Harry Frazee
Harry Frazee 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)).
