy who dreams of fielding, I tell you here and now, the Red Sox will win the 2004 World Series, and we will always, always, have the faith! - Submitted by Bigddtime

On my baseball team, I got a mullet to pull out of a losing streak and make the playoffs... and it worked like a charm... I suggest that Johnny Damon get a NASTY mullet..... Submitted by Airjimmy05

Okay, get a giant bon fire. Call up your neighbors and buy pictures of players, Yankee gear, etc. throw it in. Keep any pictures of the Babe out of this as we want to please him. Submitted by JohnDoe_414

Change the shamrock on the kelly green Sox hat to a four-leaf clover - get that Irish luck working for us! - Submitted by Labyrinthlion

Bring back Bill Buckner and have him play in a game or manage a game or two. - Submitted by farmertom2003

Wake up every morning during the season and tell yourself, the Yankees will lose, and the Red Sox will win. We're rolling, THIS IS THE YEAR. We're over the past, there's no curse in the future. We're better than any team in baseball today. On everything you write, add: Yankees Suck, Go Sox, or This is the Year. GO SOX!!! - Submitted by Patskik89

First, the Sox acquire Kevin Brown in a trade to the New York Yankees.
Next, after a few years of great pitching, he changes positions to right field.
Then, He will dump a piano into the New York Harbor After that, he will be a slugger and hit .500 and 75 hrs. Finally, THE CURSE IS ON YOU NEW YORK.
- Submitted by MichaelJS1989

I believe it will happen this year, I have a feeling, that Teddy Ballgame is watching down on us and is saying "damn it, that's it. I have had it, now that I am up here I am gonna do some damage and make my damn team win" Thank God he is on our side. Reverse the curse, Kid. Reverse the curse!!!! Let my generation see one championship win, at least one, please!!!!! - Submitted by Jendolan3579

I live in NJ but am a huge Sox fan. In Ocean City you can buy a cardboard standup about 6' tall of the Babe. We need to buy them, bring them to the playoffs, and burn them outside of Fenway in trashcans. At least take him in the stadium and pass it around and give everyone 1 good shot. - Submitted by SoxInSeven04

Let all the Red Sox players know that we got their back and no matter what happens the Sox are Number 1. So let the players know how the fans really feel and then the curse will be reversed. Keep the faith alive and and just go play your game the best you can. Manny Ramirez and all the other players: we need to get them pumped up! When we had "Cowboy Up" they were pumped. We can do it! I WANT TO SEE THEM WIN IT! Submitted by sk8jat04

In order to get the greatest team ever, the Boston Red Sox, a world series championship, we must act quickly. 1st thing: Get a reputation. We need to be brutal and take no prisoners. We as fans must make a name for ourselves and get the team fired up. 2nd: We need the tradition that was started last year, "Cowboy Up" to get goin' again. If we keep it, and keep it goin' strong, we should be all right. Thirdly, lastly, and most definitely, we gotta repeat the famous chant much much more. I've been to quite a few Red Sox games in the past years and have realized how little the "Yankees Suck" chant has been used lately. We gotta get that goin' again! - Submitted by Webhunk4

They're scuba diving in Sudbury again. Trying to find the legendary piano that Babe Ruth threw/dumped/let sink into the pond there in - guess what year - 1918. Maybe there should be some kind of Red Sox sponsored piano-fishing derby at Willis Pond. Drag that thing out of the muck, fix it up, and play a few old-time tunes from Non-no-Nanette. Of course, if it ended up at the bottom of a pond, maybe THAT piano was the thing that pissed Ruth off in the first place.. .

Read the story here the Philly Inquirer online:
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/sports/8981260.htm?1c

Send Thome to the Sox and worship Damon a little more.
- Submitted by Caddyshak.87

Have the chicken guy Kevin Millar sacrifice a live chicken before each game - or just eat one. -Submitted by Jesswalther

God, the Red Sox are the best,
So let this curse be put to rest,
The yankees suck,
Let Boston get some BIG bucks!
Boston rocks,
and you know it!
Please God reverse the curse,
here is my purse......

- Submitted by Whall2

All it costs for the Sox to win a World Series is one Schilling.
-Submitted by C_2_g1

The only way to reverse the curse is to hold Babe Ruth Night at Fenway.
Pay tribute by handing out chocolate bars to the first 20,000 fans. Give a prize to the fan who shows up looking the most like Babe Ruth (in Red Sox uniform of course). Then it will be done. - Submitted by Oncegreat

Well today I burned a Yankees shirt, then took the ashes, put them in a hole, urinated on the ashes and then buried them. - Submitted by Strong311

...Just stay calm during games, take one play at a time. Don't try too hard, if you keep it simple you will win. I have been playing sports my whole life and 2 things allow a team to lose, either they give up or they try too hard. You know that kid in high school who always tried so hard to be friends with everyone? And he was actually friends with no one??? It's like that, these boys have been playing baseball since they were little. Just relax and play how you know...no fancy stuff. COWBOY UP BABY!!!! - Submitted by Kellz1485

Just win the ball game if you want to win and you play your best. You will. I think we always loose because we always think there is a curse and get nervous that that's our problem. - Submitted by Rcacool

Beat the Yankees like 37-1 and keep on winning for 14 games. - Submitted by Murari

Find a person with the last name of Ruth and when they have a baby name it George and have its middle name Herman and train this young boy to be a great ball player. When he's 20 sign him to the Red Sox and they will have a George Herman Ruth again and don't trade him! Submitted by Sullstangs107

Play Boston's "More than a Feeling" during games to energize the crowd. What a great song and what a great band name. Submitted by Yankssuck

The sox should give anything to Nomar and Manny to make them happy. Nomar went through the Bosox organization and got better. When Manny came to the Bosox he became a better clutch hitter. The Yankees buy all their players. A-Rod-bought; Sheffield-bought; Matsui-bought; practically every player was bought. The Yankees suck and win too much, time now for the Sox to kick the #@%! out of the Yanks. - Submitted by Bosoxfan122

All the Red Sox need to do to Reverse the Curse is wear pinstripes. The Marlins won it all last year....and they wear pinstripes. In 2001, the Diamondbacks beat the Damn Yankees in the world series...they wear pinstripes. So all the Red Sox have to do is put on some red pinstripes, and they will Reverse the Curse. - Submitted by BrandonDroge563

I'm wearing my Sox jersey in at the Marlin games, so all the shmucks from NY that live down here can give me dirty looks. I'm reversing the curse in South Florida. - Submitted by HSchur21

Have high-ranked officials like G.Bush sit in the Green Monster, slurping spaghetti up their noses, as well as eating lots of sour cream and onion chips and root beer. The root beer has to be Barq's and they need to throw the spaghetti to Manny. He will then put the spaghetti right next to the Green Monster after he makes a spectacular catch to end the inning. Then when he is up to bat with the bases loaded he will hit one that the Yanks' left fielder thinks he can catch. Unfortunately for him he slips and falls, and the Sox get a Grand Slam. The officials (and my friends Kelsey, Katelyn, and I) all need to start the loudest Yankees Suck cheer the WORLD has ever heard. That is how to Reverse the curse!!! - Submitted by Bhayden

In preparation for the end of the curse, I need outlets for my venom towards the Yankees. I reverse the curse on my personal level by using my creative skills to take shots at the villainous Yankees. Submitted by John LaRue

Get rid of Terry Francona and all managers like him and Grady Little. As a matter of fact, I think it's safe to say that if the upper management wants to hire the person, THEY SHOULD GO WITH THE OPPOSITE! We need THINKING in that position. NOT indecisive questioning like, "Well, Pedro, what do you want to do?" Can we get Bill Bellichek to convert to baseball? The only way we will win a world series and beat this curse is by getting a manager that knows how to "leverage the resourses" we have! We have a SH*TLOAD of talent on this team! USE IT!!! Be sneaky, bunt with the big dawgs! Hit & Run more! SQUEEZE PLAY!!! Play small ball when we need to! Manny and Ortiz are hitting a TON, but we can't rely on ONLY the long ball!! Let's go boys! - Submitted by TthaRican

It is my belief that the Red Sox will not win a World Series until the Boston media get off their case. Every little mistake is over exemplified by the media and that puts pressure on the players to be perfect. Instead of presuring the players why not back off and let them play. You might be amazed at how good they are without the daily struggle of dealing with the media. Get the media out and the "Curse" will soon follow. - Submitted by gralph512

Red Sox Nation needs to rise up against whoever in the Williams family is now charge of keeping Ted Williams on ice. The "Splendid Splinter" needs to thawed out and buried so he can rest in peace. After that is taken care of...the Sox WILL win! - Submitted by Carl5244

Managers need to take pitchers out when they are doing bad... Don't wait until the Yankees score a lot. I won't mention anyone's name (Grady)... when they start to score and a trip to the world series is on the line. Even if it is your best pitcher out there like Pedro - if he is doing bad take him out. Don't leave it up to him. - Submitted by Nomarchick24

The Red Sox nation must all pull together and stage pep rallies and invite players whenever they are available. This must go on from April until October, no matter if they are in first or last place. The players must be treated as important as any political candidate. - Submitted by MLRH@

Seeing Aaron Boone hit it over the wall
Quickly to my knees i would fall
As my eyes went dry on that cold fall night
He was replaced by arod without a fight
Now we got Schilling, Foulke and Francona
Wish Steinbrenner would fall in a coma
That being said we have a good core
Thats why the Sox win it all in 2004!
- Submitted by pmc42069

Whenever the Sox play the Yanks, start making noise whenever Yankees players go up to bat. - Submitted by badger-bandit46

Don't trade anyone that is on the team now, and burn a Yankees cap before every game. - Submitted by cocopuff3x

If you really want that curse snapped like a twig, SPEND MONEY, THEO EPSTEIN! - Submitted by carlosfont2002

If, for one solid game not one person in NEW ENGLAND drank a drop of booze the curse would be lifted, but we all know that will never ever happen, or invite someone the Soxs really hate like Bucky Dent to the park - and humble ourselves by giving him a round of applause for beating us. Again, WILL NEVER HAPPEN! Yankees Suck! - Submitted by myconrey

STOP THE WHINING AND PLAY SOME BASEBALL. STOP THE B!TCHIN ABOUT THE YANKEES AND PLAY SOME BASEBALL. STOP THE CRYING ABOUT THE PAYROLL AND SPEND SOME MORE MONEY... MAKE SOME REAL TRADES AND GET THE BEST THAT THERE IS... AGAIN SPEND SOME MONEY... - Submitted by Colonn

I play bender x's song "yankees suck" during game they play BOSTON....during their ABs only though. It worked for the games so far when BOS won 6 of 7.... nevermind the last 3 in NY ;( - Submitted by RJMutt2

As we all know A-Rod was #3 before becoming a Yankee. Now after the turn of events this evening, the fight, we must understand that A-Rod is the new Ruth.
Look at similarities: Both rejected the Red Sox nation, changed positions, and both wore #3. So, what we must do is start a fight with A-Rod in every Red Sox/Yankee game. Or, just let Pedro plug him in the ass with a fastball. - Submitted by Bonose10

Okay people I am convinced we will all live to see the Sox win it again. I'm hoping this will be the year. If you didn't hear the new tearm for this year is "Skin to Win" so keep that in mind. I wish you all luck with the tears and heartattacks you will encounter this year. I know I'll need it. LETS GO SOX!!!!!!!! - Submitted by RedSoxBabi4ever

You just need to follow your hearts and do what is right which means to beat those Yankees and then not to shove it in their faces like they did to us. Just be proud of what you did and no matter what happens in the end just keep your heads up! - Submitted by dellym10

I know he blew our chance at the world series in 03' but I think ever since we fired Grady Little, the curse has gotten only stronger. I mean with him in charge we took three from the yankees AT YANKEE STADIUM. If we bring back Grady Little and apologize the curse will be lifted. - Submitted by humble_2_one

Pray every night that you love the RED SOX!!!!!!!!!!! Submitted by angelbelle2006

I wish the best team in baseball the best of luck. I hope my positive outlook is contagious. - Submitted by amc339

Stop saying the curse is to blame for losing. If the fans believe there is a curse then the players will also and won't have the motivation to win. - Submitted by unknown5164

Create a charity program that provides money to give every Boston fan a yankees suck t-shirt at the begining of every game. - Submitted by jumin369

Get Nomar back. Acquire some pitching. And find an awesome manager. - Submitted by soxfan1507

We need a time machine to stop our former owner from trading Babe. <-Submitted by gateb

Forget the Curse and believe we can do it. Dont choke in the Playoffs. - Submitted by brandajo1

Look, the cure is as simple as respecting Pedro. Currently Pedro is 12-4. He owns everyone. Yeah, last year he wasn't feelin' it but it's a whole new season, baby. Pedro inspires our rotation and with him healthy Man, Ram and Cabrera will take care of the rest. - Submitted by DNuggets153

I believe that the more we believe that there is a curse, the likeliness of us failing will increase. I think that we need to make more of an initiative to eliminate the curse ourselves. We need to stamp out any possibility of there being a curse. We've been plaguing ourselves for generations because of some fat drunk that left our team in 1920. How many players have come and gone from our team? And our only explanation of losing stems from one man 84 years ago? When it's put that way, doesn't that sound a little ridiculous? Let's just cut to the chase. There is no curse, period. Bucky found his pitch. Buckner made an error. Grady made a dumb call. Maybe perhaps the curse doesn't lie in the players, but rather in ourselves. When the red sox lose, we stem the team's failure back on a fat man that hasn't been alive for over fifty years! We need to weed out every possible reason that there is a curse. For example, don't "believe" in our team. Believing means that we hope to see our team win, but we allow that little margin of error when they don't, giving us room to say that we're "cursed." So I think we need to sum it up with this...

I know that we will win. I know that there is no curse. I know the Yankees will not reign supreme. I just know it will happen. I will watch my team win and lose under the belief that I KNOW we will reign victorious in the end. So to every faithful member of red sox nation, make the effort to say that you KNOW what will happen instead of hoping or believing. We need to join together in knowing what will happen. If we join together, I won't believe that it will work...I will know that it will work. Let's stamp out this non-existent myth that's devastated new england for nearly a century. Go Sox! Cowboy Up! Submitted by dmikewil

Our father who is in Fenway,
Ted Williams be your name.
Your win too come,
World Series won,
by Pedro, Manny, and David.
Give us today our Orlando Cabrera,
forgive us our errors,
as we forgive those of Billy Buckner.
Save us in one run games,
and deliver us from the evil Yankees.
May the pennant, ALCS and world series be ours,
now and forever.

Amen. - Submitted by LEDinNH

This is something that I've already done, but none the less I'll tell you. So I went on vacation to New Orleans, and what's a visit to New Orleans without going into a black magic shop? So I walk in a start fooling around with something and then I get an idea, why not try to reverse the curse on the Red Sox, and not only that curse the Yankees in the process, so I ask the shop keep what I need to do this and she says some crazy weird stuff, and then tell me what I asked for is now complete. So I go back to my hotel that night and I turn on ESPN. I look at the scores Boston won, and New York had lost 22-0!!!!!! The Curse seems to have been reversed, since then I think the sox have lost 1 or 2 games so maybe, just maybe the curse is gone! - Submitted by Alex72887

A Babe Ruth Yankee shirt with 1918 drawn on it, needs to be dropped inside the eye of a Hurricane. As a Hurricane Hunter, I could make this happen!!! (with pictures). - Submitted by flats